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My watch showed my sleeping HR in the low 50’s, then in an instance, it shot up to 137 and woke me up in a panic. Holy shit it is terrifying. I hate this so much.

At 1am my sleeping heart rate was around 54, then out of nowhere my heart rate jumped to 137 instantly. I ripped my cpap mask off in a panic out of a dead sleep. My heart rate went back down within a few minutes. It was terrifying! Has anyone ever experienced this before?

My driveway is about a 2° grade average in the area I want to install an in-ground hoop. What is everyone else’s that put in a basketball hoop?

Lately I've (37) been wondering if maybe I'm just not cut out to be a dad, and I hate even writing that because I love my kids more than anything. I have a 6-year-old and a 2-year-old. I have a good wife, a good job, and a good life overall. My wife is a stay-at-home mom and works hard every day for our family, so this isn't a complaint about her or my kids. They aren't the problem. The problem is that I feel like I've completely lost myself somewhere along the way.

For the last two or three years, life has basically been work, parenting, house responsibilities, sleep, and then doing it all over again the next day. We don't get any help with the kids, so neither of us gets much of a break. I do encourage her to see her friends when she can and get a sitter, etc., and she does sometimes. I have hobbies, interests, and things I enjoy doing, but I honestly can't remember the last time I had consistent time for any of them. I also don't really have any close friends anymore. I do have a couple of friends from HS I stay in touch with, and maybe see them a few times a year with my wife and kids. I can't remember the last time I did something without my wife and kids.

Lately, I've noticed that I'm more irritable than I used to be. My patience isn't what it should be. I get overwhelmed more easily, and then I beat myself up afterward because I know my wife and kids deserve better than the version of me they've been getting lately.

I think I'm just unhappy with myself. At some point, I lost the part of me that used to get excited about things. I look around at other dads and wonder if they're struggling with this too or if they're just handling it better than I am. Sometimes it feels like everyone else is enjoying this stage of life while I'm just trying to get through it.

I don't regret having kids. If I could go back, I'd choose my wife and kids all over again. But if I'm being honest, I don't think I've felt genuinely happy or excited about life in quite a while, and it's starting to make me wonder if something is wrong with me.

Has anyone else gone through a phase like this? Did it get better? What actually helped?

The depression. Almost like peeling off a Band-Aid. I am now realizing for years I was using food to cope with my emotions. Quick carb fixes or sugar to fend off what I am really feeling. Now that I am no longer doing that (7 weeks in), I feel like I am just raw dogging life and am struggling a bit. Can anyone else relate to this?

I’ve been staying the course and determined to lose 50lbs by the end of the year. I no longer crave snacks outside of meals and no longer crave carbs or sugar.

My biggest question is, do I stay on this way of eating forever or transition to a whole food type of diet that naturally has carbs after I hit my goal. I’m scared of gaining back what I am losing if I stop this way of eating, or having my cravings return. But maybe my body is meant to eat this way forever.

I’ve never really been constipated before in my life until I went Keto recently. I’m used to having a BM every morning. It’s been less frequent now, I had one yesterday that was pretty hard, and haven’t went since. Other than 1 day this past week where I was in a pinch and only had cheese and meat, I’m eating plenty of veggies and sauerkraut and stuff. I started adding chia seeds today to my Greek yogurt, and will probably add 1 tbsp to every meal if I can.

Is this a common thing with keto?