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I'm back too! I had the flu after Christmas, then pneumonia and then, just as I am getting better a cold!!! Almost hospitalized but I talked and coughed and promised my way home. It has been a long and horrid winter. I have be back to regular stuff for about 3 weeks. This week I finally made it back to thinking about…

I haven't had them. But my husband has. The pain comes and goes for a few hours at a time. And it will come back. If you stop peeing, you are an extreme emergency. And that can happen fast. Get to a hospital/doctor while you still can. They will be able to tell immediately with an ultra sound as to whether you need their…

My eating is before dinner. I did not make it today. But dinner was light so I am hopeful that my cashew diving won't knock me off too much. Hope you did well today.

I am with you, Gayle. I have gained two more lbs while dieting! So switching things up abit. Still trying for the 10lbs by Christmas. Agreed. new challenge in the new year. Strikes me that we all need to get back here more regularly as we are back sliding without each other.

Mary! Sorry, I have been absent too! I have gained 9 lbs over the past few months and it has to stop! I have a mini Challenge. 10lbs by Christmas. Want to join me? I will report weekly here. More if you want to. Starting weight 173.5 November 20

Neither American nor Italian here. I like my coffee strong, but not burnt, and black. I never know what to order at Starbucks! So I don't. To my surprise, McCafe has a pretty good coffee. Liquid desserts? A whole 'nother topic.

Well done for taking the very difficult step of introducing yourself and starting your journey with us. What diet are you going to follow? There are so many people here who follow lots of different diets. Most are very supportive. Keep looking until you find a comfortable place here. I would suggest that you search in the…

Hey, the give up girl here. October was awful. Family crisis with my niece's husband. Away more than half the time. Anniversary season for me which always gets me down. Fall rain which does not help. Hey, Gayle. High cholesterol. Sleep apnea did go when I lost a little weight but I am gaining again. Joint pain, muscle pain…

Stuck to my eating plan and drank more water yesterday. Did not do my exercises. But I always start with food since that is TMT. Got on the scale and gained a lb! I am going to stick to the plan today. Going golfing so that will take care of the exercise part of things. We have had 10 days of fine clear weather. First time…

9/18/17 170.5 Hi Ladies, Sorry to be absent. I just gave up. Thanks for the challenge Gayle. I need more encouragement too. I am going to tell you about my food, exercise and challenges daily for awhile. I need accountability because I am not even keeping my focus for a week. So I am going to keep it for a day at a time.…

You might find this interesting too. http://olivecenter.ucdavis.edu/research/files/blood-lipid

Will not let me edit twice. IMO, adding EVOO to short fasts might work well. But I have not found any fasting studies to prove this. As in regular fasting, electrolytes would have to be watched.

Not all of this is woo science. I am not sure that I would fast using olive oil only. The Bacon Experiment (on facebook) uses just bacon but it isn't fasting and potassium and magnesium supplementation is recommended to balance the salt. Two tablespoons of EVOO is pretty close to fasting, IMO, and .... Many well regarded…

And on another subject all together. I am at 170 again. I have to get it together when I get home tomorrow (visiting friends in Toronto now). Good news. I am released from my quarterly doctor's visits for cholesterol so I will be going annually. Now all I have to worry about is losing weight. I can do that. Good for you…

I am so glad you had fun, Pam! And, when you dance, language isn't a problem. Quebec city is just lovely particularly in the summer months. Winter is very different but awesome in its own way. They have so very much snow. The do truck it away from the old quarter but on the roofs, along the board walk etc. And the winter…

Thanks for the chia ideas. I make chocolate chia pudding BUT when it is around, I tend to overeat it and my tummy hurts. I like fiber as a rule but too much of anything, and chocolate pudding? Well, need some self control over that too! I use ground flax and hemp seeds in their places too and I don't overeat them. o:)

Not at all, @Sabine_Stroehm . Glad it was helpful to you. I also need the review!

Good going Gayle for moving down again. Mary, tough week. Me too and I have not got on a scale. I am off to visit a cottage on an island in Georgian Bay. No electricity and obviously no internet. And you eat what is there because there is no store nearby. I will get on a scale next week. I am trying to combine once a week…

Hi Doug, Tough place to be but it will get better. Has your doctor recommended a particular diet for you? I am sure that you have tried many times before but this will be the one. Cut out added sugars, eat real food not packaged and you will be well on your way. Refinements can come later. Remember that what you put in…

but very interesting, thank you!

Hi Pam, Music is universal and button box! Quebec loves button box (of course in only certain circles). Their folk dance music has a slight different rhythm being descendant from the French folk tunes rather than our familiar English ones. If you get a chance to see it; their step dancing is quite a different rhythm too.…

Hi, I won't eat "foods to avoid" even if under my daily carb limit. The carb limit should be used up with foods like green leafy veggies not stuff you should avoid. Once you have achieved what you want with the keto diet, some of those foods such as complex carbs can be added back for maintenance. Also, if you eat stuff…

Seem fine to me! Did you doctor give you any guidance sheet? Is this because of weight loss or other health reasons. There is a difference in carb levels for low carb high fat diets and keto diets. There is a wealth of knowledge and resources with the LCD group on myfitnesspal:…

This is a great group. Check it out.

Me too. It took a year of gluten free LCHF to be able to do regular milk products. Even yet, I have to watch amount. A glass of milk on an empty stomach, no, on a stomach with something else in it, OK. i did not know about shampoo etc. Thanks! I also do not do gluten free treats. I found they aren't worth it for both sugar…

Just keep going. Choose wisely every time you eat. Stay off the scale except for once a week.

@OliveGirl128 , it would be a great idea if you could. I was too new to the diet, too new to myfitnesspal etc when the thought crosses my mind. Now I am eating a LCHF diet but moderating it. It is beginning to look more like the Higher Fat DASH diet as I understand it. I digress. I looked for a group when I first joined as…

Water weight because of inflammation I would guess. I would sure try to figure out what is causing the digestive upset to get off this cycle. My family has ceoliac disease, lactose intolerance, a cheese problem separate from the lactose problem, so I do understand. But it is so worth experimenting with your diet, talking…

I liked the DASH diet. I liked that you could find information about it for free online without the need to buy a book. It did work for me. Then I sorted out what were my food intolerances with my doctor and the diet became more difficult with my restrictions so I have wandered away from it. I tried the higher fat DASH…

Thanks for all this information. Learned a little to add to my knowledge. We have two cast iron pans of different sizes which I have been working on. They are great. We have a carbon steel pan which is used less but mostly because I did not understand the uses and care requirements. These comments help. And a carbon steel…