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Yep, it happens any time I get semi backed up. Personally, I know the pain is from hard and large poo going through my colon like Sherman through Georgia. But that's just me. It could be so many many many things! Only your doc will know for sure. One of the things could be diverticulitis or diverticulosis...or just a food sensitivity. Apple peel can be hard on some. As can gravy! I make sure I don't go longer than 2 days without a visit from Mr. Hanky. If the schedule on the #2 tracks is more deranged than 2 days out, I call for MOM or for the glycerin suppositories. Cuz homie will not play those games any more. It's tooooooo difficult! LOL. I take daily Miralax, generally keep dairy and cheese to the low side, eat lots of fiber from veggies and psyllium husks and take 2 Colace per day + drink 120+ oz of liquids. And I exercise every day too...

OK, starting Day 1 of AMAW/CAMAW and am still gonna do my 16/8 or 18/6 stuff daily. I just don't wanna give up my IF. I seriously heart it--and this group! We'll see what happens and see if I can drop closer to below my 148lbs again by end of the week (next Sunday). I'd like to be at 145lbs next Sunday, but it's only a loose target and it does move. Happy Sunday to all!!!

I seriously heart you girl! I can't even imagine what you've gone through and are presently going through along with all the stress. You have a giant heart and great will. You got this!!!! And you made me snort coffee (hella experience) at the idea of crossing a Chinese crested dog with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. ROFL!!!!! So forkin' funny! ((hugs and great hair wishes for you)) I told someone about my "hair piece" that I put over my 1/2" pony to make my messy bun. She's a hair dresser. I kinda waved at the top of my head and said, "Yeah, this is all smoke and mirrors. I really have about 3 hairs and a wish that are continually looped around my head to make it look like I have hair." LOL, I made an appointment with her for a hair cut next week...*terrified*

AMAW/CAMAW DAY 1 Begins Today!!!!! Wooooohooooooo! Don't Cheat! Eat Meat! So let's all begin the week with our stats!!! And our macro goals for each day. You can copy paste from here and then edit to add your own spin on it! Remember, do what works for YOU!!!! Just do something. OK? I'm just gonna do my bare minimum stats for you: Day 1 Weight: 152.4lbs Waist Size: 29.5inches Here's my daily Macro Goals for the Week (these are based solely on my personal stats/needs--your's will vary): My calorie goal is gonna be about 700cals/day. Carbs = 9g (5%)+extra carbs from whole psyllium husks Protein = 79g (45%) Fat = 39g (50%) Here's the link to the original rules from page 1:

What a great photo and a great idea for a treat!!! Very healthy thinking young lady!!!

Hahahaha me2!!! I giggled as I typed it out. Maybe our group mascot needs to be the weinie meme from the other thread! ROFL! Very understandable!!! Have an awesome anniversary celebration! I think Atkins '92 is a great program and a great place to get on track. Strictly speaking it honestly is more than the idea of AMAW/CAMAW. But it's a kinder/gentler approach and if it means it helps you get personally back on track and also means you'll hang with us, I'm on board!!! Wooootttt!!!! And for the record, I agree on the importance of veggies! And love love loved Dr. Atkins programs. I'm choosing to do a CAMAW kind of week cuz it so closely simulates our all protein drink pre-op diet without having to go back to only drinking my protein. You know? I was getting about 9g of carbs per day give or take and staying around 500-600 cals maybe? And getting somewhere around 70-80g of protein. Just from the protein drinks. And I could do a reset with that, but it really jacks with my insulin to use that much whey protein isolate--or that much whey protein, period.

Me2! But maybe I just all freaks cuz I am one? I think God said in the Bible that "the freaks shall inherit the earth" didn't he? ?

Yay congrats on losing 6.5 stone!!!! Come on aboard! But please don't hold me up as a success story. I'm just a big ol' backsliding hairy sinner trying to muddle my way through it one day at a time! But I bore easily and am alternately easily amused as you can see here! LOL. I LOVE to track stuff in MFP and Excel cuz I'm a freak!

