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Winter Riding
Our season starts March/April with the first event April 28. So my plan for the duration of the winter is to have a riding lesson (indoor arena) once a week. At home with Thor I will start with hand walking and get back to riding also AT LEAST once per week but preferably 2 or 3. To supplement this I will continue once per…
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Stopped Losing - very sad/frustrated
I posted the following under the LC site and only got one response (which I appreciated) so I thought I wld try here. It’s a combo ketone measuring / weight loss stall question. TIA for advice and support. Original Post: I find it weird that my glucose reads .2 or .3 before I eat my first meal - between noon and 2pm. Then…
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Keto test strips confusion
I find it weird that my glucose reads .2 or .3 before I eat my first meal - between noon and 2pm. Then about 3 to 4 hours later I show 1.1 to 1.6. I wld think my ketones wld be higher after a 12-14 hour fast. Also my carbs are consistently around 20g per day yet my ketones usual register less than 1. I only discovered this…
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NSV and Scale Victory
Scale hadn’t moved for almost three weeks and was getting frustrated. My calories are around 1600 and had lost 34 lbs sincec July 3rd at that level but thought I wld have to drop my calories to lose more weight. Weirdly, although scale hadn’t moved my size 12 jeans that I cldnt get over my hips 3 weeks ago now fit great.
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Injuries - Again
So last April 30 Thor n I had a little trip where he fell on my left leg with the stirrup between. Took me 10 minutes to suck it up and go about my business but was feeling lucky as no big deal. Over a year later the flesh beside that knee is still swollen and aches constantly so finally decided to go to the Doctor. After…
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Help Please
IToday was my first endurance ride on HFLC. I started about 4 weeks ago and I was worried about my energy level but at the end of the ride I felt great. We only did a short ride of 16 miles which took about 31/2 hours. I took about 4 capsules of Salt Stick Caps elites (Salt, Calcium, Potasium, Magnesium) before and during…
