I have been looking at my protein intake a lot lately, because with insulin resistance still, even though my A1c’s have be non diabetic on paper… my body easily like to make glucose from even the smallest amounts of protein I eat even while strict keto.
I’m 4 foot 11 and 49 percent body fat. I gained 4 pounds in the last 3 weeks! Even in full ketosis.
The issue is my evening meals with beef or pork or chicken throws me out of ketosis, but my midday meal of eggs or fish doesn’t.
Being strict keto under 20 grams of carbs and tracking every little detail…i can see that proteins that are high on the food Insulin index are an issue for me. and I’m GAINING weight in strict keto from my chosen protein intake.
I recently had to cut out dairy ( except butter) from the sugar cravings it gives me and the gas and upset stomach…So with my extensive vegetable allergies…I’m naturally leaning towards an all animal fat/protein diet.
So as an experiment, I am going to do a Low Food Insulin Index Zero Carb WOE and see what happens.
My plan is to eat only proteins that are under 20 on the food Insulin index.
So predominantly, I will be eating mainly Eggs and fatty Fish, Butter, lard, Bacon grease, and very small, limited amounts of beef, chicken and pork in my week. I will be consuming bone broths made from Chicken and Beef.
but not eating much of the meat, Since beef pork and chicken seems to throw me out of keto, and I get a literal “carb crash” after i eat high Fii proteins for dinner ( so bad that I cannot keep my eyes open and have to crash for about an hour) I am going to eat bacon limited…simply because I cannot get clear info on the fii on Bacon. One source says it is 30, another says it is 11. I wonder if one is pemeal bacon and the other is standard faty bacon strips.
I know I’ll get sick of fish so much, so my plan is to see how I’m feeling about fish as I go day to day, and when I’m sick of fish, I’ll eat a bone broth soup made with more fat, and add small amounts of beef or chicken for my protein, and probably make it an eggdrop soup to bump up the protein. this will help add variety to take a break from the fish daily when needed.
I will be using spices I can eat as “condiments” so salt, pepper, tumeric. and daily I will be keeping my green tea with cinnamon in the morning to help lower my insulin resistance, and I’ll be keeping my occasional afternoon bullet proof coffee ( about 2 a week) with just butter. Otherwise water will be my daily fluids ( & in the soups).
Thought I’d share here as I go along for anyone who is interested in seeing my version of a zero carb WOE for my personal metabolic derangement. I’m sick of this last 40 pounds sitting here on my butt and hips and stomach and not going anywhere in the last 2 yrs.
5lbs:arrow_down: 1.5% bodyfat:arrow_up: .3 % muscle. Having been already keto adapted…rhat is not water weight that is pure fatloss.
