Guidelines wanted

(edward rosenthal) #21

I think the feeling faint stuff was in the first two weeks, and after that i started drinking the electrolyte water ( whole foods), and since then haven’t had that effect. Your link is great, i will have to study it. Listening to the podcasts, it seems one of my personal limitations here is that my wife is vegan and i don’t bring home fish or meat to the house. Since i like to bake and cook, many of the recipes are contradictory to her principles. She will eat the meat free recipes and low carb stuff i purchase and cook, so i have to do a lot of creative work. Maybe i will start sneaking in some tuna fish or something…

(eat more) #22

i’d google around for keto vegetarian resources and recipes…there are keto vegetarians…vegan might be a little tougher but that may exist also :blush:

the focus really is on fat and that can be easy to accomplish without upsetting your wife’s principles.
avocado
olives
nut butters
coconut oil
hemp hearts
creativity :blush: etc, etc

you can also prob meet your protein needs without animal products in your home…it won’t be as much fun but you can do it :blush:
happy wife…happy life :joy:

(Tom) #23

I believe reddit has a veggie keto subreddit.

(eat more) #24

just thought of this…nutritional yeast might help meet protein requirements at home also

(edward rosenthal) #25

Thanks! also about coffee? i am reading on fitnesspal that i am getting carbs from coffee. and i start the day with it. It seems i am using half my allotted 20 gr. right there at the beginning. suggestions or corrections about that?

(mykittashi) #26

Check the label on your coconut cream; it can be pretty high carb. If you tolerate cashews, try making a cashew cream using raw cashews (Trader Joe’s sells bags of raw cashew pieces for about $6) and sweetener of your choice. It’s pretty good in coffee and as a little pick-me-up by the spoonful.

(eat more) #27

my fitness pal has a lot of misinformation and inaccurately entered listings since it’s primarily user generated…someone prob entered “coffee” with milk and sugar and not just plain coffee

a lot of ppl use my fitness pal. i personally don’t like it.

i use fatsecret…i’ve seen that others use cronometer, loseit, mynetdiary, and others that i’m not remembering at the moment

plain black coffee brewed at home has pretty much zero nutritional value and you only need to log your “additives” (coconut milk, coconut oil, etc)
if it’s a starbucks or prepared coffee…diff story

(eat more) #28

cashews are one of the highest carb nuts…around 8g per ounce

my coconut cream is .5g carb per 2T (currently trader joe’s canned organic coconut cream)

(edward rosenthal) #29

i make the coconut additive to coffee using a can of coconut milk, which is 2 gr. carbs per serving. But in the fitness pal app without even adding anything to coffee, it says i am intaking probably 6gr. carb per cup of coffee. so if i have about 2 cups i am past the half way point already. guess i have to settle for 1 cup…

(edward rosenthal) #30

thanks! i didn’t suspect the fitness pal misinformation. one of the first videos i saw on keto was touting it. i am not a skeptical person so i didn’t think about it, instead spent 50 bucks on a sign up for something.
apparently i am at my limit of posts for 3 hours. so thanks all!

(mykittashi) #31

True, but for me, I’ve been able to use far less cashew cream and get the taste/texture I’m after vs coconut cream. Maybe I don’t have the right approach on coconut cream!

Also, there’s a dairy-free keto Facebook group that may be of interest. I haven’t been able to commit to dairy free, though.

(eat more) #32

now you have plenty of time to read :joy:

you may be able to request a refund if you’re having buyer’s remorse…worst they can say is no…but they could say yes :blush:

#33

Cashews are quite high in carbs relative to other nuts. I’d be a bit concerned about that.

#34

Have you checked the diet doctor site for vegan recipes?

(mykittashi) #35

Like anything, it depends how you prepare them and how much you use per day. The way I make cashew cream, I use 1c raw cashews and very little zero carb sweetener. I use enough water to yield just over 12 oz “cream.” The whole batch has 28g carbs, or 1.16g carbs per T. I find 1 to 1.5T cashew cream to be richer and more satisfying than 1/4 c coconut cream and thought the original poster may want an alternative.

#36

Ok, that’s fair. I’ve tasted both cashew and and coconut cream, and don’t see how the cashew version is more rich, but I do realize we all have different palates so it is possible for some folks. I brought the point up of cashew’s higher carb content because a very common mistake newbies make is not knowing the vast carb content differences between nuts. I observed this so many times, and often get the “oh really?! Wow, didn’t know that!” type of response. Diet doctor website often warns people about cashews, too, for the same reason.

(James storie) #37

I use cast box on my android

(edward rosenthal) #38

I got my ketone strips for my meter and i have my first measurement - the blood ketone reading is 3.3 - will someone verify for me i am in ketosis?
apparently after reading this "
As long as you stay in nutritional ketosis (0.5 to 3.0 mM), moderate amounts of carbohydrates can be added to your diet."
i am in ketosis, but as well it might be harder to lose weight if i am not in the correct range?

#39

Oh no…don’t worry about that. I had readings up to 5 as well.

Here’s a diagram by Volek and Phinney with rough guidelines. Notice I say “rough” guidelines.

So you are on the higher end of the spectrum. You are doing ok…don’t panic.

(edward rosenthal) #40

at the same time my blood glucose readings were about 145, and i guess because i am 73 i am not jumping up and down, and want to run a marathon.
i expect my bg will go down, but what would cause it now to be above even 80 -120 ? perhaps my liver is producing excess glycogen?