I wrote a post about 2 weeks ago about looking at the things you eat every day. Here is a link to that post!
https://peakd.com/hive-123585/@ambiguity/look-at-what-you-eat-everyday-what-you-find-out-may-surprise-you
It was a lead-up to telling you about the changes in my diet I have made. First I am not a doctor! I am sharing with you the things I am doing for me personally and my experiences with that change in eating habits. So if you are not sure about a change for yourself go and discuss it with your doctor. For me, this has been a good change, not only in my diet but in a lifestyle change.
I quit eating refined sugars and cut down all the carbs I could in what I ate every day. It was not an easy thing to do as I was out and about and got hungry and grabbed a soda and a candy bar. I was always on the go and never took into consideration what all of that was doing to me and my body. After a day of getting projects done, it was easy to throw in a pizza and call it good. Sitting home at night and getting bored and eating from boredom, just a little ice cream here and a handful of Hersey miniatures there.
I had gained a lot of weight and it was making it harder for me to function, as most of you know, I have knee problems. It was harder for me to get up and move and slowing me down. The final straw was one night we were teasing the grandboys about all the late-night snacking they do and told them they will get fat if they do not slow down on that. What one of them said next hit me like a bombshell "Yeah, we will look like papa and be fat!". At that moment I knew I had to do something about the weight I was carrying around, I had been on "diets" before and watched what I eat and never really did any good. Tried the pills and never seemed to work. So I started looking into this Keto diet, I really would not call it a diet but a lifestyle.
You cut out all the carbs like bread made from wheat flour, potatoes, Even things like beans and peas. It was hard to think about it little alone do it. I set in trying it and thought man I will always be hungry and it will be not fun at all and really be hard to stick with. I had to try and see if it was going to work, I had to do something. I gave it a go.
I cleaned out my cabinets and refrigerator of all the junk food and there was not really anything left after that, I had to start over! I started researching what I could eat and what the purpose of Keto was. Went to the store and got some meat, then realized man I have to cook now, no more processed quick foods. I have never been a fan of things like broccoli, cauliflower, and avocados. I wanted to keep net carbs down to around 20 net carbs but could go to 50 net carbs a day. So you have to look at all the labels on everything you pick up in the store. To find the net carbs in something you take the total carbs and subtract the grams of fiber and sugar alcohols from total carbs and you have net carbs.
For help understanding this here is a website to visit!
https://www.ketovale.com/how-to-calculate-net-carbs/
It will be much easier for you as you can see it and I will not confuse you by trying to explain it. That website will also have some more info if you are interested. There is much to this "diet" look it up on the internet and do some research, why too much about this to put in this post.
You can look in the grocery store and you can find Keto things, like Keto bread, keto pizzas, even Keto cheesecake. Just be sure to look at the labels and make sure they are right for you. I really thought it would be hard to do this but found out after the first couple of days it is not that hard. As I do not get hungry in between meals that much and stay busy with something and it is pretty easy to do. I am happy I started this as I have lost 23 pounds since starting this about 2 weeks or so. At first, you will lose water weight, and then weight loss will slow down. I have stuck with it and I feel much better than before. I just plain feel better during the day, sleep better at night. For me, this has been a great decision and I have no regrets at all about this.
I have found a YouTube Channel that has helped me a lot in my journey.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecoI0NlmzY8H8NlP6v3YRg
His Website!
https://www.seriousketo.com/
This one also and has a cookbook for sale on amazon. I got the cookbook and there is some good stuff in it.
https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadbangersKitchen
His cookbook On Amazon!
http://geni.us/ketolife
There are many others check it out if you want to. Never any harm in looking and seeing if something like this will work for you. I hope everyone has a good day/night, whatever it is in your neck of the woods!
ALWAYS FORWARD!
I made a very similar change at the beginning of the year. In January, I started on keto and then little things kept popping up within my circle of influence that kept pointing me to something a bit different.
I lost about 15lbs or so in January and then in February I started eating a carnviore diet, where I excluded all sugars, processed foods, and as close to zero carbs as possible. I only eat meat and meat by products such as butter, eggs, and small amounts of cheese.
It was crazy trying to come off of the carb and sugar addiction, so I know your pain! I'm down 140lbs since February and have been stalled for about a month so all the weight loss was in about 10 months or so.
Best of luck on your journey and I look forward to reading your updates on it. I've got to get around to writing about how I did it and what the process was like.
btw, if you are feeling fatigued, keto fluish, etc try adding in extra electrolytes, it was a life saver for me!
Yes, I looked at a carnivore diet, it seems ok but I want some kind of vegetables also. I like the fact that I can make bread with little to no carbs and enjoy breakfast sandwiches and such. The cauliflower crust pizza is not too bad either.
The refined sugar stopping was the worst part. I wanted the candy and everything I found that diet sodas are ok every once in a while and the artificial sugar in tea is not bad, the coffee was not a problem as I drink it black anyway.
Mainly it is causing your body to use fat as fuel and not sugar. I figure in time weight loss will stall for a while but start up again from the research I have done. I will try to share things as it progresses just a busy time here right now.
Coffee is the one of the very few plant-based items I still HAVE to have lolol I use heavy cream a small amount of stevia. Once I hit my target weight, I will probably start introducing small amounts of veg back in and transition to a more "ketovore" style, mainly meat with just an occasional amount of veg.
Yes, coffee is a MUST!
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Looks like @papacrusher already made it over here, knew he was on that. Not sure I could do without the potatoes though. I'm all about some steak and taters man! Glad this is working for you and you feel better!
Yeah, the mashed potatoes got me for a while. I love potatoes anyway really but when You want something you learn to do what you have to do. I do not miss them at this point though, it gets easier as time goes on.
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