Hi,
Been at this religiously for 6 weeks now, with some interesting observations:
I am male, 5’8”, age 51, 174 lbs to start, addicted to good bread and Chocolate covered ice creams, both parents recently passed away from varying types of dementia.
I buy into the Type 3 diabetes argument and, in particular, insulin resistance in all its forms.many years ago I was part of a cognitive behaviour experiment that involved a euglycaemic clamp, where you had to complete memory tasks at normal glycemic levels and hypoglycaemic levels, interesting by product was that I was borderline Impaired Glucose Tolerant. So, I am motivated.
I also found I was having increased episodes of severe hunger, resulting in large meals, second helpings and, my nemesis, evening grazing.
So, decided to give Keto a go: hack it for 6 months, see how things work out.
Plus points so far: don’t miss ice cream, chocolate or bread, or fruit (the banana trees in the back garden are mainly for shade now)
Exercise is becoming more fun, seem to have lots of energy, running and cycling further. Actually, being honest, getting the bike out again after some time of not cycling. Like a year.
Eating Keto is straightforward at home, loving being a home chef again. Wife was getting stressed about whether I could eat a regular Xmas meal, but we worked that out, did a trial run for her, Who knew seafood with sriracha sauce, mayo and lemon could taste as good as it does? (50:50 on the sriracha and Mayo)
No afternoon tiredness
Stable mood, better memory (subjective, I know)
No hunger pangs like before.
Drinking water by the litre, horsing through magnesium powder and Lo-salt.
Left the Keto diary behind as I am in the groove around foods.
Evening grazing: went to Jason Fungs website: he said break the habit or you won’t lose weight, so I made the rule: nothing after 7pm except water. Simples, but hard to break the habit.
Moving to one or two meals a day, depending on exercise, minimal weight loss but definite body changes, so all good.
The challenging stuff:
Neon urine from multivitamin tablets: pretty weird
No weight loss in 5 weeks, such is life, actually put on a bit, so adjusted my total calories down on the basis that I was probably lying to myself about how active I was.
Each time I go away for work, or have make eating choices outside the home, I put on a kilo. Every time…takes a week to come off.
How much Keto is too much? On a breathalyser, I read between 0.1 and 0.15, fairly purple on Keto Stix.
Jeez, when is this belly fat going to go? Think I am losing inches everywhere else, so hoping to see some glimmers of hope soon (ish)
Overall, a good experience so far, definitely sustainable, but had to dial down my expectations of what it would deliver around belly fat, as everyone is different. But the other wins make it very worthwhile.
Happy Christmas (or holidays) to you all, got a lot of really good and reassuring info out of these forums.
David, Queensland
