I’ve been a very committed keto-er for almost a year now and my very obese friend keeps asking me a lot of questions about it and recently told me she thinks she wants to give it a try.
Today she told me she thinks she’s finally ready to really make a change. She asked for my advice for how to start, but I’m finding it a challenge because I started keto in a very different place. I have been dieting almost my entire adult life (stupidly, but still…) and for a year+ before starting keto I had already dabbled in paleo and was pretty low carb. I knew a lot about macros and was already in the habit of tracking my food and I actually cooked most of my meals. Becoming a keto-er has been a pretty easy transition for me, and I know it will be the way I eat the rest of my life.
My friend was raised on the epitome of the Standard American Diet and knows absolutely nothing about nutrition. She eats out every meal and is very uncomfortable cooking anything for herself (she was never taught to cook). If I mention carbs, she literally doesn’t know what that word means. Like most of our fellow Americans, she thinks the Nutrigrain bars she eats every day are healthy because they have “whole grains” in them and she has to drink milk in order to have strong bones. She was shocked when I told her Gatorade had sugar in it. It makes me really sad. 
Anyway… The idea of actually tracking macros completely overwhelms her, so I think a “lazy” approach to keto is definitely the way to go at the start. But how does someone who literally doesn’t know what has fat or carbs in it start even lazy keto? Have any of you ever started from there?
I’m super excited for her because I know if she can grasp on to this way of eating, her life is about to change. I don’t want to mess this up and give her so much that she’ll give up… but also want her to see results.
Any advice?
