220.6 - down exactly 40lbs. I have 3 days before vacation to make my goal of under 220. I’m sad because we’re switching to the Slow Carb Diet when we return, at my wife’s request.
Pretty similar to Whole 30 minus the allowance of Legumes and a cheat day. All makes sense. Spoiler: I was curious too 1) Avoid white carbohydrates (or any carbohydrate that can be white) Tim likes to phrase this as “white carbs” because it’s easier for people to remember. Specifically, he means to avoid grains, sugars and starches. In practice, this means you must avoid these foods: -no rice (it’s a grain) -no cereal (it’s made from wheat) -no pasta (it’s made from wheat) -no noodles (it’s made from grain) -no bread (it’s made from wheat) -nothing breaded (the breading is made from grain) -nothing else made with grain or wheat (like bagels, tortillas, corn chips, etc) -no sugar (this means nothing with sugar in it, like soda, candy, pudding, ice cream, etc) -no potatoes -no soy products (tofu, etc–I know this is not precisely a white carb, but it’s close enough) -no quinoa -no yams -no dairy (including cheese and yogurts of all kinds) 2) Eat the same few meals over and over People are much more likely to stick with a diet plan if it doesn’t involve a lot of decision making. One way to do that is to eat same few meals repeatedly. We’ll give you some guidelines for creating these meals further down. This rule works well because it removes a decision people have to make, which makes their life easier, especially at the beginning when people have problems figuring out what to eat. 3) Don’t drink calories Do not drink ANYTHING that has calories. No milk, fruit juices, regular soda, etc. You can drink massive quantities of water, and as much unsweetened iced tea, tea, diet drinks, coffee (without cream), or other no-calorie drinks as you want. It’s also recommended that you limit diet soda to no more 450ml per day as the aspartame can interfere with weight loss. This also includes alcohol. Beer not only has grain in it, it’s loaded with calories. Vodka is the same. The only exception is you’re allowed up to two glasses of red wine per night (the drier, the better). 4) Don’t eat fruit A lot of people think that because fruit has vitamins and nutrients, they can eat as much as they want. Fruit is also loaded with sugar and, therefore, off limits. 5) Take one day off per week This is most everyone’s favorite part of this diet: The off day. You can go absolutely wild. Eat anything and everything you want. This is useful both psychologically (because having this day to look forward to makes everything easier) and physically (because spiking caloric intake increases fat loss by keeping your metabolism from downregulating). So if you feel like you are going to miss ice cream or pasta too much, just save it all for one day a week, and pig out then. Problem solved. I will tell you this: The first few months when I was on the Slow Carb, I would go nuts on off days. Then I’d feel like shit afterwards, and gain a ton of weight (which all fell off within a day or two). I realized I was eating more than I wanted to, even eating things I didn’t like, just because it was an off day. So I added a personal rule that my off days were limited to one off meal–usually dinner–and they were still “gluten free.” This way I could get lots of sugary and carby treats, like ice cream and french fries, but not have the awful wheat impact on my body and my hormones. I felt like it improved the diet a lot, at least for me. Note: cheat day does NOT mean “cheat 24 hours.” If saturday is your cheat day, start it on saturday when you wake up, not at midnight on Friday night. Likewise, you can’t start cheating on Satuday afternoon and go until Sunday morning. This is common question in forum threads/on quora, and no, it doesn’t help you to parse it like that. What Can You Eat? A lot. This is SUCH an easy way to eat, I promise. In fact, this is pretty close to how humans ate for the, oh, 100,000 years or so before the advent of agriculture. What does an average meal on the Slow Carb Diet look like? The easiest way to create a meal plan is to mix and match together one food from each of the following categories: Proteins: Eggs, chicken, steak, beef, pork, lamb, fish. Pretty much any animal flesh, fish included as animals. Lobster, shellfish, crab, shrimp, oysters, scallops are all fine as well. Legumes: Lentils, black beans, pinto beans Vegetables: Spinach, asparagus, peas, mixed vegetables, broccoli, green beans, sweet potatoes, sauerkraut (or any pickled or fermented vegetable). Just to give you an example, here are several possible meals for The Slow Carb Diet: Breakfast: 1. 3 eggs & 3 slices of bacon 2. 2 eggs with 1/2 cup black beans, salsa and guacamole 3. Spinach or broccoli frittata 4. Whey protein shake/smoothie (make sure to put 30g of protein in it) NOTE: If you like coffee or tea, please drink it with breakfast. It’s good for you, gives you energy, helps with digestion, etc. Lunch: 1. Big salad with chicken breast 2. Lentil stew 3. Homemade burrito bowl: leftover chicken breast, black beans, salsa and guacamole 4. Beef and bean chili Dinner: 1. Grilled pork loin with peppers and mushrooms 2. Salmon with a condiment and a fresh spinach salad 3. Meat and vegetable curry 4. Steak, black beans with onions & asparagus with butter Beverages: 1. Coffee, unsweetened 2. Iced Tea, unsweetened 3. Sparkling water 4. Red Wine (1-2 glasses per day, max) Snacks: 1. Handful of Almonds or mixed nuts 2. Veggie chips 3. Coconut (its white, but not a carb, lots of great fat in there) 4. Kale chips
Legit tastes like a candy bar 170 calories It says only 4g net carbs because most of the sugars are allulose but I don’t know what the fuck that means
Haven’t had the cobbler one but the blueberry muffin one is good and tastes close enough to the real deal to make me a happy camper.
