Ketogenic/Low-Carb thread

[RyanGSams]

I got the idea from Cindy in another thread to create this thread.

I have been on a Ketogenic/Low-Carb way of eating for about 8 months or so. I am not very strict to stay on it as much as was at the beginning. I lost about 75 pounds in that time. But I have also gained muscle mass so my fat loss is more than that. I was taking ketone supplements to help keep my body in ketosis when I went off track and had too many carbs. But they all were nasty and salty tasting. A week ago I was turned on to Keto//OS and it is the best tasting ketone supplement I have found.

When I am working day shift my go to morning is a bulletproof coffee (black coffee with butter and MCT Oil) and now I have a Keto//OS Max drink in the morning as well. Around 1-2 pm I have lunch which is usually leftovers of chicken. And dinner is usually chicken and vegetables. I drink mostly water and green tea throughout the day. And found a great tasting drink called Core Organics and occasionally drink a diet soda.

To know more about ketosis and to learn about Keto//OS please visit

Pruvit

And watch the video there.

Who else is doing low carb/keto lifestyle?

Edit: Added Photo

 

[TB1999]

I'm diabetic..so id say I'm on a low carb diet.

 

[hoosierdoc]

a friend of mine is on it and loves it. Good for fat loss. Just be careful and watch for signs of lightheadedness/dizzy/fatigue/etc

I may give it a shot

 

[LostWander]

From what I understand of a friend pr two doing this (one is an athlete), youre making a permanent choice since youre making your body process differently. Switching back after you lose the weight you want will just reverse your progress no?

 

[RyanGSams]

From what I understand of a friend pr two doing this (one is an athlete), youre making a permanent choice since youre making your body process differently. Switching back after you lose the weight you want will just reverse your progress no?

When you eat carbs your body will switch back over to converting carbs again as its a easier source of fuel and the body doesn't have to work as hard to convert that to energy compared to the fat and ketones. After you get to the weight or appearance you are happy with you can you can always increase carbs again but you will have to still try to keep them down and not eat as many as your body will start to store extra carbs as fat when it cant burn it fast enough.

And I edited OP and added transformation photo.

 

[LostWander]

Gotcha, that makes sense. And congrats on transformin

 

[Spear Dane]

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[Spear Dane]

I've been doing this almost a year. It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change. It's also the only thing that's ever worked for me long term and it is incredibly effective, doubly so if you get into intermittent fasting as well, which isn't about eating less, it's about when you eat and consuming your calories within a smaller period of time (6 hours typically.) And it's really nice to get off the insulin spike roller coaster.

 

[SheepDog4Life]

Resurrecting the thread...

Decent quick break, more like english muffin. Great for a breakfast egg ham and cheese sammich. I cut it a sear each side in a pan in butter:

Easy 90 Second Keto Bread [5 Ingredient Mug Bread]

Ready for some keto culinary magic? With this recipe, you’ll learn how to turn five common keto ingredients into soft, fluffy, and delicious bread in just 90 seconds! After learning this trick, you will no longer have to sift through unsatisfying low-carb bread products (that are hardly...

www.ruled.me

Recent find on the same site... great breakfast skillet:

Keto Mushroom Sausage Skillet - Ruled Me

This breakfast skillet is one of my favorite meals to make! It tastes so good and is so easy to make! Everything is cooked in one pan: a cast iron skillet. The breakfast sausage and mushrooms are cooked on the stovetop in the skillet, then the cheese is melted under broil in the oven. The […]

www.ruled.me

 

[Hop]

Resurrecting the thread...

Decent quick break, more like english muffin. Great for a breakfast egg ham and cheese sammich. I cut it a sear each side in a pan in butter:

Easy 90 Second Keto Bread [5 Ingredient Mug Bread]

Ready for some keto culinary magic? With this recipe, you’ll learn how to turn five common keto ingredients into soft, fluffy, and delicious bread in just 90 seconds! After learning this trick, you will no longer have to sift through unsatisfying low-carb bread products (that are hardly...

www.ruled.me

Recent find on the same site... great breakfast skillet:

Keto Mushroom Sausage Skillet - Ruled Me

This breakfast skillet is one of my favorite meals to make! It tastes so good and is so easy to make! Everything is cooked in one pan: a cast iron skillet. The breakfast sausage and mushrooms are cooked on the stovetop in the skillet, then the cheese is melted under broil in the oven. The […]

www.ruled.me

I'd be interested in trying this with egg beaters as I'm also trying to keep down the cholesterol. Thanks for the link!

 

[SheepDog4Life]

Another breakfast favorite... I've made this one many, many times. I put all the ingredients in a large Ninja bullet and blend, the just pour out onto the griddle. Definitely add the "optional" baking powder... I double the cinnamon and the stevia. Good with peanut butter and either sugar free maple syrup, or if you have the carbs to give, some cut up banana.

