Vintage Ladies Keto Klub

(Heather Miller) #94

I have lost a lot of weight and inches and really do not have as much loose skin as I would expect considering. I do credit that to my fasting since I have not done much exercise except for walking. I do IF daily of 16/8, 18/6 and usually 20/ 4 as well as frequent OMAD. Then I often do extended fasts of 32 to 72 hrs - about 2 or 3 times a month.

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #95

For some people that can be, yes. Autophagy can help and that is gained through fasting.
Search this forum for the monthly Zorn fast held the third week of each month

(Joan) #96

Thanks Heather, it’s the protein. Too much protein and cheese. I need to get off the cheese. That and i know my body just has a lot of healing. I’ll keep working at it. But thank you, I was just thinking this morning i should start journaling!

(Karen) #97

Enjoy fattier cheese, such as brie, if you love cheese

:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::yum:

(Karen) #98

Today was going to be a fast day, but turned into a late start keto day.:laughing:

Eggs, bacon, greens, slice cheese. :bacon:
Salt vinegar rinds, just a few

K

#99

Hi Karen - Thanks for the invite !

I’ll be thrilled to chat regularly with you all.

Ha ha I should have added my little missive from yesterday to this group - let me just do that now.

Glad to get to know you. Im 64 and don’t quite know it yet by some folks’ standards. I personally feel like the 60s is a whole lot like the 20s were, anyone relate to that ? Ha ha maybe just our generation …

Let me go just copy paste what I entered yesterday.

Talk soon !

Ah-tee

#100

Here ya go! Happy New Year to you all !
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Ah-tee
1d
I feel like I’m starting anew again - don’t we just love New Year’s - I do !

Finally at the point where I can start this up again after a couple weeks work ( yah I’m partially retired but still work as a locums doc part time ) … plus 2+++ months of wonder - friends and family and travel and all these lovely holiday distractions !

I’m mid-normal weight (BMI 22-23) with aim to drop to BMI 20 just because that feels so great to me - physically, mentally and energy-wise. And a bit obsessed with making this happen, yah.

We eat real well at baseline (organic whole food vegie-fish/seafood) and daily exercise (swim 20-30min laps and walk 5-7 miles total daily) - Add some IPA to this tho - I now substitute vodka-lime etc but still sip my hubbie’s beer a bit and that’s still just about every night. Plus the occasional dessert-like treat when out.

I found and started this keto thing on September 27th and got about half way to my goal. 137 to 129 and that took about 2 months as I was learning how to do this.

Biggest was - I learned how great Keto feels to me. I pretty much kept net carbs under 16-20 and tried to keep fats and pro up to recommended measures for ketogenic aiming at 1-2 # scale down per week. Tested blood ketones and mostly >1.0 but varied some. Rarely under 0.5 unless a “cheat” occurred.

NOW, after all these past weeks/months travel and family times, it’s time to start this up again. My dad passed on 12/4 at age 91 and after that many wonderful years so add all that before and after, plus his memorial at sea a couple days ago - to 2 months holidays in 3 states, travelled out fm here in OR - and u might get our recent picture (!)

So back to NOW — I’m starting purely ketogenic per what I’ve seen are typical ketogenic recommendations.

Aiming for just 1#/week drop on scale , so …

calories: 1289

nc/pro/fat 5% 30% 65% of 1289 cals

net carbs: 16gms

pro: 96gms

fats: 93gms

I have found it more challenging to get this much pro and fat in per day than keeping net carb count down.

Any ideas welcome !

Challenge is that I don’t eat meat and like to keep all this organic and squeaky clean. Organic dairy’s fine so plenty butter and cream, more than ever before, in fact.

Any other ideas? I’m pretty much taking in about 10-12 of these 16 daily net carbs at dinner w my hubbie and going purely keto through the day. Pretty much either intermittent fast at 16:8 or do the egg diet thing from am onward or whenever hungry . One “real” meal per day is fine with me and I don’t let myself be hungry. Yay Keto !!!

Today, to break this recent easy social feeding time, it’s going to be just a poached egg/curry mayo/sour cream every few hours until dinner, then fish or shrimp plus either salad or stir fry dinner.

I’ll get on scale every morning plus start checking blood ketones every afternoon starting today.

Other ideas ??
Thanks !

And again, happy new year, all !

Ati

(Andi McNamara) #101

Hi All! Love this thread, thank you all for sharing. I’m 53 and have been menopausal since 47. It’s been a huge struggle with weight since meno, gained more than 30 pounds rapidly and can’t lose it. I’ll be keto for about a month then go on a sugar bender, usually starts with having a cocktail. Takes a while to get back to keto, but I feel amazing when I’m keto. I’m struggling with consistency.
Any advice to keep this going long-term?
You are all so inspirational, keep sharing please!
Thanks and Happy New Year!

(Karen) #102

Actually sounds all good Ah ti, don’t forget some delicious brie.

