Sunflower oil in Tuna can

(Keto Koala 🐨) #61

Same here Susan. Just want to lose the weight and be a healthier me. They might get inspired to give it a go. It’s made my eye sight (which was good before) a lot clearer. So keto must be good for the whole body as well as weight loss

(Susan) #62

Atm I just have an annoying chest infection which I am treating with my inhalers (I have asthma that has been way beter on Keto until this cold…but I might have to get an antibiotic… we’ll see).

My hubby has Diverticulitis, Bipolar, Hydrocephalus and Parkinsons --he had brain surgery December 2017 to relieve the pressure, drain the fluid, and it didn’t work basically --so December 16, 2018 he had Brain Shunt surgery (there are pictures on my Accountability thread and more details about all of this). He is not really out of the woods yet, and he got this cold/flu and is really not feeling well. He went to work Monday and was sick all day there and then missed Tuesday and Wednesday and worked today and will work tomorrow, but he is not feeling good. We go to his neurosurgeon again on January 30th for a post-op appointment and he will let us know how to proceed. If he continues with the symptoms he has atm though, I might have to get a cab to take us to the hospital (I don’t drive).

Thanks for the good wishes, Shinita =).

(Keto Koala 🐨) #63

My blessings are with you xx

(Susan) #64

Thank you, Aimee =).

#65

Of course you can’t control other people’s diet! (Maybe if they are little kids, we have some power then.) Your plan is nice too, who knows, maybe it will influence them. Not everyone should/need to do keto but some improvements would be nice.

I am very lucky my SO have a somewhat similar attitude even though he seemingly needs a very different diet. I can make changes but only if he accepts it, fortunately he’s not choosy and like his protein and fat too and eats proper food. He always ate very fatty, it’s important for him just like for me. I ate HCHF for decades just like him, I just lowered my carbs (and fat). He seems to thrive on it despite HCHF has a bad press and probably with very good reason. But there are people with interesting genetics, I presume. Or little options. And his food choices should matter too.
I did influence him, we made a lot of changes together. But he never had a single low-carb day, not even when his big breakfast was keto. It’s theoretically possible if I combine 3-4 substantial quite low-carb dishes he actually eats without carbs (I only have a few after several years and only 2 of them aren’t desserts). One day I will try it, he once said it’s okay. I doubt it would change much but I am curious how he would feel, is carbs really necessary for him or lots of fat without lots of carbs is a problem even for a single day?

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #66

Hmmm. Sunflower oil huh ? Their are probably worse oils out there… Motor oil, for one :grinning: lol

I actually love tuna in olive oil. Only needs a little more mayo, and some cheese, on my keto bread and Bam ! That’s a darn good sandwich !

(Keto Koala 🐨) #67

Olive oil is ok, sounds yummy to me :blush:

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #68

I’ve had a couple different brands and they were both great. I can do tuna in water, but then I need a ton of mayo to go with it…

(Keto Koala 🐨) #69

I bought five cans of tuna today. I like to have it with cheese and mayo too. The oily stuff was too intense though. You know what I feel like right now, Fresh river trout. Ohhhh yum!! :fish::fish::fish:

#70

ok do you have that cold virus you got in a test tube somewhere and we can turn it into a pill and sell it cause I would love an easy fix to never want ice cream again HAHA

#71

Same here. Hubby and kid are eat everything people still. Kid is a tad more LC cause I got some nutrition info into her ear when younger and I fed her more LC when younger so I could ‘control’ that a tad and thankfully she learned well thru it and picked up some better eating patterns…but the hubby. Nope. Tried to get him on board and he ain’t having it LOL

And I did that, make keto/lc versions of foods/desserts for him and yea it is expensive to do that and then add in the fact they end up not liking the new subsititute concoction and money wasted! I hear ya on all this!

