Wth?

(Sasha) #1

I did spin this morning, intense spin.

Came home and ate two eggs for breakfast, put some lox, tomatoes, onions, parmesan and arugula in there.

Then a few hours later I had 10 nuts, a small cube of cheese and 5 raspberries for a mid-morning snack.

For lunch I had Cava Grill’s salad bowl with arugula, 4 spicy lamb meatballs, 2 scoops of spicy red hummus, 1 scoop of feta hummus, and some green harissa sauce.

Had 10 almonds for an afternoon snack, and it says that I’m at 41g of carbs!

How did that happen? I can’t eat almonds, raspberries, hummus, or arugula now? This is the healthiest day I’ve had in years and I’m still way over my carb levels. I don’t know if I can do this.

(Jessica) #2

How much fiber did all of that contain?

(Alex ) #3

Well done on the Spin, fellow Spinner! Thought it was just me!

(Chris) #4

Drop all of those things and replace with the same weight in steak. Carb problem took care of itself…

(Jeremiah) #5

Don’t get discouraged, you’re on the right track. If you want an honest read on your food list for the day here’s the words that jumped out to me that yelled carbs (in the keto world):

-nuts\almonds
-tomatoes
-onions
-raspberries
-hummus

I have no idea what harissa sauce is lol.

Anyways as mentioned above, ditch anything with a trace of carb in it (all that I listed above, onions may do ok, but they do contain carbs) and trade in something like avocado, more cheese, or meat. What I’ve been doing (and I’m new at this) is avoiding ANYTHING with more than 1-2g of carbs per serving and I end up under my 20g a day. It’s hard to be 0 carb, but if you go with the most minimal numbers possible you have a better shot at landing under target.

->Again, new guy here, this is what I’m doing but I’m not saying it’s 100% right!

(Daisy) #6

It looks like a super healthy day, nothing wrong with that. Just maybe not a super keto day. Keto does not have the market cornered on healthy. Depends on what you’re going for, if it’s truly keto, you may need to make some tweaks. I don’t know the fiber content in all those foods, it may bring your net carbs way down. I don’t recognize some of the foods you listed. You may need to switch out some of the nuts for something else. Maybe cut back on some of the other things. Just takes some tweaking

(Full Metal KETO AF) #7

I agree with @Guyfromthenorth specifically the humus, legumes are out. It also contains tahini. Tahini is a seed butter and seeds and nuts should be kept to 1-2 ounces a day, combined with almonds may have been a bit much. Raspberries are ok, less than 1/2 cup is a serving but still a little carb heavy. Everything except the humus is ok but if you eat them all in the same 24 hours you’re over.

(mole person) #8

I think you must be counting total carbs and not net carbs. Except for the hummus, which is in fact a carb rich food, and doesn’t really fit keto, nothing else looks like it should be equaling 41 net carbs. Even the nuts which are probably the carbiest food after the hummus only has less than 2.5 net carbs for all 20 of them.

(Running from stupidity) #9

Well, you ate a lot of carbs.

Looking foods up BEFORE eating them (and planning food for the day) will avoid this issue.

(Sasha) #10

Hey guys thanks a lot. Seriously. I was shocked.

I did not calculate total carbs vs. net carbs thing, nor did I factor in fiber. Is there a Keto food calculator that could do the net carbs calculations when fiber is added? That would be super helpful.

And @juice, no need to be a wise ass. I picked those foods specifically because they were low carbs. Everything I listed was on the Keto shopping list, so if you can’t be supportive, please don’t reply to me.

(Running from stupidity) #11

Well, I wasn’t, but you take it however you take things when people are helping.

(mole person) #12

If you’re in North America just subtract the fiber grams from the carbohydrate grams and that will give you your net carbs which is the number that should be below 20.

Also, seriously, don’t panic at being at 30 or 40 grams in your first few days. This is a learning process and for most people just having far reduced their carbs will already be a victory.

(Daisy) #13

Most of us on here really like cronometer for tracking

(mole person) #14

Amen. Love cronometer.

(Natasha) #15

20g a day is a recommendation, not a strict limit. The way i understand it is that at 20g, ‘everyone’ will be able to get into ketosis but each individual has different tolerances. Personally, I would still remain in ketosis at 41g a day and this may be true for you, especially if you do a lot of physical exercise so it may be worth experimenting with different carb macros to find your limit.

Good luck and P.S. your food for the day sounds delicious!

(Ashley) #16

To be fair I think he’s just being honest with you, hummus and things of that nature add up carbs very fast. Stick to meats, cheeses, healthy fats, home made dressings. Keto is very clean eating. A lot of the hummus and other things is filler foods. You want mainly protein and fat. It takes some getting used to trust me. But afterwards it’s easy Peasy.

(Jane) #17

How is suggesting you look up carb values BEFORE you eat them being a wise ass, considering you went way over your plan for the day looking them up after you ate them?

(Sasha) #18

@Janie because I did look up the carbs before hand. That’s why I chose them. I didn’t know you had to count out the number of raspberries and almonds you could consume. I didn’t know that 10 almonds in combination with 5 raspberries would put me over the carb limit because they’re listed as low carb on the Keto shopping list and were even advised as snacks.

But thanks, now I know I do have to count out the number of almonds and raspberries before eating them.

(Daisy) #19

Those who aren’t familiar with @juice’s way with words would most certainly take it that way. I am familiar with him (and I have a fondness for him) and even I went “ooh ouch” when I read his reply. There are kind ways of wording things, and then there’s juice :joy: blunt to the bitter end lol

(The amazing autoimmune 🦄) #20

If you subtracted the hummus and the onions you would be a lot closer to the correct total. I would even hazard a guess at just the hummus. Lots of carbs in chick peas.