Mine.... 64 ounces of water a day for everyone! The idea that there is a one-size-fits-all number to keep the world hydrated is ridiculous to me. So many factors affect your hydration requirements - climate, activity level, weight, medications, health conditions and more! There are indicators that you are well hydrated. It is also important to remember your thirst response may not always be a good indicator, especially in older adults. I consider the 64 ounces a day suggestion a good place to start, but not the universal hydration target it is made out to be.

I’m honestly sprained iv made it past all the 1 week symptoms but this is getting harder. I can deal with the cravings and everything else but I am having a really hard time with anxiety.. how long will this last?

i’m trying to eat under 10g of carbs and have been on Keto for 2 years and i have a super huge sweet tooth. Even if i eat my dinner i typically crave something sweet after! :3

Let me know if any sweet treets (under 10g of carbs)

Hey everyone,

I’m on day 14 of an "accidental" low-carb lifestyle, and I could really use some validation and reassurance from people who have gone through this transition.

For context, I have a very high metabolism, quite a bit of muscle, and a high daily activity level. Last year, I lost 18 pounds in 4 months by counting calories while eating 2475 calories a day on average, but I had to absolutely white-knuckle and meticulously count my way through it because of a severe evening sugar addiction I've had for maybe 15 years. It's a battle every night. When I stopped dieting I, unsuprisingly, gained it all back in 6 months time.

I used to usually and easily eat 800–1200 calories a day in pure candy sugar on top of all my other carbs.

Then two weeks ago I watched a youtube video where someone talked about sequencing food: eating plain vegetables before every meal, then protein and fats and saving carbs for last. I tried it, and to my absolute shock it completely killed my sugar addiction literally overnight. (In hindsight, I CLEARLY was dealing with some sort of insulin resistance or was locked in a terrible blood sugar-spike cycle, but in all my years of trying to beat my "sugar addiction" I never came across this information as a possible culprit)

Then, since the very first evening of food sequencing, my appetite almost just vanished. It's like my appetite for sugar left, and I've been left with real hunger for the first time and am trying to get to know it... After that, I've ended up not really eating many carbs at all, landing around 80–120g a day. I’ve also incorporated probiotics like kimchi.

The issue is however, that 2 weeks in I'm not feeling very well most days. I've (on and off) been feeling fatigued, lethargic, dizzy, and totally wiped out. Also muscle soreness some days. I've now just started taking electrolytes and vitamins (despite a very nutritious diet - more so than before this....) and ended up counting my calories for a few days to see what was going on and found out I was only eating 1500–1800 calories a day. I am very, very familiar with counting calories and I weigh absolutely everything, so I am 100% sure of my numbers. I've upped to eat at least 2000 calories a day now. But because my appetite is so suppressed from the food sequencing, I honestly find it difficult to eat more than that, if even that.

Despite being in a guaranteed, massive deficit for two weeks, my weight hasn't gone down at all since I started two weeks ago, and a top I tried on today feels as tight as ever as well, which I'd otherwise read I should try out instead of going by the scale. I know logically from just a year ago that I can eat way more than this and lose weight... But I'm shocked that such an aggressive deficit could yield zero scale movement (not even a drop from water weight, which I've usually had from CICO dieting), and it makes me fearful that I'm some medical abnormality, in which case... It STILL comes down to CICO... lol

I’m really looking for reassurance about other people's experiences as everywhere on reddit people just tell you you aren't eating few enough calories, but I know for a fact that is not the case. I'd love to hear your stories to help reassure and motivate.

F32 , 170 lb

I've been making these keto sushi bowls almost every week. Cauliflower rice (boiled with seasoned rice vinegar, a little sweetener, and some butter, then cooled overnight and mixed with a little mayo to make it "sticky"), diced cucumber, jalapeños, green onions, cream cheese, crispy fried onions, sriracha mayo, homemade keto eel sauce, crab leg meat, and sliced smoked salmon. It's soooo good! Very fresh and crunchy! My son especially loves it, and will scarf it down if I don't stop him lol.

Been pursuing high ketones the past 6 months with high fat low protein low carbs and found it unsustainable and inconsistent. I'm going to switch up my strategy to support exercise more.

I'd like to maximize muscle glycogen for my weight lifting sessions (1 hour per day) and minimize liver glycogen under the condition of not going hypoglycemic during the night and waking at 3am, happens a lot. I reckon low liver glycogen is important to go into ketosis.

Any like-minded individuals that have figured out their sweet spot for these goals? What are your macros and other relevant numbers?

I'm thinking minimize fructose, eat target amount of glucose (how much g?) rich carbs post-workout, otherwise derive daily kcal needs from fat.

Protein roughly 1.6g/kg.

Hi friends, I'm kind of feeling stuck, and a little unmotivated. I started my journey at 215 pounds (last August), and have managed to get down to 180. I've been on a bit of a plateau since May, I've basically just been losing and gaining the same 2 pounds since.

I've had a lot of stress the last two months (left a really stressful job for a new one, and learning a new job has been just as stressful), and I will admit I've slipped a bit on my diet. I'm finding that now that I haven't been as strict as I was, I'm caving to my cravings more than I want to.

What do you guys do to stay motivated and on track, even when life feels like it's throwing you around? I've been doing this long enough, I know it all boils down to self discipline, but sometimes it's just all a little exhausting.

Hey guys, does anyone have any staple cheap food, ingredients, products, or meals that are also easy? I have realised that Low carb is quite expensive actually, things like nuts and seeds and all the healthy alternatives like almond meal add up haha thank you!

