High Fat NK 80/15/5 - February Version

[portcop01]

Mizz that co is better than any diet pill I've ever took!!!hope all have a great day! Going to take a lazy day,got big pork roast on,guess I will start my new job Monday,hope its better than the last one, I need to work cause I want to travel and that takes money plus i feel better when I work,they want me to work full time but I said no no no.they even offer a 800.00 sign on bonus but I want to travel....

[zgirl]

Originally Posted by mizzcase

Well, I took another 2 pounds off, so that strange bump up WAS water weight. Now 5 pounds down from that. I really think its got something to do with those protein shakes with coconut oil. Mmmm.

Don't know if I'm gonna have any today though. Think I'll just take a shot of MCT oil after my smoothie.

Congrats on the drop! You've convinced me - I'm going to go get some of the casein protein powder today. Have you tried any other flavours? The chocolate peanut butter sounds good, but they come in such huge tubs that I'm afraid of getting stuck with something I don't like. But I'm hoping that the protein powder will help - I've been waking up in the middle of the night and I think these might be just the thing to add before bed to bump up both protein and calories and help me sleep more soundly.

And sorry to hear about your rough night ... that sounds really scary and unsettling. At least you made the most out of it by meal planning though! Have a great Saturday.

[mizzcase]

Hey zgirl, I haven't tried any other flavors, but I meticulously read all the reviews and all of the ON get 5 stars!

I thought when I was finishing up my shake yesterday how good some peppermint extract would be in it.. chocolate coconut peppermint shake anyone? I must be PMSING because mint chocolate chip usually sounds gross to me.

[zgirl]

Originally Posted by rubidoux

ETA: zgirl (or anyone else who likes them), I just saw that you listed sardines on your grocery list. Tell me about them! Do they have heads? Do you just close your eyes and hold your breath and swallow? Or do you chew? Do you do anything to them? I'm pretty sure I've never tried one and before recently I had no reason to want to, but I just read this post about whole little fish on Ned Kock's blog that makes me wish I could love them.

Hi Rubidoux! Haha noooo my sardines do not have heads... I don't think I could handle it if they did! I buy them lightly smoked and in olive oil, and usually mash them into salad with a hard boiled egg, sea salt, and other seasonings. It's great with sour cream on the side and I bet it would be really good with avocado too. Some people eat them with mustard.

And I do chew and eat with my eyes open... but if you really don't like fish maybe you should hold your nose, shut your eyes, and just throw them back like pills!

Originally Posted by Clueless

Home daycare. Been a long week
Love the working with the kids part of the job, The business part can be a pain sometimes. I have to work very hard not to be a pushover.

Wow I can see how that would be exhausting, but I'm sure you get so much satisfaction out of it too. Kids are so refreshing and full of life that you can't help but be re-energized when you spend time with them! Good luck dealing with the business end. Do you get a break on the weekends?

Originally Posted by reddarin

(104/2.2)*35 = 1654 calories for maintenance. Start there and go up or down a little as needed. Add calories with fat. There is a little wiggle room with protein too. Well, a lot of wiggle room depending on how sensitive you are to it as far as insulin response goes.

Thanks, Red. I'm already eating around 1800 a day, but I've been waking up in the middle of the night and I think it might be due to hunger. So I'm going to give Mizzcase's casein shakes a try, and see if that makes any difference!

[mizzcase]

Casein shakes are so good! I think I will abstain from them on the weekends though, since I am home with the sailor I'd like to share a few meals with him rather than just be stuffed and watch him eat every time.

No gym for me today. Did some hip abductor exercises the other day, and DOMS just kicked in. I am not exaggerating when I say today, I can't walk.

Am always surprised at how strong my legs are.. Started out doing inner and outer hip abductor exercises @ 130 pounds. My legs look like tree trunks compared to the upper half of my body. Heh.

[reddarin]

Originally Posted by portcop01

Mizz that co is better than any diet pill I've ever took!!!hope all have a great day! Going to take a lazy day,got big pork roast on,guess I will start my new job Monday,hope its better than the last one, I need to work cause I want to travel and that takes money plus i feel better when I work,they want me to work full time but I said no no no.they even offer a 800.00 sign on bonus but I want to travel....

That roast sounds tasty. Rest up this weekend! Is it a senior care center like the last job Becky?

[reddarin]

Originally Posted by SouthernGirl61

NK is evolving, it doesn't seem to me to be an exact science for all yet...

Yup. It is a framework. Phinney said he thought that the next big innovation in health and weight maintenance would be physiologically targeted where they draw blood (or do a mouth swab I guess) and create a custom plan based on your hormones and whatnot.

