* Hard boil and peel a couple dozen eggs (or just one if you're not into eggs as much as I am) before the weekend.

* Precook some bacon and store it to pick at.

* Make some of the above two into devilled eggs with bacon chunks in them.

* Pork rinds, sour cream, guacamole, and cheese is a great easy snack.

* Deli meats wrapped around cheese and/or cream cheese.

* Burgers and steaks are really quick and easy to grill and eat.

* Once in a while, I like iced coffee with protein powder and heavy cream on the weekends.

etc.

Every time, I know why I fail ......

One of the best things about keto is my food cravings decrease to the stage where eating actually becomes such a chore. This is wonderful however when weekends come around, I have no motivation to create a keto friendly treat because I'm just so "meh" about food. I need to feel inspired to cook and when I feel inspired I think I do a really good job. But when I'm in keto there is no foodspiration, I just want something cheap, quick, easy and tasty - and there lies the problem!! The only foods I find in those categories are the crap that I am trying not to eat. So the last few weekends I have really, really struggled!

Any tips?

What treats are you looking for? I find it very cheap and easy to eat Keto with out cooking.

It depends on your goals, but I would add some carbs back in.... maybe a la Atkins OWL
I found I'm still in the 2.2 ish equivalent range of beta-hydroxybutyrate at nearly 25 gm carb a day average (I fast 3 days a week, so really like 45 gm carb on each of my 4 feeding days.)
I find that adding this level of carbs back in has helped me feel hunger more appropriately again.

PatChE,

I see a new abbreviation: OWL, what is it? O = ??? W= Weight? L = Loss?

It depends on your goals, but I would add some carbs back in.... maybe a la Atkins OWL
I found I'm still in the 2.2 ish equivalent range of beta-hydroxybutyrate at nearly 25 gm carb a day average (I fast 3 days a week, so really like 45 gm carb on each of my 4 feeding days.)
I find that adding this level of carbs back in has helped me feel hunger more appropriately again.

PatChE,

I see a new abbreviation: OWL, what is it? O = ??? W= Weight? L = Loss?

Atkins OWL = Atkins Ongoing Weight Loss

A period after induction, where you add carbs until you find your weight loss stops. And then keep your carbs below that number.

Every time, I know why I fail ......

One of the best things about keto is my food cravings decrease to the stage where eating actually becomes such a chore. This is wonderful however when weekends come around, I have no motivation to create a keto friendly treat because I'm just so "meh" about food. I need to feel inspired to cook and when I feel inspired I think I do a really good job. But when I'm in keto there is no foodspiration, I just want something cheap, quick, easy and tasty - and there lies the problem!! The only foods I find in those categories are the crap that I am trying not to eat. So the last few weekends I have really, really struggled!

Any tips?

What treats are you looking for? I find it very cheap and easy to eat Keto with out cooking.

I guess the old weekend crap that I used to fill my face with, pizza, curry, mexican. I know I can get a keto fix of all of these but it requires cooking and not many of those recipes are freezable. Those which are I tend to live on during the week.

What stuff do you treat yourself to on a weekend? I am quite happy with my same old, same old during the week because I am so busy, I have a system which just works for me. But on the weekend I am looking for something which is a bit different, a bit special - or it just feels like any other day!! lol :bigsmile:

Pizza: I use Chicken breast as crust, very easy and takes 15 min to make. I use bacon, mushroom,pepperoni etc as topping with lots of cheese. You can use tomato based sauce or add sricha to spice it up.
Curry: Pretty easy to fit in Keto, add spices and you have a curry. I cook fried or scrambled egg with curry powder and ginger garlic paste along with onions when ever i want to eat curry. It takes less than 15 min.
Mexican: I eat everything mexican except Tortailla, rice and beans. If you want you might eat some beans.

I drink heavy cream shakes and do make ice cream sometimes which hardly takes 15 min. I usually don't make anything which takes more than 20 min. Keep it simple so every day is like a cheat day with out going off track.

When I get to that point I lean on a carryout option. Usually BW3 hot wings and celery and ranch or a steak salad from a Greek place. There are times when I'm just not feeling it but I will end up on a binge if I give in even a little.

What about sugar free jello with whipped heavy cream on top? Put them in a muffin tin for single servings.

Or if you're looking to up your carbs a little on the weekends like a pp mentioned, eat some carrots, grape tomatoes, cottage cheese or flavored or unflavored almonds. They aren't very carb heavy and allows you to easy count/measure out a serving so you don't eat too many.

Even better, make sugar-free jello and replace half the cold water with cream. It comes out fantastic.

If you are still losing and in ketosis at 50 g of net carbs and exercise, I say keep going and increase those carbs by 5 per week and see if your appetite comes back. If you continue to lose, eat at the higher net carb amounts, and consider yourself VERY.LUCKY!!!