Errr what meter?
JULY AND AUGUST 2023 Maintenance Check In
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥)
#15
A standard blood glucose meter, one where you prick your finger. Many brands out there. My husband does my pricks as I am a needle phobe and can’t do it myself. No idea what the name is, he actually has two different ones, I don’t look while he does it.
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥)
#16
Hope all the USAers had a good holiday this past week and if you indulged, didn’t have to pay a high price for it.
I am continuing to mix up OMAD and 2MAD, since mixing them up seems to do the best for me. It is very rare I have a 3rd meal these days. I am staying slightly under my goal weight, with any bouncing landing me on my goal weight, so I am content to keep doing this.
CFLBob
(Central Florida Bob )
#17
A couple of months ago, I had decided it seemed like the best way to get a consistent set of measurements (weight, % BF, lean body mass, hydration, etc.) was to measure while fasted and as close to the same overall state as possible in terms of exercise, water consumption, electrolytes, everything. I went back to doing a once/week fast from Wednesday night through Friday at midday. Midday because I’ve been two meals/day for almost the full 8 years I’ve been keto. Pretty much 40 hours from the last bite of food on Wednesday to the first bite on Friday, ignoring The Precioussss (the elixir of life - coffee) with a teaspoon of HWC. I weigh in Friday morning before coffee.
Then a strange thing happened. In May, I suddenly dropped from 209 +/- 1 to 205 +/- 1 without doing anything out of the ordinary. It has stayed that way and I haven’t seen 204 on a scale in a couple of years. Once or twice in the few months, I felt rotten on fasting days, so I just ate my usual two meals and didn’t weigh in.
A few days ago something I was reading made me wonder how many days I’ve fasted. I know I did ADF for six months, twice, so pretty much a full year. 150/160 days? Then all of the once a week fasts I’ve done probably add another 50? A couple of hundred fasting days? I’ve probably ridden my bike my average of 14 miles/day fasted close to that number. I never kept track of the number but might have clues in various places.
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥)
#19
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥)
#20
I started Atkins 20 plan exactly 7 yrs. ago (2016) today. Been at goal weight over 6 yrs. (hit goal in May '17).
No regrets at all. I love this way of eating and enjoy my fasting periods as well.
Hope everyone is having a great summer and doing well.
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥)
#21
Saw this group of wood ducks on my walk. So cute I had to share. They usually just pass thru but this group had babies so will be around for a while.
Pete_A
(Pete A)
#22
I did Atkins a couple of times in the 80s. I lost a good bit of weight, while on Induction. The adding foods part didn’t work for me.
Fast forward to 2017 I decided to just stay on Induction forever, and lost 80 pounds… Thinking to myself that will work. After a couple of months I learned about “keto” and laughed cause I was already doing that haha
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥)
#23
I am lucky, so I found I could gradually up my carbs on Atkins, I did stale out after a few months, then I started doing IF, then shortly after longer extended fasts, 110 hrs. was my longest, that routine, mixing IF and EX fasing got me to goal weight in about 3 months. Expcet for putting on extra weight during the height of Covid, I have stayed at my goal weight. I lost those extra lbs, 10 of them, easily. I was too stressed for a while to lose. My clothes still fit, etc. Just the scale didn’t budge for months.
I am happily staying where I want to be again with very little effort and I love the foods I get to eat, so I can not image doing anything else than this WOE.
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥)
#25
I just changed this thread to July and Aug. sorry I forgot to get a new thread started for this month earlier.
robintemplin
(Robin)
#26
My maintenance has been modified a bit due to new heart health issues, so I am straddling the fence between keto and moderation, adding in more veggies, nuts and leaner cuts of meat. Not an easy transition, mentally. But worth a shot. So far no difference in weight or energy etc.
So onward and upward!
Shinita
#27
I was 75kg in the morning of the 1st of August, after carby days, not like they tend to make a change, of course, I am 75kg in the morning, period.
I weigh the same now and it’s evening so maybe I went down a tiny bit…? It’s quite memorable when I manage to go up or down 1kg, it happens but not often…
I still want to lose though 
Carnivore-ish with a small eating window is the plan. The former doesn’t make the latter easy… But I will go there. Until then, it’s maintenance as usual, the easiest thing ever (with my chubby body, at least. never was slim so no idea if it is easy for me to maintain that. probably yes if I exercise enough…).
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥)
#28
Add in things gradually to see how you react to them. I have lots of nuts in my diet these days, I also add in fresh veggies, mostly greens and squashes from my garden over the summer. In fall I have a few of the apples from our apple tree. We also have raspberries so lots of those this time of year.
Hope it all works out well for you. As long as you aren’t adding in sugary things hopefully you will be all good.
scaperdude
(B Creighton)
#30
I have to admit being weak here, and having desserts in the low carb phase of my year. However, I recently decided to cut back here as well - largely because I am just cutting out American dairy - so I have eliminated cottage cheese and most ice cream. I have also cut out the oatmeal-raisin cookies I love because I noticed my blood pressure going up after eating these things full of hydrogenated oil. So, last night I had about 3/4 lb pork tenderloin and a large mixed salad with kale and my homemade MCT dressing. I did have a dessert which was a JoJo bar(very little sugar), and was still hungry so had pistachios and then some watermelon for dessert. This morning I achieved a new low - 174 lb. I am inching towards that 6 pack I’ve wanted. I have found that I enjoy a whole fruit for dessert such as a peach or mango or some watermelon, and still have been losing fat. I think the processed desserts are going to become more rare for me.
velvet
#31
I am quite happy just maintaining my current weight until fall, so I have added in some fruit. I do love my fruit. I stay within smallish amounts by adding them to some whipped heavy cream, that makes each serving super filling. And I still prefer my berries, local blackberries straight off the vine these days. This is what I want my Keto maintenance of the future to look like. Keto with this little addition makes me feel happily decadent. I am, after all, still a foodie, just that fatty meat is now my main enjoyment.
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥)
#32
Robin, not sugar, just slightly higher carbs, like an orange instead of cookies. Is what I meant about adding in things.
I would never add just sugar, agave, or honey into anything. Dr. Phinney told me a teaspoon of honey in a salad dressing shouldn’t be a problem, but I couldn’t do it. Stevia is my only sweetener.