Anyone else out there who is "normal?"

(Guardian of the bacon) #41

I grew up a meat and potatoes guy, Loved pasta and bread. I adapted because I believed in what Keto is about. You just need to educate him.

(Kathy L) #42

Oh believe me -Iā€™m trying! Heā€™s really afraid of fat, with heart desease in his family & thinks he should listen to his doctor ( who has him on statins even tho I & several of his coworkers have cautioned him & told him to refuse) I could cry! But all of the podcasts, YouTube videos & forums keep me on track & motivated. I have lost 40 in the beginning ( am 1.5 yrs in) and am off blood pressure meds & metformin. No meds at ALL -other than supplements! I still have 40 to go ( been on a stall) but have appt with functional MD to figure things out. I appreciate all the support from groups like this!

(Tim Oboyle) #43

Just a little Abby-normal

(Kathy L) #44

Iā€™m not sure Iā€™m getting the hang of this forum/discourseā€¦ when I reply to someone, my reply ends up UNconnected to their comment, & is out there by itselfā€¦ is there a trick? Do I need to start new topic on this question?

(Guardian of the bacon) #45

A quote is helpful.
The other thing is to use the reply button in their text box not the one at the bottom of the thread.

(Guardian of the bacon) #46

As a thread progresses you can see any direct replies to a certain post by looking for a gray down arrow in bottom left corner of text box.

See now u have 2 replies.

(Kathy L) #47

Did I do this quote right?
Reply button : Ohā€¦thought I did that-did I not?

(Kathy L) #48

:smile:

(Guardian of the bacon) #49

You quoted wonderfully. There are 2 ā€œREPLYā€ buttons One in the text box to reply to that particular post and another at the bottom of the thread that is generic and replies to the original post.

(Guardian of the bacon) #50

kids and their toys :steam_locomotive:

(Lisa) #51

I guess Iā€™m normal. Iā€™m not doing keto to lose weight or to control diabetes. My husband is eating keto, and I also read Why We Get Fat and it freaked me out about carbs.

Iā€™m 3 weeks in and I feel petty complaining when other people are working hard for serious health issues, but Iā€™m starting to wonder if Iā€™m doing something wonky (I think Iā€™m eating pretty clean) - Iā€™m at the lowest Iā€™ve weighed since high school, and my weight is down to 90lbs (Iā€™m really short, 5ā€™ even) which is getting kinda low. This week Iā€™ve been hungry a lot and without carbs I have trouble eating enough calories. (My husband usually just eats once a day.)

Sadly I do not enjoy eating most animal fat (except bacon and other crispy fat - hey, I guess I should try to crisp up my fat!).

Well, this turned out to be a downer of a first post. I guess Iā€™m a bit distressed because this is supposed to be my new way of life and Iā€™m finding it hard in ways I didnā€™t expect.

(Steven Cook) #52

Normal here too. Came for the weight maintenance (former sugar addict), but stayed for the health benefits! :grin:

(David Sharpe) #53

Do you like salads? Keto salads with a bunch of burnt bacon really hit the spot for me at the moment.

(Steven Cook) #54

I get a lot of my fat from dairy (full fat Greek yogurts with extra thick, double (heavy whipping) cream and cheeses), nuts (macadamia and pecan) as well as avocado. Iā€™m maintaining though, so can get away with this, may be different for those who are still trying to lose.

(Morten Sorensen) #55

Hi Casey, if by ā€œnormalā€ you refer to the fantastic energy, clear mind, reduced (internal) inflammation(s), greater strength and wonderful feeling of being in control when presented by all the processed foods, then I would like to say welcome to being a wonderful and healthy normal individual!

I have enjoyed a ketogenic lifestyle (and journey) for almost two years already, and have no intention stopping. My friends, family and colleagues still today have the impression Iā€™m slightly ā€œmadā€ for consuming all that fat. But, bizarrely, they point out in one-to-one conversations how much ā€œyoungerā€, ā€œhealthierā€, ā€œslimmerā€ and ā€œenergisedā€ I now am. Now thatā€™s an oxymoron in their minds eye.

My point of view: its about how I feel inside that matters, rather than the lack of knowledge or even lack of willingness of my network to accept the contradictory logic and mounting evidence.

If normal = healthy, then I say very much enjoy being ā€œnormalā€!

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #56

Iā€™m ā€œnormalā€ too, I swear :wink:

(Guardian of the bacon) #57

Sounds like you need more food.

(Laura) #58

Your not normal, you are overweight and well on your way to be a sick miserable human. I am jealous of you, you caught it earlyā€¦congrats.

(Meeping up the Science!) #59

I have learned two things in my trade as a therapist:

  1. No one is ā€œnormal.ā€ It simply doesnā€™t exist as a human state of being. We are all a mixture of profound, profane, and vaguely ignoble weirdos.

  2. Problems are easier avoided than fixed whenever possible.

I think that you are absolutely doing the right thing! Thank goodness you figured it out when you did,@Casey! The whole point of education is to prevent others from following my mistakes. Believe you me, I am thrilled whenever someone has not made the same errors I have too. That is equally valuable. And you definitely arenā€™t out of place, as the goal is to get more people to take steps and be educated long before they wind up where we, the most metabolically deranged, came to happen past.

In many ways I admire that far more than my achievements.

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #60

ME ME ME ME