Keto diet

[4bangen]

as of this morning I'm down to 228.

[4bangen]

How much water are you drinking?

A crap ton. I have a mini fridge behind my desk full of water.

[The King]

I gave up!

OK, I gave up tracking anything and just started doing. Years of Polar HR watches, bikes with sensors every where, tracking software, etc, just wore me the F out.

I have been in and out of LC for years. I drop 10, gain 5, wash repeat, every year. It is like I set a weight every time where I get serious again. It works fairly well but I kicked it in high gear last month. I refuse to weigh but my uniform feels fantastic on me. Also I have stopped having cheat weekends and just have a cheat meal every blue moon. I do know the mileage around my hood out here exactly depending on route and I tag either a T or R on the board. Sitting around 100 miles the last two weeks and back in the gym. I took a break over the winter. 220 or bust by August dammit.

I never formally tracked living LC and came out fine. Just referenced the net carbs in off-the-shelf foods and read labels. That being said I'm confident nonetheless that tracking is a very good idea.

How much water are you drinking?

I drink about two gallons a day, excessive I'll admit and it has consequences but have been doing that for years.

[DON SVO]

I've only been doing this for two weeks but I haven't had the urge for a cheat meal. I've been incredibly satisfied by food I've been eating.
hope that doesn't change.

How much water are you drinking?

[4bangen]

I've only been doing this for two weeks but I haven't had the urge for a cheat meal. I've been incredibly satisfied by food I've been eating.
hope that doesn't change.

[BradM]

Dear Diary,

I have gone from 320 to 289 in the past 10 weeks doing low carb. I haven't exercised at all, it feels like there is no time in the day. The lightest I have been since high school is 275, that weight was when I got married in 06. I was up to 380 when we owned the bar. I have been having a cheat meal once a week.

[kingjason]

I gave up!

OK, I gave up tracking anything and just started doing. Years of Polar HR watches, bikes with sensors every where, tracking software, etc, just wore me the F out.

I have been in and out of LC for years. I drop 10, gain 5, wash repeat, every year. It is like I set a weight every time where I get serious again. It works fairly well but I kicked it in high gear last month. I refuse to weigh but my uniform feels fantastic on me. Also I have stopped having cheat weekends and just have a cheat meal every blue moon. I do know the mileage around my hood out here exactly depending on route and I tag either a T or R on the board. Sitting around 100 miles the last two weeks and back in the gym. I took a break over the winter. 220 or bust by August dammit.

[KBScobravert]

took your advice, I'm back in and down to 231! lowest I've been in a good long while. I can't wait to see the 220's.

Don't get discouraged based on the scale all the time. I weigh myself first thing in the morning after a piss and right before bed everyday. I don't worry when I go to bed 3 pounds heavier than I did the night before. Just look back at your day. Did you eat more than usual. Did the day before you eat less than usual. Did you take a shit that day... Yes, that matters a lot. You typically store about 7 pounds of shit in your body and more if you are backed up.

Watch the trends of the numbers if you are a person that looks at the scale all the time.

I had a big leg day in the gym today. Since then, I have been eating tons of pistachios (3 servings easily) and 3 beef sticks (6 fat, 1 carb, 5 protein) after my protein shake (20 fat, 1 carb, 30 protein) and another keto shake (20 fat, 1 carb, 3 protein). More protein than I would normally take in but I figure it won't hurt with the workout I did. I may not do a small dinner if I test and my ketones are low but more than likely I will skip dinner and hit the bed early.

[4bangen]

Do you use test strips? It's pretty easy to see when you are showing no ketones in your urine, then think back to what you have eaten and figure out where you went wrong. For me when I show "trace" or "moderate" amounts of ketone, I can eat a high fat food "fat bombs" such as 2-3 oz of cream cheese, 2-3 oz of almonds, a couple ounces of pate` and then take a piss an hour later and be right back on the chart.

You already know, high in fat - no carbs - no sugar and low to moderate protein is keto. So just stay away from the carbs and sugars and load in the fats.

took your advice, I'm back in and down to 231! lowest I've been in a good long while. I can't wait to see the 220's.

[4bangen]

I have the strips, and we use them. I was doing good and got down to 232, then yesterday I was 233, and today I was 234. Wife fell out too, so it was something we ate together. But when we eat together we fallow a meal plan and cook at home. I think it might be in our portions or something.
We will figure it out.