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How Long to Reverse Trip Off The Wagon
I've been off keto for a few weeks (maybe 3?) and even been eating white bread and potato chips for the past week. Now, for other reasons, I need a blood test to check cholesterol, blood sugar and all that. My LCHF doctor says it'll take me more than 2 weeks to undo the damage. Does anyone know roughly how long? He's happy…
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Hello - 2 years later
As I was here anyway changing my password (as requested by MFP) I thought I'd drop by and say howdy to everyone. Haven't posted for 2 years but still definitely doing keto and loving it. 12 kilos (26 pounds) lighter than when I was here before, keto speaks for itself and is amazing. Also, I believe the menopausal ladies…
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Over 50s Ladies - Our Special Needs
Hello dear Ladies, I just thought/hoped it would be nice for us to have our own thread where we can discuss the 'special challenges' facing us. One of the things I love most about LCHF is that not too much fuss is made about us having to work harder than younger women, or men (why do they get everything in life apparently…
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Cortisol
I wrote this in the '50s Ladies' thread on Wednesday and thought I'd share it here... Easily back down to my lowest-yet weight of 82 kgs this morning. I've been taking one daily valerian tablet and it's got me wondering about the things @Wabmester said about raised cortisol levels in post-menopausal women. Pretty sure the…
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Two Lovely Ladies seek Friendship/Carb-Loading Advice
Two ladies, both 'mature' (which means 'slow to lose weight, if at all') seeking help. We've both decided that nothing else is working for us right now and we've decided to be brave and have a carb-loading day.. Fully agree with all you've said, including 'what's the game plan'. I've no idea. Yes please!!!!! Our diaries…
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Osteo-arthritis of the knee and hip
Hi Everyone, My husband, David, has been diagnosed with these 2 conditions. His knee also has a baker's cyst and he's having an MRI on Sunday to see if the cyst has been caused by a meniscal tear. Even if there is a tear, the surgeon would prefer not to operate, though keyhole surgery is a possibility; depending where the…
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Five Days Dairy Free - 4th to 8th May (and beyond if it works!)
Hi Everyone, Been tossing this idea around with a few others since I went dairy free for 5 days recently and had better weight losses than ever before. Dairy may or may not be the reason, but feel free to join me and report your experiences, challenges, thoughts along the way if you wish. Monday morning, 4th May is when…
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Guess what I found today?
Bone lumps on the outer edges of my wrists. I've seen them on other people but I haven't seen them on me since I was 11 years old (now 58!). Even though I have weighed as little 68 kgs / 150 lbs and am currently 83 kgs / 180 lbs. What does that tell me? Low carb rids my body of *fat*, despite what it says on the scales in…
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Dairy & Weight Gain
I feel like a forensic scientist trying to find cause and effect with my macros, calories, exercise etc. I enjoy this, so don't worry about telling me not to 'do my head in' - it doesn't, it fascinates me >:) so here goes... Day/Start Weight in Kgs / Carbs/Fat/Protein/Notes Thursday/83.1 / 10/110/75/Dairy Free Friday/82.9…
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Paleo Easter Eggs - anyone else?
I came across this recipe recently and, although I have not eaten anything sweet in the past 65 days, I think I might treat myself to these next weekend... ditchthecarbs.com/2015/03/13/paleo-easter-eggs/ Probably a half recipe should be enough for hubby and myself. Does anyone else have a keto/LCHF suitable recipe for…
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*Total Opposite* of our beliefs
Wow, how different can this be? https://youtube.com/watch?v=-nTiyuW780k The things she says about meat and fat just about made my eyes pop out of my head!
