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Watch the Low Carb Classes this week!
The Fall Low Carb Challenge is in full swing, and it’s time for the 3-Week Weigh-In! 🙂
Share the total number of pounds and/or inches you’ve lost since the challenge began on September 5th.
You can leave a comment here if you’re not on Facebook, otherwise the Week Three Weigh-In Thread is inside our private Facebook Group.
If you haven’t joined in yet… it’s never too late! Jump right in and join us. 🙂 You can get all the challenge details here.
Fun, Candid Low Carb Q&A Videos 🙂
I mentioned last week that I would be answering questions live and doing Q&A in various places around the web – and that’s been A LOT of fun so far!
I’ve been hosting live sessions on my Instagram channel and also in our Low Carb Challenge Facebook Group. I recorded the Facebook Live videos, so I’ll share them here with you in case you missed them:
Kicking Off Week FOUR of the Low Carb Challenge
Leave a comment below with ANY question you have about eating low carb, or any confusion or frustration you’ve run into trying to figure out things like LCHF Macros, or incorporating Healthy Fats into your diet, or Setting Up MyFitnessPal to Track Net Carbs – or anything at all you’re unsure about, and would love to learn more about!
How are things going with you?
I would LOVE to hear how week three of the challenge went for you. Any questions, or what is your biggest struggle?
Leave a comment & let’s chat.;)
Best,
Lynn Terry,
aka @LowCarbTraveler
Discount Code: LOWCARBTRAVELER
I am on week 2 due to the hurricane. Down 3.3 pounds.
Great progress in just 2 weeks, Holly! π
I’m glad to hear you are back online and life is getting back to normal. So many people went through such a difficult time… truly heartbreaking.
Shark week not getting near a scale
lol, Angela – I don’t blame you. π
I am ovulating, even though I had a partial hysterectomy – that still causes me to bloat mid month. π
Here’s to next week! π *cheers*
Down 5.3 lbs
Way to go, Linda! π
What are the macros for your biscuits without spinach. Don’t like it
It depends on how you make them. The base recipe (without spinach) is what I use to make all sorts of breads & biscuits, like these: http://www.travelinglowcarb.com/4275/low-carb-biscuit-recipe/ Just use the base recipe and enter each ingredient and the amounts into the MyFitnessPal recipe calculator. That way you can easily log them. π
I just found this challenge yesterday. I started this morning!
Can we still have cocketails with low carb? I usually drink on the rocks (no mixers) or I have wine…
Welcome Temeka! π
Sure – there are low carb wines, beers and liquors. I like Michelob Ultra which is 2.6 carbs per 12oz bottle. Or rum & diet coke. Plain rum is zero carbs. There are low carb wines too. I drink White Zinfandel – 1 carb per ounce.
Just keep in mind that alcohol takes longer to metabolize than food, so it may slow down your weight loss, but just temporarily.
I am learning a lot from your live sessions, Lynn. They are engaging and inspiring at the same time. I hope to learn enough to bring at least a bit of it into my own sessions when I start livestreaming eventually, and grow from there. π
I have made some tweaks, and am tracking diligently now, which I think is paying off. I am feeling lighter, but haven’t stood on the scales yet. I will wait a bit.
My meals are quite monotonous. I’d like to start losing weight consistently before bringing in new foods into my diet.
Thank you, Galina! π I’m really glad you’re enjoying the live videos. They are tons of fun! I love when everyone joins in – it makes for a variety of interesting topics. π
I find it helps to keep your meals simple, and eat foods you’re familiar and comfortable with. I do that a lot as you may have noticed.
Tracking will really help. It was quite an eye opener for me personally when I started, and it was the key to me finally getting the weight off! π
I did the first week of the challenge, lost 4 pounds, and then gave into a stressful week and started eating crap again. Iβm having such a hard time giving up the sweets and carbs!
I’ve been there, Patty. The absolute best way to give them up… is to give them up! π The longer I stayed in ketosis, the less I ever wanted to eat anything with sugar or high carbs again. I don’t even crave those things anymore, and they don’t even appeal when I’m around them! That’s a BIG help.
I wrote this last year when I was going through a particularly tough and stressful time: http://www.travelinglowcarb.com/10307/stress-depression-dieting/ I hope it proves as helpful to you… as it did to me. π *cheers*
Thank you so much for linking that article!!
I’m right with you Patty.. did great then gave into the world around me.
Lynn,
That article was amazing! Thank you again! Ready to get back on track starting….. now!
I’m so glad you found it helpful. π
I was an emotional overeater … so finding something to replace food when I got stressed or upset was key for me.
I took up walking with my great dane, and we could really pound out some steps when I was really upset lol.
It helped though! And it actually helps improve my mood and helps me work through whatever is on my mind – where food NEVER helped anything. π
For week 3, I am down 3 more lbs, that makes a total of 11 lbs so far…
I have been struggling this week, for week 4… so I know I have to really strict myself from potatoes… and desserts…
Those are GREAT results in short time, Wendy! π Why do you feel you’re struggling this week – is it mindset or cravings or what exactly?
Hello Lynn,
It is my eating habits… I love desserts and potatoes, and before I get on the scale I feel as if I have gained instead of lost.
As for week 4 I am down 2 more lbs, so I can see where I start off strong and stop eating what is right for me.
I know it takes determination, and yes I do have that… I am doing my 90 day challenge a little different based on the fact I am counting calories as well.. I do the tread mill 3x’s a week, along with outside work. (my biggest down fall is when it is insight I eat) and since I have stopped keeping track of it, I have noticed I am eating more again.
Hi Lynn, I wind up off track for awhile due to relocating, the thing I find the hardest about sticking to it is 1, my limited income as I only receive a monthly income so it’s hard buying all the meats I need, 2, traveling n trying to eat right and 3, when I’m invited to a friend’s for dinner cause they no I don’t cook much due to health issues, there’s stuff there that isn’t on my woe but because they went out of their way to invite me I don’t wanna be rude and not eat or tell them I can’t eat certain things. Do you have any suggestions? Plz n thanks and Merry Christmas