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Do you have a source for that? Reddit's ketogain FAQ lists: Sedentary people: 0.8g per lean pound Mildly active or doing endurance / strength training: 0.8 to 1.0g per lean pound Heavy strength training / bodybuilders: 1.0 up to 1.2g per lean pound I'm currently doing 2 days per week of 5 sets of 5 reps @ 5RM and I just…

No, though I read that false negatives on Kettostix are quite rare outside of highly concentrated urine, drug and chemical interactions: http://www.aacc.org/members/nacb/LMPG/OnlineGuide/PublishedGuidelines/diabetes_update/Documents/Chapter%208.pdf…

About the same as me, I have a mini electric whisk I bought from the 100 yen store. Zip & Sip.

Hmm, I'm well to the top of that range, depending on the day, and I never get kicked out. I doubt I have super genes! ;-)

I read that on keto we need higher sodium: http://ketodietapp.com/Blog/post/2013/04/16/Keto-flu-and-Sufficient-Intake-of-Electrolytes

Both the HWC and butter sound like great ideas! Looks like tomorrow I have a different drink for dinner.

I don't know if you can get it there, but if you haven't tried komatsuna give it a shot. It's kind of like spinach but without the bitterness.

That. Looks. AWESOME!!!!!

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/custom/1323565/2 Appears to be mostly protein, 1g net carb for 2 Tablespoons.

I just got the Wyler's beef bullion cubes because it was what was available in the commissary. No calories.

So I considered this and thought to myself... "Self, what makes everything better on keto?" I'm pretty sure bacon is the answer. I'll find out since I'm cooking them now (without the rosemary, though if I had sausage I'd do that and keep the rosemary). EDIT: I fried up bacon until crispy and broke it up into the mixture…

Thats funny, the low carb mac and cheese is also on my weekend list! Though last weekend I intended to make mini cheesecake balls and never got around to it... Hopefully this weekend I'll be better since I already riced the cauliflower, though I need to go to the 100 yen store and see if they have big microwave safe bowls.…

Grats!!! Veggies are a great part of the diet, I'm frnakly not a huge fan of them but I'm getting into the habit of eating a lot just because they're filling and useful for... Um... Well, regularity, let's say. ;-)

I'm still waiting on my meter, all I can measure currently is ketostix. :-/

I know what you mean, I recently bumped up my protein percentage to meet my 1 g/lb lbm mark and now I'm at: 7% carb 40% prot 53% fat I look at it this way: Keto really only looks like a high fat diet because at maintenance levels fat is much higher than the other macros, but it's not *intrinsically* high fat. That…

Are you seeing any correlation between readings and specific foods?

http://tinyurl.com/73xeleb I made a tinyurl of it so it doesn't go across a line break.

In preparation for the meter, and inspired by AMPitpup, here's my Google spreadsheet of data I'm maintaining. Clicking the additional sheets (at the bottom of the page) will show the charting of changes in the data. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsV1nMfy0NQqdFlyVG1EbEtfRmk3UjIycHI2NXJ2bWc&usp=sharing

My diary is open to the world, and feel free to add me. :-)

Hi there, I can't say if you're in ketosis since it takes varying amounts of time for each person depending on how quickly they use up their liver glycogen stores. I can say you're on the right track with carbs and congrats on doing a great job so far! Don't forget that your protein macro is also important. If you're…

Pick a macro plan and stick with it. How long did it take you to gain the weight? Don't expect the loss to be lightning fast. Keto isn't magic, it's just efficient. The surest way to mess it up is to just keep changing things around instead of keeping calm and sticking with a plan that's been proven already and has…

Thanks for this post, at my age it looks like I ought to up my protein a bit.

I have a love hate relationship with cooking... I hate the work of cooking but I love eating what I cook. For breakfasts I usually just make a green smoothie the night before (though I forgot my bottle at the office tonight ><). For lunches I usually bring a couple hard boiled eggs, some raw veggies and some sort of snack…

I've read from 0.6 - 1.2 depending on whether cutting or bulking. So figure out your LBM, and from there get your protein. My LBM is ~138 and I'm slowing down my loss and working on switching to a recomping, therefore I set my protein to 1g per lb of LBM = 138g. When I was more focused on weight loss I had my protein set…

Maybe if you have some specific questions you'll get better answers. It's tough when you just ask for 'long term effects' without clarifying what types of effects you're wondering about. There are people on here with a ton more knowledge than me about keto, but they need to know what you want to learn about in order to…

From what I've read, in order to maintain the weight loss one needs to: 1. Use weight training to change the body composition into one which has enough muscle to have a sustainable maintenance calorie level (e.g. don't end up skinny-fat) 2. Stabilize the weight loss by staying low carb at maintenance calories for a while…

Watch for hidden carbs in diet soda. Double check the label for ingredients and then google the name of the soda along with the words 'hidden carbs' (so google: diet coke hidden carbs). Some people are sensitive to artificial sweeteners and some aren't, you might want to try going without for a couple weeks to see how you…

AWESOME!!! Congrats, you totally deserve it! Now this is gonna sound silly, but now is a perfect time to put a little sign on the wall in front of your scale which says 'Remember the whoosh!' This way the next time you're in a stall you will look up and see that sign and get the confidence that you'll get the same feeling…

The only problem with the after picture is the Star Wars shirt was way cooler! ;-) Seriously, GREAT transformation! Feel free to add me.

QFT! My net carb limit daily is 23 grams and I am virtually always under, sometimes by as much as 11 grams. Even the other day when I was just freakishly hungry and ate almost 600 calories over my goal I was still under on carbs by 3g. I eat somewhere in the neighborhood of 1/4 to 1/3 kg of green leafy veggies per day (I…