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Please review my numbers... suggestions?
Hi all, Ok keto gurus... I've been using various forms of keto/low carb/carnivore for maybe 3 plus years now. Testing with keto strips I can get into ketosis reliably on day three consistently with zero keto flu. I'm doing well but upon review I don't think I had a good handle on my numbers when doing keto previously. I…
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meativore massive acid reflux
Whoa! OK, so this is new... kinda. I'm having the most unbareable acid reflux!! Like spontaneously acid just shoots up into my mouth and nose! It burns people! I used to only get this after I went on carb binges that lasted days! Now I'm getting it from what seems to be too much fat. Possible? Also, the respiratory…
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Why am I so thirsty?
I'm positive this question has been asked countless times before but it hasn't happened to me before so I probably ignored the answer. This is my third time in 2 years, going back into ketosis. I think I'm pretty stable as I've only had to go "back into" so infrequently. I've been zero carb (except for spices and about…
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exogenous ketones?
Hey all. So, please simply point me in the right direction if this is a stupid question. I heard someone discussing the keto diet on a podcast. He was admittedly not an expert by any means but someone I would consider "well read". He follows the keto diet. I feel best doing zero carb and can feel when my body has moved…
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ground beef jerky recipe or tips anyone?
So.... I've seen this recently although I know it's not new. People making jerky out of ground beef. Before I just pick one and try it, does anyone have a recipe they currently use? Anyone ever try and and what did you think? Any tips on making my first batch? I would prefer to make it in my oven as I do not have and will…
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Looking for specific mayo recipe that was posted months ago.
Maybe it's you who posted the recipe? I think it was in the thread for original recipes (which I can't find) but maybe it's wasn't there anyway. I've made it several times, but in the last few months have not. So I can't remember the quantities off hand and would appreciate if someone knew the recipe. So it's a mayo…
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Mark Sisson (Mark's Daily Apple) on Joe Rogan Podcast
I thought some people might be interested in this podcast. A lot of the info the more seasoned of us probably already have gathered from there and there but I still found it interesting. In particular one part where he talks about "water weight". Why we loose it so fast the first week, what it actually is ect. That part I…
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potassium citrate vs gluconate
I'm in the midst of finding info about the two. Potassium citrate vs potassium gluconate when supplemented for the purpose of replacing potassium in a zero carb/ketogenic diet. Any info you may have would also be appreciated. Symptoms have been including muscle weakness especially quads, and foot/toe/calf cramping not…
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Interesting (personal) discovery about sodium (long)
So I'm back on the wagon (finally) since my planned eat-all-the-things holiday escapade. I knew it would take a while to get back full on but I've no regrets. This time around though, I haven't bought any bacon. I used to eat 5kg of bacon in two weeks. I realize now that was probably contributing a lot of sodium to my…
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just need to share with those who'll understand
Hey folks! I just wanted to share (and digitally celebrate) with those who will understand this monumentous occasion. For over 3 months I've been (often) 1 pound away from an official 45lb loss. I've tweaked and tried and regrouped and binged and completely started over once. There have been some really challenging times…
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mfp won't search food database to add new food.
Is anyone else having this problem or had this problem and can offer some advice? I've restarted my browser but still now luck. No matter what food I search for it just keeps saying "no results found". I can add food to my diary that I've used previously but can't search for anything new. :(
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If you're not losing, you're not alone.
Hiya folks. I just wanted to share a little post about how life goes so you know you're normal, not alone. I also wanted to maybe put things into perspective a bit. There's a bit of a feeling I get that, if you've eaten above your chosen carb/calorie level for the day (or heaven forbid, longer) or you've eaten that piece…
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looking for a previous thread about dessert/recipes
Sorry guys, I can't find it, it's probably right in front of my eyes. If you remember what it was called can you let me know, or even better link to it so I can add... or is it even in the one in the launch pad??? There was a thread I think about original recipes but it wasn't the BIG thread.... Anyway... Someone had…
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Weight loss stalling?
I just wanted to post some encouragement to folks. I haven't lost weight for 6 weeks. Prior to this I had reliably lost 2lbs a week for weeks on end (except the week of my TOM where I reliably lost zero). Well... let me tell you I was starting to get pretty frustrated. I was starting to doubt if I would ever get to my…
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Finally building muscle because of fat?
Hi folks. I have my own opinion on this but wanted to poll the experts. You ARE all experts on your own experience and in my opinion often more so than any of the "nutritionists" because you have first hand experience. So, I started LCHF around march 2015. May I went to zero carb. The Beast thought I was nuts bordering on…
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Yet another electrolyte question
Yo ho low carbers! I've been lchf since about may of this year and with that I actually did the meativore may and have had a loose goal of zero carb ever since. Been doing fairly well though the last few weeks I was starting to get a little squirrelly and added a resonably sized salad maybe 3 to 4 times a week. Still…
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help! I lost your recipe!