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Natural Toothpaste
I've been using this recipe as my toothpaste for a little over 3 years now and for the first time in my sugar-filled life the dentist always comments how clean my teeth are. It's equal portions of the first 3 ingredients so when I say '1 tablespoon' you can do '1 cup' instead, or whatever you please as long as you do the…
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Emotional Support Thread - Kindness & Understanding
Starting this thread because I see the need for it. This is for everyone who wishes to discuss emotional difficulties that may have caused their weight gain in the first place, or that have surfaced as a result of losing that 'padded safe place' that we've carried around with us. Though I know that sometimes we do need a…
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Heightened Sense of Smell
Has anyone else found this? I noticed it first when I could smell lettuce from 10 paces away in my son's kitchen. Hadn't really known lettuce had much of a smell before now. But I've noticed it with other things since then too. Can smell things a mile away! (Well, almost ;) )
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Visceral Fat - So Interesting & So Overlooked
Someone posted this video in the group yesterday (and I can’t find it again). The Dr mentions that when we start to lose fat it first comes from the liver and it got me thinking about internal and visceral fat losses in general. I’m about to either bore you, or inspire you, with the things I’ve found so far in my search…
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Drinking Cold Water for Weight Loss
I like the hard science behind anything and found this interesting article about cramps, drinking water, supplements and other interesting things... proteinpower.com/drmike/ketones-and-ketosis/tips-tricks-for-starting-or-restarting-low-carb-pt-ii/ "When you drink water, especially cold water, you require some increase in…
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Blood ketone reading machine
Very excited that my ketone measuring machine arrived in today's mail. Who else has one? When do you take readings? What results do you like to see show up? The Diet Doctor says to take fasting readings in the morning but I think I've read somewhere about taking a reading an hour, and then 2 hours after eating as well?…
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I am grateful (or happy) for...
I have a little notebook called my 'Happy Book' and I had my young granddaughters start one each as well. Each evening we write the happiest part of our day in our books. If it was a miserable day it's really good to look for a positive and dwell on that before you go to bed, even if you can only manage 'I had food to…
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What's your 'Adjustment to LCHF' story?
Just wondering what everyone's stories are (please) on your adjustment to the LCHF lifestyle? By my 28th day I thought I'd come through this without any obvious 'keto flu', but since then (a further 17 days) I seem to be 'enjoying' (no, not one bit ;) ) it now! Has anyone else had a long adjustment period? I went straight…
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Garlic & Heart Palpitations
I was going to quietly put this on my own home page rather than 'make a fuss', but if this will help anyone else then it's better to put it in public. (I don't like people who repeatedly whinge about everything, and I was raving on about my blood pressure last Saturday and here I am again this Saturday!) I had the most…
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Muscle tiredness
Wondering if anyone can help with an answer here. I've been very strong all my life and gain muscle very easily. I alternate jogging and walking on a treadmill 2 or 3 times a week, finishing with a couple of sprints of 100 metres to 150 metres at 10 kph. I cover about 3.1 kms in 30 minutes. Nothing to brag about, but not…
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High Blood Pressure in Ketogenic Diets
As some of you already know, I took my BP reading on Friday evening and got a horrible fright! It was 151/96 after I'd been sitting peacefully and happily at my computer for about an hour. The next morning after waking and just sitting up it was 148/84. This morning, after a short night's sleep because of a noisy party…
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Struggling to hit protein goal
Hoping someone may be able to come up with a suggestion or two to help me reach my protein goal each day please? I'm becoming happy with my grasp of Carbs and Fats and am hitting (mostly) the calorie goal that I want as well each day. But almost every day I am short for protein. Do you think I'm OK for protein as I am? Or…
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Exercise Calorie Mystery
Here’s something I can’t figure out. I did almost exactly the same run (pretty much) on the treadmill 2 days ago and my phone heart-rate monitor says I burned 588 calories. Afterwards, I saw the settings for the phone and found that it thought I was a 31 year old male, weighing 72 kgs. So I put it right. I'm a 58 year old…
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Saying hi from Australia
Hi Everyone, I'm new to LCHF. Been eating this way for one week and feel really good! I've been aiming for 30-50g carb / 100-130g fat / 70-74g protein per day but don't worry about missing the target (above or below) occasionally. Most days I'm struggling to get enough protein but do fairly well with the other 2 targets.…
