June 2, 2018 Meeting Recap

We had 20 Ketonians attend this meetup on June 2, 2018 held at the Oxboro Library in Bloomington.

Small Talk

We had small talk for a few minutes while people gathered

Introductions

We each introduced ourselves and answered the question: What is a recent keto success?

This generated lots of motivational answers including elimination of fibroids, lots of weight loss, regulation of blood sugars, a half-marathon run, having antibiotics without getting sick, ability to get back on track after being sick, improved retinopathy, staying keto when at a wedding and a party and getting healthy enough to qualify for a kidney transplant.  The answers were all very motivational and compelling I didn't take very good notes, but lots of great successes here!

Announcements

Next meetups will be:

  • July 7 at the Brookdale Library in Brooklyn Center
  • August 4 at Thomson Reuters in Eagan
    (Ro's workplace : 610 Opperman Dr, Eagan, MN 55123)
  • August 11 Keto Picnic!!! at a location to be determined
  • September 8 at a location to be determined

Main Topic / Additional Discussion

The main topic was: What are some of the biggest challenges for maintaining your keto lifestyle and how do you deal with them? 

Public restaurants can be challenging, but there are usually keto options if you get creative (e.g. burger no bun.)  

Finding a doctor to understand and help with keto can also be a challenge.  Educating them and showing success seem to be a good way to deal with that.

There was more good discussion but my notes and memory are not good enough to capture any more here.

Other items mentioned over the course of the meeting:

  • Simply Keto - a book by Suzanne Ryan
  • Autophagy - This process of the body recycling or reclaiming old or damaged cells may be promoted by fasting.  This may help remove loose skin and damaged cells.
  • Everyone should be taking 400 mg of magnesium glycinate, magnesium malate or even magnesium citrate if you can tolerate it. 
  • TC Farm CSA - A local farm that offers pasture raised eggs, chicken beef, lamb, pork and turkey.  (Review that hamburger is "to die for".)
  • Butcher Box - a service that delivers 100% grass-fed beef and well as other high quality meats.
  • Progress Photos - an idea was offered that we should take progress photos for each other during the meetup rather than making an awkward request to other friends.
  • Dexa Fit Scans - Dexa fit offers several fitness scans and services. You can often find groupons and/or can buy package plans to get multiple scans
  • DXA Body Composition - Gives you an overview of your lean body mass and your fat and visceral fat.  It also gives you an idea of where on your body your fat is located.
  • Fasting February Results - John's result of a 23 days of fasting during the month of February with 13 lbs of fat loss and 7.4 pounds of lean muscle tissue gain.
  • Dr Ben Brickman at Low Carb Breckenridge
  • Carry something to help with replenish electrolytes with you such as ZipFizz for electrolytes
  • Brenda's Podcast appearances
  • IDM Community Program
  • It was mentioned we should have a facebook group to help with organization / communication, well now we have one: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MinnesotaKetonians. It is a closed group, so be sure to sign up to communicate.

Picnic Plans

At the last minute we hashed out details for a picnic.  Here are tentative plans / ideas.  Everything is up for discussion and subject to change.  Let me know your thoughts or ideas.  We can use the new facebook group to hammer out the details.

  • Date: August 11, 2018
  • Time: Probably start around noon until ???
  • Location:  To Be Determined
  • Family and friends welcome!
  • Everyone bring your own meat.  We will coordinate charcoal / grills as the time gets closer.
  • What about water / drinks?
  • Everyone bring some type of side to share. All shared sides should be keto friendly. Non-keto food is strongly discouraged. If you find it necessary for some family members, do not place it near the shared items.
  • We could bring games, here are a few possibilities:
    • Cornhole
    • Lawn darts
    • Frisbee
    • Badmitton

Next Topic

The next topic will be: What incentives or rewards do you use to help motivate you on your keto journey?

If I've forgotten anything or if there are any errors or updates necessary please contact MinnesotaKetonians@gmail.com.