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Maybe I am misunderstanding something, but I'd like an option to search your food lists or database. Logging is pretty time consuming if you have to sort through database entries all the time. If i take time to find the exact entry that matches the item I ate. I'd like to be able to find it easily if I eat it again three…
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Atkins is a step program. The strictest phase is the first two week induction when you eat 20g of carbs or lower mostly from foundation veggies. They even say that you can skip it. Anyway, after induction, you gradually up your carbs until you find the point at which you stop losing weight. One you enter maintenance, you…
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Just finished a two week diet vacation because we had relatives visiting. Although I had prepared myself for gaining 3-4 lbs while they were here, I ended up losing the first week and gaining 1.6 pounds the second week, ending up only 1 pound heavier by the time they left from the first day they got here. I'm hoping some…
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I have PCOS and I am more regular now that I've lost some weight. It took me nearly 5 years to conceive my second child. I lost a little weight (not much) back then and I started having cycles again. Before that I only had about 2 periods a year. I think having my second child rebalanced my hormones or something, but after…
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I have two scales, both are digital, but one is glass. The glass one always gives me the same weight and will register a 5lb plate weight exactly. The other one is a spring type scale similar to the analog ones (but still digital) and that one is very dependent on how you stand on it. When it is working right, it is 0.4…
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When using the military body fat calculator, you have to follow the military guidelines for where to measure. For women, waist is the natural waist and not the navel. And HIPS are much lower than you would think. Standing in profile, the tape is placed around the widest part around your buttocks. If you try this, you will…
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Bend to the side and find where your waist indents. That is where your natural waist is--for women at least. Don't just go by where you think it is smallest or you could be measuring in the wrong place. That happened to me. I was measuring where my hip started to curve. Also, saw it recommended that for dress fittings, you…
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Could it be that you just happened to measure the second time on a day that you were bloating? That happens to me sometimes. I just wait a few days and try again.
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Wow! Great job and only since August?!. You look wonderful!
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You look grat!
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Thank you everyone for the encouragement, and jdwhite for the tips!
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There was a couple of weeks where I weighed myself several times a day just to see how my weight fluctuates. I found a pattern that when I get less than 6 or so hours of sleep, my weight in the morning is similar to what it was the night before (after all my eating for the day). I wait a couple more hours, then weigh again…
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LOL.I was just redoing my measurements this morning and realized I had been measuring my waist in the wrong place! I did the side bend technique and was surprised at where my "indent" showed up. So had to go online and find dressmaker's measurements. They said to tie a string around your waist, then bend side to side to…
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That makes perfect sense. Thank you! I forgot I was only testing the presence of ketones rather than ketosis itself.
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:) That would be nice. I lost pretty steadily at 50-70 total carbs (didn't start tracking net until I started using my diary). I'm thinking maintenance level for me would be around 120-150? Anyway, I love low carb living. I used to always bloat up after eating and was very uncomfortable. I looked and felt pregnant. Hope…
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Not mad really. I'd go crazy if I did every time! Just tring to figure out my threshold because I have company coming for a couple of weeks and I want to maintain for a while. Don't really want to stay at induction level during that time, but I don't want to gain weight either. It took a lot of hard work to get these 18lbs…
