1. I only prepare meals for myself and my husband. So, no help with that.
2. Fast foods often upset my tummy too but, since starting keto (only 3 weeks in) I've had very solid "movements." I even had McDonalds one day.
3. I think you can but they are pretty high in carbs so I stay away. I prefer to save mine for something I like more.
4. I used stevia in the raw for some brownies that were pretty good. There is also NuStevia which has a no carbs blend that is a pretty expensive but, tastes better. Found mine at GNC, Amazon was cheaper.
5. OMG do I.
cavemanketo.com
sinorslim.com/
healthylivinghowto.com/
carbgenie.com/low-carb-recipe-ideas
ibreatheimhungry.com/

Also, Pinterest and a few more that are mostly Paleo.

6. Use Bacon fat! I'd guess it was the milk making you gassy.
7. Unsweetened Almond Milk only 1 net carb per cup. Usually only with protein powder. Mostly I drink water, water, or Crystal Light.

first, welcome to LCHF lifestyle, you'll love it once you get a few weeks into it.
1) I cook for my teenage son and my brother, all of us eat a keto lifestyle though the 2 of them are in maintenance so eat more carbs then I do.
2) I don't have any issues, in fact after a little bit on keto you'll be surprised at how little you have a bowel moment compared to before. Having said that if you don't get enough fiber from vegetables then take a fiber pull or some sort of supplement.
3) stick to broccoli, cauliflower, green beans mainly myself.
4) I use splenda
5) lots of great recommendations from others already!
6) milk is bad, we use almond milk here and water, lots and lots of water.

Hello everyone, I am new to this LCHF lifestyle and had a few questions.
1. Do you prepare the same LCHF meals for the entire family. A baby?
2. I get diarrhea easy when i eat fast foods and such, do you think I will have the same results with eating a higher natural fat? ( dont know if it matters with this or not but i dont have my gallbladder)
3. Can we eat corn? Sweet potaotes?
4. Do any of you use stevia or raw honey?
5. Any recommendations for a website loaded with LCHF recipees???
6. This morning I had 2 egss fried with olive oil, ham with melted cheese, and a cup of milk, and i feel gassy and crampy..Is this normal?
7. WHat kind of milk do you drink?

take the fiber pills after each meal with a huge cup of water and you will be fine after your body gets used to your new lifestyle you are going to be more frequent lol!

Welcome!

1. Do you prepare the same LCHF meals for the entire family. A baby? Yes. My hubby is now eating "lower" carb. He supplements additional carbs to reach his carb and calorie needs. I can't answer to how best to feed a baby on low carbs other than most baby diets shouldn't include empty calories, starchy carbs anyway.

2. I get diarrhea easy when i eat fast foods and such, do you think I will have the same results with eating a higher natural fat? ( dont know if it matters with this or not but i dont have my gallbladder): It's hard to say if your diarrhea is a result of the fat or high amounts of wheat gluten in fast food.

3. Can we eat corn? Sweet potaotes? No corn. Sweet potatoes are fine if your carb limits allow for it.

4. Do any of you use stevia or raw honey? Honey is just like eating sugar. I use Splenda. I tried stevia but it gives me heartburn.

5. Any recommendations for a website loaded with LCHF recipees??? Check out George Stella.

6. This morning I had 2 eggs fried with olive oil, ham with melted cheese, and a cup of milk, and i feel gassy and crampy..Is this normal? I'll go along with Busywaterbend, cut the dairy and see if that eliminates the gas problem. If not it could be the eggs. Some people without gallbladders can't handle eggs by themselves. Eggs in something else they can usually handle. Check out the MIM thread. A MIM (muffin in a minute) is a good way to get the protein of eggs in a package full of fiber.

7. WHat kind of milk do you drink? I have eliminated dairy for hormonal reasons. I prefer unsweetened almond milk. I recently tried coconut milk and I'm not crazy about it. Blue diamond's unsweetened almond and coconut milk blend is okay.

YOU USE SIN OR SLIM!!!

the shakes, how do us Ketoers go about with protein powder i want to loose weight. have you heard of ISOPURE or do you use a substitute such as sugar free pudding mix or benefiber?

1. My husband and I are both on LCHF even though he is just maintaining now. We are working on starting a family so I have been doing research on the best foods for babies and when they should be introduced. I have not read anything about not being able to feed babies meat until their 2. Actually I have read that a baby's first food should be pureed liver as it is easy to digest and is the most nutrient dense food and that is should be fed at about 6 months. Basically after the 10 month point your baby can eat whatever you guys are eating with the exception of egg whites until 1 year they are hard to digest but do not let that keep you from feeding them egg yolks as the cholesterol helps brain development . Also it is still best to feed liver once a week. Here is a link that explains all of this more in depth http://www.westonaprice.org/childrens-health/feeding-babies.

