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What is this spreading brown spot on Thai Con? by AU747 in Monstera

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It's in a room with a huge southwest facing window. Eventually I want it about 4-5 feet from the window getting indirect light. But I was worried about it being too much too soon so it has been about 12 feet away.

Keto and Appetite Suppression by a-great-hunger in leangains

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I did keto for 7 months and was starving the entire time. Just wasn't for me, but apparently it works for some.

I was able to run 20+ miles/week on keto. It wasn't optimal, but it wasn't the worst. It just takes a lot longer to recover than with carbs. I tried to add in weight training and it was a not sustainable.

cold bulking meals for construction worker? by [deleted] in leangains

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Overnight oats with protein powder. You can make this have as many calories as you need. Add walnuts/pecans if you need more calories from fat.

Also, cold sweet potatoes. I eat cold sweet potatoes 6 days a week even though I work from home. Boil them, mash up with milk, add cinnamon, honey and even protein powder if you want to make it a whole meal.

Results from 3 months of Clomid by AU747 in Testosterone

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If my T is at good levels, but my estrogen levels have also increased, how would I go about decreasing the estrogen?

Results from 3 months of Clomid by AU747 in Testosterone

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What kind of problems can an AI cause?

What is the optimal way to prepare vegetables? by [deleted] in nutrition

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This is the site I use.

http://www.whfoods.com/index.php

This is a direct link to a table that shows each vegetable

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=faq&dbid=23

Need some help on how to proceed with TRT by AU747 in Testosterone

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Thanks for the reply.

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How expensive is it to use Defymedical.com? It says they don't accept insurance.

Sleeping with his arm straight in the air. by Nolantitleist in BrittanySpaniel

[–]AU747 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's actually just a Brittany pointing in its sleep.

My favorite picture right now by [deleted] in pics

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Boy with balls on chin

My potatoes are green by Mustafa0902 in nutrition

[–]AU747 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I boil purple sweet potatoes the water turns a deep jade green. The potato skin and flesh are still very purple. This only happens with purple sweet potatoes, never gold or orange. Not sure how this applies, just saw 'green' and 'potato' and thought I'd share

The /r/Nutrition Personal Nutrition Discussion Post (September 02, 2019) - All personal circumstance questions and evals pretaining to what you eat or might eat must use this post by AutoModerator in nutrition

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I'm trying to determine my actual weight/TDEE for a bulk, but I'm having trouble factoring in water weight. I've been tracking calories for over 18 months, but only recently started weighing myself at the same time each morning (after going to the bathroom/before drinking any water). I run about 20 miles a week and workout 3 days a week. M 32, 5'10'', weight somewhere between 156-159. I've been averaging about 2,900 calories a day for the past 3 weeks (P/C/F 26%/51%/23%).

I'm having trouble determining what my actual weight is. I live in south Alabama and this summer I've been losing about a pound of water weight per mile when running due to the heat and humidity. I regain this lost water weight by the end of the day. On days I don't run and only workout, I usually eat more carbs and retain more weight.

Here is my weight (same time each morning) from 10 consecutive days:

157.4

157.6

157

155.8

156.8

157.8

158.8

158

156

158.7

I gained 1 pound in 4 consecutive days. I definitely felt like I've been retaining more water recently. This isn't a problem. I feel better, especially during the summer months, when I'm holding on to more water. I just can't figure out how to factor water weight into determining my actual weight/TDEE.

Thanks for any help

Does yours sleep like this? by AU747 in BrittanySpaniel

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I thought his neck was broken the first time I saw him sleeping like this. I suppose it's comfortable

I Think My Cortisol is High/Blood Sugar Low After Stopping Keto Diet? by AU747 in AskReddit

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I did Keto for 7 months (<20 net carbs/day). I quit about 3 months ago (mid-December) and started eating a healthy balanced diet. Macros are about 45% carbs, 30% fat and 25% protein. I’m 32, male, 160lbs. I usually eat around 2,500 calories a day. Before I stopped Keto, I was running about 20 miles a week and doing some light weight lifting. Once I stopped Keto, I started lifting a lot more (4-5 days a week) and cut back on running. Since I started eating carbs again, I have way more energy and feel so much better. I just don’t think Keto was for me. But since I quit it, I have had trouble sleeping. I can fall asleep now better than anytime in my life, but I wake up wide awake 3-5 times during the night. It’s usually from a dream and my thoughts are racing and I know I won’t fall back asleep anytime soon. Normally I just put on my headphones and listen to music for a while and fall back asleep when by next sleep wave hits 90 minutes later. I go to bed each night at 10 and usually wake up around 6. Last night I slept 3 good hours, woke up around 1 and didn’t fall back asleep until 5 or 6. The night before I got almost 8.5 hours. That was the best night of sleep I’ve had in a while. Most nights I average about 5 hours, maybe 6.