Hahaha! I honestly have no idea! I am gonna keep the cheese minimal for me. Good Lord, the carnage!!! *SOB* Here's my projected menu for tomorrow. I seem to be "ok" with tiny amounts of cottage cheese...and then the other stuff is just minimal! I do foresee the need to up my Miralax forthwith and also to add back a full serving of my beloved whole psyllium husks. I will NOT count those mother trucking carbs though. I will invoke the Don't Ask/Don't Tell clause. Breakfast: Coffee (decaff, black) Morning "Snack" = 2nd Brekky = Nuked Eggwich with Eggs for the bun Lunch = Tuna Salad with egg/cottage cheese (may have to be 2 meals to get it all in) Dinner = Grilled Chicken with Avocado

That's so beautiful it makes me cry! *I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!!* Ok, glad to see you back and that you're only up 3lbs! Funny enough, that's where I am as of this morning's poopsicles! Yeeeehawwww! Woooohooo on the Dells, square dancing, hot tubs, and CARDIO! ? We missed you. Don't ever leave us again. Ok, so hop over to the AMAW CAMAW thread tomorrow and start with "us" (pssst, it may be only you, me, and the crickets!) Do it your way. Just like at Burger King! I'm so jealous of your starter. You may be drying some and mailing it to me. hehehe. I used to keep one and threw it out when we started low carb in 2000. But now, I'm thinking I would convert it to spelt starter and then use it sparingly with cauliflower flower and some low carb flour alternatives and fiber flours! It would be fun to speriment! I'm starting my baking tomorrow with my Christmas Bread - 3cheese Italian Pagnotta bread. Very high hydration and can be done with either a poolish or with a starter. Both turn out great! I am also making Union Cafe Bar Pecans, and will do shortbread, oatmeal raisin, choco chip with nuts, and that may be it. I'm never tempted to eat the cookies. And I'm ok not eating the bread. I usually eat 1/4 of a slice over Christmas/New Years time. No biggie. But it's a crapton of time on my feet--which isn't a bad thing! I will probably do the cookies week after next. We can be baking buddies!

Oh @Ken S.! Oh Ken!!! Ken Ken Kenster Kenny-my-mayun, goodbuddy, my pal... Guess what I got in my notifications just now. *sniff* *sob* *ohnoooooooooooosssssssss* (psst It wasn't a letter from Santa about how good I've been this year...)

Well, it's kinda like this..."Don't Ask/Don't Tell" bahahahaha! If that's what it takes to keep you with us, then I don't think that a couple of handfuls of raw spinach or super greens is gonna hairlip the Pope. But strictly speaking? There are supposed to be no veggies in AMAW and CAMAW. But I can assure you? I WILL be using a bit of condiment here and there. Hello Vlasic Dill Relish in my tuna salad...a green onion in my egg salad. You see? And, if my ketones get too high and start sparking a cortisol dump (which has happened to me on account of my BS metabolism and hyperinsulinemia), then I WILL be grabbing a handful or two of spinach to gently bring me into a more shallow ketotic state. (I just probably won't broadcast it here.) This is kinda doing "caveman" style or Atkins '72 style of low carb for 1 week only. Just to be cray and shake things up. I like to do that once in a while.

Any of our little IF friends want to come play the AMAW/CAMAW game for the week? We'll start tomorrow and go through next Saturday.

For instance, here's my individual goal for the week. I choose to do CAMAW and here are my macros for the week. Mkay? My calorie goal is gonna be about 700cals/day. Carbs = 9g (5%) Protein = 79g (45%) Fat = 39g (50%) ***** This is just MY macro/caloric goal. Your goal needs to be set to meet your needs. OK? So if you workout like a beast you will need more cals, more protein, more fat, etc! Right? You may have different caloric goals--go for it! But I'm just a shrinky dinky old lady of 5'4" and standard build at 148lbs (about 108lbs or about 50kgs give or take of LBM). My protein prescription for my daily 1 hour of exercise that includes walking + strength training with isometric whole body movements and bands 3 days a week = LBM in kg x 1.5g/kg of LBM = 75g of protein*. *Since I use the free MFP program, this is the best I can do to figure macros because they only allow using 5point increments to adjust your daily food goals.