2. I am also easily prone to diarrhea especially after fast food. I still have problems whenever I am stressed or anything, but I have not had any problems with this diet causing problems with bowels. I would say though it is possible that whenever you first start on the diet give your body about 2 weeks to adjust to the new foods.

3. Same as everyone else said. No corn. Sweet potatoes are a healthy carb which is essential during maintenance, but will slow weight loss if eaten to often or in large quantities.

4. I don't use stevia or raw honey. Stevia is still an artificial sweetener and I try to stay a way from all artificial sweeteners. Sweeteners will still knock you out of keto. Even though the blood sugar doesn't rise the body still sends out an insulin response in response to the sweet taste which can knock you out of keto for hours, also they are not natural and thus have 0 nutrients in them. With that I would argue that raw honey is better but still not optimal because it has a higher sugar content but at least it is packed with good nutrients. My suggestion would be to cut out as much sugar artificial or not that you possibly can. If I need to make a sweet snack I use coconut nectar. It can be found in most health food stores in either granulated or liquid form. They tap the coconut tree just like a maple tree. The nectar is absolutely packed with nutrients and it has a low glycemic index, so the sugar in it digests more slowly so they don't enter the blood stream so fast and raise blood sugar nearly as bad.

5. yourlighterside.com
nomnompaleo.com
paleoperiodical.com
dietdoctor.com/lchf (not a whole lot of recipes but tons of great info)

6. It could be the eggs or the milk. I would cut one out at a time and see if you can narrow down the culprit. It is possible that your body just isn't used to the change in the way you are eating yet.

7. I don't drink milk never liked the taste of the stuff. But my husband drinks it. If your body has no problem digesting milk I would say you should go ahead and get whole milk raw or pasteurized which ever is available to you. There has been some studies that have shown that lactose (the sugar found in milk) does not break down like other sugars and will not raise blood sugar. My husband has never counted milk in his total carbs for the day and has had no problem with it stalling his weight loss, though I would suggest not drinking more than one glass a day. If you have problems digesting milk which your body will tell you or find that you are stalling because of the milk then I would try unsweetened coconut or almond milk.

Hello everyone, I am new to this LCHF lifestyle and had a few questions.
1. Do you prepare the same LCHF meals for the entire family. A baby?

I'm not sure where you learned that a baby shouldn't have meat - I have five kids and they have all eaten meet before a year No digestion issues.
Yes I prepare the same foods for all of us. Although I do prepare carbs for the kiddos as well (rice, potatoes etc - not so much wheat based carbs anymore)

2. I get diarrhea easy when i eat fast foods and such, do you think I will have the same results with eating a higher natural fat? ( dont know if it matters with this or not but i dont have my gallbladder)

I don't have a gallbladder either and I haven't noticed a problem. It will vary from person to person though. Some require enzymes. I never have.

3. Can we eat corn? Sweet potaotes?
No corn - I eat a small amount of sweet potatoes occasionally.

4. Do any of you use stevia or raw honey?
I really, really, really do not like stevia but I know a lot of people that do. No to honey unless I'm baking for the kids. (not for your baby though

5. Any recommendations for a website loaded with LCHF recipees???
I use Reddit a lot - http://www.reddit.com/r/keto/ - you can get a lot of your questions answered there too. By people who know a whole heck of a lot!

6. This morning I had 2 egss fried with olive oil, ham with melted cheese, and a cup of milk, and i feel gassy and crampy..Is this normal?
I get almost no gas at all while eating LC - I suspect the milk as well.


7. WHat kind of milk do you drink? I don't. I occasionally have coconut milk with nuts and berries for breakfast. It does not taste like real milk though so you need to prepare your taste buds

Hello everyone, I am new to this LCHF lifestyle and had a few questions.

Hi there, I've been at it since last June. Just to give you an idea of my outcomes, Since June 10, 2012, I have lost 22 lbs, lowered my cholesterol (282 to 228), reduced my glucose (135 to 107, A1C is 5.6) from borderline diabetic to normal and brought my BP down from pre hyper-tensive (roughly 140/90 to 110/70).

1. Do you prepare the same LCHF meals for the entire family. A baby?

It's me, my wife, a teen-ager and two 9 year old girls. We prepare the same protein and veggies for everyone, and then small amounts of carbs/starch for the kids. We don't try and put them on a LCHF lifestyle.

