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The only way some can rise above the crowd is to try to mash down everyone around them. I talk freely about keto to those who ask and seem open-minded about it. The rest I ignore, for the most part.
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I am five weeks in after a lifetime of obesity, chronic high blood pressure, one heart attack, countless failed calorie-reduction diets and a "prediabetic" label stuck on for good measure at my last doctor's appointment. So far I'm down 27 lbs and BP's improved significantly. No keto flu for me, or trouble sticking to the…
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Are you in it to lose weight or generate textbook MFP entries? The whole concept of diet logging is about accuracy; scootching things around to make the numbers pretty doesn't make a lick of difference to what and when (which is significant according to many) your body processes what you put into it. Just MHO, though.
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Personally, I believe that the benefits of getting down to a healthy weight offset the controversial cholesterol numbers.
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I just arrange the food diary columns so that carbs appears next to fiber. With the numbers we're talking for keto, the math's easy enough to do instantly in your head. :)
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I'm very new to keto (one week in) but it seems that after tracking things closely for a while, you quickly get an idea of how much of what you can eat and still stay under your carb target. And at least for me, between the difference in food and the reduced appetite, it's been challenging to consume enough calories.
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I may have used the wrong term in 'chores'... the stuff I log is like this morning, four hours of cutting, drilling and installing sheet metal in the sun on a steep metal roof, with more to come this afternoon. I'm pretty sure baseline doesn't account for that kind of activity. I do treat it all as a bonus, though, and…
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I just bought the EatSmart Precision Digital Bathroom Scale from Amazon (a search ought to turn it up) and am pretty happy with it. I also have a Healthometer supposedly-doctors-office-quality scale (349-KLX) that I checked it against, and they were consistently within 1/10 of a pound of each other. Looks like $28.95 on…
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I watched a couple episodes of TLC's "My 600 Pound Life" a few days ago. Perhaps it's a "reverse" motivator, but it was enough to strengthen my resolve for a good while.
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A vacuum sealing machine (e.g. FoodSaver) can help a lot with the buy bulk/package individually thing. It can extend the freezer life of meats and many veggies to a year or more. You can also cook up batches of things like beans or chili, freeze individual-sized portions in one of those little semi-disposable rubbermaid…
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I won't get into organic pros/cons; that's a battle that's been going on for years and will continue for years yet to come. What I will say is that if you want to add known-pure, unadulterated vegetables to your diet... grow you own. Even a tiny yard can host a small vegetable garden, and if you can spare even that,…
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Gardening. Having a variety of fresher-than-fresh organic vegetables a few steps out the back door makes it easy to let veggies take center stage in meals and snacks... and it's virtually free. Plus you burn exercise calories tending it! It's a win-win.
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MFP is a helpful tool, but what will really determine whether you lose weight or not is what's inside your head. No software or web site can strip pounds from your body; the weight comes off because you have the determination and self-control to stick with it.
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After a tour of duty in Germany, I came to love beer, real beer... the kind of beer that is a meal in itself. Alas, good beer in any reasonable quantity is not a wise choice from a health/weight standpoint, so I eventually forced myself to switch to a replacement. I don't know if it's cool to list specific brand names…