(Keto Koala 🐨) #72

Hahaha I wouldn’t wish that on anybody. It was friggin awful!! It lasted like a month. Hell, I probably got it from eating ice cream in the first place. I hear ya though. It was pretty damn good. Nice to the lips but not to the hips :joy:

#73

I can stand olive oil now and then and it suits certain dishes. But I still don’t like the taste normally… I have a tiny bottle of olive oil, I don’t remember why as I almost never use it. Definitely not in the last months. Oh yeah, I remember, olive oil, spices and Camembert, that’s nice. I keep the cheese in it for a while, is it call marinating? But for somewhat long. I know the Hungarian word, of course but English and food things, I am still confused sometimes. Despite I use the language since ages, a lot and I love food.

I will figure out the prices of my keto sweets and my SO’s super cheap carby sweet. My stuff is surely more expensive but I wonder how much (probably not too much, I don’t use pricy ingredients or just in tiny amounts) and they are way more nutritious too, full with protein and nice fats and everything egg yolks may offer while his only one is simple sugar with complex sugar (with some nutrients here and there I guess but mostly just energy for someone who functions well on carbs).
I don’t make lots of ice-cream only because my hands are quite full with 15+ leftover egg whites per week and I could use more egg yolks in my other, more important dishes. I do something about it in the future, it’s not like I don’t have ideas.

(Bob M) #74

If anyone goes to Costco, they often have a California olive oil that’s great. Read the label and if talks about three different olives, it’s a great oil.

I’m trying to avoid olive oil for a while. I’m trying to up my saturated fat and olive oil is too high in MUFAs.

#75

I went shopping and I have actually found a single canned fish with water in a hypermarket. So it exists here too.
I bought two with olive oil as they were cheaper (and still very expensive, it doesn’t worth it to eat them regularly, I doesn’t even like fish so much - but it’s nice for variety and emergencies. Eating food in rare occasions work differently, my priorities are different there a bit).

(Keto Koala 🐨) #76

I know what you mean. I’m not a huge tuna fan. It’s usually a last resort if I need a little pick me up or if I’m too lazy to cook :joy::joy::joy:

#77

I always preferred fatty meat. I am okay with fattier fish. Salmon is nice and nothing like the usual fish, my only big fish fav! There are other nice ones but tuna? Okay but nothing special (except in Japanese restaurants, fresh enough and raw…). I rather buy pork with that money :smiley: One have options without cooking and I always would cook for myself, food is pretty important for me, I just don’t want to play with it forever even though cooking is my hobby. So I usually fry things, that’s quite perfect for almost everything according to my taste.
I actually bought no tuna but I will next time. Mackerel sounded good, I like it but very rarely had it in my life.

(Keto Koala 🐨) #78

I get it, fattier meat is yummiest. I’m not that big on fish. I used to like the tuna in flavored basil and tomato but that’s a big no no on keto :joy:. I do like freshly caught river trout though but I hate having to cut them open and take the guts out and all the bones :nauseated_face:. I prefer eggs, beef, lamb, chicken and pork but mainly beef.

#79

Actually, nothing is banned on keto, you just have a carb limit and the amounts might be way too tiny for you… (Someone’s personal keto might have zillion extra rules but keto itself don’t have those).
I LOVE tomato and do my best to avoid it on keto. I still eat it, it’s me but if I would think I can eat tomato just fine as it’s low-carb, I would eat a lot and even if I wouldn’t, I would feel restricted and miserable :smiley: Better to treat it as my highest-carb items that I can consume on keto just fine, it’s all about the amounts.

My SO said no to slightly sugary tomato sauce (it’s a tiny can full with fish, it’s not much but really not needed) and I do carnivore anyway, olive oil then. I can add tomato if I wanted, without extra sweetness, the tomato puree I use is perfectly sweet, ripe tomatoes are sweet, after all, some kinds are even too sweet.

(Keto Koala 🐨) #80

I hate tomato on its own but loved it in the tuna cans :joy:. My fave veggie was always mushrooms. I really need to look up some low carb recipes for sauces because for example, tonight I had lamb cutlets. They were delish but I used to drown the things in mint sauce. So they wernt as exciting as usual. I cooked some for my partner and they had mint sauce. Will have to make something homemade to make it a tad more exciting.:smiley:. Sour cream on lamb is rough!! :joy::joy::joy: