I started on my Keto journey almost a year ago. It was a chance read article on the net, that made me take this decision. There was lot of resistance and criticism from family and friends. But looking at my health stats, I decided to at least try it for a while.
How it was in the beginning:
When I started my Keto journey, it was a case of learn as you go. I searched many websites and bought a couple of books to get to know the in’s and out’s of this diet.
The start:
The beginning was not very auspicious. There were a couple of false starts, till I finally got in my stride. This diet meant changing all my previous concepts about food. I had to un- learn a lot of food facts that I had been practicing all my life. I also had to learn to like a few foods that weren’t my favorite before I started.
Progress:
I started by adding extra fat to my meals, specially my breakfast. I still do that on occasions ( one has to change the amount of fat one takes as our bodies adjust to fat burning) . My breakfast now had either eggs, 2-3, boiled, fried or in omelette form. Using butter with a lavish hand. Coffee or tea with cream in small quality. Or I would have ” Bulletproof coffee “ for my breakfast. This is black coffee in which you add a tablespoon of butter ( grass-fed butter, if available) and I would add 2 tablespoons of extra virgin organic coconut oil. Mixed with a teaspoon of cream and blended to give a frothy texture to the coffee. This was a calorie rich drink and would tide me over to lunchtime easily. The aim of having a fat rich breakfast was to put the body onto fat-burning mode from the start of the day. Another advantage was that after having so many fat calories, one didn’t feel hungry for quite a while.
My first meal of the day used to be quite early as it was my habit previously.
Lunch:
By a method of hit and try I discovered that a salad worked best for lunch. It needed to have a small amount of chicken ( I am a chicken-tarian person! ) lots of green vegetables like iceberg, capsicum, cucumbers, arugula etc, a bit of tomato and lots of mayonnaise. An important fact about mayonnaise: most of the store-bought brands of mayo have either corn syrup or sugar added to them. So it’s better you make your own mayo or look closely at the ingredients when buying ( I found that Hellmans mayonnaise had no sugar added). Mustard and olive oil were okay to use in the salad. But avoid ketchup and other sauces.
I am posting a link that I found on the internet that makes good mayonnaise. Instead of using a whisk, use immersion blender ( Stick Blender)
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/homemade-mayonnaise-241868
Ceaser salad was good but leave the croutons alone.
Dinner:
Dinner was easy, just any form of meat ( I would prefer chicken or maybe fish, of course) with vegetables. These vegetables would be the green leafy kind ( Salad greens) or the watery kind ( like zucchini, eggplant, squash etc) . Cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli are also a good deal. The meat should not be coated with flour, breaded or drenched in sauces containing cornflour, flour etc.
Calorie counting was not playing a major role here, so I would eat till I felt full, ( but not over stuffed!).
From this way of eating, my #Keto Journey started.
In my next post, I will tell you about how my journey continues.
Please if you have any questions or comments let me know.
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i enjoyed this, guess I have been doing this but not really knowing it had a label – Keto diet – interesting. I hardly eat carbs though cake is my weakness.
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It’s a tough line to follow but has immense health benefits. Will be posting some more on this diet. Thanks for commenting and liking.
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i will look forward to it. living in Asia it is very difficult to find food that has no or little carbs.
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Yup, Asians, even Italians, Chinese and Americans have a high percentage of carbs. Specially the fast food!
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i know!! but eating at home with careful food prep can help with change that. simple things like you say remove the croutons from a Cesar salad
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Yes. I will also post a list of what people can eat at fast food restaurant.
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that would be helpful.
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Hey, I love this article thanks. I just got into fat burning and I’m thinking of going with Fat Loss Decimator System to help burn weight. My uncle tried the fat loss decimator program and he saw results quick. Do you think I should follow this program or burn weight by eating healthy and excercising (Not seeing any results)? What do you think about it? After reading this review https://medium.com/@giwrgosxeimonopoulos1/i-decided-to-pick-up-the-fat-decimator-system-and-go-through-the-program-myself-from-start-to-the-4e3d66e8a4e0 I wanted to start with this program but then again in this review they love this program too much so not sure if they are just saying its great.Also I am unsure if it will still work on me if I am 25. It’s on sale right now at a very low price, so if possible can you leave me feedback on wether I should do it or not. It would mean a lot coming from an expert in this field.
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You make the keto diet sound quite attractive.
But it is very difficult to muster enough self discipline for a complete change of your eating habits.
Great info.
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It is not an easy change to make as it involves a total lifestyle change. But it is worth it once you stat doing the diet, as the health benefits are tremendous.
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Wow, I look forward to knowing more about the Keto diet. This is interesting information, and thank you for following ThusNSuch.
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Thanks for stopping by. Will be posting on Keto some more, soon.
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Interesting! Someone mentioned to me about the Keto diet in passing. It helped him and his wife with weight loss and had other benefits
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Yes, it has helped people to loose weight who cant loose weight by using the conventional methods!
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Hmm it seems like your site ate my first comment (it was extremely long) so I guess I’ll just sum it up what I wrote and say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog. I too am an aspiring blog blogger but I’m still new to everything. Do you have any points for first-time blog writers? I’d certainly appreciate it.
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Wow, this is very informative. Thanks again. 🙂
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My pleasure. 😊
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😊
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