Keto diet - anyone else?

[Gretchen]

Youngest vegetarian bought this. I’ve stuck a small spoonful (approx 1.5g carbs from what I can decipher) in some Cauliflower Rice this evening. Was reminiscent of Chinese takeaway! No more than 4g carb meal, quick and filling.

[Lordbenny]

Phil. said:

I want to but found it difficult to source unless in bulk. Where do you buy yours?

Good question……my sister grew it….do you want her number? :

In all seriousness, why aren’t we eating stuff like this, why isn’t it readily available? That was actually a rhetorical question…It’s because we don’t like to eat outside our comfort zones in this country and the big supermarkets know it. If they can keep their stock to just a handful if sugar filled items they can make more money, the people of this country don’t have a choice and they all get fat on crap food and the NHS pays the price….simples!

[Raymond Reddington]

I'm going to be taking keto a bit more seriously in January, after a couple of failed attempts in the past few months. I haven't really done keto properly for around 5 years or so, and I went from 13.5 stone down to 11.5 and felt really good. Its taken me all of those 5 years to put the weight back on, although I have been low carb/keto in between periodically, I prefer this as a lifestyle change as carbs just make me feel rubbish.

I'm really looking forward to not feeling uncomfortably swollen and bloated again.

To help me along the way, I'd appreciate any of your favourite keto foods/recipes, work lunches are something I struggle with usually, and to begin with I will definitely need to eat at work.

[RoadToad84]

Raymond Reddington said:

I'm going to be taking keto a bit more seriously in January, after a couple of failed attempts in the past few months. I haven't really done keto properly for around 5 years or so, and I went from 13.5 stone down to 11.5 and felt really good. Its taken me all of those 5 years to put the weight back on, although I have been low carb/keto in between periodically, I prefer this as a lifestyle change as carbs just make me feel rubbish.

I'm really looking forward to not feeling uncomfortably swollen and bloated again.

To help me along the way, I'd appreciate any of your favourite keto foods/recipes, work lunches are something I struggle with usually, and to begin with I will definitely need to eat at work.

I often make a bulk salad for work. Green and red cabbage, lettuce, small amount of cucumber, cherry tomatoes, grated cheese, drizzled/tossed in olive oil and a spoonful of balsamic vinegar. Does me for 5 days. I'll chuck a tin of oily tuna in my lunchbox each day to stir into it, or cook some sausages and chop them into it.

[Louis Balfour]

Raymond Reddington said:

I'm going to be taking keto a bit more seriously in January, after a couple of failed attempts in the past few months. I haven't really done keto properly for around 5 years or so, and I went from 13.5 stone down to 11.5 and felt really good. Its taken me all of those 5 years to put the weight back on, although I have been low carb/keto in between periodically, I prefer this as a lifestyle change as carbs just make me feel rubbish.

I'm really looking forward to not feeling uncomfortably swollen and bloated again.

To help me along the way, I'd appreciate any of your favourite keto foods/recipes, work lunches are something I struggle with usually, and to begin with I will definitely need to eat at work.

I have a theory that the bloat caused by carbs is, in some people, due to the gut being unhappy with them. When the gut is unhappy, watery fat appears around the belly and in other places.

People with inflammatory bowel diseases sometimes use what is called a Specific Carbohydrate Diet, which derives carbs from sources that are gut friendly. This includes monosaccharides as disaccharides. Honey features in it, as do bananas with brown spots as opposed to those without.

[Raymond Reddington]

RoadToad84 said:

I often make a bulk salad for work. Green and red cabbage, lettuce, small amount of cucumber, cherry tomatoes, grated cheese, drizzled/tossed in olive oil and a spoonful of balsamic vinegar. Does me for 5 days. I'll chuck a tin of oily tuna in my lunchbox each day to stir into it, or cook some sausages and chop them into it.

Good shout. I used to have some halved cherry tomatoes, cucumber, small amount of houmous, chorizo and cheese.. or a green salad with chicken and avacado. Sometimes a chicken breast flattened with a pizza topping. It got a bit boring after a while though!

[Raymond Reddington]

Louis Balfour said:

I have a theory that the bloat caused by carbs is, in some people, due to the gut being unhappy with them. When the gut is unhappy, watery fat appears around the belly and in other places.

People with inflammatory bowel diseases sometimes use what is called a Specific Carbohydrate Diet, which derives carbs from sources that are gut friendly. This includes monosaccharides as disaccharides. Honey features in it, as do bananas with brown spots as opposed to those without.

That's interesting and when I reintroduce carbs perhaps I can do it slowly and selectively to see what doesn't do me any favours. There is definitely some sort of carb related problem, I'm extremely uncomfortable after a medium to large normal meal that everyone else eats, even my Mrs who is very petite, and I'm complaining about how horrendous I feel for hours sometimes!

[Louis Balfour]

Raymond Reddington said:

Louis Balfour said:

I have a theory that the bloat caused by carbs is, in some people, due to the gut being unhappy with them. When the gut is unhappy, watery fat appears around the belly and in other places.

