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15-20 minutes after the mag my rate is clear down to about 80bpm which is my normal resting rate and feels normal. Wow.

Hey friends, any experience with heart rhythms and keto? In the past I've been diagnosed with inappropriate sinus tachycardia ("Sometimes your heart races, we don't know why, if you don't care we don't either"). The past few days I've noticed some various sensations so today I counted my pulse rate. It was about 100bpm…

Totally fine with that! I don't expect to eat 800 calories a day every day so if I'm hungry tomorrow it won't bother me. When I've done low carb before (not this low) I didn't typically track calories at all and had pretty good results. I ended up with cravings and stress eating and such. I hope keto will be better because…

Day 6.... That pesky thing called "hunger" is leaving me alone! My favorite part of low carb eating ;) Didn't eat breakfast because I wasn't hungry. Finally had coffee with 2T HWC around 1:00. Had an ounce of cheddar at 4:00. Feeling fine! Going to have two chicken thighs tonight I think. I was already planning to have…

Hmmm.... Interesting

I'm interested in learning more! I have sensitivity and I hate it!!! Sensodyne makes my teeth ache when it comes in contact with my teeth. O_o I'm using Young Living Thieves toothpaste which doesn't bother me at all but I don't know if I'm helping my enamel as much as I could? I was reading about re-mineralization once and…

Yeah I'm going to need to try that drink! Yum... I love a hot cup of chicken broth so that sounds delicious.

Hi! I just started keto :)

Thanks, I really appreciate that. That's what I thought but I wanted to hear from others. While I'm on keto I'll spend time learning more about health. I understand the basics but I get overwhelmed by the myriad of tiny details Ann's nutrients. There's so much information out there and a lot of conflicting information!…

Good morning! I'm on day three and my husband decided to join in, so hopefully I'll be around for a while. :) At the end of 2015 I was eating really bad food as we had about 6 weeks notice to move across the country. I hit an all time high of 199.8 by mid January when we moved and I signed up for a 6 month diet bet. I knew…

Thank you so much for all of your responses. I really appreciate hearing your thoughts! I hear a lot of you saying carbs are a big problem for you. That makes a keto lifestyle very understandable; if you stray too much you feel poorly and/or have health concerns. I hear some people talking about it like literally the only…

From your before picture I would never have said you had 100lbs to lose! You must have carried it well :) Anyway congratulations on a huge accomplishment! You did 45 minutes of intense exercise every day.... That's a lot of work and you got great results from it. Good for you!

Some styles of yoga are specifically designed to calm your body and being you into a meditative, peaceful state. If your goal is to burn calories, consider a different routine that keeps you moving. :)

When do you feel the discomfort? If it's a few hours after eating, it may be hunger... But I'm going to assume that you know what being hungry feels like. You'd feel hungry, then really hungry, then get hunger pangs. If it happens within an hour after eating perhaps you are sensitive to something you're eating. I suggest…

Did you know some essential oils can help with cravings? For example peppermint can help with sweets cravings. Or if you feel anxious and eat to soothe, an oil that helps you relax could help with the root cause. Just an idea! No big scary side effects and no prescription needed.

You dont need to weigh every single bite IF you know the total and will eat it over several days. For example i make quinoa in a portion of four servings. I weigh the initial lot, then I log 0.25 of that each of four times that I eat it. It doesn't matter if I ate exactly 0.25 each time. Maybe i guessed poorly and ended up…

Re: sushi, she's eating just the raw fish I believe she said.

Aw honey. I don't know if you're still reading but I wish I could just give you a great big hug! You ARE trying so hard. You are! You work out all the time and you've changed your eating habits. So much effort and so little reward! I just want to acknowledge the WORK you put in. Good for you!!! Obviously your method isn't…

I look forward to being able to participate in everything my son wants to do as he grows. Right now he's learning to walk, but soon he'll want to swim and climb and run and throw a ball and ride a horse and roller skate... I never want to say "Mommy's too tired, you go ahead". I want HIM to grow up saying "Slow down,…

Nikki click the link under the photo I post and it'll tell you how to measure. or, Google "measure frame size". It's based on your bones so its not supposad to change, unlike areas of fat and muscle.

I've never had chickpeas like that! Are they canned? Where do you find them?

Thanks everyone, these are great ideas! I'm going to write them down in a list of snack ideas :) I found a bag of unsweetened coconut flakes in my pantry - yum!

Just lower than a bowl of buttered pasta, or whatever else I crave if I get too hungry ;)

Can I bump my own post? Is that allowed? :)

Thanks! I know I can do it that way but I like to keep it as calories being burned instead of negative calories coming in. Makes more sense to me :)

QFT.

If you just started working out you may retain water as your body repairs itself. So you can be losing a bit of fat but gaining a bit of water. In another week you might suddenly drop a couple pounds as your body releases the water. :) I saw a 2 lb drop this first week, but I was eating crap before (lots of water weight…

I'm 5'7, large frame, currently 193lbs. I just started logging about a week ago. I set my goal to lose 1lb per week, I log nursing as 500 exercise calories, and I eat back all of any other exercise calories. I put my activity level as sedentary and I wear a Vivofit and if it adjusts my calories because I walked a lot, I…

I found frame sizes to be interesting and helpful. Using the wrist measurement I'm barely a large frame, using elbow (supposed to be more accurate) I'm DEFINITELY large frame. So at 5'6-5'7 I'm not going to dream of 125lbs as an ideal weight. Both unrealistic and possibly unhealthy; I'd probably have low muscle mass. Based…