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<\/p>\nTime to get on that scale! I was a little nervous, honestly. I knew I’d lost some weight. I mean, how could you NOT lose at least a few pounds on a super low carb diet, right? But getting on the scale is always a little triggering for me. It does cause anxiety. I rarely like that number I see these days.<\/p>\n
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Weigh In after 2.5 weeks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Starting Weight: 177.2<\/p>\n Current Weight: 174.8<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Non-Scale Victories<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I realize I should I have measured my body when I first started. I think that would have shown more of a change than the scale. I’m also curious if I would have lost more weight had I not gotten sick in week 3. I didn’t work out for 5 days. \ud83d\ude41 But I am still happy with the progress I have made so far!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How I Feel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Good! I do not feel the crushing misery of previous low-carb diets. I don’t feel run down or lethargic. I don’t feel hungry. I am able to manage my cravings pretty well. I haven’t felt a “sugar detox” like I have felt in the past when I stopped eating sugar\/candy.<\/p>\n After the first week my jeans all felt looser. I attributed that to not eating bread\/carbs\/gluten as opposed to weight loss.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other Interesting Things<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Something else I noticed after starting the keto diet, my psoriasis cleared up in certain areas. I had some pretty gnarly patches of psoriasis on my legs that flare up. They get worse in the winter and can be really red, big and itchy\/irritated. I have a topical cream I use that “sort of” manages it (not really–just takes the edge off the itchiness really).<\/p>\n I wasn’t really using the cream much during this time period and yet the psoriasis on my legs shrank. It was less itchy and got way smaller! I don’t know if there is a correlation to the diet.\u00a0 I started reading more about it and saw different things, of course it’s all anecdotal stories<\/a><\/strong><\/span> but I am seeing other people claim their psoriasis cleared up with a keto diet. Very interesting indeed!<\/p>\n Now for some TMI stuff – first my period. When I get PMS I crave salty, crunchy stuff. Chips, etc. I didn’t have that issue while I was on Keto. Second – one of the side effects of keto is constipation. I am trying to keep my fiber intake up. I have started adding some Benefiber<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>to my iced tea at breakfast. Supposedly MCT Oil<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0can cause diarrhea, but I’ve used it a few times in my coffee now and have not had that issue. Maybe you only get stomach issues if you use too much?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Future Keto<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I am going to continue doing this diet for awhile. At some point I hope to switch to some kind of carb-cycling schedule. Something like doing keto Monday-Friday and then on the weekends eating higher carbs–not going crazy but eating things like FRUIT!!!! And maybe my Kombucha! (I miss it!) and my Trader Joe’s cauliflower gnocchi. I miss those too! But those are all too high in carbs for keto. So maybe those could be my “high carb” weekend splurges.<\/p>\n But for now, I’m good. I like this!<\/p>\n Edited to Add:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Time to get on that scale! I was a little nervous, honestly. I knew I’d lost some weight. I mean, how could you NOT lose at least a few pounds on a super low carb diet, right? But getting on the scale is always a little triggering for me. It does cause anxiety. I rarely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[55,59,2721,84,9969,152,154,9458,155,317,318,319,298,3372],"tags":[8617,9970,9982,9986,9223,8662,3162,8755,8758],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56440"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56589,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56440\/revisions\/56589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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