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Looks like the low carb beers available seem to be lagers, and I'm more of a proper ale gal :wink: I think I'll survive on other options in the meantime, but when it comes beer festival time in June I will definitely HAVE to come off keto for a weekend!! :smiley:

Unfortunately I did try the extended release one too and had the same issue (it didn't start so bad but gradually got worse as I was on it longer) :/ So defo hoping keto helps, I'm feeling very positive about it! :) TMI - The stomach issues got so bad I literally couldn't risk leaving the house without taking another pair…

I have to say I really miss beer and cider, I didn't really drink much (just beer festivals and special occasions) in a week but I miss it, and I've only been keto just over a week :/ Having had a look on this subject online though I figure when I fancy a drink I'll go with vodka and diet coke, straight whisky, or a red…

I have been having small quantities of full fat plain greek yoghurt (50-60g), which I usually pop a tiny bit of maple syrup (8ml) in and a chopped up strawberry, which usually comes to around 10g carbs in total. Buuuuut I just found CoYo (coconut yoghurt) today which is by comparison high fat low carb so I'm thrilled as…

I haven't been on keto for long, a week tomorrow, but I was diagnosed with PCOS 20 years ago (when the dietician recommended an 800 cal a day diet :s ), I don't get any periods (they did come back when I lost weight in the past, but I didn't keep it off and they went again), and I don't take metformin, I took it for a…

That's perfect, precisely the kind of information I've been looking for, thanks.

Cool thanks, I think perhaps I'm fixating too much on fitting to the macros I set. Love the pictures too, I have indeed heard people elsewhere mentioning about butter in coffee which I defo don't like the idea of, whereas the left picture is what most of my meals look like!

Aaaah right, I was just reading through the launch pad in fact and someone mentioned something about net carbs v total carbs, so I need to read up on that then defo! Thankfully I looooove eggs so that helps!

I made a tuna salad for lunch today, a bowl full of tuna, white cabbage, carrot, cucumber, beetroot and red onion, plus salad cream to taste, nom nom.

Personally I haven't found that any dietary changes affect my psoriasis (or psoriatic arthritis) either way. I've also tried coconut oil, no change, methotrexate (which I'm on for the PsA but is also prescribed for severe psoriasis), no change, off the shelf creams/sprays/lotions from the pharmacy, none I've tried have…

I'm pretty sure I'll track my calories for a while into maintenance if not forever. In the past (bout 8 or 9 years ago) I lost 98lbs or so over 2 years (which admittedly wasn't quite my target yet tho), and I gained it all back again (and a little more) afterwards, essentially I relaxed my habits over Xmas and I never went…

If i didn't have to there is definitively some exercise that I would stop doing! I currently do some form of workout 5-6 days a week (usually cycling, kick boxing, zumba step, gym, exercise vids, walking) and I kind of feel like it's taken over my life, but I can't say I enjoy all of it. I would defo keep up the kick…

I remember seeing something on tv a while back saying that a lot of vitamin deficiencies can be detected from the mouth and tongue. Found this online -http://www.drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/Nutritional_deficiencies_-_What_signs_to_look_for_if_you_think_you_may_have_them - but if you have any hypochondriac tendencies then you'll…

Was eating around 1450 calories plus exercise calories on top of that, but now I eat 1700 calories regardless of whether or not I exercise that day. I exercise 5 out of 7 days a week usually, so this evens out my average exercise calories out over the week. It equates to about the same, except now I don't struggle on the 2…

This! I put veg in pretty much everything I eat, yesterday I ate over 1200g of fruit and veg, which came from white onion, mushroom, radish, carrot, red pepper, red onion, lettuce, red cabbage, beetroot, passata, pineapple, plum, apple. That was omelette for brekkie, chicken salad for lunch, red pepper and tomato soup for…

My binges used to be carb based, mostly toast, lots and lots of toast. But now (since I try not to keep bread in the house anymore) I find when I have that bad headset I binge on anything I can find, apples, rice crackers, melted chocolate (I find I melt it because then it doesn't seem like I'm eating as much), cocktail…

You're definitely not alone :-) It's not easy and it's not quick but it's doable. I was diagnosed with PCOS about 16 years ago and was initially just put on the contraceptive pill to control symptoms but that made my blood pressure shoot upwards, so then I was put on metformin. My doctor sent me to a dietician who…

Looking at all these photos really is the best motivation!

