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LCHF / Keto & Mental Health?
I can vaguely remember some topics or threads that suggested this way of eating is or can be beneficial for folks dealing with problems such as depression, etc. I'm wondering if there's any other mental health overlap with low carb or keto diets, pro or con? Asking because I had a previously undiagnosed problem blow up…
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Struggling with emotional issues after returning to LCHF
On Sunday January 6th we resumed the LCHF diet, after several months (perhaps nearly a year) of false starts. The previous 4 to 6 weeks we were especially careless about our food choices. Since Sunday, we've had extremely poor sleep at night, due to interruptions by very vivid dreams and a frequent need to urinate. The…
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Lately: More Tired, Less Energy?
The last little while, I've noticed I'm feeling more and more tired, and have less energy. Just a month or two ago I had no trouble getting up in the morning, and was enthusiastic about daily excercise. Nowadays it feels like an act of will to get on the bike, when all I really want to do is be back in bed. At work I'm…
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One Year Ago Today...
Last July, I weighed 374 pounds, I was about 8 months along in a CICO / SAD program and hadn't yet joined the Low-Carb bandwagon (that anniversary is next month!). I was still sedentary and lethargic, and I had the muscle tone of a sack of jell-o. One year ago today, I decided to get up off my *kitten* and attempt a 20…
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Recent bloodwork - cholesterol results
I just got results back from bloodwork on Monday. About 6 months ago I was worried about my cholesterol results. A few numbers still seem high, but overall it looks better to me now than it did 6 months ago. (FWIW I have been low-carb since August 2016. Unfortunately I do not have 'starting' bloodwork to compare against.)…
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One Year Ketoversary!
This day last year, I was disappointed with my slowing progress on a standard CICO type diet. Even adding the daily cardio had not made a difference. I was talking with my sister, who had started low carb for herself the month before. She convinced me to give low-carb a try. She sent me some web links to check out, and…
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My experience on a 7-day Fast
I've been doing intermittent fasting for over a year, not out of any grand plan but it's just a natural fit for me. I was doing it before I knew it was a 'thing' and had a name. I've also done 36- or 42-hour "fasts", where I don't eat for a full day. Though they weren't true fasts, I always allowed myself a few hundred…
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Having some negative feels lately.
I've been debating whether or not to post this for over a week now. It's not sharing of important information, it's not a request for help, I'm not looking for solutions. It's more of a rant or a whine I guess. And it'll probably get long and there'll probably be some bits that are TMI. Disclaimers aside, here it is. I've…
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Documentary - Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
This was on TVO (our local public broadcast channel) last night, and I found it very interesting, and more than a little annoying. http://tvo.org/video/documentaries/cholesterol-the-great-bluff TVO makes most of their documentaries available for streaming after they air. Apologies of it's geo-locked.
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How long to reverse symptoms of Insulin Resistance?
Among the many things I have learned since joining this group, is the whole concept of insulin resistance. It struck me because for years I've had some of the symptoms, but never realized what was causing them. Most annoying have been skin tags, and that thing where skin goes dark in places it's folded. For a while it felt…
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Keto Confessions
Just wondering if there's anything about keto or low carb WOE that folks have never quite been able to do, eat, or grasp. For example, there's a few things that I see come up numerous times, that I realize I'm a bit of an oddball about. I don't like butter. I cook with it sometimes, but I've never put it on sandwiches; I…
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Hi! I'm new here.
I'm not sure if it's appropriate to post introductions / greetings here, but I'm primarily interested in LCHF so this is the group I've been hanging out (lurking) in for a bit. I apologize if this is the wrong place for this post. I'm new here, and new to MFP, but not new to low-carb dieting. My first experience was (many)…
