Yes! They really are!
I am not a big fan of most of them but, if they work for you, ENJOY!
ONEDERLAND!!! GOOD FOR YOU!!!
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You will feel a difference. The calcium, magnesium, and potassium will effect you most quickly.
You will likely see a more rapid result in weight loss too. Calcium has been studied and proven to help increase weight loss.
You asked yesterday if I was a coach. I am trying to be. What I learned, I learned by doing the diet, talking with others doing the diet, people on here and their experiences, other coaches, and by doing the research on how it work, how ketogenic diets work, and our bodies. I guess it was all hands on.
10 pounds is 2 weeks! That is a great average! It is also normal for many people to do better on weeks 1 and 3.
Don't start to worry. You are doing well.
Congratulations on the NSV. I know it can be a challenge but, you did great!
Here is my understanding. We don't cook onions because the fiber is more delicate and when it is cooked at high heat it releases but it doesn't cook out completely so, it carmelizes and that carmelized sugar without fiber causes an increase in our insulin as our glycemic levels rise.
THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE OF BELL PEPPER.
Bell pepper has a lot of dense fiber but, it has a lot of sugar. When cooked those sugars are actually destroyed and the fiber doesn't fully break down but becomes more quickly useable. That change in fiber and sugar actually reduces impact on us from a glycemic point of view.
Bell pepper has a lot of vitamin C. Unfortunately, when cooked 30% of that is lost.
I haven't found too much extra to support that so, you will have to decide if it works for you or if you want to research it more.
Here is an article with a few interesting points about glycemic levels of food.
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=faq&dbid=32
it might have something to do with the exercise. That won't happen as easily once your body adjusts to using ketase/ketone packets of energy as fuel.
Call it cautious optimism.
So many of our family members and special people have watched us try, lose, gain, and try again that, until their doubts are resolved they are afraid to get excited with us. He will come around.
Know that WE are excited and here for you until and after that happens! 3.4 pounds a week is FANTASTIC! You are having wonderful, steady progress. I love how much you are showing lost this early in the game!
Check out our sticky thread called phases. click on the paperclip icon to find and see the phase1 sheet.
Peanut butter isn't the worst choice. Most people when they start to crave peanut butter are needing one of a few things the peanut butter offers. (believe it or not, peanut butter is a great, calorie/nutrient rich food)
My guess is you are needing protein, fat, omega oil, manganese or selenium. It is VERY common on low carb diets to start peanut butter seeking.
Check out the information on peanut and peanut butter below!
Nutrition Facts and Information about Peanut: Peanuts are a rich source of protein. They are rich in almost all minerals. Peanuts contain excellent levels of manganese, copper and magnesium. It is also a very good source of iron, phosphorous, potassium, zinc, selenium and tryptophan. Peanuts contain traces of sodium.
Vitamin Content: Peanut is a good source of Niacin and folate. Peanuts also contain thiamin, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6 and riboflavin.
Health Benefits of Peanut: Peanuts contribute to brain health, brain circulation and blood flow. In addition to that, peanuts are also good antioxidants. Other health benefits of peanut include protection against colon cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, heart disease, and high cholesterol.
Nutrition Facts and Information about Peanut Butter: Peanut butter is an excellent source of potassium, phosphorous and magnesium. It also contains very good amounts of calcium and sodium. Peanut butter contains good amounts of iron, zinc, manganese and selenium.
Vitamin Content: Peanut butter contains excellent levels of niacin and very good amounts of vitamin B3 and vitamin E. It contains good amounts of vitamin k, thiamin, pantothenic acid and riboflavin.
Calorie Content of Peanut Butter: Peanut butter is a high calorie food. The total calorie content in 100 grams of peanut butter is 589 calories. An excellent source of protein, peanuts also contains folate, dietary fiber and arginine.
Health Benefits of Peanut Butter: The benefits of peanut butter include treatment of cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart diseases, high cholesterol levels, high blood sugar, cancer, and gallstones
You are right about not doing a restricted today HOWEVER, I wouldn't change the meal.
She probably needed to have a 4th packet today or some added oil(olive or omega). She should just move on with the plan, treating the PB as an extra and something that won't pull her from ketosis.
If she cuts the meal, she could end up wanting more of something else later or getting the wrong balance of nutrition.
She should just get back on the horse.
I hope you are feeling better soon!
I guess what's really wrong with me is that 1) I was disappointed that there was nothing served that would work for me -- which shows how screwed up "normal" really is, and 2) I didn't really want to eat what they put in front of me because I didn't find it appealing. Perhaps it's because I'm so close to my goal that cheating at this point just seems absurd. Perhaps the food snob that was always hiding inside me has become refined through the IP process. Either way, the salad I made for myself when I got home was much better than anything they served earlier in the evening. I didn't need to taste their food to know that. 
