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For dressing, try getting the red wine vinegar that is infused with garlic and splashing in some olive oil with it. If you put a little splort of deli mustard in there and shake the crap out of it, the emulsifiers in the mustard should pull the dressing together into a vinaigrette.
Generally speaking, if it's in a bottle on the shelf and it's labeled "dressing" it's full of HFCS. Especially if it also says "low fat."
Take a salad and add very high fat, low carb dressing. One of the best I've found so far is Marzetti's bleu cheese (Their "ultimate" bleu cheese is the highest fat). Definitely add meat or hard-boiled eggs. It's VERY important that you aim for the Keto macros in every meal: 65% fat, 30% protein, 5% carbs.
edit: YOU CAN ALSO SEE I CLEANED UP MY APARTMENT A BIT HAR HAR HAR
Yep, it still gets hard once in a while, but I'm totally over the carb thing. I don't crave bread at all, although candy (particularly chocolate) still calls to me once in a while. I just power through the cravings and they go away.
There are all kinds of awesome salad possibilities with keto. I made collard greens and bacon last night that was incredibly good. You can put all kinds of meat and fat on greens. hard boiled eggs, steak strips, ranch or bleu cheese dressing (make sure there's no added sugar), etc. There are a lot of possibilities.
Good luck!
I'm inspired. Plus I said I wanted to lose 10+ by Christmas, so I'm reading into this now (don't look at my donut pics! Just DON'T! I honestly didn't want to read about rape culture (assignment for class) today and comfort eating took over.
Highest for me was 278. I had the RNY years ago....went down, and back up. As they tell you, weight loss surgery is a tool, and if you don't keep your diet in check, you can and will gain. I went back up to 199...told Cam I wanted to start dieting again a week ago, so here we are now. I'm 194. I want to get to 160 by my bday (september) or at least healthier again.
Anyway, off to read about this. Will be hitting Randazzo's market later. Can you have fruit or any type of sugar substitute? I could be a bit grumpy without coffee (I could possibly live without the diet soda though) but I usually use those cancer packs (sweet n low) or sugar free syrups with coffee. Plus I kinda like green monsters for breakfast...didn't know if the fruit goes bye bye too or not.
Thank you Brian for this thread. I'm so glad you're getting to be a healthier poppa too!
If you're not willing to give up carbs, proper calorie restriction will accomplish much of the same goals as keto. Keto just makes it especially easy to restrict calories.
Unfortunately, fruit is way off the plate. I've been drinking my coffee black; I've never been a cream-in-the-coffee kind of guy, but since I'm trying to get more fat in my diet I've been adding heavy whipping cream to coffee. Turns out if I am putting cream in my coffee, I prefer it sweet, so I've gotten used to a packet of Stevia when I'm not drinking it black.
Any starchy vegetable is off the plate as well. All I eat any more are greens and more greens. Spinach, swiss chard, collards, turnip greens, kale. Tons of them.
I read someone say "If it's green and it grows above the ground, it's generally safe". Beans, roots, nuts, etc... are all pretty much gone. I am probably being more strict than I need to be, but I've been keeping it <20g of carbs a day. Sometimes that's incredibly difficult, but the scale's not lying. 30lbs down so far.<br />
If you can give up the carbs (bread, sweet drinks, sugar, candy), I can guarantee you will lose those 30 pounds by next september. I think you'll be blown away when you lose those 30 by February ;)
We're here for you! I know a couple others who are doing keto and the results are speaking for themselves.
I went right to my pics, I will be making jerky (or asking my mom to make me some when I'm home for the holidays) mmmm.....dried meat....
I'm excited! There's a group I can lose weight with! WOOT! Now if you all lived closer so we can walkies together. :)
If you're making your own, though, you get to control what's on it :D
Another thing to be careful of is store-bought bacon: A LOT of it has sweetener sprayed on. I've been doing a lot of shopping at butchers. Meat is fresher, cheaper, and no additives.
is there a site anywhere with ideas for keto menus? I'm sure my family won't be approving, but I'd like to get an idea of what to make for the week before I hit the store. the Crock pot is my friend for lunches (for me especially) for the week. I just had chicken curry all week that I made for myself. I think I got it out of my system for a bit. :)