I still feel like I don't know what I'm doing

(Caraway Carter) #1

I have my BPC with unsalted Kerrygold butter, coconut oil, and heavy cream. This has me not hungry usually for about 5-6 hours. I’ll munch on Macadamia nuts or Pistachio nuts during that time. I’ll have a lunch, typically a leftover from the night before and then a Keto/Paleo type dinner. And drinking 2 32oz containers of water.

The only results I’m seeing is that I’ve got more energy. But some days I just feel bloated and fat. Do I need to add more salt? I’ve been diagnosed with high blood pressure and diabetes recently, my A1C was at 7.3 and my last weigh in was 393. I haven’t weighed since. (about 2 weeks ago.)

Am I eating too many nuts?

(Michelle) #2

You didn’t mention how many nuts you munch on. Personally I have to be careful with nuts. Are you actually hungry when you snack? I would cut out the snacking and stick to your two meals plus BPC. If you buts are what keeps your macros in line, move your nuts to a meal time. The key is to turn off your insulin for stretches of time. This alone burns fat. Snacking allows a slow and steady stream of insulin into your body which turns on fat-storage.

When I feel I need a snack, I drink a glass of water. If I still feel i need it, I eat a few shakes of salt which usually kills the need for food.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #3

Be careful with the salt, then. The optimal daily salt intake level is around 5 g of sodium, which translates to 2.5 tsp U.S. (slightly less in Imperial) and includes salt in the food as well as what you add. The risk curve for most people shows that too much salt is safer than too little, but the risk curve for hypertensives is just as steep on both sides of 5 grams. Of course, the study I know about was done on sugar-burners, not ketonians, so we could probably stand to eat a bit more salt, but I’ve seen nothing to tell me how much more salt.

(karen) #4

Macadamia and pistachio nuts have significantly different macros. A half a cup of pistachio nuts may be enough to throw off your ketosis.

(Ethan) #5

How long has it been, and what are your macros?

(Angela) #6

How many calories? Calories still matter.

(Caraway Carter) #7

I’ve been having a 1/4 cup of nuts. But today, I did great and realized I was eating the nuts because they were there. This time I put them out of the way and only had them on the drive home and by having “them” I realized I had two macadamias and one pistachio. I’d gotten a large tea for the drive home.

I don’t know how to figure out macros Ethan.

Thank you for the responses.

(Garry (Canada)) #8

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#9

I agree, especially about the salt. I get to the point where I feel I can’t possibly drink any more water, then I pour a little salt in my hand and lick it off. I usually can power down some water after that!

(Caraway Carter) #10

I’m really dumb here, what is the difference between small calorie intake and large?

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #11

A calorie is a measure of heat:

  1. the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C (now usually defined as 4.1868 joules)—this is known as the “small calorie”

  2. the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water through 1 °C, equal to one thousand small calories and often used to measure the energy value of foods—this also appears as the “large calorie,” the “kilocalorie,” or simply as “Calorie” (capital C)

So in nutrition, when we talk about calories what we are actually referring to is kilocalories.

(Caraway Carter) #12

So, am I following the small or the large if I need to lose over 100 lbs?

(Melissa) #13

Ive been doing this a long time so I guess Im past the munchies (phase) but I think if your consuming bpc with all the fats, it might be wise to not snack on more fats. I dont do bpc anymore and even when I did I didnt do all 3 fats. Since your not doing macros maybe just focus on eating proteins and dont go over board with fats! Hope this helps oh and find a good macro calculator and get yourself familiar with daily goals! :grin: it helps

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #14

The large, of course, since we are talking about human nutrition.

In case you’d like to see the arithmetic, 100 pounds = 45,454.55 grams, and fat contains around 9 (kilo)calories a gram, so 100 lbs. of fat contains somewhere in the neighborhood of 409,090.91 (kilo)calories or 40,9090,910 small calories. So now you know, lol! :grinning: :bacon:

(karen) #15

Don’t mind Paul. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: It’s large, which is what’s written on all food packages. The small ones are for chemistry class. :slight_smile:

(Garry (Canada)) #16

Moderate.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #17

Hey! :rofl:

(Brian) #18

Maybe you could work on stretching the times when there is no eating, snacking or otherwise. I know I tend to feel more bloated when I snack and having eaten something not long before will kinda ruin my appetite for a real meal when it’s time.

For me, I’ve found that I really like eating two meals a day. I’ll do breakfast and then supper, nothing in between except water. If you need three meals, do three meals with nothing in between. If you can do your coffee for one meal and then lunch and supper with nothing in between any of them, that would be a step in the right direction. Ya just gotta give your insulin a chance to drop off between meals 'cause that’s when you’ll be able to burn fat. Snacking kinda messes that up.

Baby steps. You’ll get there. :slight_smile:

Good luck!

(Caraway Carter) #19

Thank you. I’m learning also to stop eating when I’m full. I’ve been fine without snacking in between meals. It’s my goal for the week.