An Apple a Day

KnitOrMiss

ladipoet wrote: »

GaleHawkins wrote: »

An apple a day keeps ketosis away in my case.

I absolutely ADORE apples; which is one of the things I miss most following this WOE. Prior to going full on Keto, I had an apple every day during the week as part of my lunch and I did this for years (Fuji & Gala apples being my two favorite kinds); however, I've figured out how to make chayote squash taste EXACTLY like apples so I can safely indulge the flavor I'm wanting whilst still ingesting a much lower amount of carbs / sugars. I like the chayote version of faux apples and use them in place of real apples in any recipes that calls for them now and it works wonderfully for me because if I did have one apple, not only would it kick me out of ketosis but it would also cause the neuropathy in my feet to flare up just from the amount of sugar contained in the apple.

@ladipoet I'd love to hear any recipes you have to share. I haven't ventured much into squash territory, but that's mostly because I've no idea how to prepare it to make it palatable! LOL TIA.

slimzandra

Thanks for your posts and info. Next battle, post apple season will be the squash! Squash is on the veg list that I ruled out, but I will look up chayote squash. Butternut and acorn with cinnamon were my favs. Oh well, need to keep my eye on the prize.

There is a farm with some very old vintage heirloom varieties close to me, but my experiment with Macs makes me done for this season.

FYI - I did not eat any apples, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.. During those days, I ate 3 large steaks, Tuna-sushi, smoked salmon with cream cheese, chicken, lots of bacon, eggs, berries and cream. My "usual" LCHF, w/carbs reduced back to ~20g. I've had a weird bloated belly ache feeling with lots of gurgling Sunday am through today. I had steak and eggs, cream coffee this morning before weigh in. Result: Down 1 lbs. this morning. I noted a lot of water loss over the weekend. I gave up 2 weeks of progress and have about 25 apples left on the table. I will bring them to work to get rid of them. What a bummer, but lesson learned. I'm still somewhat incredulous that it takes that little change (keeping CICO the same) to stall this process. I'm more of a believer than ever that it's what you eat, and not just calories.

ladipoet

KnitOrMiss wrote: »

@ladipoet I'd love to hear any recipes you have to share. I haven't ventured much into squash territory, but that's mostly because I've no idea how to prepare it to make it palatable! LOL TIA.[/quote]

Sent to your email address.

KnitOrMiss

Thanks!