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Thanks for all the insights! My doc wants me to retest in 4 months, which should be stable by then for me re: fat loss (have been aiming to maintain). I think I lost a lot of FAT even though the pounds weren't crazy high given my appearance (visible muscles, yay!) so maybe that was enough to impact the test.…

Congrats on losing 12 lbs! I suggest the LCHF board here if you want answers from people who have tried and enjoyed and benefited from keto. I got to my goal weight on keto and am now trying to fine-tune maintenance while keeping a low-carb lifestyle.

The right running shoes for my stride (Brooks Adrenaline girl over here!) Apps: MFP and the Studio app (treadmill runs) Orangetheory & YMCA memberships Food scale & body weight scale Sparkling water Stevia Trader Joe's Chili Lime Pepper

No, I lost 12 lbs about 3 months ago and an additional 3 over the last 3 months. Is that significant enough to impact results?

I like Nick’s Free Range Turkey Sticks.

My personality type is rule follower, to be honest, so I got to my weight loss goal on 20 net carbs a day because that’s what some blogs I read suggested. Now that I’m there, I realize calories and satiety/lack of cravings is more important to me than being that strictly LC. I recommend finding what foods that you like…

Thanks! This is what I am going to do! Spent a lot of time thinking about it, reading on HDL/LDL and talking on the phone last night with a physician in my family. I will switch to non dairy or eat low fat dairy like egg whites, and focus on non animal fats and stay with fish and lean chicken. It might bring my carbs up…

Deleting this--it was 2017 numbers. :-( I'll call to get my 2018 HDL

6 months. Total was 336, and LDL and LDL was 205, so assuming that means the other one was 131.

I don't worry that much about ingredients and focus more on the nutritional info and try to avoid foods that have sugars and are low in carbs and/or high in fiber. I avoid condiments, read hot sauce labels carefully and also inspect labels of foods that would appear to be high fat/low sugar like ranch dressing and cheese.…

I wear my Garmin Forerunner 235 every day and will sometimes also use their HRM strap. As I said, the burn isn't exactly the same but pretty similar. The only reason why I wear that strap is that I've gone to Orange enough that I'm really conditioned, and I try to go faster than I would otherwise to push myself into the…

Not that I know of! Not at the locations I've been to, anyway.

Agree. I live in a town where most people are married with kids in the house, and I'd say you'd fit right in where I live--I'm a 44 yr old female and I'd say about half the people are a little older, half a little younger. But maybe in major cities, it might skew younger. There are DEFINITELY men! It's maybe half/half.…

You can take a sample class and see. I think the instructors and the people are really important, too. Not everyone is a great teacher and sometimes the people's energy makes or breaks the class. The accountability is great, though--nothing like getting a text at 4:30 am from a friend asking if you're on your way to Orange!

My husband didn't hate it but didn't want to spend money on a membership as he has his own gym routine he looks forward to doing. You can buy either a chest strap or an arm band, but that's only if you want to see your numbers on the class screen. I sometimes don't wear mine.

Also, it's not just treadmill running. Plenty of people walk or jog. You can choose what speed you want to do. FWIW, I shaved 15 minutes off my half marathon PR since I've been doing Orange. I went from 2:15 to 1:55. I'm obviously a huge fan...not everyone loves it, but I think it's great!

The cool thing is they always mix it up, but it's usually 2 or 3 groups. The one I just did had us run for 12 minutes and we could either see how far we could get on our own or follow the instructor's pacing (2 minutes push pace, 1 minute base, 1 minute all out, repeated in a variety of different time increments, at 1% and…

They use heart rate monitors to track your burn and I have not found their read outs to be dramatically different from what my own Garmin says I've burned, or before I had the Garmin, my Polar. Slightly higher, but nothing dramatic, like on Wednesday it said I burned 500 in the class, and my Garmin reported 484. The…

I do it once a week. I am in maintenance and the daily fluctuations tend to bother me. I like to check in weekly and make sure I'm still within a few pounds of my goal.

They have a few ellipticals and bikes, but it's really a treadmill focused class. I used to hate the treadmill, too, but it's just totally different when you're running with someone telling you how fast/what incline and the music is pumping and everyone around you is doing the same thing. It's absolutely nothing like…

I have increased my VO2 max since starting Orange Theory, but I also run a lot and am not sure which or whether it was both that improved my conditioning. Challenging yourself to sprint and run faster than what's comfortable for you will increase your speed and endurance whether you do it on your own or through a class.…

I've been doing Orange Theory for about five years as I live near the studio where it was founded (Ellen's Ultimate.) It's an amazing workout that combines cardio and strength training. It will kick your butt and keep you interested the whole time (you just don't have a moment to even get bored!) As for the "after…

My favorite blogs for low carb recipes are Wicked Keto, Perfect Keto, Low Carb Yum and Fit Men Cook (you can filter Fit Men Cook for high protein and low-carb recipes.) I'd say most of my recipes come from there!

My grandmother used to call a little belly pudge a "bread basket" and would tell her kids to skip bread for a few weeks and the bread basket would go away. That actually worked for me when I was a teenager and had an amazing metabolism. :-) (Gosh do I miss the days when I could just not eat one thing I used to eat and lose…

Personally, I think this is more about how you feel at this weight than a health issue. You likely wouldn't want to intentionally gain more weight, but as for whether to lose, I think we're pretty much talking about "vanity pounds" vs. weight that needs to be lost to remain healthy. (And there's nothing wrong with losing…

My husband found a big box of sliced-in-half Larry's protein cookies in Ziploc bags. I am that random weirdo!! I stopped eating them a while ago....a TON of calories for such a small slice of a pseudo treat!

I try not to eat foods that I won't be able to just have a bite of. Honestly--and go ahead, woo away--eating keto has changed my palate and I do not crave sweets the way I used to. I can cook and serve S'mores brownies and not eat a single bite or wish I had a bite. I find I'm less worried about being tempted and just…

Me too, while running. Thoughts are usually, "Ugh, I should have had coffee first, when is mile 3, wait, how am I at mile 5, yay, this is fun, yay this is over!" And I work through problems, jam to music, organize my day and always feel happy that I stuck it out. FWIW, this was a cute joke! Wish I had some of that tortoise…

My big question with those caloric restaurant salads is where the hidden calories are? Are they drenching the grilled chicken in butter and flour? Is the salad dressing made from buttercream and sugar? Is each crouton actually a compressed bagel? FWIW, I order restaurant salads a lot but get a lemon wedge and no dressing,…

Do you actually FEEL like your heart rate is triple its resting pace? Are you sweating, out of breath, unable to speak in full sentences? I have gone through half a dozen different heart rate detecting devices in my life, and I've had some crazy read outs. Agree that you should definitely speak to a doctor but also wanted…