People with inflammatory bowel diseases sometimes use what is called a Specific Carbohydrate Diet, which derives carbs from sources that are gut friendly. This includes monosaccharides as disaccharides. Honey features in it, as do bananas with brown spots as opposed to those without.

That's interesting and when I reintroduce carbs perhaps I can do it slowly and selectively to see what doesn't do me any favours. There is definitely some sort of carb related problem, I'm extremely uncomfortable after a medium to large normal meal that everyone else eats, even my Mrs who is very petite, and I'm complaining about how horrendous I feel for hours sometimes!

It's called the Specific Carbohydrate Diet with good reason and I can report that, having tried it, it isn't altogether fun.

Here's your starter for ten: https://www.siboinfo.com/uploads/5/4/8/4/5484269/s...

[Roderick Spode]

Raymond Reddington said:

Louis Balfour said:

I have a theory that the bloat caused by carbs is, in some people, due to the gut being unhappy with them. When the gut is unhappy, watery fat appears around the belly and in other places.

People with inflammatory bowel diseases sometimes use what is called a Specific Carbohydrate Diet, which derives carbs from sources that are gut friendly. This includes monosaccharides as disaccharides. Honey features in it, as do bananas with brown spots as opposed to those without.

That's interesting and when I reintroduce carbs perhaps I can do it slowly and selectively to see what doesn't do me any favours. There is definitely some sort of carb related problem, I'm extremely uncomfortable after a medium to large normal meal that everyone else eats, even my Mrs who is very petite, and I'm complaining about how horrendous I feel for hours sometimes!

Just catching up on this thread as I'm back on keto again to lose weight - again, because I gave up last time after four months and two stone down, goodness knows why. Anyway, reading the above post really resonates with me - I've been feeling truly awful for the last few months. Muscle aches, joint pains, headaches, sleeplessness, occasional numbness in the face and extremities. All of this flared up after every meal, but me being me I didn't immediately make the connection. A couple of months back I reduced the quantity of what I ate, but not the types of food I was eating - typical beige diet with plenty of gluten present. This past week I've decided to get back on keto, so spent a few days eating a suitably low carb diet, and the last 48 hours fasting to get fully fat adapted as quickly as possible. All of my symptoms have reduced enormously, so I suspect there is a link to gluten intake, and perhaps some sort of leaky gut thing going on.

[tr7v8]

Roderick Spode said:

Raymond Reddington said:

Louis Balfour said:

I have a theory that the bloat caused by carbs is, in some people, due to the gut being unhappy with them. When the gut is unhappy, watery fat appears around the belly and in other places.

People with inflammatory bowel diseases sometimes use what is called a Specific Carbohydrate Diet, which derives carbs from sources that are gut friendly. This includes monosaccharides as disaccharides. Honey features in it, as do bananas with brown spots as opposed to those without.

That's interesting and when I reintroduce carbs perhaps I can do it slowly and selectively to see what doesn't do me any favours. There is definitely some sort of carb related problem, I'm extremely uncomfortable after a medium to large normal meal that everyone else eats, even my Mrs who is very petite, and I'm complaining about how horrendous I feel for hours sometimes!

Just catching up on this thread as I'm back on keto again to lose weight - again, because I gave up last time after four months and two stone down, goodness knows why. Anyway, reading the above post really resonates with me - I've been feeling truly awful for the last few months. Muscle aches, joint pains, headaches, sleeplessness, occasional numbness in the face and extremities. All of this flared up after every meal, but me being me I didn't immediately make the connection. A couple of months back I reduced the quantity of what I ate, but not the types of food I was eating - typical beige diet with plenty of gluten present. This past week I've decided to get back on keto, so spent a few days eating a suitably low carb diet, and the last 48 hours fasting to get fully fat adapted as quickly as possible. All of my symptoms have reduced enormously, so I suspect there is a link to gluten intake, and perhaps some sort of leaky gut thing going on.

I have always felt this & feel a lot better (weller?) on Keto. I had my prostate removed in August & haven't been in a great place mentally since. I need to get back on the Keto "wagon" Currently up 13kg from where I was in May & suffering.

[extraT]

Hi all,

Absolutely love the keto diet, it’s given me everything. I hope it would,losing weight feeling great!

Some questions I hope the wisdom of this thread will be able to answer. I did have a quick look through, but couldn’t really find what I was looking for

1) I’m beginning to train for a half marathon at the moment. Currently up to about 7K. My pre-workout meal normally involves protein and fat, typical keto. As I start training for more kilometres, how can I fuel my muscles? The “old me” would’ve had some pasta…

2) also I have a couple of work trips coming up where they will provide meals for us. As I don’t want to be known as “complicated”, and I’m pretty laid-back anyway, I would have normally gone for the salad with whatever options. However, I’ll be at a transport exhibition and everything will be provided for us so I’m looking at maybe some meal replacement bars or shakes etc … to get me through the day until we go to the proper restaurant. Any recommendations on which bars are best?

