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I want to EAT ALL THE FOOD!!!
I guess I've gotten my appetite back the past day or two after it being a little off for a week or so when I was sick (bronchitis, nothing GI-related). What do you do to stay on track when you feel like you just want to eat everything? It probably doesn't help that everywhere else I look, people are posting about their…
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If you don't count calories and/or carbs
but are trying to lose weight on low carb (especially keto/lower carb), what guidelines do you follow to make sure you stay on track? And if you count only carbs but don't track calories/fat/protein, what's the easiest way to do so? Is there a good app for just tracking carbs/net carbs or do you use MFP only for foods…
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When you bring a dessert to a party ...
do you always explain that it's low carb and/or has artificial sweetener in it? We're signed up to bring a dessert to my husband's staff Christmas party. There will be about 18-20 people and I don't know that anyone else there eats low carb or how many of them are OK with eating artificial sweeteners. At Thanksgiving I…
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Advice on "fat fasts"?
For those of you who do fat fasts, I have a few questions: * When/why do you do them? (e.g. during a stall, after a cheat day, or ...?) * What guidelines do you follow for them? * How long do you do them for? And if you have any other tips/advice, I'm all ears.
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How was Thanksgiving?
For those who celebrated today, how was your Thanksgiving? What all did you have to eat? This was my first LCHF Thanksgiving and even though we made a last-minute change to have dinner with friends instead of at our house (so I had no control over the menu), it really went well. I stuck to LCHF pretty well and still felt…
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Mad at the scale. :p Anyone want to check my diary?
I feel a little silly writing this because I know it's early to be getting frustrated. However, in the past when I have stalled this early, it was never a good sign in terms of my WOE (even after giving it time, then making adjustments, etc.). I'm also at the halfway point of a 6-month DietBet (looks like I'm losing round…
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You Are Your Own Gym vs Body by You
Would any of you recommend one over the other for a woman who's still fairly new to strength training? I had dabbled in NROLFW but kind of fell off the wagon in terms of strength training over the past year or so; trying to get back into it and I want to try out body weight workouts. Also, are the You Are Your Own Gym…
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Best keto pumpkin cheesecake recipe?
I've found a few on the Internet and Pinterest but wondering which keto/LCHF pumpkin cheesecake recipes you all like the best? Since I'll be taking one to Thanksgiving dinner I want to make sure it's good. :)
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What's your plan for maintenance?
I know people on here are doing LC for various reasons beyond weight lossloss and dome of you are already at maintenance. I'm doing it mostly for weight loss but I'll probably always need to stay somewhat low carb because I have PCOS and probably insulin resistance. I'm tentatively thinking I might very slowly increase…
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Thanksgiving plans
We had planned to have thanksgiving dinner at home, the four of us, and DH (who cooks the holiday dinners) and I had figured a good LCHF-friendly menu. Then we just got an invitation from friends to join them instead and DH would like to go. How do you all handle dinners like this at someone else's home? Do you bring an…
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Question for keto people
Just curious: How long were you on keto before weight loss slowed down? Plateaued? Mine has been great so far (it does tend to plateau or bounce up for several days at times but then drop again, which I know is normal) but I'm only 2.5 weeks in. ;) I know everyone is different but just wondering if there tend to be…
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I'd love some weight loss help.
I apologize in advance that this is long; providing some history. Ihave done way too much yoyo-ing weight-wise in my adult life within a 30-lb range. In the past, I did a variety of things that worked (the Zone Diet, Weight Watchers, etc.) I've done MFP off and on but honestly, I've never had long-term success with…
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Anyone here have CAD?
I have PCOS, formerly had prediabetes and MS. My husband was diagnosed with CAD 2.5 years ago. He has super-low HDL and is a little overweight but otherwise didn't have any risk factors. (He was 45 at the time.) He had a 100% blocked LAD and two other major blockages. He now has 7 stents and is on a bunch of meds. They had…
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? about setting carb goals for keto
So I've read a bunch of articles and posts since deciding to start keto on 11/2. Trying to sort everything out and figure out exactly what I want to do (or try and see, since I know a lot of this is YMMV). When setting your carb goals, I've seen "under 20 net," "under 20 total," "under 50 net is fine for most people to…
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Keto shakes/smoothies?
What are your favorite keto/LCHF shake and smoothie recipes?