Keto Cream Cheese Pancakes

These keto pancakes are super easy and popular!

sugarfreelondoner.com

 

[SheepDog4Life]

This is a favorite and what we had tonight:

Keto Cheesy Ground Beef Cauliflower Casserole Recipe

This keto cheesy ground beef cauliflower casserole is pure comfort food using hamburger. Freeze single servings for a quick low carb lunch.

mylifecookbook.com

Definitely season the ground beef with either steak seasoning or salt/pepper/garlic&onion powder. Also, season the entire casserole with salt and pepper before putting the cheese topping on.

Oh, and add 5-6 slices of cooked bacon to make it bacon cheeseburger!

 

[HoughMade]

When I went low carb in August of this year (did it years ago as well) my cholesterol dropped even though I eat at least 2 eggs a day, sometime 3, 7 days a week. The connection of eggs to high serum cholesterol levels is...tenuous.

 

[hoosierdoc]

I made a chicken crust pizza tonight

 

[Aggar]

Has anyone tried the “one shot keto” ? It’s fairly new. I’ve been thinking about trying it.

 

[tmschuller]

Here’s a keto cookbook that our family uses and it works well. A chef designed this and the food is great and easy to prepare and a big plus it works..Rocco’s Leto comfort food diet

 

[SheepDog4Life]

Has anyone tried the “one shot keto” ? It’s fairly new. I’ve been thinking about trying it.

I had not heard of this, and when I looked it up, I only found a pill. So, for me, it's a no.

I look at keto as a normal diet for people of European descent... there are no simple carbs in the winter in nature, only fat/protein sources (animals) fattened to endure the winter. So, IMO, ketosis is a natural state of things for 3-4 months of the year while a year-round diet with carbs sufficient to drive insulin-based energy delivered to the body is not.

Personally, I would be extremely wary of any pill that claims to be able to "switch" the body's metabolism to ketones while still eating "lots" of carbs.

 

[Aggar]

I had not heard of this, and when I looked it up, I only found a pill. So, for me, it's a no.

I look at keto as a normal diet for people of European descent... there are no simple carbs in the winter in nature, only fat/protein sources (animals) fattened to endure the winter. So, IMO, ketosis is a natural state of things for 3-4 months of the year while a year-round diet with carbs sufficient to drive insulin-based energy delivered to the body is not.

Personally, I would be extremely wary of any pill that claims to be able to "switch" the body's metabolism to ketones while still eating "lots" of carbs.

I’m not obese but I have packed on some weight that I would like to get rid of and I know I need to change my diet. Trying to cut out soda and junk food and eat better. I’d seen that add for the pills and wondered if anyone had tried it and had any results or reactions.

 

[SheepDog4Life]

When I went low carb in August of this year (did it years ago as well) my cholesterol dropped even though I eat at least 2 eggs a day, sometime 3, 7 days a week. The connection of eggs to high serum cholesterol levels is...tenuous.

I first did keto 6 years ago for 7-8 months and dropped 54 lbs... I was looking at having to move up to 40 inch waist pants as my 38s were painfully tight. Now 34 waist. At the time, I only did it because my wife (then GF) was doing Profile, so me being keto supported her.

Now, I do keto 3-4 months each year at the beginning of the year, both to shed the holiday (and fall birthday) pounds, and also to ween off insulin for a couple months.

No more mid-afternoon "low sugar" shakes.

No more falling asleep at 7-8 pm due to carb/crash coma.

Pretty sure with the above and my old weight I was insulin-resistant, on my way to diabetes, but never had A1C tested back then. But, I also never had anything close to normal triglyceride levels prior to keto, even when I played basketball twice a week, ran/walked 25 miles a week, was "normal" BMI which for my frame looked scrawny, and my only carbs were "complex" (whole wheat, brown rice) with only red meat once a month. Still, alarmingly high triglycerides! Doc went through the whole list... yup to every last one of them. Well, it must be genetics, sez he, lol!

Now with keto, my A1C measured every July (well after my annual keto stint) is stellar. Good triglyceride levels for the first time in my life, even if I've been lazy on the exercise.

And, on keto, I eat reasonable portions... not because I measure them out, but because I eat a portion then am no longer hungry and just stop. No will-power battle, lol! No "I could eat a horse" hunger cravings.

 

[OurDee]

Keto diet straightens out a lot of what ails me. Helps me lean out and keeps diabetes away for me. I just got done with a month of it and am on a week or two break. I don't do the pills keto. My whole idea was to try to lower my doctor prescribed pills. I have to use gout meds. We have tried to get me off them to no avail. If you are doing it for weight loss, I suggest a smart phone APP called "fat secret". It helps me track and figure out where I went wrong or right in the diet. It has you log what you eat and your daily weight. It makes it easy to keep track. If you keep notes along side it it can help with lots of things. Logging is how I figured out how to avoid and fix migraines for myself.