Edited by extraT on Tuesday 9th May 12:42

[grumbledoak]

Hi

I am assuming you have been doing this a while, from your comment.

1. You don’t need fuel for a half. You are carrying enough for twenty or thirty. Don’t miss the water tables though.
2. I’ve never eaten a bar or a shake. If you are in a hotel with breakfast, six eggs, sausages, and some bacon will see you through ‘til the evening meal.

[extraT]

Thanks for the eggs idea, I might give that a try (instead of eating the ham and cheese off the sarnies we’ll get…)

[CoolHands]

Or buy / take some hard boiled ones for convenience

[Louis Balfour]

extraT said:

Hi all,

Absolutely love the keto diet, it’s given me everything. I hope it would,losing weight feeling great!

Some questions I hope the wisdom of this thread will be able to answer. I did have a quick look through, but couldn’t really find what I was looking for

1) I’m beginning to train for a half marathon at the moment. Currently up to about 7K. My pre-workout meal normally involves protein and fat, typical keto. As I start training for more kilometres, how can I fuel my muscles? The “old me” would’ve had some pasta…

2) also I have a couple of work trips coming up where they will provide meals for us. As I don’t want to be known as “complicated”, and I’m pretty laid-back anyway, I would have normally gone for the salad with whatever options. However, I’ll be at a transport exhibition and everything will be provided for us so I’m looking at maybe some meal replacement bars or shakes etc … to get me through the day until we go to the proper restaurant. Any recommendations on which bars are best?

Edited by extraT on Tuesday 9th May 12:42

Keto doesn't work very well with quick energy fixes. But it's quite good for endurance because it's quite efficient at turning to body fat for energy. You don't tend to "blow up" mid-ride / run on keto, as you can with a carb-based diet.

Hard boiled eggs are OK if you get on with them, but they are a bit indigestible. Sausages are good, cold ones are a handy snack but choose quality ones with less meal in them. Nut butters also good (unsweetened), but don't go bonkers with peanut butter, because it's not hard to develop a nut allergy with it.

As for shakes to get you through the day: You can buy low-carb shakes, but making them is easy. Berries, kale/spinach, seeds, pea protein powder, nut butter / coconut oil in the blender. Bag of nuts in your pocket and job's a good'un.

[r3g]

Dr. Eric Berg (900+ keto videos) shadow banned on Youtube. Top ranked keto video now from government approved Mayo Clinic that says keto is bad for you . What would we do without our caring government masters protecting us uninformed plebs from all this dangerous "misinformation" out there? I guess all these self-help videos to keep you healthy is really bad business for Big Food Co and Big Pharma, both of which need you to be chowing on their nutritionless refined carbs, seed oils and artificial sweetener poison which fk your body, causes inflammation and all sorts of other issues meaning you spend half of your life in the doctor's room being prescribed cocktails of drugs to mask the effects = $$$$$kerching for both. But no, definitely not, that sounds like some kind on conspiracy theory to me.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ETonDtzkETw

Trust The Science ™ .

[Phil.]

r3g said:

Dr. Eric Berg (900+ keto videos) shadow banned on Youtube. Top ranked keto video now from government approved Mayo Clinic that says keto is bad for you . What would we do without our caring government masters protecting us uninformed plebs from all this dangerous "misinformation" out there? I guess all these self-help videos to keep you healthy is really bad business for Big Food Co and Big Pharma, both of which need you to be chowing on their nutritionless refined carbs, seed oils and artificial sweetener poison which fk your body, causes inflammation and all sorts of other issues meaning you spend half of your life in the doctor's room being prescribed cocktails of drugs to mask the effects = $$$$$kerching for both. But no, definitely not, that sounds like some kind on conspiracy theory to me.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ETonDtzkETw

Trust The Science ™ .

Yep, it’s happening for the reasons you highlight, and the vast majority of people are blind to it. The vicious cycle of bad expensive food, then illness followed by bad expensive jabs/pills. Of course it’s not real or coordinated…..only a conspiracy theory.

[r3g]

[mikebradford]

Started Keto last Friday after one of my friends decided to do the carnivore diet. His seemed a bit excessive.
Keto took a couple of days to get used to. And I've bought multivits to make up for some of those my diet lacks.
First week I lost 6.5 pounds.
Seems excessive and I assume it will level out over time.
However seems easy to follow and I've not noticed any reduced energy or brain fog.
I'm also not hungry which I assume is a good sign.

[Louis Balfour]

mikebradford said:

Started Keto last Friday after one of my friends decided to do the carnivore diet. His seemed a bit excessive.
Keto took a couple of days to get used to. And I've bought multivits to make up for some of those my diet lacks.
First week I lost 6.5 pounds.
Seems excessive and I assume it will level out over time.
However seems easy to follow and I've not noticed any reduced energy or brain fog.
I'm also not hungry which I assume is a good sign.

That's a lot even for Keto. What was your starting weight?

Most of your loss will be water, by the way. It won't continue at that rate.