so what foods did you cut out, and what foods do you regularly eat?
What's worked for me is a diet of eggs, cheese, bacon, chicken, ground beef, ground pork, roast beef, turkey, pepperoni, kale, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, coffee, seltzer, bone broth, half & half, heavy cream, rebel ice cream (but not other keto ice cream brands), almond flour, ground pork rinds (as a bread crumb substitute), and probably some more I'm forgetting.
Typical advice is to stay under 20g net carbs, but I've found that I do better if I count total carbs instead for any non-veggie foods. Keto-friendly substitutes for flour and sugar mess me up most of the time, but I've found a few things that are ok. I also do intermittent fasting, only eating one or two meals during a 6-8 hour window, but I do much better if I fast for 36-48 hours. Dr Eckberg has some good videos on why fasting that long makes a difference.
How's your cholesterol, risk for heart disease, etc?
Having high LDL, I switched to a high fiber diet. My LDL hasn't budge.
So now I'm pondering what's next.
I have almost zero knowledge, opinions, ideas about what's best, for me or anyone else. The stuff I've read about cholesterol just confuses me.
One of the few things I did learn (about myself) is that calorie restriction works great. After a few days I barely notice. But adherence is very difficult when I'm in pain.
Trust me, you really don’t want to develop kidney stones.
Been there, done that, twice. Had to go to the ER each time. Not fun.