Hi ct

[reddarin]

Originally Posted by DebbyL

Hi Southern Girl
What you shared here is very similar to my situation this year. I also was low on cortisol. Am taking Isocort now & feeling much better. What do you take for cortisol? Just wondering if there are other options out there, as my system seems to be reacting to something. Hopefully its not the Isocort!

I'm on maintenance, but going higher fat/lower carbs till I can get the inflammation down & figured out.

Hi Debby

[reddarin]

Originally Posted by mizzcase

Well, I took another 2 pounds off, so that strange bump up WAS water weight. Now 5 pounds down from that. I really think its got something to do with those protein shakes with coconut oil. Mmmm.

Don't know if I'm gonna have any today though. Think I'll just take a shot of MCT oil after my smoothie.

Hooray!!

[mizzcase]

FWIW, I figure I'll post my eats and macros from yesterday. Went from 130.6 yesterday morning to 128.6 this morning:

B (8A):coffee w/ 1T HWC, protein shake (1 scoop casein protein, 1 cup almond milk, 37g coconut oil, handful ice)
S (4P): 1 pickle (claussen dill, the BEST)
D (6P): Texas Roadhouse, casear side salad (no croutons), 10 oz med rare ribeye, side buttered broccoli--- I CLEARED MY PLATE. So good, so good.

1454 calories/111.4g fat/20.9g carbs (14.8 net)/92.5g protein
69%F/6%C/26%P

Little high on protein, but loved every minute of it.

[SouthernGirl61]

Originally Posted by Deb34

Why the scales can lie.

here are the quotes from the article that save my sanity daily at scale-time.









I will add my own note to this: make sure your electrolytes are balanced; sodium, potassium etc. Just drinking plain water does not replace the electroytes lost through dehydration.







Hope this gives anxiety relief to some here who are beating themselves up over that .2 of a pound they gained this morning!

Dead on! Be patient, be consistent, don't change your diet every other day or week, drink water, drink water, and be careful to take supplements in the moderate range, start slow. I weigh once a week...if that. I do not let the scale have power over me. Thanks for your info! Great!

[SouthernGirl61]

Originally Posted by DebbyL

Hi Southern Girl
What you shared here is very similar to my situation this year. I also was low on cortisol. Am taking Isocort now & feeling much better. What do you take for cortisol? Just wondering if there are other options out there, as my system seems to be reacting to something. Hopefully its not the Isocort!

I'm on maintenance, but going higher fat/lower carbs till I can get the inflammation down & figured out.

Hi Debby. I have been taking Adreset, at first I was taking four a day, then I moved that to two capsules, three times a day, now I am settled at three a day, morning, noon, evening. I concentrate on reducing inflammation at all times, which is no sugar for me. Fruits can also increase that, so one apple a day for my tummy, as it can really kill any reflux symptoms from too much fat at one meal, for me. I added the nightly supplement of Nature Made Sleep, and that seems to have turned the corner as well. I take 400mg magnesium right before bed. All have significantly reduced the cortisol levels since November.

[SouthernGirl61]

Originally Posted by reddarin

Yup. It is a framework. Phinney said he thought that the next big innovation in health and weight maintenance would be physiologically targeted where they draw blood (or do a mouth swab I guess) and create a custom plan based on your hormones and whatnot.

Hi ct

HI Darin! They can do a swab test for me! I am often amused at the "blood type" diets. I think if they target in on personal hormones, or there lack of, and include the cortisol levels, do a marker test for inflammation, they may be on to the "millions in the bank."

[reddarin]

Weigh-in this morning ... 202.8 so a little bump. Looking back on the last two weeks it looks like I need to shoot for 1800 to 1900 calories for my daily target.

[Clueless]

Not sure why, I am trying to figure it out, but I have been very moopey yesterday and today. especially in the morning. I am trying IF, skipping breakfast. EAting lunch and dinner. But having CO and HWC at breakfast. Not sure if that has something to do with it or what. This is very unusual for me.
I am a bit discouraged about not losing any weight but not sure that is all of it. weight this am 161.5.
Any body else get down when they use intermittant fasting?

[reddarin]

Is it a big calorie difference in the mornings between what you were doing and what you are doing Cheryl?

[Clueless]

Originally Posted by reddarin

Is it a big calorie difference in the mornings between what you were doing and what you are doing Cheryl?

Well, about 200 calories less, maybe 300.
I did have a stomach upset Thurday evening after Dinner and had to run to the bathroom several times. No Cramps or anything but well um ya know.
After that is when I noticed feeling very depressed.

