put post on wrong thread… so deleted it, sorry, tooo tired… haha
What “healthy” foods do you miss eating?
CrackerJax
('Jackie P')
#64
Thank you, I never worked out how to add a video to a thread! Only start a new one! 
Bellyman
(Brian)
#65
I still do eat a little carrot or sweet potato on occasion, or even a little sugary fruit mostly in season. I know they’re higher in carbs than non-starchy veggies but if reasonable with the amounts, they’re not impossible to fit into a normally keto diet. Honestly, if a person is gonna stretch out of keto for a few hours or even a day or two with some additional carbs (which I happen to think is a good idea from time to time for most), I think things like carrots and sweet potatoes or even some fruits like they came off the tree might be a healthier way to do it than a 6-pack of cream filled Krispy Kream donuts. There are also things in the healthier items (I’m thinking about gut health, probiotics, vitamins/minerals, antioxidants, stuff like that) that may actually be useful to your body. Some talk about “carb loading” as a good thing.
I’m not diabetic. I think I was headed that way when I started keto but hadn’t gotten there. At this point, keto is pretty much standard fare but the occasional meal or two where some carby stuff happens is a non-event. I look at it as a chance to exercise the metabolic flexibility. If it comes to the really nasty stuff, like real Ben & Jerry’s ice cream or a sugar filled pastry, I go tiny amounts. But I do not deny myself completely. (The Ben & Jerry’s happens maybe once a year, seriously, and then it’s like a tablespoon. It’s so sweet, I don’t want much anyway.) Maybe for those for whom that would set off major cravings, it wouldn’t work. Works for me, though.
Good luck!
lfod14
#66
I was never big on fruit pre-keto, probably because they didn’t compare to the carby sugary garbage I was eating. I like them a little more now than I did then. I never took out carrots, I just go easy on them. I BBQ a lot of meat and not making coleslaw without carrots. Since getting into more and more weight lifting I’ve realized that a little more carbs helps and although I’m still keto, my intake is slightly higher than most. The right ones, and timed correctly don’t hinder anything. When I cut up an apple for my kid I usually eat a piece or two. If you’re one of the people who were constantly eating fruit and you felt you “needed” it, than may want to stay away. If not, some lower GI fruit isn’t going to kill you. For me, that’s lower GI by normal standards, not keto ones. Fructose isn’t going to play with your blood sugar, and in small amounts isn’t going to do any damage. Many don’t want to hear that and won’t admit it to themselves. I was one of them, I looked back on my views after being keto for a few years and was turning into one of those with cult-ish views of it and stopped that dead in it’s tracks.
Janie
(Jane)
#67
Me too! Of all the places I hit fat that bugged me the most. Much more than my hips and belly. It’s all gone now thanks to keto.
Janie
(Jane)
#68
I’m not trying to lose anymore, was never diabetic and could take-or-leave sugary desserts so a little more flexibility in my diet these days.
I’ll never sit down to a burger and fries or sandwich and chips and eat all of it. But I will sit down to a bunless burger-sandwich and munch a few fries off my husband’s plate. He’ll get the smallest size and we split and don’t even finish them. Before I didn’t have a reason not to eat a whole serving by myself. Now, I just enjoy the flavor and stop after a few so I don’t trigger hunger later.
I know you said “healthy” so this is off-topic. Sorry!
Back to the topic:
I was never a big fruit eater so don’t really miss it. I have strawberries and blueberries with erythritol in my yogurt.
I do miss granola bars. Oatmeal.
I miss potatoes. Going to enjoy the ones I am growing in my garden in small quantities. I’m going to make some potato salad and hope the theories on resistant starch are right as I will be eating it cold.
Karim_Wassef
(Karim Wassef)
#70
I ate green apples and bananas daily and in massive quantities… now I am revolted at the idea. Fruit is just candy. It may be unprocessed but it is modified from the original and custom engineered by human cultivation… its candy
Halo
#71
I’ve heard about resistant starch from cooling over and over again, but never tried it. I still eat really small potatoes for dinner sometimes. The ratio of fat (butter or bacon grease) to potato is usually 1/3.
Bellyman
(Brian)
#72
I’m skeptical of the “resistant starch” thing and if I were concerned about it, I’d want to test myself to see how I reacted. I’m not sure everyone has the same reaction as I’ve heard varying reports from actual finger-prick testing.
It’s that way with various sweeteners, too. Some people have very significant blood sugar reactions to sweeteners that others have almost no reaction to.
N=1… Maybe “trust but verify” would be appropriate. (?)