2. I get diarrhea easy when i eat fast foods and such, do you think I will have the same results with eating a higher natural fat? ( dont know if it matters with this or not but i dont have my gallbladder)

I stopped eating McDonald's years ago for that very same reason. I have come to realize that the issue is NOT fats, but very high levels of carbs. Everytime I eat anything that is very carb dense, now, I have that problem again.

As others have pointed out, make sure you are getting a reasonable amount of fiber. Be careful, too much fiber and not enough water can lead to constipation. More importantly, I think, is to make sure you are getting enough electrolytes in your body. You need to drink quite a bit of water and you need a good source of electrolytes. Simplest thing is 2 cups of chicken broth a day. If that isn't to your liking, PowerAde Zero is good, no sugar, less than 1g of carbs in a 12 oz serving, tons of electrolytes and mineral supplements that your body needs.

3. Can we eat corn? Sweet potaotes?

Corn is way too carb dense. Sweet potatoes are "okay" depending on how low carb you are going. I look for a serving of a food to have no more than 5g net carbs (i.e. carbs minus fiber). Preferably lower than that, although I cheated today and had 2 dark chocolate hershey's kisses.

4. Do any of you use stevia or raw honey?

I don't like any non sugar sweeteners I have ever tried, so I don't bother using them. I love honey, but check the sugar content. 2 teaspoons is about 9g carbs, almost all sugar.

5. Any recommendations for a website loaded with LCHF recipees???

Lots of great recipe sites already ... but I highly recommend Practical Paleo by Diane Sanfillipo .... great cookbook and TONS of great information about foods, minerals, etc.

6. This morning I had 2 egss fried with olive oil, ham with melted cheese, and a cup of milk, and i feel gassy and crampy..Is this normal?

Like others noted, it's probably the milk. I don't drink milk at all. I have always felt a bit gaggy and bloated after drinking milk, so I gave it up years ago.

7. WHat kind of milk do you drink?

I don't drink milk, so not sure what is good or not good. The only milk products I ever have is cheese, occasionally, and butter.

I also recommend Gary Taubes book, Why We Get Fat, to understand the nutritional science. Plus you might considering visiting the Low Carber Daily Forum on here as well. Also, Gary Taubes has his own website, tons of good info there: http://www.garytaubes.com/.

Let's say that for dinner, I eat a steak and a protein shake. My husband will have the steak, a salad, and an orange for desert. Sometimes I will give him a couple mini-ears of corn or some other vegetable like mashed potatoes. but that's for him.

to be honest, it's better if we eat separately.

I do not have diarrhea, though some do when they suddenly vastly increase their water intake - which is essential. This passes. I used to have sudden post-eatiing diarrhea attacks before I changed my food lifestyle. Now no more.

Corn, peas, sweet potatoes, even regular potatoes are not on MY diet. (Of course, no vegetable is. Though I did have 0.7 ounces of lettuce the other day with a measured 0.5oz of Ken's Blue Cheese Dressing - for a total of one carb)

I use artificial sweetner (along with heavy whipping cream) in my coffee. Honey - raw or otherwise - is a no-no.

Re: Your breakfast. I suspect that you might be lactose intolerant to one degree or another. Try giving up the milk for a while. If you fear the lack of calcium, take a supplement. But ALL keto people should be taking a VERY GOOD suppliment of vitamin with chileated minerals. (the chileating makes them more digestible.) Your body won't miss it.

The two eggs is good. Olive oil - also good. Melted cheese - be sure to limit your amounts because it is so high-sodium. Ham is off my diet. Sodium is very high and that causes water retention which is not good for you on a ketosis driven diet. You need to keep that system flushed.

I do not drink milk. I do drink protein shakes made with water. Some of them taste like milkshakes or chocolate milk, but they have 100 carbs, no sugar, and 25 g protein. My favorites are Strawberry Mousse and Chocolate Truffle - both made by Suntrax in their Nectar line.

You may be thinking of low-carb diets. Ketosis-driven diets are low-carb on the equivalent of steroids. Where a low-carb diet may allow a couple of hundreds of carbs per day, I limit myself to 10. Others do not go over 30.

I know that I am in ketosis when the "Keto-Styx" turn purple, which is really nice.

Ketones are impartially burned fats. The idea of staying in ketosis is to get rid of ketones (through urine, breath, etc) before the body has a chance to use them for energy, thus forcing the body to find its fuel elsewhere - that crates more ketones. I think of it as (metaphorically) more bang for the buck.