5 more days to keto blast-off

(George) #41

It’s great. Before keto, I had one meal/day for YEARS and just gained weight. Pretty cool how just changing up what that 1 meal consists of causes weight loss. Did you ever concern yourself with calories or nah? I’m upping my calories this week to see if I still lose weight come my Saturday weigh-in (prior to this week, I had been round 900-1100 or so, this week I’m up near 1700ish)

(mole person) #42

@JRS08
I track them but just eat as much as I want. They range from 900-2000 but average around 1400. I’m really only concerned with carbs and protein. As long as those are in line everything works perfectly.

(George) #43

Great!

I mainly focus on the carbs too. My net daily consumption is anywhere from 8 to 14 grams. Protein fluctuates anywhere from 60 to 90, fat around the 130 mark.

(Alec) #44

This is the key for me. I have fallen off the wagon in the past, and it is because I did not do this. Easier said than done. Being an on or off kinda guy, if I am off, getting back to on is HARD!!

This discussion on willpower is really interesting, and clearly there are different opinions and angles, which I think are all valid. We all experience this stuff differently.

Your last recommendation was really good, I am gonna have to look into these… thanks Jenni! In which order do you recommend I read these, I would be keen to understand that.

Also really interested in this idea. I would love my wife to be keto, but she is too addicted to carbs, she has her own health issues right now, and she is too rule based to be motivated to go against the CW. We have sugar and chocolate and chips and all sorts of bad carbs in the house, and I have learnt how to not eat them. I often cook for the family and cook their carbs for them and just don’t put it on my plate. I occasionally have one small roast potato straight out of the roasting pan, but these are dripping with fat!

One big change I have made to the family food is that I now make our own chips: hand cut potatoes and deep fry in lard. I used to cook oven ready chips a lot for the family (CW says this is much healthier) but after learning what I now know, I reckon avoiding the seed oils is the most important thing. I also buy fattier cuts of meat and try to get the fat to render into the meat so that they can’t cut it out, and get used to eating fat (again very different from the CW).

(mole person) #45

My carbs are generally similar to yours, mostly from dairy as I have almost no plants anymore. My protein is 45-80 ish, but I prefer it below 60 grams. I just have as much fat as I like, but it’s generally between 80 and 150 grams.

OMAD just takes all the stress out. As soon as I start having more meals regularly I can easily overeat. On OMAD though, my body regulates to my needs perfectly and I can just eat what and how much I like at my mealtime. It makes it a genuine pleasure instead of something to always be worried about.

(George) #46

Exactly! It’s just so much easier. I do OMAD 3 days/week, then fast anywhere from 62 to 72 hours, then the next day or 2 is no more than TMAD (although it tends to stay OMAD), then the cycle repeats.

The first 2 month or so of OMAD i was getting a little hungry a few hours before my usual dinner time, but for the past 2 weeks, that hunger has been gone. It suddenly comes on literally right before I take my first bite, which is great.

(Jennibc) #47

I would go to “Barking Up the Wrong Tree” next as it’s really witty and the truth is, I found some of those books by reading Eric Barker’s blog. He’s something of a curator of social and physical science research and he blogs about it and cites sources. You can check out his blog here https://www.bakadesuyo.com/

I started reading him about four years ago. Check out his blog and if you find it entertaining and informative, get the book!