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Muscle aches and pains connected to thyroid? (Sorry quite long!)
So I have been diagnosed as hypothyroid for the past 5-6 years (although was almost certainly for a good few years before). One of the reasons I looked at low carb was due to reading the link to gluten intolerance and also excess oestrogen with thyroid function. Just this past week I have been having the most awful and…
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Thoughts on being 'stuck' please!
Long story short... Been low carb for a long time - got 7lbs away from goal just before Christmas....never made it! Since then I hop on and off the Keto wagon - my nemesis is sugar - every time!!!!!! I'm maintaining steadily at 10lbs above what I set as goal. The unhelpful voice in my head - the one that wants sugar - is…
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Carb creep
It's happening!!! I need to nip it in the bud right now!! I have not even craved or thought about foods I shouldn't eat and then yesterday, I was in the supermarket and they had samples of cookies and donuts and without even thinking I popped a bit of cookie in my mouth and then thought sod it and added a bit of donut 'oh…
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And more help needed please - could this be water retention?
As posted previously, I have been helping some friends adapt to a keto plan for health and weight issues. My friend is in ketosis according to a ketostick - however, she has actually gained 1.5lbs this first week?! She has been supplementing with potassium, magnesium and sodium and drinking water but she has not had the…
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Help understanding sweeteners please
Calling on the wise low carb fonts of knowledge! I have been helping a friend and her partner who have adopted a keto plan to try and lose weight and improve health. He is t2 diabetic. She is in ketosis but he is not (they started last Wednesday). When we talked through what they have been eating / drinking, it turns out…
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In the papers today
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Unsupportive people
My husband is actually fairly supportive and has adopted a lot of the habits from this WOE - he has (mostly) stopped eating bread (although he has the odd wrap) and pasta, rice, potatoes (except Sunday roast) so all in all he *usually* makes life easier. The problem is, when he wants to eat something 'naughty' he wants me…
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Is the tide beginning to turn?
I'm in the uk and this way of eating is really not very common - I literally stumbled by accident on an article that started me on this path. In the last month I have noticed pre-prepared courgette (zucchini?) spaghetti and cauliflower rice in one of the main supermarkets - then in a well known high street shop cafe they…
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Hello! Anyone else on a keto diet?
Hi I am back after a break (as had a baby ☺️) Is there anyone else doing a low carb high fat diet?
