Between the Keto Diet and I it was love at first sight! Read about my (still in progress) journey, and how I got there! Caveman Keto's 7-day Keto Meal Plan - Finally, a comprehensive guide to exactly what to cook for 7 days including a shopping list and recipes for keto! For those of you who are just catching up, I did a 5 day egg fast diet to break through a stall and get back. Week One Keto/Low Carb 7 Day Menu Plan and Progress Report! Join us on Keto and lose weight fast! Report your weight loss progress weekly in the comments! African Keto Compliant Meals That Work!!!Africa is one of the (if not the most) difficult place to live on a keto diet. Truth be told, the founders of this keto diet. My love story with the Keto Diet. My story. I have been writing this Paleo recipe blog for just about a year. Until very recently I knew nothing about the Keto diet. Paleo for me has always meant sugar, dairy and grain free recipes; I came to this way of eating long before I knew it was called Paleo, urged by my own health needs, as I had been struggling for years with allergies and “gallbladder disease”. I thought it was the best possible thing I could do for my body. For a time it was indeed a very good thing. DENIAL that’s what I was in, not good shape! A lucky break! All those realizations happened as I was sitting in during my colleague Tracie’s Ketogenic diet group. I was in the perfect place. So I started the diet myself, and got completely sucked into it. It was like those scenes in the movies, where boy sees girl and romantic music starts playing! In fact I am so lucky to just love fat, any kind of fat, bacon, lard, coconut oil, YUM! This love was meant to be! My new love! So far my new Keto diet love helped me lose 6 pounds (not much you say, but weight was not my main problem) and slowly slowly during the last 6 weeks I have seen my fasting blood glucose levels go DOWN. From 1. 40 to about 9. Not bad, right?! Before I was constantly grazing, now I am not hungry, so I do not have to even snack between meals. I can go all day without eating and still feel great. My brain is working better, my notoriously bad memory is improving, I am much calmer! I think they will not mind. Especially when this girl likes to take the best out of everything and then make it her own. I have a very clear vision about healthy and tasty foods. Maybe not everybody shares my taste, because it is quite old- fashioned. I like stuff our grandparents ate. Not just our grandparents, but also somebody else’s Gramps over in Korea, or Brazil, or Japan! Oh wait, I forgot TASTY!!! Do not forget I am the specialist of making things taste good! If you follow my recipes, you now they are pretty tasty! So the story continues, my recipes will be a little different, but not too much. They will still be healthy, delicious and a bit unusual (like me). As this post has been a long thought process, you will find that I have already started publishing some Keto recipes, like this first Grocery Haul For the Ketogenic Diet. Even did a nice round- up of low- carb recipes. AND a whole week of Low- carb meals! I would love your company. I would also love your feedback and any idea you care to share with me. The beauty of a small blog is that it’s like a small business: You can give individual attention to your clients, and make the experience quite personable! So hang around and I will keep sharing good food and nutrition ideas, and I will keep you posted on my progress. The Basic Keto Diet Plan. A basic Keto Diet plan can be found in Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes, but I’ll summarize it for you here. I’m also going to note that I consider this a diet for your induction period, as I’ve always added berries and other no- no’s in after a couple of weeks with no bad effects. Your stomach shrinks so much that suddenly a couple strawberries is like eating a seven layer chocolate cake. If this is your first time hearing about the keto diet, learn more about it here. Rules of a basic keto diet plan: 2. Eat meats and dairy that are 1- 2 carbs are less (most meats have zero)Eat vegetables that are 5 or less. Eat them baked, fried, boiled, stir- fried, sauteed, roasted or microwaved. No sugars (simple carbohydrates) – white sugar, brown sugar, honey, maple syrup, molasses, corn syrup, beer (contains barley malt), milk (contains lactose), flavored yogurts, fruit juice, and fruit. No starches (complex carbohydrates) – grains (even “whole” grains), rice, cereals, flour, cornstarch, breads, pastas, muffins, bagels, crackers, and “starchy” vegetables such as slow- cooked beans (pinto, lima, black beans), carrots, parsnips, corn, peas, potatoes, French fries, potato chips. Meats on a basic keto diet plan: Meat: Beef, steak, hamburger, pork , ham, bacon, lamb, veal, etc. Processed meats are OK too (like hot dogs and and sausage) but try to buy the organic stuff so that you’re not packing your body full of preservatives and other yucky things. Also look out for corn syrup on the labels which is a common gross additive. Poultry: Chicken, turkey, duck, or other fowl. Fish and Shellfish: Tuna, salmon, catfish, bass, trout, shrimp, scallops, crab, crab legs and lobster. Basically anything that isn’t farmed because they contain toxins. Eggs: Whole eggs, scrambled eggs, fried eggs, deviled eggs (< –these are my favorite snack!). Everyday foods on a basic keto diet plan: 2 cups of salad per day (spinach, lettuce, arugula, cabbage, chard, chives, endive, kale, etc.)1 cup of vegetables every day (artichokes, asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, eggplant, green beans (string beans), jicama, leeks, mushrooms, okra, onions, pepper pumpkin, shallots, snow peas, sprouts (bean and alfalfa) sugar snap peas, summer squash, tomatoes, rhubarb, wax beans, zucchini. Boullion every day, as needed, because you need to drink a lot of water on this diet, and pee out all of your sodium and other good nutrients. This is also especially important in the beginning to help with “keto flu” symptoms! Approved but limited foods on the basic keto diet plan. Hellmann’s)6 olives per day. Kikkomans)2 servings of Dill or sugar- free pickles. Pork rinds, pepperoni, deviled eggs and other snacks. Everything else on a basic keto diet plan. Oils are awesome, they’re full of fat and some are very good for you! Try to stay away from vegetable oil though, because it’s full of chemically- removed oils that are our bodies weren’t made to consume. Instead, consume healthy oils like olive oil and coconut oil (yum!)Italian, or olive oil & vinegar dressings are great for keto, but you can find plenty of low- carb ranch and blue cheese dressings too. Nix anything considered “lite”. If you want to use sweeteners, stick with Stevia. Water is good. If you need bubbles, get a Soda Stream and some of the My. Water unsweetened flavorings. Also, these are all other words for sugar: sucrose, dextrose, fructose, maltose, lactose, glucose, honey, agave syrup, high- fructose corn syrup, maple syrup, brown- rice syrup, molasses, evaporated cane juice, cane juice, fruit- juice concentrate, corn sweetener. I’d love to hear YOUR keto “best practices”, so leave them in the comments! The recipes and articles on this blog should not replace the advice of your doctor. Also, I only recommend products that I have used and love, but in these cases I may use Amazon. I get paid a small commission if you buy the product. A girl's gotta pay for all these ingredients you know!
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