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Coconut butter
I'm reading my keto get bomb book, looking for something easy. One recipe calls for coconut butter. I had no idea what it was. So, looking into it, here is how to make it. You'll need a food processor, not blender Shredded unsweeted coconut Process for 10 minutes scraping the sides as needed. Store at room temp for up ton1…
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Keto chocolate chip cookies
2 eggs 2 cups blanched almond flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/3 cup coconut palm sugar 2/3 cup sugar free chocolate chips 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1/3 cup stevia 1/2 cup butter 350° Cream butter and stevia until light and fluffy Add eggs one at a time Mix all dry ingredients together and add to wet. Fold in chocolate chips.…
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Week 2 down of keto. 1.4 more pounds gone
In my fist post, I had lost 12.8 pounds. Granted that was mostly water weight but 12 is 12. Today marks another week down and another pound gone which I'm happy with. I would also like to point out that I'm not doing keto to simply lose a few. This is the first time where I've felt better about what I eat, not stressing…
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Snacks
Anyone know of any keto friendly snacks for going to the movies? Husband and I are taking the brat to toy story 4 and I want a snack too.
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Keto week 1 down, 12.8 lbs down!
After talking with my doctors and coming up with keto as the best plan, I am thrilled to announce that with week 1 down, I have gone from 285 to 272.2. Was hoping for maybe 3 pounds, never expected 12.
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Yoga: cardio or strength ?
I'm doing yoga for beginners at home. Did it a while ago, before my logging rutually, and don't know what it should go as. Cal loss doesn't come in when I input it. Would you consider it strength or is there a way to figure out how many cals are burned?
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Keto food carb count
Hey, I started on the Keto plan on my doctors recommendation, and while looking for info here, couldn't find what I was looking for. I found a site Dietdoctor.com that had what I feel is useful info, especially to newbies to carb counting like me. The counts are based on 100 grams or 3.5oz. Hope it helps. Veggies*…
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Plant power fast food nutritional guide?
Hey, I had a log in of 860 days, but due to a stay in the hospital, I'm getting a clean slate. Doctor's are telling me to make some drastic changes to my diet. Cut most carbs, sugars, etc. Talking with them, I'm trying Keto. Help get my weight back down and blood pressure too. In constant hypertension. But, enough about…
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Started yoga
So starting the first I added beginners yoga to my aerobics, my doctor said it would help with my back and help me sleep so I don't have to take So many sleeping pills. So far my back has gotten really tight and sore and I am unable to sleep through the night cause of pain. I am thinking this is just like when you do a new…
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365 days logged
Wow. A whole year of logging into this site. It may not seem like a big thing, seeing how Facebook is logged every 10 seconds, but Wow. A year. I'll admit, it hasn't been a total productive year, but 50 pounds are gone. At first I noticed that I was 20 days away from 100. I wasn't very invested in myself. Lost interest…
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Suggestions for beginner yoga
Like the title reads, anyone have any suggestions on yoga vids for beginners? Thank you.
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Lose weight for the Wedding
Well like the post says, I'm going to try a lose weight for a wedding. Mine? Oh goodness no, my long time friend. I will have a large role in the ceremony, but I don't want to BE the large part. I have been asked to be the best man and be it suit and tie or dress, I want to look my best. I have posted previously about…
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hi, I'm insulin resistant.
Like the title says, I'm insulin resistant. Just found this out today. I've been "on" this site for a while, but couldn't really manage to lose weight so I gave up. My doctor told me that the reason why I'm having so much trouble is that I'm insulin resistant, meaning I'm not diabetic, but my body has to produce double the…
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would you eat it
today my family and I went to a frozen yogurt place. inside they sold various candies including scorpion suckers. I bought one because I absolutely had to it was just awesome but I would never eat it. They also sold the ones with the tequila worms and crickets so how brave are you? would you ever eat one of those or just…
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ouch
so I'm not really eating as great as I should. we just bought a house so our diets been mostly hot dogs Ramen and frozen veggies. twice today I was called fat and disgusting. normally I tune it out but it came from my 5 year old daughter. ouch. ouch with a capital b**** slap. I don't want my daughter to see me that way. so…
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the biggest Loser
hey there been on mfp for a whole 3 days and I seen on my Facebook the biggest Loser is casting near me. I thought about applying but my husband is against it. was wondering if you had the chance to apply would you?
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Hey there. New and totally lost
Hi, I'm new like the title says so let's get down to it. I weigh about 300 pounds. I have 175 to lose, that's I'd like to lose. I'm not familiar with calories, or carbs or whatever else there is here. I don't know how to eat other than eating myself into an early grave. Sorry for the morbidness, but that's the truth of it.…
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calories
So I'm new to this site, no clue what calories are, but this site gave me a daily goal of 2740 calories a day. That seemed too much so I changed it to 1740. Should I have? Is that too few? Should say I'm 5'7" 300 lbs looking to try and lose 175. I know It's a long process and It will probably be years before I get to my…