Only at the half way stage though so finished "product" yet to come, lol

01/09 - 0 miles (rest day) 02/09 - 0 miles (gym session) 03/09 - 5.29 miles (road) 04/09 - 4.35 miles (recumbent cycle at gym) 05/09 - 5.68 miles (road cycled to the gym) + 4.35 (recumbent cycle at gym) 06/09 - 6.52 miles (road) 07/09 - 3.1 miles (recumbent cycle at gym) 08/09 - 0 miles (lugging camping gear and putting up…

01/09 - 0 miles (rest day) 02/09 - 0 miles (gym session) 03/09 - 5.29 miles (road) 04/09 - 4.35 miles (recumbent cycle at gym) 05/09 - 5.68 miles (road cycled to the gym) + 4.35 (recumbent cycle at gym) 06/09 - 6.52 miles (road) 07/09 - 3.1 miles (recumbent cycle at gym) 08/09 - 0 miles (lugging camping gear and putting up…

01/09 - 0 miles (rest day) 02/09 - 0 miles (gym session) 03/09 - 5.29 miles (road) 04/09 - 4.35 miles (recumbent cycle at gym) 05/09 - 5.68 miles (road cycled to the gym) + 4.35 (recumbent cycle at gym) 06/09 - 6.52 miles (road) 07/09 - 3.1 miles (recumbent cycle at gym) 08/09 - 0 miles (lugging camping gear and putting up…

01/09 - 0 miles (rest day) 02/09 - 0 miles (gym session) 03/09 - 5.29 miles (road) 04/09 - 4.35 miles (recumbent cycle at gym) 05/09 - 5.68 miles (road cycled to the gym) + 4.35 (recumbent cycle at gym) 06/09 - 6.52 miles (road) 07/09 - 3.1 miles (recumbent cycle at gym) 08/09 - 0 miles (lugging camping gear and putting up…

03/09 - 5.29 miles (road) 04/09 - 4.35 miles (recumbent cycle) at gym 05/09 - 5.68 miles (road) cycled to the gym + 4.35 (recumbent cycle) at gym MTD = 19.67 miles Cycling double whammy today cos I cycled to the gym to do some jogging/x-trainer/skipping etc, and ended up hopping on the recumbent too, lol!

03/09 - 5.29 miles (road) 04/09 - 4.35 miles (recumbent cycle) during gym session MTD = 9.64 miles Eek, lots of rain forecast for the next week, will have to time my rides just right unless I want to get drenched!

Not a problem! I just cycle when I need to go somewhere or fancy going out, which usually accounts to 3-4 days a week, it all counts! :wink:

I'm a Brit too!! :happy: I'm over in Gloucestershire tho :flowerforyou:

Hi guys, I'm back for another month! Not setting a goal this month though as I'm gonna be away from home a few times this month without cycle :noway: so I'll just see what I can do! 03/09 - 5.29 miles (road) MTD = 5.29 miles

01/08 - 3.73 miles (recumbent stationary) - at the gym 02/08 - 5.56 miles (road) 06/08 - 16 miles (off-road) - on holiday 08/08 - 10 miles (mixed road/off-road) - on holiday 12/08 - 5.32 miles (road) - cycled to the gym 13/08 - 6.27 miles (road) 16/08 - 5.32 miles (road) - cycled to the gym 19/08 - 8.05 miles (road) 21/08…

01/08 - 3.73 miles (recumbent stationary) - at the gym 02/08 - 5.56 miles (road) 06/08 - 16 miles (off-road) - on holiday 08/08 - 10 miles (mixed road/off-road) - on holiday 12/08 - 5.32 miles (road) - cycled to the gym 13/08 - 6.27 miles (road) 16/08 - 5.32 miles (road) - cycled to the gym 19/08 - 8.05 miles (road) 21/08…