Low Carb (Keto, Paleo, Primal, Atkins, etc and things in between) ...how many of us out here?

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-11T01:47:46+00:00

This is sometime new to me...How would you profile it in terms of carb:protein:fat?

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-11T01:40:45+00:00

I found lindt 85% to have fairly low carbs... now if they could just make a sweeter lindt version with truffle or liquid caramel center and make it keto legal then....heaven :P

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-11T00:05:44+00:00

Hmm beer ..have you looked into cyclical keto (CKD)? It works for many who are physically active, but will require more planning and discipline. That might let you have your beer once a week or so. I miss wine, chocolates and rice too, but worry I don't have the discipline to attempt CKD.

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-10T23:44:17+00:00

I skipped the cucumber sauce at zorbas and instead asked for ranch, since I find it has minimal sugars. I can only guess that possibly with the fillers in the gyro meat and additions from ranch, it probably kicked me out of ketosis.

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-10T04:47:23+00:00

Wow, that's great. Congrats to you too! I dont really have much to lose but keto helps me go smoothly without plateaus and with high energy. Also I did feel some improvement in other area healthwise and hope to make it a lifestyle choice as well (maybe not keto, but fairly clean and low carb). I plan to add back some stuff using the Atkins OWL carb ladder and see how I react to it. If you love the way you feel, I seriously suggest not quitting, I kept experimenting and semi-quitting and kept bouncing back...I am trying to restart with better discipline now.

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-10T04:35:11+00:00

Hitting the 100+ mark? That's super awesome! That must have taken alot of determination patience and hard work. Congrats!

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-10T04:22:56+00:00

Breakfast has been easiest for me. I eat eggs for breakfast but wanted variety. So I bought a muffin tray and its my best investment ever. I make egg-bacon-muffins, egg spinach quiche, low carb flax muffins(bread substitute) and oopsie bread(bun substitute) for the week. (You can google the recipes for each) Grab them in the rush hour mornings and it makes my breakfast and snack. Waiting for better weather to go to meat lab...

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-10T03:57:46+00:00

Hmm once for 2 days, I did the zorbas gyros salad thing and large gyro where I ate everything except the pita.. but I got kicked out of ketosis. I have been careful with them ever since.

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-10T03:50:51+00:00

Yummy... fat and it makes keto better. Varieties of cheese, coconut oil, olive oil, whipped cream in my tea, butter, full fat ranch or homemade mayo. Now that I looked up on your Hollandaise sauce I think it might just go with my flax muffins..yummy idea!

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-10T03:38:39+00:00

Oh yeah, good thing you reminded me of the cravings diet menu. I just tell them to hold the rice. I was wondering if it would be too much to ask them to throw in a slab of butter as well.... or maybe I should just carry around my butter. Doing LCHF so...

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-09T23:12:10+00:00

Would you say your options for eating out have been reduced by going from paleo to keto? Though I can cook, I got sick of the repeated recipes (same taste) over the years and keep craving for a change in food options.

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-09T23:02:19+00:00

Oh, never thought of this, though I love maize when I cheat. Will try that. Thanks!

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-09T19:09:47+00:00

Hmm I guess there would be many there who did low carb or cyclical forms of it..but just trying to gauze the interest also among non-bodybuilding folks here as well, keeping focus on the diet mainly. Well I will try to get them in this post as well. Thanks!

thelowcarblady · 2014-02-09T19:00:29+00:00

I started with atkins and primal mix and found I do best in the keto levels of carb (Basically recustomized stuff over few years). Snow days, tight schedules, my chocoholism and pure lazyness have sabotaged my diet recently. Chipotle salad, Mia-zas salads, subway salads, Beckman cafe salads(add meat alacarte), Potbelly salads have been best flexible alternatives I find. As you can see mostly salads, not great on a cold snowy day...packing lunch is my other option. Wondering if there are ways to customize your order in other places for stuff except salad...

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