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Both me and my husband both wake up in the middle of the night for a bathroom break. Most likely it's because we are drinking a lot of fluids before bedtime, him with pop and me with tea. Between tea, coffee, and water I have to take quite a few breaks in the day.

You eat a package of bacon. To yourself. In one day. Hooray Sundays!

I have carbquick now so I'm off to look up pizza recipes! You guys have me craving it now. I love everything pizza.

I've been doing Keto on and off for a year now, almost at 60lbs lost. Feel free to add me!

I love love love Quest bars but at 4g net carbs I can't have them often. I try to keep my limit to around 20g a day. My favorite one is the Smores one but they did just come out with a blueberry muffin one that looks yummy too. Costco has low carb protein bars as well under their Kirkland signature brand, IIRC a box of 18…

Good for you on doing your own research and trying to find ways to improve your diet and blood sugar :)

Great article, and I like the keto food pyramid at the bottom. I thought I was fasting every day until 11am but turns out adding HWC to my coffee in the AM ruins the fast. It's 100 calories for 2tbsps. Darn it. I'll definitely try fasting tonight/tomorrow and I'll have a nice big brunch! I do have an odd problem though..…

Love love love! I'm going to start reading these articles now :)

I'm so happy it's FALL! I've been celebrating since Sept 1st with my pumpkin candles and flannel :)

Great progress! I read that 50 carbs is the max ceiling for staying in ketosis, but if you're in maintenance and want to stay that weight couldn't you sort of graduate to low carb (ie 150g or less)? Either way I guess you can keep peeing on sticks and increasing your carbs slowly every few days to find out where your max…

I find the recipe import thing on the site super helpful but didn't notice macros in it. Are you using iphone or is this on their site?

No veggies? Even on plans like Atkins you are allotted a good portion of veggies. I don't understand?

If you have trouble with getting enough protein my favorite go-to is a shake with protein powder and unsweetened almond milk. I get vanilla protein powder because I can mix it with just about any flavor easily. You can add fruit, peanut butter, dark chocolate etc, anything that fits within your calories and macro ranges. I…

I heard cooked because if you weigh it uncooked or especially frozen you're also weighing water.

@quiksylver296 it's ok! I like both :)

I'm very much a data person so thanks for sharing your numbers. I want to get labwork done too ASAP because it's been about a year since I've been eating keto/low carb meals and I need to see where I'm at.

Confession time.. last week I made rice crispy squares for my husband but instead of rice crispies I used some sort of coca flakes cereal. I snuck a square and it was like eating marshmellow oreos. I have to make capn crunch ones next and am going to stay as far away from them as possible.

I order steak and chicken fajitas and I don't eat them in a tortilla, I just eat it as a sort of stir fry. I ask for veggies instead of rice and beans and I haven't had anyone say anything. I still eat the guac, sour cream and a little salsa. No chips. It's like a chipoltle bowl times 10.

@rainbowbow - That dish looks awesome.. I am drooling over here and it's only 9am, lol!

@Kimo159 I feel you! I have to wear leggings under my work pants so they don't fall down (and if they do no one will see anything)! Lol. Dress pants are not cheap so I only replace them when I absolutely have to.

Better for you as in - you're eating smaller quantities of it (flour/yeast/salt) since it takes 1/2 the muffin to make 1 small pizza and it's not "Take out pizza" - greasy pan fried pizza dough from pizza hut or whatever. They cook their pizzas in a cup of oil.

I tried this and couldn't get past the taste of them. I had plain though so maybe it's just plain that I don't like. what's your favorite flavor?

You don't have to, no. I steam mine. I'm not really here to have a debate about potatoes vs cauliflower - eat whatever you want, lol. The OP asked for alternatives and I gave her one of mine.

This is a really interesting thread. I had no idea that you had to increase sodium so much if you increased your water intake. And here I was proud of getting in my 8 glasses of water a day.. lol.

I remember someone talking about how Atkins made them feel awful.. it turned out they thought they were only supposed to eat meat. No veggies! What the heck.

It's so good when it's done up like potatoes! I like it because it fits my macros and my calorie goals - potatoes don't. This thread is about alternatives so that is one of my favorite alternatives. It does make a good snack raw on it's own too though.

@mlzafron the one thing I can't buy are chips. I can resist them just fine in stores but if I know they are in the cupboard at home my mind will constantly nag me. "You know there's Doritos in there, right? You can have a couple. Remember how cheesy they are? SO CHEESY.." NO BRAIN IF I HAVE A COUPLE ILL EAT THE WHOLE BAG!

I feel the same way. Even as I was a kid, I'd be that person who would open and close the fridge and the cupboards over and over looking for something and I wasn't even hungry. I'd go back and forth until my grandmother would say "nothing's going to grow in there you know". I don't know why I did it. I was just constantly…

@NicoleMichael62 It tastes similar if you add enough cream cheese, yes. I liked it more than mashed potatoes. I chop up a whole head and steam it in the microwave on high for 10 mins at a time until I can poke it with a fork and it easily goes through a piece. Then I put it in a food processor with garlic powder, salt and…

1) Parsnip chips 2) Dark chocolate - 90% and above. The more bitter the less I'm able to binge eat it. 3) Bacon, just plain regular ol bacon! 4) Instead of mashed potatoes - Mashed cauliflower whipped with garlic, cream cheese and butter. More vitamins, more fiber, more filling and better for you. 5) Instead of take out…