I don't drink because I've never been a big drinker, but you can definitely do vodka and water or diet soda - just alternate with plain water, because keto is easier to get dehydrated. Bonus: once you get keto adapted, it takes far less to get your buzz on, so you'll save $$.

I eat pizza, but I just eat the toppings and leave the crust. Or ask for double or triple the toppings, pile the toppings up between two pieces of dough only....

I LOVE burgers. It's my favorite thing to eat when out. I just don't eat the bun. Typically I get a double burger (usually 1/2 pound to 1 pound total), double cheese, extra bacon (if it's good bacon - some places SUCK), and slather that bad boy with mayo and mustard and eat it with a fork. Man, my mouth is watering thinking about it. And I just ate lunch...lol. I just ditch the sides. Get a triple or quadruple burger if you want, but leave off the sides... You'll feel more full and satisfied eating less.

150 grams of carbs is at the very upper threshold of low carb eating. It is not anywhere close to keto. Since you are young and haven't given us any indicators of metabolic disorders, you may be able to swing in and out of keto without too much trouble. Some people can do that. Others cannot. For me, it only took a day or two to get over the worst of the adaption. But I was very deliberate in how I adjusted. (The Eskimos and Native Americas apparently often switched easily in and out of ketosis quite regularly without the misery of adapting....so it is *possible* but they also didn't drink like fish and eat like Americans. LOL)

The thing that will not happen is that you will not ever reach fully fat-adapted, to where you burn all of your energy needs from fat dropping off the radar like this regularly. If you could keep your regular days below 20 and your weekends no higher than 75 grams, this could be doable on a regular basis, but honestly, you won't know what your metabolism can do until you try.

I know there is a program that was designed by a woman called "Trim Healthy Mama" that alternates between low carb days and low fat days, and apparently is quite effective (I personally know one woman who has lost 100 pounds in 12-18 months and is successfully keeping it off easily when she could never lose weight before). I don't know if that type of plan might help, but the main combatant in this argument is that you want to do high carb and high fat together, which is the American way, but is also why we have so much obesity and heart disease. Your metabolism might spring back now in your 20's to eating this way all the time, but there is no telling the damage you are doing to your body...

So, long story short - try it. It may work for you. It may not. Try to make reasonable compromises wherever possible. And maybe Sundays can become an intermittent fasting type of day where you "recover" from your excesses. There are many ways to play around with all these options, but the bottom line is - what are you wanting to accomplish by eating a ketogenic diet? Because this perspective above is like wanting to eat foods you are allergic to because it is fun...that's how it seems to me.

Good luck whatever you try and whatever you decide.

I was married by the time I was 20 so I don't have much experience there but I'd really weigh my pros and cons. What, at this point in time, is more important to me. Losing weight and getting healthy or drinking and eating carbage with friends? Theres no reason you can't go out and have a burger on a lettuce but with a vodka and diet pop. But I WISH I would've taken my health more seriously when I was your age (and I'm only 33). I look back and realize how much undue stress I've put on my body and my joints and my bones.

Why not just try low carb then (100g a day) or something. I know for me, going out of ketosis and back in isn't very fun. Feelings like a bad hangover the next day. Can't imagine purposely doing that to myself 3 days a week.

Well, 40 will come and go faster than you will ever imagine. 40 isn't that bad, you finally get your s*(& together and hopefully if you played your cards right you've saved some money to have a higher quality of fun. It is much scarier being 20, than 40. LOL. Put your seatbelt on and enjoy the ride.

I find the gender characterization of a diet interesting, "keto is a feminine diet". I used to eat just salads (and starve my little girly petite self, and was miserable, hungry, and b )*chy all the time.
Now, I'm flipp'n steaks on the grill and eating bacon and eggs like a trucker on a long haul. I'm losing more weight, feeling happy and energetic enough to exercise (lift) and losing weight at twice the rate - like a guy. LOL. Everyone's perspective can be interesting.

Personally, carb cycling did not work for me. No weight loss, no cutting, and I too had a "hangover" effect. Experiment and see what works for you.

If you work out it is good to do carb loading on the weekend but I do not think carbs from beer are quality carbs, stick with the hard liquor. I have read how many people start their carb loading Friday night and end it Saturday Night, 24-36 hours of carb loading. They make their workout right before the carb loading phase an intense workout because of a concept called super-saturation of of the muscle. Than on Sunday they do a hard workout with long duration low intensity cardio to deplete their glycogen stores and get back into ketosis. I am trying to do this but I am pretty new to Keto so I cannot tell you about my experiences yet.

gonebeast wrote: »

Yeah I do work out around 3-4 times a week. I noticed my workouts aren't as good, lower energy. I still haven't actually bought all my keto food, I'm missing sausage, bacon, prosciutto, butter, coconut flour and flax seeds (for pancakes) and coconut butter. This payday I'm actually gonna go to whole foods and buy those things. Any more I should get?

This not having all the foods I need its making me under eat quite a bit. I'm not worried yet cause it takes few weeks for the metabolism to slow down based on your food consumption.

@KnitOrMiss jajaj you are right. It ain't that girly but its funny even 2 of my girl friends were against me doing keto full time. They said its not sustainable. Idk I guess I want to see what happens if I do this. I just want to cut more body fat. Doing this took me from 170 to 164 in almost a month. Not bad. I lost very tiny amount of strength, just a sand grain. So its not all muscle lost.

38 is not old, I been with someone a little younger than u. Why she was with me, I'll never know lol. I'm excited to carb load at this korean place on friday lol

OMG I love Korean. I always end up eating more protein and veggies than carbs though.

gonebeast wrote: »

Thats good ! Age does not determine how we feel. Youth can be eternal (:

Thank you for helping me ! I'll see what happens when I increase my calories again. A big chunk was lost when carbs went. Haven't adapted my foods.

I don't really do cheese, except in pizza & burgers. I don't care for cheese but I must have it on those foods lol. Jaja I know what u mean about the eggs. I eat 4 whole eggs a day, I burn through them. Again thank you for thr information ! @KnitOrMiss

@Raynne413 its going to be my first time ! I'm looking at the BBQ. The place looks good. If there are 2 orders of BBQ they sit u where theres a coal grill in the middle of the table for u to cook your meats (:

Yeah, where we go, ALL of the tables have the grills but we haven't used them yet. we usually get bul-galbi (grilled marinated beef) and ojingeo bokkeum (spicy squid stir fry)