I had a job interview back in October that I had to buy a new suit for because all my others were too small. Just tried it on and I’m embarrassed I had gotten that chubby. I could swim in it now. Thank you ketosis!
BOOM! 219.2 - the lowest I’ve been in close to 20 years. Now, a vacation weekend and on to the next goal, 200.
You and I are on very similar tracks. Started ten weeks ago at 245, just snuck under 220, with a goal of 200. Keep kicking ass
Started on Christmas day. Was at 260.6, so just over 40lbs in 6 months. Stalled a few times but overall keep dropping.
This is awesome man, congrats again. I’m at a wedding this weekend, so planning around that will be a challenge, but I don’t plan on cheating. Bringing a bottle of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof for a keto friendly adult beverage or 2.
Yeah, I’m at Cedar Point for 3 days. Have a QM on Sun, but am going to binge and walk/run most of it off, or so I hope. Back on the train come Mon AM.
I started Keto on Sunday to help with focus & clarity, it has gone great so far.....except that I go through these random yawning spurts (10-15 yawns in a row). Anyone else experience that?
I wanted to mention I also have been doing the long fasting, usually going 18 hours each day without eating. Typically I just don't eat after lunch day until the next morning.
I bought one and I like it, but I think I like the blueberry muffin one better still. Both are delicious.
Ran the QM at an approximately 1 min/mile pace faster than anticipated, so that’s nice. Gained roughly 8lbs in water weight with the carbs and sugar consumed. Going back to keto for a couple days and drinking shitloads of water, and I’m back down.
Off this week. Wife and kids (sans son) are out of town. Not cooking at all and drinking regular beer. Will go back on Monday after Fathers Day
any advice/tips for snacks and meals at night. I occasionally have my work schedule flipped to work nights or a 30 hour shift. Atkins products should be fine right?
I forgot the ingredient in Atkins used to sweeten some but it is worse than sugar for you. Look it up before you get any so you don’t accidentally buy it. I’d stick with quest bars hero and regular protein ones.
Palmetto Jalapeno Pimento cheese is fucking amazing and 0 carbs. I eat it with celery or on cucumber slices.
Worse than sugar is a bit of an exaggeration, at least from a net carbs standpoint. Powdered Maltilol has a glycemic index of a little over half of table sugar meaning it has an effect on insulin/blood sugar levels. Maltilol syrup has a GI that's almost the same as table sugar. Some of the Atkins snacks as well as a lot of other brands like Think! (ThinkThin) and Sola (including their ice cream that advertises 3 net carbs per serving) contain one or both of them. They can't really be subtracted from the total carbs in the way the labels show and you don't know how much of the sugar alcohol content on the label comes from them if there are others in there. You just have to read the labels when you're buying stuff like that and know which sweeteners to avoid especially if you're already getting close to your limit every day.
Make some candied pecans with, butter, swerve brown sugar, and cinnamon. Put some of those suckers on top of a bowl of the Rebel Ice Cream posted a few pages back and love life.
3 days in not necessarily looking to lose weight (i’m 160-170) but just feel better my main concern was cutting sugar and figured might as well just go the whole way and cut out the grains too been doing a lot with my homemade peanut butter