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Very high ketones (darkest on the strips)
Hello, I've been doing keto for a week and a half, and my urine ketones are super high - the highest that my strips measure - 16 mmol/L. It doesn't seem to matter how hydrated I am or what time of the day, they're always maxed out. I know It's not the strips because my husband is also doing keto and only getting 0.5 (trace…
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frustrated with "losing" calories to fat
So I've been paleo/Primal for 3.5 years and lost about 50 lbs. I started creeping up again and thought I just wasn't eating "clean" enough so I did a whole 30. I lost a couple of pounds but gained it back in the week following my whole 30 (still doing paleo). That's when I decided to join MFP to see what was happening with…
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hello! anyone else who's paleo out there?
hello! I'm pretty new to MFP (I started a couple of weeks ago) but not necessarily weight loss/better health journey almost 4 years ago. My family and I went paleo and I didn't do it for weight loss (though I needed to) but I did it for better nutrition and health. I honestly thought I couldn't lose weight because I had…