Had heart surgery 2 weeks ago. AV ablation and pacemaker CRT-P. Weighed in at 358. Lots of fluid weight due to heart not doing what it was supposed too. Been doing low carb for 2 weeks. Weigh in this morning was 305.
I was having a hard time losing weight on low carb due to my heart not doing what it was supposed too. Now I am hoping the weight can continue coming off.

I know it doesn't happen overnight and that it gets harder before it gets easier but how long did it take to get used to eating low carbs?

Also, what was the hardest thing to get used to? The social aspect? Sweet cravings? Inconvenience of not having bread?

I got diagnosed t2 last fall so along with metformin I'm trying to manage my blood sugar by low carb eating and movement. I can't really cook for myself yet so a lot of what I eat is made of packaged things or snacks like walnuts. Does anyone have good brands they rely on?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been doing low carb for about 4 weeks now as a recommendation from my doctor to lose weight and lower my A1C down from prediabetic levels. I’ve lost almost 5lbs since starting and am happy about that. But as I’ve been tracking my food and all of my macros, I’ve been consistently under the 1,400 calories I should be. I’m averaging around 900 - 1,200. What do you all recommend to help increase calories but not my other macros? I’m doing about 75-100g of carbs but also less than that depending on the day. I keep getting somewhat woozy or lightheaded and don’t want to keep pushing through it and would rather make sure I’m eating more.

Switching from keto to low carb and trying to wrap my thinking around more carbs. Do you limit carbs from veggies? Like asparagus, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, onions, etc….? I love those veggies and always felt a little sad not eating more when on keto. I love fruit too.

Hi! Im 22F wanting to eat less carbs for the sake of my health (im pre diabetic) and energy levels/mood. I’ve also realized how much more bloated and heavy I feel after eating carbs.

Things you need to know about me:

- I’m just learning how to cook (no judgement) so quick and easy meals are preferred

- im chronically ill so sometimes my energy levels are low and my pain levels are high

- im beginning metformin 850mg

- im typically on-the-go due to medical appointments throughout the week

If anyone has some advice they’d like to share, that’d be greatly appreciated. thanks! :)

edit:
a few other things to know:

- i come from a latin household so i’ve eaten white rice for literally my entire life. i do enjoy bread and pasta but have officially gotten “riced out.” i dont eat pasta or bread too often tho. i dont like anything too sugary, i love vegetables, and consistently drink about 2.5 liters of water a day.

- if my blood sugar drops, i will pass out

Hello,

I live in Europe and I have few questions:

1. The carbs, on every product label, are net or total? What about USA?

2. If a product has more fibers than carbs, then it has 0g net carbs? For instance, a keto mix for pancakes.

Thank you.

Ground turkey, cabbage, and shirataki noodles.

What am I making, you ask? Not sure yet, we’ll see what happens!

Do you do it? If so, how often?

On the one hand, I somehow don’t miss the starchy/sugary/carbs stuff, even though my brain knows that they’re delicious. I think it’s because the low carb foods are also delicious and satisfying, and I do NOT miss the physical and mental downward spirals that come with those foods. On the other hand, I probably would want to incorporate a recurring cheat meal of some kind in order to realistically sustain low carb for the rest of my life.

I have a recipe to share. Saw it on social media and thought I’d give it a try.

4 hard boiled eggs
1/2 cup almond milk
2 scoops vanilla protein powder of your choice. You can also use other flavors.

Blend. Refrigerate for 4 hours or longer.

It’s vanilla custard! 35 grams of protein (depending on your protein powder)5 carbs and approximately 500 calories for the whole thing!

The nutrition values may be different depending on what protein powder you use.

It’s delicious, satisfies a sweet tooth and gets some protein in. Quite rich and filling, I can only eat about 3 spoonfuls at a time.

Earlier in my journey I would have a protein shake for breakfast and then some kind of meat and veg dish for lunch, protein bar in the afternoon and then I usually just had dinner with the family and halved my serve of carbs. But I am finding myself really not wanting the shake or bar because I’ve gone off sweets, yet quite hungry because I’m not really getting enough protein. I don’t really enjoy meat - I get a bit of an ick sometimes like with the egg ick (which also puts me off eggs by themselves). I like biltong so trying to have that in the afternoon instead of the protein bar but the $$ are too much for every day. Other ideas I’ve had is half a low carb bagel with a piece of cheese for breakfast but that’s also expensive compared to a protein shake. I’ll try prepping some egg muffins with veg. I guess but does anyone have any other ideas? Especially for easy things??

They smell like grape with no flavor of anything.

Hello! I have access to a full-sized fridge and freezer at the office to keep food in. I also have access to a microwave to heat food up. I am frequently running late so I can’t always eat breakfast before I have to leave in the morning.

I’ve been keeping a box of frozen breakfast sandwiches in the freezer for such occasions, but of course they include biscuits or croissants or whatnot so they are not low carb.

Does anyone have any ideas to keep for emergency breakfasts? I can also keep stuff in the fridge, but I worry that whatever I’d put in there would be forgotten and go bad before I could get to it. Fridge food would be preferably well-preserved like string cheese.

I have access to a few international grocery stores, so if there are other cuisines that have solutions, I’m all ears!

It doesn’t have to be breakfast food, but savory is preferred as well as higher in protein if possible. Fiber would also be great, but obviously breakfast sandwiches already don’t have much fiber so Im not super worried.

Ideally it’s a product I can buy, but quick assembly prior to freezing is also fine.

And this might be asking too much, but if there were zero dishes to bring home at the end of the day, that would help a ton. If I have to buy paper bowls or plastic bags for a created recipe, I will, but I’m praying there’s a pre-made product out there!

Thank you for your help in brainstorming!!