K

(Karen) #103

AndiMac glad you are here!
I don’t drink. Mom’s an alcoholic, and I abstain, but it can really throw you off. and I understand the in and out , back and forth with keto and not keto is hard. Can you enjoy a sparkling water when all are drinking add a lime to look like you are participating. I do.

(Karen) #104

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Ate a billion cashews watching those struggling Broncos, get their rears kicked by the Chiefs 3rd string and rookie qb. Just think of the picks we’ll get next year!!!

Hope the cup of cashews doesn’t knock me out of keto

(Arlene) #105

Andi, I struggled with consistency for a long time. For me it’s hagendaz ice cream bars. I can go through the Costco 15 pack in 2 days. It really doesn’t matter what your trigger food or drink is, because it results in the same downward sugar slope that would sometimes last months for me. This is what has worked for me: I am strict with my foods, but I don’t limit the amount I choose to eat. I just eat till I’m full, then I wait till I’m good and hungry again for the next meal. Sometimes that’s 18 hours from the last meal. I eat meats, eggs, cheese, veggies or no veggies, depending on my mood. I do have cream in my coffee. I rarely desire sugars or snacks anymore, but if it happens, I eat some macadamia nuts (Costco’s brand), or I fry up some shredded cheese, or I have some pork rinds. These interventions have made all the difference. If I’m going to some family party with lots of food, I eat before I come, or I bring something I feel good about eating. Nobody even notices or cares what I’m eating, and I wouldn’t care if they did because it’s my life, my choices. Good luck to you. FYI, I’m a major sugar addict. If I can get past the sugar, you can too. Just to clarify, over the years I didn’t eat a spoonful of ice cream, or a few bites of candy…No, I would eat the entire carton of ice cream, or the entire bag of chocolate, or several candy bars. You get the idea. I was a heavy lifter when it comes to sugar/carbs, with no will power to stop. My weight would fluctuate up to 50 pounds in a year, followed by another stupid diet craze. Ketogenic eating is both healthy and sustainable. It’s sustainable because you feel great, but for me the biggest factor of success is that I no longer have uncontrollable sugar cravings.
Keep working at this. Keep going back to eating this healthy food. You WILL succeed.

(Karen) #106

Think I’ll do a fat fast with Brenda’s Zorn group mid-January. Baby steps. Anyone ready to jump in. Not ready to go without eating entirely.

K

#107

Hey, me too ! Thanks again for the invite :blush:

Before I found this Ketogenic Forum, I started all this with an app called Carbohydrate Manager. It has an OK not great macro log - it does the job but many extra daily clicks (!). Also has a forum, so now I’m looking into two
great forums from time to time. Gotta tell you, I am so impressed !

Regarding consistency, let me post another here …
Happy New Year all !

Ah-tee

#108

So on the other forum, I started a thread in which we post little ( or bigger!) tricks we’ve found that have helped us deal with various issues. Here’s a copy-paste of my entry today which deals with consistency quite nicely.

ISSUE: “Consistency” How can I make sure that I do this right (for me right now) every day? I aim at a certain number of netcarbs, gms pro and fat. How can I make sure I’ve accomplished this by day’s end?

I FOUND: If I plan each day’s intake first thing in the morning - and log it into my keto macro app as if I’d actually swallowed all of it (!!), then I’ve got it made - I have pre-chosen each food and portion of it to match my chosen macros for the day. The day looks GREAT right now and it’s only 9:21 in the morning (!)

I generally cook for two so this works right into my morning habit of prepping dinner first thing mornings. ( my hubbie will do something (eg grill the :tropical_fish:) before we eat and then he’ll do all the clean up so this is sweet!)

If I change my mind on something, I’ve just got to calc it in. The only drawback seems to be any tendency to just add something without counting it. I might start just coming in with a few carbs left to spare (!).

This takes a bit of time in the morning and I really want to find a better macro AP. But I’m learning how to do this more quickly already !

#109

Karen - might you say more about “ fat fast “ or direct me to that link? . That sounds interesting. Although I find IF quite easy and often don’t eat til 2pm ( other than bulletproof coffee!) - so often16:8 is easy - full extended fasting isn’t at all easy. I’ve done egg fast, is this similar ?

Thanks !

Ah-tee

(Keto in Katy) #110

This is it. :+1:

Heather you look fantastic. Congrats on your success and all the others here.

(T) #111

I was thinking the same, about Brenda’s group fast. Like you, a fat fast I think I can do. I’m rereading The Complete Guide to Fasting at the moment but I don’t know why I’m so afraid of doing a full fast. I should, cos I’ve just stepped on the scale and put on 5lbs over the holiday period - but I’m not feeling guilty cos I had the most wonderful time visiting with my son and his girlfriend. I’ll just keep up BPC in the morn and then OMAD until mid-Jan and the fast ?!?! KCKO

(Elle Renegar) #112

Mayo is quick and easy to make… I use avocado oil.

(Karen) #113

Fat fast
I started keto this way.