I saw a recipe in passing on here the other day (or it might have been on the FB group but I can't find it there either) It had a picture. They were some kind of.... maybe bread/bun substitute and all I remember is that they were mostly made of egg whites. You seperated the whites from the yolks, added cream of tarter…
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I found it!
Found my waist that is! Yay! I went swimming today and happened to see myself in the mirror. I generally have avoided that but whoa! I have a waist again. Who's a sexy thang?? Un-hun!! AND!!! I unofficially broke 200lbs this week! I can't wait until my official weigh in at the Beasts house on Monday morning! OOOOOHHHHHH I…
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Shark week! Rawr!
Ok ladies (and men who know ladies) I searched through 15 pages of posts and did not find the previous shark week thread. *sigh* I thought I had hid the jackpot doing the meativore may challenge. The first 2 weeks I lost! (I hadn't lost anything for 2 months prior to this) So whooo hooo! At the end of third week I had…
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Can I toot my own horn? (And pat you on the back.)
This is a success story. It is long, but not nearly as long as the 40 years of searching took to find success. I really wanted to share this with everyone in the group today, not just in the NSV page. Prior to the meativore may challenge I'm part of, I was tanking big time. Although my weight was staying stable after the 6…
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TMI inside but need suggestions from meativores
Ok. It's finally happened. It was NOT a fart. :( And it was traumatic. I just finished two weeks of zero carb, eating: meat, eggs, butter, bacon, coffee, water and a bit of mayo with deviled eggs. In every other respect I feel better than EVER in my life, I even started running again with zero problems but... Since…
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kidneys and calcium
Hey folks, So the Beast works at a hospital and he ran into one of the dieticians there yesterday who basically tore a strip off him when he mentioned that I was having success on the keto diet. In particular the dietician said that it was very hard on the kidneys so I could only stay on for 3 months and then would have to…
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Is this a leptin thing?
Whoa, day two of zero carb and I feel like I could eat my arm... even though I know I'm not hungry!!! Man, I need this hunger signal to shut the hell up!! I totally know I'm not hungry and don't even want to eat but my brain is SCREAMING for food!! Gah!!!! What a weird and annoying sensation that is like to drive me mad!!.…
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What's the difference? 100g, 50g, 20g, zero?
Ok, so besides the obvious, that they are chosen carb limits people are using, what is the differnce? Why would one person choose one over the other? Lately I've been telling myself, well... don't stress too much, apparently as long as you eat under 100g, you "could" stay in ketosis. I think this is a cop out though…
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April challenge support
So... this may be too much posting about the april challenge....but I guess not if you chose to read this. I just wanted to share with people who would likely "get it", cause nobody IRL here gets it. So, yesterday was my first scarry day of "eat-all-you-want-as-long-as-you're-under-carbs". Whew. I tell ya, near the end of…
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Suggestions/support for frustration?
So after hoecradle;s wonderful post about 40lbs in 3 months, I can't help but feel (almost) like giving up. I've been diligent. Always under 15net grams/day. Until my hootenany at Easter, ketostix were always showing "heavy" ketones. Ok fair enough, that knocked me out of ketosis. I can accept that and ketostix are…
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How do Zero Carb-ers get vitamins?
Hey there, So... I've been snooping around the internet a while and can't find what I'm looking for. Someone direct me? I'm of the mind that it's a perfectly viable option to go zero carb, in whatever fashion that means to you, but.... I've been on low carb for about a month and I know my vitamin C is suffering because I'm…
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Hemp me explain Please
So... There is no doubt that this keto thing is working for me in so very many ways. The BF was skeptical at first but after seeing me struggle for so many years trying everything under the sun vs. how dramatically and immediately this has helped me, he's interested. At the very least he's interested in learning more so he…
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How to get more protein
Ok, so I think I know how this is going to play out (sort of) especially if FIT_goat replies...lol... I'm looking for people's ideas on which way to change things (or not change them) in regards to not meeting my protein "targets". I am 210lbs 5'4" female. I feel healthiest at 150lbs (I don't know if any of that matters)…
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why 500 cals on a fast?
So DittoDan recently asked people how and why and if, they did any intermittent fasting. Something that I saw a bit mentioned was that some people will "fast" for lets say a day, and consider it a fast as long as they consume under 500 calories. I'm wondering where this idea came from. Can people share their thoughts on…