I borrowed this idea from another site. But to be fair, it's a concept that is not new to the low carb/keto community. Atkins '72 had you shoot for your daily protein goal and to keep your carbs (whole, non-net carbs) to about 10g or less per day (loosely). If you can't do <10g of carbs per day, then try to keep them as low as possible and definitely do NOT exceed 20g of whole non-net carbs. So those of you who know me, know I get bored with my same ol' same ol' routine! So I felt like mixing things up and tightening up the carb wagon a bit. I'm eating a crap ton of carbs for my body (about 50-60g per day whole which comes out to about 30-40g net after fiber subtraction). And what tends to happens when you lower your carbs is that you up dietary ketosis (aka you become a fat burning monster, especially if you've already been low carb for a while--you lose your appetite; drop water retention; and you might just lose a couple of pounds of fat in the bargain--you also return back to easy satiety). And come on...after Fatsgiving, don't we all need to adopt a little austerity? The rules of the game are simple: AMAW = All Meat All Week (Meet only for the week--but I'm gonna include eggs, egg whites, poultry, game, domestically and internationally produced red meats, etc, cured meats/jerky/biltong, et al, bone broths and stocks and also all seafood/fish in the meat category) CAMAW = All Cheese and Meat All Week (although personally I think it should be MACAW rather than CAMAW and I'm gonna include other forms of dairy + protein supplements + non-milk dairy like almond milk, coconut milk, cashew milk provided it fits into the carbs/calories scenario previously discussed, since you're already eating cheese--it just has to fit into your 10g-20g of whole carbs for the day.) Fats = Healthy Fats as much as you want/can handle (or as little) provided you stay within your daily carb/caloric goal for the day. This would not ideally include nuts/seeds/nut butters, but again, if that is the line in the sand for you, then we'd rather you play with us for the week rather than sit it out cuz you need your mother truckin' nuts. Right? Am I right? Healthy sources of fats = olive oil, evoo, evco, evpo, avocado oil, mct oil, grassfed butter, avocados, lard, tallow, schmalz (rendered chicken, duck, or goose fat), and if you choose to eat nuts/seeds/nutbutters they would also provide fat as well as protein and carbs. Water/Liquids = 100oz or more per day Vitamins = Of forkin' course, silly! Coffee = yes Tea = yes ****************************** We'll start tomorrow, Sunday December 2, and continue through Saturday, December 8. Who's with me?

Thought this was pretty cool! From Dr. Apel at Blossom. I don't know him, but saw this posted by someone on "the Facebook". LOL. Thought I'd share with my IF fam!

Dang! Amazing!!!

I'll play today. Salmon salad with pomegranate seeds and lots o' stuff. I actually had afters.

hehe not to go all gansta on you, but I'd probably be tempted to consider cutting a b***h to get back my original 3lb/week weight loss I had in the Wonder Weeks just after surgery. bahahahaaha!

Not to mention, your popularity rating may have risen even higher than with having a new PS rack! You'd be the hit of any party, tradeshow or sporting event! You could maybe even open a dispensory for things like public transportation!

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Hahaha! We have multiple airlines at IAH. Maybe you could trade Atlanta for IAH for your connections? hehe! Sadly the UA terminal sucked! We only had about 8 seats to choose from down in the baggage claim area and everything else was behind security. So without a tix, we couldn't go anywhere not even for bad airport coffee! But we had a lovely visit and I talked way way too much. She is just a darling (and petite) lady. And such a great hug! Like all my Christmas wishes came true. You know? Her hug was just so open and loving and caring and a million dollar smile! She's a special girl! We are all blessed by her friendship! Ha! And we have ways to get around the IAH lockdown! I could have a wine bra delivered tomorrow! bahahahaha! Two words... Long Straws

Maybe so?! That's just super for you whatever the reason though!!! And yeah, maybe there is something to be said for consistency? And goodness, don't we all want to be able to eat more and still lose/maintain?!! Yeeee-the-frick-ha! Right? I also think maybe you've healed your body a bit with the IF? Made it so that you are more insulin sensitive so you have less of a huge load of insulin dumped on you when you eat with shenanigans intent! I just know I'm so happy for you to be at your goal of 140lbs!!! Wooot!!!!

Sorry hon. I'm not seasoned, just "been around the block" a few times. What is your question?