clayswife13 Member

Cannot figure out how to post pics here BUT...an average house cat LOL 11 lbs

First, I am sending you a friend request. I have noticed the more support you have here the better you do. As far as working out, you do not have to go to the gym...as suggested above youtube is great and so is walking, jogging, running. Right now I am not working out at all (yea have a 2 month old, 6 year old, 12 year…

Update: I have been doing very well during the week with staying committed to the new WOE. I have learned that weekends are a bit harder but mainly because I have not prepared my house properly. I need to find some things to have at the house that will be easy to make while caring for a 2 month old. I had gotten down to…

My weird one was peanut butter last week and I HATE peanut butter! For 2 days straight all I could think about was peanut butter so I finally had a spoonful and THANKFULLY the craven went way...because I still HATE peanut butter LOL. Other than that I tend to crave bloody steaks (like cooked medium) but that is because I…

You guys ROCK!! Thank you...I now have many new recipes to try!

I will be trying this ASAP!!

I noticed this in Lowes Foods last week, I swear I walked down one aisle and there was NOTHING but carbs! In my mind I have jokingly named it the "carb aisle" LOL

Oh glory I just looked this up!! Really gotta try this!

Welcome! This group is awesome and will help you in any way they can for sure. I have been doing this for almost two weeks and every time I have had a question they have answered. One thing I have learned in my two weeks is find ways to add extra fat to what you are eating, I have started cooking with butter (real butter)…

Thanks everyone, I have some new ideas to try now :)

I totally believe you can do this. I too am 300 lbs (yikes) Actually 301 as of this morning, my highest weight was 325ish right before my son was born (have no idea what I was right after) but when I went for my 5 week check up I was 313 was horrified because prior to this my highest weight was 309 and that freaked me out…

You, my friend, are a nurses dream!! I have been a home care nurse for 10 years and I come across the OPs issue more times than I care to count. I have taken care of people who no longer have either leg after going through MONTHS of diabetic ulcers that were eating away their legs yet they still refuse to even attempt to…

You could use the notes section in your food diary--in settings you can change the titles under the food diary as well if it is not set up the way you eat, when you take your blood sugar you can log it under the notes section, only thing is you cannot get a report or graft it which would be awesome!

I intend on doing what I am doing for lifetime. The last time I did a LCHF diet (10+ years ago) I went back to "normal" WOE and gained everything I lost plus some back. Yes I have 100+ lbs to lose but I am also working to keep myself from getting DMII as it runs in my family, carb counting is the best way to reduce the…

Let me say I do not believe everything WebMD says it just happened to be the article I read. Edited to correct wording

I like Splenda and having really found anything else I like. I have a HUGE sweet tooth and every night for the past 4 nights I have had to fight to keep myself from giving in (which I have not). I know it is a habit/addiction and those take 14 days to change. I have splenda and heavy cream in my coffee every morning and it…

I used to use half and half or milk--to me the heavy cream taste the same as those.

Really looks like you need to increase your fat. I started adding heavy cream to my coffee and butter (real butter) to everything I can...now I am staying full and at times am having to make myself eat....also, just because keto works for your friend does not mean it will work for you. I personally do not do keto, I do…

Agreed that 120 grams a day isn't that hard to do, all meats are good for protein and no carbs (of course depending on how you cook them). Be careful with starchy veggies like potatoes, carrots, corn; white flour; legumes; sugar period (being in foods or drinks). Greens, cabbage, brusel sprouts, cauliflour, avocado,…

Remember to be patent with yourself, you may not be low calorie to begin with but the more fat you eat the longer you stay full and will find that you do not feel hungry, I personally have certain times of the day that I eat and have noticed that as those times approach I do not feel hungry so I do not eat as much but this…

Also want to make note that it takes 3 months (some doctor's say 6 but Medicare guidelines say 3) between A1Cs for them to be accurate. A1Cs show an average of how your blood sugar has been running and after making changes it will take 3 months to get an accurate understanding of if the changes you are making are making a…

With an A1C of 11% I am surprised your doctor told you that you "may" be diabetic. Guidelines are 6.5% or higher indicates diabetes. With that being said it is entirely possible to change your diet and come off of medications, I am a home care nurse and in the past 10 years I have seen it happen when people really want it…

If you haven't found it yet this group is great! http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group It is a private group but if you click join group you shouldn't have a problem, it seems to be private to keep trouble makers out more than anything.

I have been doing LCHF for a little over a week now, at first I seemed to have trouble getting my calories at/under goal but I did some research, increased my fat intake by adding real butter here and there and adding heavy cream to my coffee instead of half and half and I have noticed since Monday I am not as hungry and…

I am planning on trying oopsie bread was wondering what it was like, thanks!

WOW!! That is awesome!! You are such an inspiration!!

Is this new since you started LCHF? I started last week and noticed that I was extremely sleepy (almost feel asleep driving which I have NEVER done before). It started on about day 2 and lasted 2-3 days. I had to increase my sodium intake and have started taking magnesium supplement. I will be starting potassium supplement…

Like stated above, start small especially if you have had trouble in the past with jumping in and getting burned. You have to remember you did not gain the weight over night and you are not going to lose it that way either. You are going to see on here 100000000000 times calories in < calories out and that is correct but…

9/22 check-in!! Goal--gotten started, the weekend was pretty bad but with all of the family issues we were dealing with I am not going to stress over it! I have started increasing sodium intake by adding salt to everything I can without getting totally grossed out (not a big salt eater), supper has been easier than I…

@Nettabee I am a RN and that much sodium freaked me out at first as well, what you have to remember is while you body is going through the transition phase it is "dumping" salt, on top of the breakdown in your body dumping water the more water you drink the more salt is being "dumped". I have been going through that "fog"…