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Dropping carbs and TOM?
Ignore this if you don't like TMI. ;) Did anyone else experience a sudden early onset of AF when dropping to a lower carb amount? I was already lower carb (around 80-100gm most days, usually in the 90s) though I admit I totally binged on candy on Halloween. Monday (CD23) I changed my macros and have been eating under 50 gm…
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Ketones + protein
I've been trying keto since Monday. (Before that I was doing 80-100 gm carbs/day so still low carb, but not as low.) I had a bunch of Phinex urinalysis test strips on hand that I used to check for UTI's so I've been using them all week to check for ketones. I haven't gotten my carbs quite as low as my goal very often yet…
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Intro and question about getting "fat-adapted"
Hi everyone. I'm new to this group but not to low-carb. I've had some success in the past with low carb diets. This is review for a few of you but I am a 39 y/o mom of twin boys, have PCOS (probably IR), had prediabetes in the past that I reversed on a low-carb diet, and also have MS for good measure. ;) I gained 20 lbs…
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Question about calories
How did you set your daily calorie goals? I know we PCOSers often have slower metabolisms but going down to 1200 usually makes me want to cry. :tongue: Hoping I can get away with 1350 if I lower my carbs. (I just adjusted them to 10% C, 60% F, 30% P which is lower than I've ever gone with carbs. Hoping that will help me…
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Stomach problems
For those of you who are also on a LCHF diet, what foods do you eat when you're having stomach problems (pain, nausea, and/or heartburn)? I'm on a med that causes all of the above at times. I've had trouble all week with my stomach hurting and am not sure what to eat. I know carbs settle my stomach but that's part of the…
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A1C question
What range of A1C results is considered "high normal"? I tried googling but didn't find a clear answer.
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? about insulin resistance
How do you know for sure if you have IR PCOS? I was Dx'ed with PCOS 7 years ago and with prediabetes 3 years ago. I reversed the prediabetes a year later after going on a low carb diet and losing some weight. I just had labs done again and my fasting glucose was 81, A1C was "normal," and my fasting insulin was "normal."…
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Are any of you familiar with heart disease as well
With me having PCOS and DH getting diagnosed a year ago with CAD, I feel like we are like Jack Spratt and his wife (he could eat no fat; his wife could eat no lean ...) I do sometimes wonder if the nutrition advice he's been getting from the cardiac rehab people about doing low-fat everything, egg whites only, etc. is…
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Question about "high fat/moderate protein"
If your diet is high fat, moderate protein, low-carb, can you tell me what your macro ratios are set at or how many grams of each you eat per day? For a diet in the 1500-1800 calorie a day range (I'm currently at 15 but plan to move to maintenance soon around 1800), how much fat and protein would be a good place to start?
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Deadlift form question
I'm just starting my second week of NROL4W and I know I have "newb" written all over me when I'm at the gym. Today a trainer stopped me doing my deadlifts and told me that (a) my back should be straight, any time I'm putting stress on my spine and (b) I should really only go down to just below my knees and then straighten…
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Women, what are "maintenance calories" for you?
I just recently moved to maintenance (planning to do a recomp) and am working on figuring out what I need to eat to maintain. I am currently at 1600 calories, wanting to move up by 50-100 per week and see where I end up. I do also eat back 1/2-all of my exercise calories. I'm 5'7", 38 years old and have PCOS. I do HIIT…
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If you lift heavy ...
what do you find adequately fuels your workouts macro-wise? I feel like I need to lower my carbs again but I'm just starting NROLFW and I want to keep up with HIIT and running too, so I don't want to go too low, either.
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Body recomp question
I had posted this in the thread on building muscle/losing fat at the same time but decided to make my own thread so my question doesn't get buried: OK, I've read the article and read through this thread and am still a little confused. Because to me it sounds like the article is saying that a body recomp is basically…
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Starting Strength: Kindle edition?
Is Starting Strength a book you'd want in paper format, or would the much cheaper Kindle edition do? Does the Kindle version do justice to all the pictures and diagrams?
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Insulin resistance?
From what you all have learned in researching IR and especially as it relates to PCOS, how accurate does this article seem to be? http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/guide/insulin-resistance-syndrome Have your drs given you other guidelines for assessing whether you have the insulin-resistant type of PCOS? Like I just mentioned…