Yo what’s happening everyone. I know, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything but hey no better time than now. So after my 3 year keto anniversary where am I at with keto? Am I still a believer or have I dropped off the keto bandwagon? Quick update My last blog was April 22, 2019 so just over a year ago, so what’s been cracking since then. I’ve still been doing keto in maintenance mode, not overly strict but…
Wooohooo! Yes I did it, I’ve reached my 12 [+6] months keto anniversary. I was intending to write one at 12 months but life got busy. So this is a very belated blog post to share what has stood out the most during this time. Do your Research! Do not start keto until you have done your due diligence and researched what it’s all about. After I stumbled upon keto I spent weeks watching countless YouTube videos and read plenty…
When I researched keto I also came across intermittent fasting. You might be thinking, isn’t keto enough of a challenge without having to throw in intermittent fasting? It was but I want to share why I combined the two together. Dr Berg’s Youtube videos were a great resource to influence me to combine keto and intermittent fasting. The following video by Dr Berg gives an excellent breakdown of how to do intermittent fasting: What Did I Learn? So the beauty…
During my keto journey I never counted my macros for the meals or drinks I consumed. My focus was intermittent fasting, always eating leafy green salads with a side of meat twice a day, with one keto treat and drink lots of water. I never weighed the ingredients for my salads, or meat or counted the carbs in my keto treats. However, I always checked the carbs and sugar levels of all the ingredients and foods I bought. If the…
In my last post I shared my views on exercise vs diet. I learned the hard way that diet is key and exercise is the perfect compliment. Anyway I mentioned that my current workout routines are based upon beginner level full body calisthenic exercises. I love it because I can do it anywhere, anytime and its free. The other cool thing is that there are progressive variations of exercises to increase the difficulty and variation of the workouts. The following…
Exercise Only Attempt In my keto journey I wrote about how my first attempt to try and lose weight was exercise based not diet based. As an accountant most of my days are spent behind a desk, a very sedentary career. So my first attempt to lose weight was to do exercise to offset the inactivity of my working days. So at first I had success, losing weight at the peak of this exercise based approach. I had started at…
Recently I’ve noticed a lot of people have taken up keto because they watched the Netflix documentary “The Magic Pill”. Australian chef Peter Evans was one of the producers. I had never heard of it or seen it. So recently I watched it and there were a number of takeaways that I wanted to share. Flashbacks! A long time ago before I found keto I remember coming across a strange news article. The article was about a doctor taken to…
If you are going to do the keto diet and eat keto foods you have to quit sugar and nasty carbs. It will be a complete waste of time preparing and eating keto meals high in fat if you still eat sugar and carbs. The idea behind keto based meals is to not spike insulin in the body. The consumption of sugar and carbs will do the complete opposite and spike insulin and start converting the excess sugars to fat….
What Is Keto Flu? Before I share my keto flu experience, I mentioned in an earlier post that it’s really important to do your research. Part of your research should include studying up the keto flu and being prepared to get through it. The following explanation from Diet Doctor gives a nice summary of what keto flu is: The keto flu is caused by the transition when your body starts burning fat for energy instead of sugar. Most of the…
As mentioned in my earlier post, when I started keto I had to quit sugar and carbs. Quitting these two items meant that a lot of the foods and ingredients I normally ate or used were now culled from my diet. In fact if you look down the aisles at your local supermarket most of the items sold contain sugar or carbs. It can be challenging to find foods or ingredients that meet the keto guidelines. To ensure the foods…