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Do have a look through the launchpad. It helped me get around "I am going against all sane advice" stage. Best of luck!

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Nope. @Roseygirl1 , I have looked. No skinny cows in my neck of the woods! Glad to hear from you again. I did a similar silliness. You have to understand (or at least hear my excuse), I was away from home for a week, then home for one night and now away from home, babysitting animals for friends, for another week. Tired,…

Not a favourite at our house. Even the dog we are babysitting eats around it or spits it out if it is put in with his other veggies. But as chips, not bad.

re-reading always helps, regardless of hair colour!

But @gmabethof3 we are both down a little from the start of this challenge. Really have to buckle down. Last night, our hosts ordered Chinese takeout. Not good from diet nor from gluten free nor from fat or from diabetic point of view. Back on the gluten free oatmeal and fibre supplements this morning. I also discovered…

So, so glad to hear the the biopsy was benign @neohdiver . I hope you are out of physical pain soon.

Sept 2: 166 (-3.5) Sept 9: 166 (-0) Sept 16: 166 (-0) Sept 23: 163 (-3) Sept 30: 163 October 20: 165 (+2) Arrgggh!!! No movement since Sept 2. I have to buckle down again!

Well, back from my week away and I am back up to 165. My body really likes that number. I am off again today (one night at home, sigh) because we had agreed to baby sit a house and a large dog while friends go to Aruba. It gives us a week in Toronto where I can visit friends and we can do some shopping and museum seeing.…

YEAH Beth!!!! Great week fro you and good loss. Glad you got it moving down again. Our Thanksgiving was last weekend. Same as your Memorial Weekend. I haven't yet hit a scale. Back is still bothering me but I am at my annual banishment to my SIL while my brothers and their friends take over my house. I stayed for 2 nights…

Wow! @Abm4n "Thirteen years at English boarding schools starting from the age of 5 can predispose a person towards food hoarding. I still have a little tucker box filled with chocolate! " I bet that really changes your view of food! My career was in IT (with a English degree - a bit of story). Of course there is an…

Still thinking of you. Shingles are so awful and with no power, hard to find things to take your mind off it.

I am glad. Glad that she is OK and glad that she will not put you through this again.

@kpk54 , one and a back up was my mum and I have picked it up too. Although, I now only apply it to things like mustard or mayo, not to everything. She was feeding a family of 6; we are a family of 2. I realized some time ago that I could put it on the list when it was getting empty not when I just opened it. We went to…

Wow! A lot of trees down. I suspect it will be some time before they get to the smaller streets. Glad you are able to cook some of that meat. We often get that sort of tree damage in winter. To me the photos look odd when everything isn't covered in white stuff. Lots of work ahead in the year. You did get lucky indeed and…

Glad to hear you are OK. The property damage sucks. I know it is pouring outside but we have in the past cooked a whole freezer worth of meat over the BBQ rather than lose it all. But we were dealing with an ice storm rather than water in its liquid state. We were able to keep the meat for an additional time and we were…

Thanks for the tip about "yoga for the rest of us" @Catawampous .

From my understanding, you don't have to worry about the body converting muscle into fuel until it uses your body fat. I know you do not want to lose weight so I think if you watch your % body fat, you will have an idea about the effect of fasting on your body. Using muscle for fuel normally occurs only when one is truly…

Well done on 'back from the edge'. I hope your sister is OK. Hard to watch, I am sure. 15 miles doesn't seem far enough either. I am sitting in sunshine and summer temperatures with the fall colours bursting out all over. Seems incredible with what is going on south of us. Thinking of you.

In case you are new here. There is lots of really good advice, support and study backed information from the LCD group. Since there are 30,000 +, there are a great many people doing this diet for health reasons, like PCOS and prediabetes and diabetes. Lots of success stories too. No reason why you can join both! Good luck…

Hi @gmabethof3 . Glad you had a good week. Staying the same is a win, in my book. Funny, I do not snack, at least on good days :/ . Reading about diabetes and insulin levels etc has convinced me, that for me, not a good idea. I know it is the current recommendation of small meals through the day so you don't get hungry,…

Glad to have you back @estherdfoster Wisdom teeth are no fun but glad you are through it. Speaking of which, I injured my back this week. I have arthritis in the lower back from a water skiing injury in my 20s. (For you who are that age, do not do really silly things!). Tried a new exercise which did not work out and I…

Yes, I do. I find low carb does help because I am not as hungry. I am not very low carb. Normally around 60-100 total carbs daily. I am just about to start on a more intentioned fasting protocol. I am not into eating breakfast; never have been so I normally go until noon and some days, until the middle of the afternoon.…

Everyone does it differently. I seem to need more veggies than some here. I do high fibre, moderate carbs, moderate fats. This is working for me. I also keep my eye on the calories.

We really like a number of the Asian themed recipes on ruled.me

Lots of people and good advice over at http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group You are welcome!

Hi Gayle and Pam, Yes, logging helps a great deal. I have to admit that I don't log when I bust out all over. Logging keeps me honest. I just do not want to 'know' on days like today when things are out of my control. I did pretty well for being away with my niece this weekend. Glad to hear from you Gayle and sounds as if…

So sorry to hear of your ongoing health concerns. Do concentrate on you and get better. I don't think we need you to diet to be part of the group so do check in and keep us up to date on what is going on with you as the weeks go by. Best wishes for better health.

We were told by a dietitian that basmati rice did not spike blood sugar. We did not test directly but when we were eating the diabetic diet recommended by the dietitian, including basmati rice, my DH's bs did not drop, it climbed. Then we went low carb and things got a lot better fast. So we put the basmati away. Wild rice…

I put my week into the spreadsheet. And I noticed last week there were some good losses. Bravo gang! Hopefully this week is as good for everyone. For those of you who "stayed the same, I do not believe "staying the same" is a stall. Stall for me means months and months of the same number. A couple of weeks of no losses is…