Scrappy Jack

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Good grief: those Baseline calipers are $150.

I currently use these:

I'll plug some data in to that calculator which should be more useful than just relying on the age-based card that came with my cheapo calipers.

rigidbigelsworth

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How the heck are you staying under 60g of carbs a day? according to the myfitnessapp a banana is 54g alone. I am lucky if I stay under 150g a day.

Also, how do you look at friend's diaries? My roommate uses it but all I can see is his generic updates like "he finished his diary and was under his calorie goal"

viperormiata

iTrader: (24)

I used to go under 15-20g's a day. It's easy. **** food doesn't have a lot of carbs.

mgeoffriau

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How big is your banana? Google says 27g of carbs.

Leafy

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My banana is huge.

rigidbigelsworth

iTrader: (3)

Well that's a pretty personal question

I would say medium to large. "medium" says it has 54g

EDIT: I'm an idiot. The first time i selected that i bumped 2 servings by accident. Then every time since then it suggests it as a "recent" choice so i just kept selecting that. Makes sense. Yay for less carbs than I thought! (I am still at 79g though only having eaten 2 small turkey sausages, some kefir milk, a cup of carrots and a banana so 60 seems unobtainable to me)

FRT_Fun

iTrader: (19)

Low carb diets you need some fiber supplements or be prepared to spend an hour trying to ****.

Leafy

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Unless they're also high fat, then it just slides right out.

I don't know about you guys but my protein shake has a butt load of fiber in it. And I also dont count veggies as carbs unless they're wicked sweet like iceburg lettuce, actual science be damned.

triple88a

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This is where protein with milk shines. You'll **** on everything.

At one point i used to eat nothing but chicken (with very little something on the side).. never had issues.


My father is a trainer so he was able to borrow them for a day. But yes theres much cheaper choices.

rigidbigelsworth

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Im pretty sure I have IBS or something in addition to a gluten intolerance. I used to go like 6 times a day or more, pretty much after every time I ate, when I was eating alot of pasta etc. Now I only go a whopping 4 times...yay?

The only way I have noticed I go less/have trouble is if I haven't drank much water. I norm have like 10cups a day at least.

JasonC SBB

If you have IBS you need to go an a food sensitivity elimination diet.
Meaning you remove all of the most common foods that people have sensitivities to for a month, then reintroduce them one by one for 2-3 days and see if your body reacts.

The most common sensitivities are:
- lactose
- gluten
- casein (dairy)
- lectin (nuts)
- nightshades (cauliflower, peppers, etc)

You can shortcut the above by doing tests by one of the following companies:
- Alcat
- Entero labs
- Cyrex labs

The standard MD food sensitivity panel is worthless because of the high false negative rate.

You also want to read up on:
- GAPS diet
- Autoimmune paleo diet protocol

rigidbigelsworth

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I'll look into those, thanks for the suggestion.

I did the SCD diet for about a month to help identify triggers. I already knew I was lactose intolerant, now I discovered I am gluten intolerant as well as nuts. So no more pasta which I used to nom all the time cuz its cheap and delish. Now I pretty much eat lean proteins (turkey/fish/chicken/eggs) and fruits and veggies and thats it. I can still manage to tolerate a cheat meal now and then so I dont go crazy but every time I do it reminds me why I gave it up in the first place. I never thought I would consider sushi a "cheat meal" Getting old sucks.

y8s

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On what planet? the cheapest food is pretty much only carbs.

Leafy

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Yeah I wanna live there.

viperormiata

iTrader: (24)

The planet grammar error. That should have been does*

rigidbigelsworth

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Even "healthy" not **** food has a lot of carbs. Banana is 27g, Kefir milk is like 29g so my breakfast is already ruined me for a goal of 15-20. What did you eat? tuna, eggs, and water?

FRT_Fun

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Eggs, eggs, cheese, bacon, sausage, cottage cheese.

But still I def break 20g with that probably.

rigidbigelsworth

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Well due to a miscommunication between the roommates and I, our fridge is now holding over 5 dozen eggs... so it looks like I may be eating alot of eggs in the next couple weeks anyways haha

triple88a

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Eat 3-4 raw every morning. Put them in a cup and eat them. Do it.

Ryan_G

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Eating them raw is completely unnecessary as there is no meaningful change to the proteins during to cooking process. Raw eggs are disgusting.