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Digesting my new A1C results
Back in February, I first found my A1C was a bit elevated at 5.8. Not terrible by some standards, but it scared me, and motivated me to take action. I started LCHF at ~100 carbs/day. In July, my A1C went down to 5.4, and I was very pleased. Over the summer I experimented with 50 carbs/day, weekly fasts of 36+ hours, but…
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Flirting with Ketosis
I'm still a relative beginner at LCHF. My total carbs generally run 90-130 grams/day. But sometimes when my carbs run lower for a couple of days (~50-70 grams/day), I start feeling extreme indigestion / heartburn - to the point where I can barely eat (hmmm - is this where the weight loss comes from?) I have not used any…
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What about cholesterol?
For the last ~10 weeks, I lowered my total carbs to ~100 grams/day, and more recently have allowed my fat intake to increase (10 eggs/week, 8 oz cheese/week, sausage & beef several times per week, etc). In that time I've lost about 12 lbs, an inch off my waist, dropped more than a percent in body fat - all good stuff.…
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Someone else doing the cooking. Do you stop logging calorie
Big dinner tonight with friends. Trying to bank up calories today, but logging calories tonight will be too tough. How do you log calories when you eat a large fabulous meal that someone else prepared and don't know the ingredients? Don't want to be furiously tapping on my smartphone's MFP app all evening. These are the…
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Looking for Info on Scales & Measuring Weight
In the past, I've used cheap digital scales at home to weigh myself. After dealing with these for a number of years, I find they are worthless pieces of junk. You step on it 5 times and get 5 different measurements. After 5 measurements, I still don't know how much I weigh. Is there a scale out there that gives consistent,…
