Greetings everyone! I searched for a non-Reddit Keto forum and found this place. I hope to share tips and recipes, and get advice from time to time.
A little history - My wife has Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, MS, Lupus, and Rheumatoid Arthritis. I have Diabetes, Anxiety, High Blood Pressure, and Fast Heart Rate.
Before Keto I took my blood sugar, my average was 221 before breakfast. My wife has had knee and back pain pretty much for years, every day. My starting weight was 340. My wife’s Starting weight was 403.
Today is day 22 of our Keto journey. I have lost 18 pounds, my wife has lost about 20. I have a shirt I bought from eBay that was a 3x but tight on me. I can finally fit in it. My pants are a little looser so I had to tighten my belt. My Blood Sugar as of two days ago was 166. My wife has not had knee or back pain for 2 days. We go on walks 3 times a day and are considering joining a gym next month.
We eat very well. We both love avocado and cauliflower. We eat lots of protein.
BUT
One food eludes us, and I hope someone or some people can help us out. We bought a deep fryer and 4 pounds of lard. We tried fried chicken. Twice. We used almond flour and egg wash for coating. The first time we did the egg wash then the almond flour, then the egg wash again. The flour just fell off in the oil and burned. The second time we tried the flour first, then the egg wash, then flour, Same thing, the flour just fell off and burned. Are there any success stories with deep-frying chicken? What coating do YOU use. The almond flour just doesn’t work for us. We read somewhere that unflavored protein powder was a good alternative because it’s a fine consistency like flour. Any advice on deep frying foods would be helpful. Thank you for your time.