[reddarin]

While tinkering with my menu today, I went from fried cabbage to thinking, oh, I could boil the cabbage with the chicken bouillon eat the cabbage and drink the broth. That sounds good. Then I thought, what if I threw the shrimp in that I was considering for my main protein for the day??? Shrimp and cabbage 'soup' could that be good??? So I googled it and there is such a thing as shrimp and cabbage soup lol. Add a little garlic and red pepper flakes and boom there ya go.

[reddarin]

Maybe you are fighting off an infection of some sort? That can tax the body and do weird things to mood.

[Clueless]

Originally Posted by reddarin

While tinkering with my menu today, I went from fried cabbage to thinking, oh, I could boil the cabbage with the chicken bouillon eat the cabbage and drink the broth. That sounds good. Then I thought, what if I threw the shrimp in that I was considering for my main protein for the day??? Shrimp and cabbage 'soup' could that be good??? So I googled it and there is such a thing as shrimp and cabbage soup lol. Add a little garlic and red pepper flakes and boom there ya go.

Mmmmm, sounds good. Let us know how you like it. Might have to try that.

Last week I tasted a Mushroom swiss burger for the first time. (My Dh had one) I thought is was delicious so I am trying to put together a mushroom swiss burger casserole or something. Has anyone made something like that?
I am gonna try to come up with a recipe, unless someone has one?

[Clueless]

Originally Posted by reddarin

Maybe you are fighting off an infection of some sort? That can tax the body and do weird things to mood.

Yeah, I bet that is what it is. 1 kid had the flu this week and another came down with a fever yesterday.
Thanks darin

[mizzcase]

Cheryl, google "mushroom swiss casserole low carb" and check out the first link.

[Clueless]

Originally Posted by mizzcase

Cheryl, google "mushroom swiss casserole low carb" and check out the first link.

Thanks MC

[DebbyL]

Originally Posted by SouthernGirl61

Hi Debby. I have been taking Adreset, at first I was taking four a day, then I moved that to two capsules, three times a day, now I am settled at three a day, morning, noon, evening. I concentrate on reducing inflammation at all times, which is no sugar for me. Fruits can also increase that, so one apple a day for my tummy, as it can really kill any reflux symptoms from too much fat at one meal, for me. I added the nightly supplement of Nature Made Sleep, and that seems to have turned the corner as well. I take 400mg magnesium right before bed. All have significantly reduced the cortisol levels since November.

Thanks for you answer. I guess I misunderstood you. I have low cortisol levels, you had high? oops... opposite.
I'm so happy for you, that you feel better.
I'm also on a very restricted diet. Seems I can't do apples, or maybe not on the days I do Quinoa.

[mizzcase]

12 Healthy High-Fat Foods Perfect For Nutritional Ketosis

Just ran across this and hadn't seen it before, very helpful.

[reddarin]

Wow. I just heard someone say that a new requirement at her work for health insurance is mandatory BMI check.

[mizzcase]

I got to thinking today... some days, my protein is a bit on the high side because I've had eggs and I just hate to waste the whites... do companies sell just egg yolks in a carton? Like egg whites in a carton, but yolks? This would be amazing.

[Clueless]

Todays log
calories 1526

fat 129 80%
pro 55 15%
carbs 16 5%

[SouthernGirl61]

Originally Posted by Clueless

Sheesh what a day. Running your own biz has it's perks but it can surly suck sometimes. I love the kids but adults can be another matter altogether.
I need a glass of wine and a butt kicking movie,

Subaroo, nice to meet ya.

Miss ya Buffy, Check in and tell us how you are.

MizzCasey, enjoy your steak

How goes it Becky? When you start the new Job?

Darin, your doing so well. We sure do appreciate you

Jayne, hang in there

zgirl,

CT, miss ya. I guess they are working you to death.

Hi Cheryl! I had a friend with in house child care, boy she had some stories, not about the kids, the parents! I have been "near exhaustion" at work the past few weeks. Have been dealing with governmental audits, and folks in our hair while we are trying to take care of patients. Geeze, I wish the government would save us a few trillion dollars and get out of health care! As Darin would say, "dismounting soapbox"!! I have missed you all too!

[reddarin]

Numbers and log for today.

Calories: 1,841

Fat: 149
Pro: 106
Car: 24

71/24/5

Breakfast: Coffee, CO, HWC.
Lunch: Eggs and cheese.
Dinner: Soup [cabbage, shrimp, bouillon].
Snack: HWC floats.
End of Day: 10g CO.