I'm so Hungry!

(Chris) #1

I started this about 24 hours ago. I am so ravenous. All I want to do is go swim in a bowl of mac and cheese.

Thus far I’ve eaten
6 Eggs
1lb of Almonds
2lbs of Salad
3 Chicken Breasts
About 1/4th a container of peanut butter
Enough celery to hold the peanut butter.

I am ravenous and I haven’t even gone to the gym yet.

I understand I am suppose to eat fat. There probably isn’t enough fat in the above things. I don’t really even know where to get fat, because I am so used to avoiding it all my life. I don’t really want to chew on actual fat, because it tastes like a garden slug.

The only things I know of to get fat from so far:
Olive Oil
Avacados
Coconut oil
Chicken Skin

These don’t make for tasty recipes. What else can I seek out?

(Jay AM) #2

Butter, coconut oil, bacon, fatty meats, heavy whipping cream, cream cheese, cheese. Do not fear fat, fat is energy and satiety and you’re hungry because you’re definitely not getting enough. Add butter to everything, add cheese, make fat bombs.

#3

Ditch the chicken breasts and go for rib eye with butter or boursin etc on top or chicken thighs with skin or fatty salmon etc. Reduce your nut intake by a lot.

Are you counting carbs?

(Ashley) #4

The 1lb of almonds is way to much nuts! I’m not sure of the carb count, but just starting out I would avoid most nuts!

#5

I second the ribeye. With cheese and butter. More bacon and more cheese, fatty meats, avocados, etc.

(Jennifer ) #6

You may want to avoid the peanut butter and the almonds during this stage, as they both have a not insignificant amount of carbs. You have to get off the “glucose rollercoaster”, and both of those things will keep the trigger cycle going.

(Jennifer ) #7

For fat, chicken blows unless it’s the thighs or skin.

Pork had a lot of great options (bacon, pork belly AKA dinner bacon as my fiancé calls it)…beef has a decent fat content, and ribeyes are great.

Butter and cheese are both great options when trying to add extra fat to stuff.

#8

If you like chicken, get thighs and wings - with the skin - season and fry them up (no breading). People recommend bacon (good stuff), but I prefer the flavor of pork sausage. Check the label to make sure it’s got a good % if fat. If you like salads, get full fat dressings - but make sure they are not made with sugar.

If you want ideas about what to buy, go to YouTube and watch some of the videos with titles such as ‘keto haul’ or shopping to see what other keto eaters are buying to eat. If in doubt of what to buy, come back here and ask…

(Chris) #9

This is gonna be hard, because I don’t like fat. I’ve always prefered sirloin over ribeye. I order lean brisket. I have to pull the fat out of my mouth, because its hard to swallow.

(Vanessa ) #10

I do not like biting into fat on meat, I have adapted to drinking bpc to add fat, seasoning mashed up avocado, eating bacon, fixing loaded broccoli,
cooking with bacon grease and butter, using butter instead of mayo in egg salad, and have even adapted to swallowing tsp of coconut oil followed by a big gulp of hot coffee! Where there is a will there is a way, keep trying it gets easier.

(Diane) #11

Make scrambled eggs with extra yolks or with some heavy whipping cream.

Macadamia nuts have the lowest carb count per serving of nuts that I’ve found.

(LeeAnn Brooks) #12

I was the same way. I preferred white meat chicken and turkey breast and light fish.

But I’m getting used to it. And I found the fat on pork belly is pretty yummy and not grisly at all. It’s nice and buttery. Maybe try that to get used to it.

(Empress of the Unexpected) #13

What works for me is sour cream and avocados. In my experience you have to introduce fat gradually to avoid digestive upsets. I like peanut butter and guacamole. There are many sources of healthy fats. Do some research and incorporate the ones you like. Olive oil and vinegar on a salad…,or just a pat of butter on veggies. Cream cheese on celery.

(Chris) #14

Here is my diary since 6am. Someone had suggested I get a counter/tracker. I saw cronometer was one of the top suggested ones. I like it.

I think I will take out massive amounts of almonds tomorrow for some salmon. I had read that almonds were free and filling.I think that site was very wrong.

(Crystal Michelle) #15

Make a fat bomb :slight_smile: they will save you!!

(Tim Finkle) #16

I’m also starting out with this and have the same problem I eat what I think is a big meal and a hour later I’m hungry!

(Candy Lind) #17

RIGHT-O, and that is why you are ravenous. You also WAY overate protein and carbs as well.

6 eggs - FRY THEM. ADD BUTTER. Add 6 pieces of bacon (or more).

If the almonds are not gone, throw them or give them away until you get your appetite & cravings under control.

2 pounds of salad - with 1/2 cup of full fat dressing? Or did you eat it dry? The first option is what you should have done. Add olives and avocado.

3 Chicken breasts - sautéed in oil and slathered with butter and/or cheese and/or mayonnaise? I think not. You would never have made it this far if you were adding fat. A better choice would have been chicken thighs with skin on, roasted until the skin is gorgeously crisp and crunchy.

Send the peanut butter the way of the almonds, ESPECIALLY if its ingredient list contains anything besides peanuts & salt. Too many carbs, & sugar as well.

All good choices. Use when appropriate. Add butter, mayo, sour cream, whipping cream, cream cheese, hard cheeses of all kinds. Select fatty cuts of meat like bacon, chuck roast, pork shoulder, ribeye steak.

You may be surprised that you will crave fat later on just like you crave carbs right now. Not just a few folks on these forums like to layer a square of 90% dark chocolate with a slab of Kerrygold butter and chow down. Your tastes will change once your body loses the carb craves.

If you have even a faint compulsion to count calories, DON’T. You are severely carb addicted and insulin resistant, and calorie restriction will hinder your progress.

If you’d like more guidance, all you need to do is ask. There are lots of people here who’ve been in your shoes.

(Ron) #18

1 lb of almonds is 41g net carbs.

Melt some butter in a small cup and dip every bite of food in it before you put it in your mouth. It taste great and is all fat.

(Rob) #19

The other thing to consider is how big are you? What you need if you are 160, 300 or 500lbs is very different.

All the above advice is good. It’s a question of finding the high fat things that work for you… it may not be the classic ribeyes, etc. due to your mouth-feel aversion (not uncommon) so you should look at oily fish (e.g. salmon or mackerel), higher fat cheeses (like Havarti), macadamia nuts (with as much salt as you want) - much higher fat, and lower carb than almonds (more fat/g than butter). Fatty sauces (I like a buffalo that is half hot sauce and half butter) helps add fat and flavor. Maybe making tuna salad with lots of full-fat mayo, with pickles cut up into it for crunch could be a go-to? There are many sources of fat in the world without the white visceral globs that many ketonians think are the best bits :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Things like Kobe/wagyu are incredibly marbled throughout the meat so it doesn’t taste like eating the untrimmed fat outside a sirloin or in a ribeye but is equally high fat.

The other thing to consider is how you cook things… low and slow, rendered down is much nicer than hard and undercooked on a quick seared steak. Look for the sous-vide threads and smoking (meat) threads for further advice if this appeals.

(Chris) #20

I’m 5’9 and 230lbs. I’m not as fat as that sounds, because I’ve always lifted weights, but I’ve definitely grown more belly than I should have. I’d be in good shape around 200.

I like your advice. Slow cooking more fatty meats sounds good. I am just got a dutch oven not so long ago and was looking to use it more.