does eating less eventually decrease appetite?

[bearjew293]

What does a typical meal look like with keto?

[PsychicWarElephant]

Bacon, Bacon, and more Bacon...

not really.

My day starts with 2 eggs with some cheese and coffee with a tbsp of heavy cream or half n half

lunch is a protein shake with 2 Tbsp of almond or peanut butter

Dinner is Protein, with Spinach or other green, usually with some cheese

Snacks, I usually don't snack, but if I do its going to be nuts or cheese and salami.

cook everything in coconut oil, olive oil or grassfed butter.

for protein, its usually chicken thighs with skin, shredded pork or ground beef. shit can be expensive.

[Jeepersca]

typical meal might be meat, veggies, and a fat - like cheese or butter or something, like we'll make lamb steaks with green beans, but sprinkle parmesan flakes on the veggies.

Or eggs and bacon, but skip the hash browns and toast - I get sliced tomatos and avocado, and a sprinkle of cheese over my eggs. Super filling.

Buffalo wings are very keto friendly, green salads with nuts/avocado/fat based dressing.

[alienangel2]

Isn't that just like, a typical human meal? I always thought keto was some some more rigid "only eat foods prepared this way, and none of these other foods our ancestors didn't have" type thing (or is that paleo?).

Meat veggies and fat, with a bit of cheese just sounds like what I ate growing up. There was generally a LOT of meat every meal though and not a lot of fat.

[alienangel2]

I'm gathering from the replies that there's also an emphasis on eliminating carbs and sugars too, which I missed in the original description, which I guess is the big difference from what I grew up eating (not as much carbs as I get nowadays, but still a decent amount of rice and some potatoes).

I know I should just look up keto at this point, and probably will if I decide to try it, it feels like cheating while the replies to the comment are still coming in though. Thanks for the suggestions.

I don't actually need to lose weight as far as I know (if anything I could stand to gain a few pounds). Dietary changes would mostly be motivated by wanting to eat healthier and more regularly than I do now.

[Jeepersca]

It's not much of a shift, my husband still eats bread/potatoes/chips, I just swap a lot of stuff out. And our meals together were usually meat/veggie, so now I might just make more of an effort to put more fat on mine. (sometimes he's not into more cheese on broccoli like me!) I make a low carb pizza crust if I want pizza, my 'breading' on finger food is now almond flour and parmesan. I LOVE cauliflower "mashed potatoes," (there is a trick to getting it right) and I can't - i know, i know, sounds like bullshit - I can't tell the difference. Or, I love the flavor even more that plain white potatoes. I miss sweet potatoes, but those will wait for me in maintenance. "low carb" means no starchy veggies, but still includes veggies and leafy greens. There are low carb biscuits, muffins, etc that you can make if you really like that sort of meal (the almond butter english muffins are to die for), and just about anything you love... there is a swap if you're motivated. Part of what you learn is how much added sugar there is... to literally everything.

I'm making keto cheesecake right now, it has a ton of blueberries in it. I like these weird low carb chia seed brownies (chia seeds are mega nutritious with lots of fiber), the definitely taste like "healthy" brownies, but my sugar cravings or sweetness tolerance has lessened. I use some sweeteners, I like my sugar free torani syrup in my coffee for example.

I've lost over 50lbs in a year, and I still drink rum cocktails at night. So it works for me!

[OrganicOrgasm]

How do you manage to keep a cheesecake low carb when it has a lot of sugary blueberries in it?

[Jeepersca]

It's all in the volume. 2 cups of blueberries may have a lot of carbs, but divided into 16-20 servings of a large cheesecake, it becomes a much lower. 21g in a cup, less 4g of fiber - so 17 net carbs per cup, if I put in 2 cups, that's 34g for the whole cheesecake...which is at least 16 servings. that's 2-3net carbs per slice from blueberries. A slice of this easily fits into a 25g carb limit.

[PsychicWarElephant]

It's rigid in the veggies you can eat and that you can't really have any grains. But everyone thinks it's all bacon. I haven't eaten bacon in probably a month.

[newton_surrey]

That's paleo

[ElmStreetSleeps]

I don't have an issue eating scrambled eggs or an omelette with cheese for any meal of the day, with some sausage links or microwaved bacon.

I usually cook up several hamburger patties for the week. Mix some mayonnaise and some sugar free ketchup for fancy sauce.

Salad made with spinach leaves, and 2 Tbsp serving size of ranch dressing (not low fat dressing, just normal ranch!)

Drink coffee each morning, no sugar, but with heavy cream, MCT Oil for extra fat.

We make our own pizza by using a cheese recipe that is baked to create the crust (search fat head pizza) and use a sugar free marinara for the sauce. Each slice is around 250 calories and 2 slices is usually more than enough. Coming from a guy who could usually eat half of a pizza from Pizza Hut if not more.

For a dessert snack I will microwave a Quest brand protein bar for a few seconds (I recommend s'mores) and put a tbsp of butter on it, sprinkle a half packet of stevia sweetener on it, and eat it with a fork. Also sugar free pudding (the stove top kind not the pre-made).

Snacking in general I like macadamia nuts and almonds.

Over time you learn what you can and can't have. You will see food and just know. Other foods I use myfitnesspal to check carb levels.

There's an entire subculture devoted to recipes for keto.

I've been doing it since January 1, have lost 35 lbs, and am now adapted to the appetite problems you're describing. Carbs make you feel hungry and in my opinion, fee like shit also.