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My personal keto journey marches on. I just completed my first 24-hour fast with minimal results. I will try again next week and see if that gets me off of the plateau. I am gradually losing, but not as fast as I would like. I found out about Powerade zero which is helping me with my leg cramps. Thank goodness! It is carb free and still has those electrolytes I need to combat the muscle cramps. I am working out 5 days a week - could my weight loss stall just be conversion to muscle? Measurements are down and that helps me keep going.
I just got the promotion I have been working toward for two years. I am grateful, but it is so long overdue that I am afraid it may not be enough. I have a decision to make - stay or go? I will need to do some exploration and soul searching on that.
Have a great week everyone!
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84.6 kg
Lost so far: 5.4 kg.
Still to go: 9.8 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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2004 kcal
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Fat: 169.73g | Prot: 82.10g | Carbs: 41.46g.
Breakfast: Egg, Hormel Black Label Fully Cooked Bacon, Butter (Salted), Sugar in the Raw Stevia in the Raw, Whole Foods Market Liquid Stevia Drops, Green Mountain Coffee Caramel Vanilla Cream K-Cup, Green Mountain Coffee Hazelnut K-Cup, Heavy Cream, Spectrum Organic Virgin Coconut Oil. Lunch: California Pizza Kitchen CPK Cobb Salad with Ranch Dressing (Half). Dinner: Oscar Mayer Traditional Bacon, Butter, Egg, Stokes Green Chile Sauce - Southwestern. Snacks/Other: Max Muscle Emerge, Powerade Zero Mixed Berry (Bottle), Mixed Nuts. more...
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Losing 0.2 kg a Week
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Hi RiverRes, plateaus do happen and waiting them out takes a lot of patience! I generally don't fast because it depletes muscle mass and I have little to spare. Instead I do a 3 day Atkins Fat Fast, 5 feedings of 200 calories of 80 to 90 % fat, 1000 calorie total, with lots of water.
03 Mar 18 by member: gz9gjg
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Congratulations on your promotion! Good luck on making your decisions for your future. There are pros and cons to everything. I take a age specific multivitamin which did cut down on the leg cramps. Read that vitamins are really a waste of time and money. However, I feel I have my bases covered in case I haven't taken in enough nutrients with the limited carbs I eat now. I haven't tried the PowerAde zero. I feel more confident with high/low calorie days than long fasts but the fasts do work for a lot of people. Plateaus do happen, just takes patience and persistence to get over them. So frustrating! :)
03 Mar 18 by member: kattay
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Five days a week? Don’t know any other details but you could definitely be adding muscle. Are you taking measurements, besides weight?
03 Mar 18 by member: TomLong
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Congrats on the promotion!!
I've always looked at stalls as my body trying to catch up with my choices.
03 Mar 18 by member: Happy*Snappy
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bananas spinach avocado. raise your potassium and salt levels....i also heard of old wives tale put a bar of soap at bottom of your bed at night supposed to stop leg cramps!?! lol good luck
03 Mar 18 by member: twolumps
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Good job there my friend ..that's a nice drop;)
03 Mar 18 by member: maxie4
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YEAH YEAH Thanks for the support - Great job!
03 Mar 18 by member: johnwentzville
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Good luck on your promotion decision! I did a fast when I stalled and it definitely helped. I do a long (24-36hour) fast per week and the rest of my days I Follow a 16/8 schedule. Seems to work for me for now. I think gaining muscle does slow the "weight loss" so definitely a good idea to measure yourself.
03 Mar 18 by member: jenniferl12003
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