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I have PCOS as well, but it's been years since I've had any labwork so no clue about insulin resistance. Maybe I've been avoiding finding out... So glad you're enjoying the Keto adventure, and looking forward to your continued successes!

One of the main reason's I'm doing keto is to get rid of inflammation once and for all. Looking at your 28 days of progress, it seems to be working for you! Weigh to go!

Thanks so much, @Sarahb29! I don't even have a primary care doctor yet (just haven't felt I needed one), but definitely will look for one and get these panels before too much more time passes. I'm on my 6th day and feel so great (bye, inflammation!) that while I started with just a 3-day, then a 7-day, then a 30-day…

I'm new to keto, and to this forum. Sorry if I'm busting in and derailing this really informative, pretty-specific thread. Are there lab tests in general that folks taking on a keto way of eating might want to consider for baseline measurements and tracking as we go along? If there's already a thread or link to this,…

I started last week but lost track of this thread! I aim to weigh in on Wednesdays. It's a little ambitious to have a 27 lb drop in 9 weeks--that's 3 lbs/week. But at my size it seems possible, and either way, progress is a win in itself! If it matters to anyone, I plan to stick to a very low-carb, very high-fat, moderate…

Ultimately it's up to the individual. Plenty of people are grossed out by the *concept* of something until they have actually experienced it. The OP and any other person with the same question can decide if they want to tear right into a rack of ribs, or take a gentler approach to changing their conceptions. Absolutism…

There is in fact no problem, in MY world, with that, subakwa. However, for many vegetarians, it's a challenge. So why gross one's self out with raw flesh on the bone when trying to take in meat for the first time in a long while? Nothing wrong with meat that's cut into strips or ground or otherwise looks different than the…

Yes. Try it. You can't know what your experience will be until you first have it. Plenty of people blog about how dietary changes made their health (and holiness) level-up. These are often the same people who say they get sick after encountering their former foods. Is this true for everyone? Hard to know. Are there lots of…

Hi there. Can't say much about the unkind comments--we're always vulnerable to the words of others no matter our choices. We do get to decide whose words hold weight with us, though (no pun intended). Those who love us can still be hurtful, especially if they've got their own mess to deal with and would rather focus on us…

Bump!

You are already at a calorie deficit if you are following MFP's general setup. Quite possibly, if you are 20 or lbs from your healthy goal weight, and you have MFP set up to 2 lbs/week, you are at too steep a deficit. Keep in mind this arrangement does NOT include calories burned through exercise--that's why MFP asks you…

So you're in agreement. Great!

Agreed. If folks were really listening to the OP, they'd hear her desire to make changes in her life, her history of undereating, and realize that whole eggs and some oatmeal for breakfast is just...breakfast. Put away the pitchforks and torches. Only thing happening here is a woman working to improve her health, and…

I hear that you're concerned about letting go of control--the same kind of control that made it possible for you to subsist on 1000 calories/day while doing consistent cardio. I think this is an opportunity to trust not only the trainer but yourself. You sound like you put some thought into working with a trainer. No point…

3 whole eggs seems like a lot of...what, to you? You shared that you have a history of high cardio and low caloric intake. It sounds like your trainer is taking that into consideration as he starts working with you, on what sounds like a mutual goal to slowly increase your caloric intake. As others have already shared, 3…

Hey, OP, enjoy the challenge! There just might be varieties of seafood, and ways to prepare them, that bring new flavor and enjoyment to your life. The same with vegetables--what a great time to start exploring farmers markets, if there are any near you. Maybe a new recipe a week? Adding vegetables in can be really fun and…

Interestingly enough, plenty of "welfare kids" are in "the working man's" family. More accurately, the working woman's family, or just plainly, working families. Minimum wage income still qualifies hundreds of thousands of people across the country to receive SNAP and cash income benefits for themselves and their children.…

What sucks about that guy, in addition to all of the things you mentioned, is that he wasn't the actual recipient of public assistance. From what you shared, he was taking advantage of a woman and her family, who received assistance.

Probably says little about me that you feel "sassed." Not that I know what that means, but I honor your experience. Having said that. I acknowledge that you made some concessions about the uniqueness of that case. But that's the thing--everyone's unique until generalizations are made. Hence The Onion piece, and all of the…

I find it difficult to believe that we can individualize poverty and determine from singular examples who, or which circumstances, are "deserving." I certainly can't single out categories of individuals in our society who are deserving of extreme hunger, homelessness, untreated mental and physical illness, family…

And this is where people minding what others are doing with their money get it wrong. The cash that comes from those cards is NOT from the recipient's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps). That would be their TANF or TDAP cash assistance, formerly known as welfare, or…

Yes. Singular negative anecdotes to discuss entrenched systemic issues beyond the scope of this website.

GREAT work! I hope you are fiercely proud of your effort and dedication! Just started a weight lifting program on Monday. Looking forward to seeing my own 12-week progress down the road. Thanks for the inspiration.

Eggwhite omlette cooked in coconut oil, with lowfat cheddar cheese and fresh dill inside; topped with homemade chili and some salsa. Two slices of wholegrain bread and butter. Coffee with creamer and sugar. Damned delicious. Can you believe all that fits into my calories AND my macros?? I wouldn't have believed it if I…

That's more like rabid weight loss. It's not going to happen. So what you do now is accept that you will not achieve that goal, work to understand why you aspire to such impossible outcomes, and establish a realistic plan with realistic benchmarks for progress. Or if doing it smart and slow doesn't work for you... You…

Approaching change from a position of fear can often lead to stagnation and eventual "failure." I celebrate your desire to seek health through nutrition, for yourself and for your daughter! So let's look at change from a position of strength. You seem to have achieved some preliminary education about commercial food…

Or perhaps you recently were, and wanted to share. In which case, thanks? Something about your last line comes off, however, as "you are now condescended to."

Ultimately you will have to decide which discomfort you're willing to accept. The discomfort of changing your familiar and beloved eating patterns to tilt toward improved nutrition and health, or not changing your eating habits and instead accommodating the eventual discomfort of unwanted weight gain, sluggishness, aches,…

However problematic the verb "tone" may be, the OP's question and desire for help is genuine and deserves to be the focus of his thread. I'm with you on the gender-typing of women's fitness. However, I don't think OP needs to be derided, as he was, for using a phrase in the common vernacular of beginner's fitness.