Show me what a 1000 calorie keto diet looks like


(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #81

@Faviola_Brockie
Here’s a typical day for me. It was a workday: 09:30 - 18:00. So Meal 2 was my meal break at work. I have a total menu of nearly 300 items that the following daily log spreadsheets draw from for the item details.

20210426 Summary
07:00-08:00 Meal 1
13:30-14:30 Meal 2
19:30-20:00 Meal 3


(Bob M) #82

What I eat changes a lot.

Wednesday, no food. Only coffee (black), Pu’er tea (black).

Thursday: Morning: coffee with small amount cream, Pu’er tea (black). Lunch: sous vide beef chuck; olives with those red things in it (can’t remember the name now); goat cheese; salt. Dinner: steak. “Snack” after dinner: store-bought ham.

Friday so far: normal morning (coffee+ cream + Pu’er tea). Lunch: 6 egg yolks, one whole egg. Store-bought ham (spiral, $1/pound on sale). Red onions. Some salsa. Some hot sauce. Also, some whipped cream and ricotta, to finish the ricotta.

Tonight, will make 2 pizzas using a chicken crust recipe and Maria Emmerich’s 2-ingredient crust. A taste test. The chicken crust makes 3 small pizzas, Maria’s supposedly only one larger pizza. I’ve never made hers before. My wife and I will split these.

Calories, macros? No idea.


#84

Why especially? Low-carb helps to feel okay with less calories than usual, at least in many cases. It’s one reason keto is good for fat-loss or just not gaining more as in my case. I need way more calories to feel even remotely okay if I consume more carbs but I am pretty extreme regarding carbs…

Some people don’t feel a problem at 1000 kcal a day but almost everyone is starving at this point. Definitely a bad idea for most of us.


(Vic) #85

Even a single 1000 kcal meal would have me leave the table with a sad long face.

And I’m a fasion model :lying_face: