If anyone has any questions about starting a keto diet (high-fat, mid-protein, low-carb), feel free to ask. :)
Cannot recommend it enough. It simply just works..
Cannot recommend it enough. It simply just works..
But I do go to Dunkin' Donuts quite often and get my large iced coffee with 6 cream, less ice, and no sugar.
Lunch: I eat broccoli and carrots with some dip. Salads are also good (avoid sugary dressings though!).
Dinner: A meat and vegetable side. Tacos with low-carb wraps.. Pizza made of mozzarella cheese dough. Diet soda is okay on Keto. Obviously water is the best thing for you.
My favorite site for getting tasty keto-friendly recipes: http://www.ruled.me/keto-recipes/
Such as eating baked cheese, adding extra butter (any fat) to meals. Avocado is a great fat-packed vege. Lots of cream cheese..
1/4 cup of guacamole (depending what you added) is about 4 grams of carbs, probably affordable.
Both are about 100 calories.
For a quick snacky lunch, I love celery and cream cheese or, depending on what mood I'm in, celery and mayo.
The result is the same for you, but that does mean there's other ways to get to the goal than the keto diet. (which is good news for everyone)
Would it be healthy to eat more fats and less carbs? Or does it only help if you are very strict with it and get all the way to ketosis?
1. You will eat less, snack less, and eat out less.
2. Vegetables are cheap.
3. Some meats are very cheap. Pork is super cheap right now.
4. Cheese/dairy is fairly cheap.
This all depends on where you live and what kind of foods you want to eat. Steak is going to be more expensive than pork. Maybe dairy is more expensive where you live? Just depends...
But the cost of fixing up your health later down the line will definitely be more expensive than just eating healthier early on.
1) You eat way, way, way, way less food. I was intensely into keto at probably peak-appetite years (16 - 19 years old) and have since been maintaining a much lower basal carb intake (now 21 years old). A complete dinner used to be large pasta dishes with sausage, garlic bread, a few glasses of milk (I used to be a fanatic), etc., but in keto I'm totally satiated after two small salmon filets. Homefries, toast and a loaded three-egg omelet is actually less satiating for me than two fried eggs with some pepper, and I feel like crap after the former.
I do have a hard time with vegetables because I don't shop often enough for them not to go to waste, but I'll usually handle that with a salad for lunch.
2) In the event that you really do need to eat very cheaply (Ramen level cheap), you can do that too. I've had periods where I'd rely on string cheese, peanut butter, and eggs almost exclusively. Not proud of it, but better than boxes of pasta IMO.
If you put up with the initial withdrawals from sugar, "keto flu," you'll find that you'll eat less food and feel better.
Have you tried frozen vegetables? Some of the "steam in bag" kind that are meant for the microwave actually come out quite tasty and are very convenient.
I oughta get back to 'em.
One surprising expense on keto is Lite salt. Your body doesn't retain fluid in ketosis, you'll lose 5-10 pounds the first week in just that, and so you need to increase your sodium and potassium intake significantly compared to a non-ketogenic diet. Lite salt is absolutely perfect for that, being a 50/50 mix of potassium and sodium. It adds about 10 bucks to my grocery bill a month but it's definitely worth it especially when starting out, to avoid the dreaded keto flu.
The first thing paleo/keto people discover is the real world has seasons and people looking for an excuse not to change will always find the single item in the store today that's the most expensive for this current month and then Demand it be 100% of their food intake. Therefore at $11 per imported organic pound of blueberries from greenhouses in Chile, its a mathematically unaffordable diet because humans can only eat blueberries, so I'm going back to cheap hot pockets and twinkies. I admit I indulge a bit in unhealthy blueberries are in season and locally grown are selling for $1.50 per pound. Being in season only a couple weeks is kind of a natural limiter to that dietary misbehavior. Anyway that is such a stereotypical behavior that when people complain about unaffordability in social media its fun to classify them as blueberries, tenderloin steaks, bacon fiends, etc. I saw a coconut guy posting on the internet one time proving it was unaffordable compared to a diet consisting entirely of big macs, you see all kinds of weird stuff sooner or later.
One interesting point about affordability is the official government diet is pretty cheap, after all, once you die of a heart attack at age 40 and 400 pounds, your food bill tends to drop a bit. If trying to save money is the only priority, corpses don't eat much.
I hear keto bandied about a lot, but not sure a) if everyone's talking about the same thing, b) the difference between it and paleo, and c) if it's actually healthy :)
Keto is a very tough diet.
However, scientifically speaking, keto will help pretty much anyone lose weight, it really works at the core level that our bodies work... In terms of how and why we burn body fat.
It's certainly not for everyone, and you have to keep a really close eye on your macros, nutrients, vitamins, minerals...
For general Keto conversastion: https://www.reddit.com/r/keto
For the scientifically inclined: https://www.reddit.com/r/ketoscience
For those focused on exercise while on the diet: https://www.reddit.com/r/ketogains/
For food suggestions: https://www.reddit.com/r/ketorecipes