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You both look fantastic! As does everyone else on this thread! Congrats on all of the hard work paying off in big ways. I'm down 124 lbs. I've got about 40 lbs more to go. This picture was about 10 lbs ago. Well crap. It won't let me upload a photo?

Before and current. I still have 60 lbs to go, but after losing 96 lbs so far, that 60lbs seems easy enough!

I have been doing low carb (strict ketogenic) for almost 15 months. I've lost 65lbs. I am severely insulin resistant and leptin resistant. Keto is what works to reduce these for me and I have come such a long way through blood work, etc... this is how I will eat for life. It has cleared up so many problems for me. I feel…

I am dealing with high fasting blood glucose numbers - dawn phenomenon but otherwise normal lab work (all vitamin numbers came back in normal range - they never have been before, so this is all do to keto!) thyroid came back normal, cortisol came back normal, B's came back normal, A1C came back at 5.7 which was a huge…

I had a terrible stall for the month of May and first part of June. Did IF 18:6 and all of a sudden that stall became a whoosh aND I've lost quite a bit in the last week and a half. I do Ketogenic diet, so I'm no longer hungry and to do a 16 or 18 hour fast is not a problem at all (I even exercised during those fasts and…

Hi! I have been doing LCHF since January 9. 2016 and would love to have some LCHF friends for motovation and support as well!

I think cheat meals are great IF you can only have your cheat meal and move on. I am the type of person who can't have a cheat meal because then my next meal is a cheat meal and I tell myself i will just start over tomorrow and tomorrow never comes and next thing I know, I am back to square one! LOL!! But I have TOTALLY…

Yep - I went to the PT for 4 weeks (one day each week) and they gave me a bunch of great stretches to do & tips for icing, etc... I love the PT. I do stretch before I get out of bed in the morning. One thing I did yesterday and today so far (thankfully have been home and not super busy) is that I have iced my foot…

Thank you so much for all of your replies! I appreciate you retelling me your experiences and what has worked for you. I do go to PT and in addition to the stretches, they do ultrasound - I am still not sure if that is actually working or not. Right now I've opted not to get the cortisone shot and my reasoning is since I…

I have a torn rotator cuff and it sucks big time! Can you get a cortisone injection? I got one and it was a big world of difference (but it wore off and hurts again) I was hoping to build the muscles up around the injury for less pain, but clearly I didn't succeed (Or know if that is even possible)? So would love to follow…

You look amazing!! Keep up the hard work! I lost my brother too, when he was 15, a week before his 16th birthday, I was almost 18. Definitely one of the hardest things to go through is losing a sibling. My heart goes out to you sweetie!

I just joined Friday and had my 2nd workout today. I'm really enthusiastic about this program!

I am right there with you - I can not stand ground turkey. It's gross. I love ground beef though. But it stinks because you really shouldn't eat that all the time. But it's a great, quick and easy source of protein.

I need a change up every once in a while too! I've been making fresh green tea and then mixing it with crystal light lemonade. Oh, the combo is sooooooooo good!!! The green tea taste and the lemon go so well together. It tastes so good it feels like a cheat drink.

This is the time where it's really important to take a step back and really look at your plan, re-evaluate and take steps to fix it. You don't want to gain that weight back. Just start simple and small. Write out a menu plan for the next few days. Make sure to eat your breakfast. Make sure to eat protein with each meal. If…

I have read SO many studies on coffee and the benefits you can get from it. So do some research and see where that info hits home for you. I think what you put into your coffee greatly depends on weight loss. And what you say you put into your coffee really doesn't sound very detrimental. So I don't think it's something I…

I just posted my dilemma to this very problem last week. I do no sugar and very low carb (due to a metabolic syndrome, so I HAVE to) I eat about 20-30g carb per day. You end up just not being hungry anymore and it's hard to fit the calories in. I eat a lot of veggies, and since they are so low cal, it's hard to bump it up.…

I still can't find a directory! LOL!! Anyone? I'm not THAT computer dumb, but I'm on a mac and Safari - maybe I am missing a search field or something????

My mom had me when she was 20 years old (but that was in the 70's) and she was married to my deadbeat dad. She got the nerve up to leave him (he was abusive physically & Mentally) so my brother and I were raised by a single mother. She worked SO hard and she did the best she could. Now that I am a mom, I look back and…

Fortunately, just Insulin Resistance - I don't have PCOS or anything like that. So what I have is reversible when I lose weight. She did some blood testing and a lot of my vitamins and minerals were severely depleted as well, so she is helping me restore those while I work on losing weight. Once i lose the weight, my body…

I've been sick for a whole week now and I lost 5bs! LOL!! I think getting the virus was just luck of the draw. I don't ever recall getting a cold or virus whenever I have switched from unhealthy eating over to making better choices.

Thank you everyone, I really appreciate the input! No refined sugar and barely any natural sugar. There are only a few things that I eat that have sugar in them naturally. Every once in a while I will have some peanut butter when I make peanut sauce for my stir fry and any other things usually have with natural sugar…

No, she's not a naturopatic Dr. She's my primary care Dr, but I was initially going for Gastric Bypass (which I've struggled over that decision for a few years) and each time I get ready to do it, I back out, because I NEED to fix the reason I eat in the first place and truthfully, I am not broken, so I didn't want to…

Oh, I can't eat fish or seafood. I gag. I've tried. The only fish I can tolerate is Tuna, but the Dr asked me to only have that once a week, if that, due to mercury (and I guess with my weight and metabolic issues, it's not safe for me to eat more than that for the moment) I think normal people can eat it without issues in…

Not all of my days are in the diary, but skip through and you'll see full days (But my meals are usually consistant with what is already posted on my full diary days) I do not have any restrictions on things like avocados (thankfully, I LOVE those, but they stink here right now, but we are coming into season, so I can't…

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You could also grab a shake as a snack, it's something you can easily bring along with you as you chase that 10 month old. :o) I have 3 boys and my youngest learned to walk at 8 months and he was running by 10 months. NEVER thought that would happen, kept me busy!

She is COMPLETELY full of Crapola! No Dr would ever tell a patient that. So, either she heard wrong or she's just making up some bull. However, it doesn't matter what you tell her, she has to figure that out for herself. I can't imagine eating 800 cals per day. And I can't even imagine having 3 peanut butter M&M's for…

I think Pre-diabetes is WAY bigger of a deal than most people think it is. Pre-diabetes is still not good. Damage is being done even if it's not full blown diabetes. I am reading this book called "The Blood Sugar Solution" by Dr. Mark Hymen and it's a great read (I usually can't read books of this nature, they bore me) but…