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Low blood sugar - what's too low?
I had annual biometric screening at work today and was shocked by my blood sugar level. I knew it would be low and wanted it to be, but I was thinking in the low 3's would be awesome. I came in at 2.1. Shocking to me as I had previously been gestational diabetic and even after I had my daughter I played with the strips and…
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I can have "cheat" days if grain free! Can you?
I've been doing keto for 8.5 months and rarely cheat. On the few occasions that I have had carby days I've felt like I was hit by a truck for at least 24 hours. I have always cheated with some sort of grain, and have often wondered if I would feel quite as badly if it was veggie carbs etc. Last night on a double date we…
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Keto + strength training + calorie deficit (newbie question)
First off.. I'm going to go ahead and admit I'm embarrassed to not be able to wrap my head around this. I've never really been into physical fitness, though there were a couple of spells in my younger days where I at least attempted the gym for brief stints. I've been on keto for about 7.5 months, and am down just shy of…
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I tried PB Fudge and Cheesecake!
I'm about 7.5 months into this WOE and havent dabbled much in desserts (dessert is usually just a TBSP of natural peanut butter, or an avocado). I have had the low-carb jello puddings, but not much else. Well, I decided I felt confident enough in this lifestyle to try some keto friendly desserts, and last night I made keto…
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It's a little early but I HAD to share Hubby's progress pictures
So I've been looking forward to doing a 6 month progress post (Jan 8th!) but everyone at work has been asking me how Hubby's doing since I've lost a ton of weight and they know he's lost more. I asked him to let me take progress pictures tonight and HOLY SMOKES PEOPLE! Hubby was keto the first 3.5 months, then shortly…
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2 months of keto as of tomorrow and we have lost . . .
a combined 79 lbs!!! Holy moly. I'm not going to post this on the success stories thread because I would expect that to alarm a lot of people. WE find it alarming, but my husband has been to the Doctor and has been cleared. He's almost in maintenance/ready to start building muscle! I'm looking to lose another 80 lbs. He…
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What do you guys do when the nutritional information in a receipe doesn't match MFP?
I'm new to keto so most nights I'm plugging recipes from the cookbooks I've bought into the nutrition tracking on here. I'm really excited about the recipes from one of Dana Carpender's books, but I'm finding the nutritional information is really far off typically in calories and fat (hers are significantly higher) but…
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Craving I can't kick
For a few days now I've been unable to shake the craving for sunny side up eggs on buttered toast. We'll be 6 weeks in on Wednesday and went grain-free cold turkey, and this is the first time I've had more than a fleeting thought towards our old lifestyle. Anyone have any suggestions on what might hit the spot? I've…