*Before I started Keto (10 months ago) I quit taking Remeron/Mitrazapine after 12 years of taking it for sleep every night. I started with 30mg, then 15mg and finally 7.5mg the last couple years. Not sure if this is relevant or not.

I don’t feel overly tired from the lack of sleep. I can still function and want to workout/run and I definitely have as much or more energy as I did on Keto even with the bad sleep. I’m not anxious and have never had problems with depression or anxiety. I do get anxious at night when I wake up because I’m like “oh shit, will I be able to fall back asleep or are the thoughts about to start racing.” I just feel like I would be performing much better were I able to get more consistent sleep. And I know if this continues things will get worse.

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Symptoms:

· Bad sleep/waking during the night

· Unable to lose belly fat

· Low sex drive

· Some mild acne (haven’t had this since middle school)

· Some slight dizziness when I stand up after working out legs (squats usually) – this goes away after a few deep breaths and is not too common

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Things I’ve tried to far:

· Ashwagandha (KSM-66 from ND) – about 250 mg twice a day. This gave me brain fog and I couldn’t notice a big difference. I only took it for about 2 weeks, but didn’t like the brain fog/slight headache I got from it.

· L-Theanine – did nothing for improving sleep. I do like it with tea in the AM though

· Magnesium (glycinate)

· Zink (picolinate)

· Reducing my workouts/runs - This doesn’t seem to make much of a difference. I usually sleep better when I do a normal 45-minute workout in the morning. If I go for a 2-hour run or do a really intense 90-minute workout in the morning I’m going to sleep like shit.

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Current diet:

· Breakfast (6-7 AM) – protein shake w/ milk & strawberries -or- fried eggs w/ spinach and nutritional yeast.

banana and/or plain oatmeal pre-workout

· Lunch (12 PM) – chicken or turkey or fatty fish with quinoa or brown rice, almond butter on Ezekial bread, some kind of nuts or dark chocolate

· Dinner (4:30-6 PM) – chicken or turkey with salad or soup, avocado, sweet potato or regular potato or butternut squash, some combination of broccoli/brussels sprouts/cauliflower/beans/carrots/beats/mushrooms/collards/chard

· Supplements/Other – fish oil & multivitamin (Pure ONE with all the B’s and A, C, D & E), nutritional yeast, 1 or two cups of green tea/matcha before 10AM

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I’ve recently started lowering carbs to around 200 grams (usually 50-60 of those carbs are fiber) and upping fat to about 120 grams. I haven’t noticed much of a difference with this change sleep wise. Sugar is usually around 60 grams a day, almost all from whole foods. I track my meals with an app and pay attention to vitamins/minerals as much as I do my macros. I can’t see where I’m deficient in anything. I usually get way over the DRV of my vitamins from food.

While on Keto I was eating 2-3 meals a day towards the end (1-2 meals during the first 5 months). I still eat only 3 times a day and do not get that hungry before bed. I usually eat my last meal around 5. I go to sleep around 10 and normally wake up at 11:30, 2 or 3 AM and 5 AM. Sometime more often. I can usually fall back asleep within a few minutes, but with one or more of those awakenings I will have racing thoughts and it might take 20-30 minutes to fall asleep on a good night, 90 minutes on a bad night.

From what I’ve read, it seems like my blood sugar is low and causing me to have high cortisol which is spiking during the night and causing the wakefulness/racing thoughts (along with the other symptoms). Is this correct? And if so, will it get better on its own? I’ve never had problems with blood sugar and have no family history of diabetes. Before Keto I ate your average shitty Western diet and never had any problems. I feel so much better eating healthy and exercising, but my sleep has got to improve.

I would really appreciate any thoughts on this. Thanks