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Keto: I'm no longer diabetic!
My lab results are in: I have A1C of 5.4! Triglycerides: Normal Cholesterol: Normal Liver function: Normal Kidney function: Normal I have been on it 3 *loonngg* months and I have been ridiculed and dismissed by the message board. I have lost 28 lbs. I eat bacon, sausage, eggs, cheese, ribs, nuts, and veggies. The fruit was…
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New - and it's ON SALE!
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Happy Halloween! Do you guys want candy/healthy snacks this year?
I want candy! Snickers Almond! Also "keto" chocolate chip cookies!
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My Near-Death Experience
I was feeling really tired and I was sick. I wasn't eating, breathing seemed labored, and I felt confused/blacked out. So the husband took me to the doctor, and the doctor told me I was experiencing pneumonia and called the paramedics. I was in hospital two and half weeks, with a breathing tube and feeding tube. I came out…
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A1C's 6.3!!!
Three months ago A1C it was 7.0, and it now it 6.3! I cut out all unnecessary sugars and quinoa, beans, vegetables, and fruits. :)
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How to Stop Eating Sugar
https://nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/how-to-stop-eating-sugar I saw "That Sugar Movie" last night! Previously, it's all I had talked about with my husband, the chance to use less sugar.
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Why do so many people hate carbs?
I never met a carb I didn't like. But why are so many people depriving themselves of them? I eat a 70-calorie, low-fat, whole-wheat waffle with a cup of strawberries and my personal trainer goes nuts that I ate a carb. It was 70 calories. It was complex! Yet when I tell her I eat turkey breakfast sausage (lotta sodium) or…
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Working Out So Hard You Feel Sick
OK, normally this doesn't happen to me, but I was feeling sluggish this weekend because I had been sick. So I went all out on Monday, doing a 75 minute workout which took me a while after to recover. I know if you go too hard, you get that sickly "I feel like I'm going to throw up" feeling, but just before that you get a…
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Preparing for My First 5K
I'm going to run my first 5K October 5 (and my second one on October 26) so I need to know how to condition myself. So far, I've run only about five minutes at a time, and I generally walk 3.3 mph for a mile. In the past week I've upped it to 1.3-1.5 miles at a time and I'm going to try to hit about 2 miles by Sept. 15.…
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Behind the 1200-calorie-a-day diet?
I was trying to pawn off my dozen German chocolate cupcakes on my students today and one refused saying she can't eat one (200 calories) because she's on a 1200 calorie/day diet. She told me that she ran two miles this morning. "That's a little low if you are being active," I said. "But that's what Dr. Oz recommends." Is…
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After Not Eating Ice Cream for 3 Mos, It Makes Me Sick?
I ate ice cream for the first time last night in about three months, celebrating my Mom's birthday, and it tasted a little weird to me. Like it was OK, but I just wasn't into eating it. Then I got really sick an hour afterwards. I have been eating much better in the last few months with a lot less sugar, so I thought maybe…
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Made it Under
As of last week, I am now three pounds shy of this number! Which is good considering it's the only way I'm going to get IVF. Now I have incentive for it staying that way -- and continuing for another few dozen pounds.
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Hitting the Wall
I don't know if it's physically, psychologically or emotionally -- but after 10 weeks, I have hit the wall. I lost two pounds this week, but I didn't feel good about it. I worked out hard, restricted calories but feel that it wasn't worth it for two pounds. I would have had a much happier week losing just one pound and…
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I Have Hit the Wall!
I don't know if it's physically, psychologically or emotionally -- but after 10 weeks, I have hit the wall! I lost two pounds this week, but I didn't feel good about it. I worked out hard, restricted calories but feel that it wasn't worth it for two pounds. I would have had a much happier week losing just one pound and…
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Mom can't be supportive (have a normal mom, don't read)
I know, I know, I know I shouldn't expect my mom to be emotionally healthy or helpful, but I told her that I lost 23 pounds in six weeks. "Well, don't start eating everything in sight and gain it all back!" "Thanks, Mom. That was really supportive." "It's true! People do it all the time and you could put it all back on.…
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My Mom Drives Me Crazy!
I know, I know, I know I shouldn't expect my mom to be emotionally healthy or helpful, but I told her that I lost 23 pounds in six weeks. "Well, don't start eating everything in sight and gain it all back!" "Thanks, Mom. That was really supportive." "It's true! People do it all the time and you could put it all back on.…
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Roast Beef on Freshly-Baked Sourdough! Sooo good!
I just ate a roast beef sandwich on a freshly baked sourdough baguette (1/7 of one anyway). It was so crusty on the outside and so soft and delicious on the inside. This is why I can't give up carbs and I'm glad I don't have to!
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Doctor's diet to make me lose weight and get pregnant?
He's a fertility doctor and suggested I go on his diet plan to get pregnant. It's not too far off from what I'm doing, except I can't have any whole wheat bread for a month. He says I'll lose weight, but I can't help think you still have to eat like a "normal" person rather than eat until you like. Bad List Sugar (to…
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I found myself judging people at the gym
I was at the gym doing circuit training (15 min, treadmill, rowing, elliptical, mixed with squats and crunches) and while I was there I noticed this pretty overweight guy taking a seriously long time to get on a machine. He was messing with his bag, his water, and when he finally got on the stair machine walked off…
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I joined but I'm really close to under . . .
Last time I was on the scale, I was just on this number. Hopefully by my next weigh-in I'll be under for the first time in about two years!
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Wore shorts for the first time in years
OK, I wore a pair of shorts while doing errands yesterday because I really felt good about my body. I'm not thin by any shape of the imagination (try almost 300 pounds) but after four weeks of work and dropping 15 pounds -- and my husband commenting on my toned legs -- I took them out for a spin. I think it's been four…
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How do you get arch support?
I've been doing an aggressive program with a personal trainer for the last three weeks and my feet started bothering me. I have a significant amount of weight to lose, and my body has gone from 0 to 60 pretty quickly so there was bound to be some fallout. Most of my soreness is in my arches, so I bought some arch supports…
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Aren't you a little tired of the "Obesity Epidemic"?
I hope we all know that part of the reason that "Everyone is overweight" is that they changed the standards of the BMI -- I think around 2000 --- so that all these people who were considered average were now overweight. Part of the reason I don't like all this talk is that it doesn't take into consideration the "why"…
