Hi critcrittle! One of the biggest things about keto is throwing away conventional dietary knowledge. You do not have to eat fruit (as a matter of fact, it's not the best idea. You can have a little bit every now and then but very little, Delingar said it better about the fruit and yogurt.) You want to avoid carbohydrates (bread, potatoes) and sugar like the plague essentially. You do not have to deprive yourself of good foods, like real bacon vs turkey bacon. Eat the real bacon! Instead of using those powdered or liquid sugary creamers, use heavy cream and sugar free coffee syrup (I see it all the time in Sam's Club.) Instead of light mayo, get real mayo. As a matter of fact, avoid anything with the word "light" in the name, the trick behind that is they remove a gram or two of fat and replace it with 2-4 grams of sugar, and we want to eat the fat.

I've heard low carb/keto referred to as "learning how to drive on the other side of the road." It can be daunting at first because of the fat stigma and it basically goes against everything we've been taught about nutrition, but you need to eat fat. It will be easier if you learn how to prepare simple foods like hamburger or chicken. It's definitely possible, you just have to arm yourself with the correct knowledge on what you can and cannot eat on a ketogenic diet. You can do it! I believe in you!

Feel free to check out my diary, I've been logging for the past 2 weeks or so.

I agree with the other comments. If you are craving fruit try making fat bombs with berries. That way you won't feel deprived and you can still enjoy fruits like berries in moderation since usually one batch of fat bombs will only use 1/4 cup of berries total. Just google "strawberry cheesecake fat bombs" they are to die for!

Guys, I've been doing Keto for a few months, have achieved tremendous results, have experimented (what am I saying, still experimenting) and have learned allot... I've done the tracking of food, watched what it had done to my blood ketones (yeah, pretty extreme) and blood glucose. Lost over 85 lbs in about two months, and no exercise.(not that I'm advocating no exercise, just that I didn't.)

There is a lot of naysayers out there, funny that they never tried it, and none understand where the food pyramid came from, and how unhealthy it really is... I have buried my head into several books, regarding ketosis, metabolism, etc, trying to get a comprehensive understanding of how, why it works, if it's detrimental, so on and so forth. Don't let the naysayers beat you down... If any of you want to discuss anything about Keto, or what I learned, or just need some support, just shoot me a line...

Later.

Michael.

MegDah1, what is this black bean spaghetti? It its anything close enough to the taste of the real thing I'm very interesting in learning more!

vasylchukp wrote: »

MegDah1, what is this black bean spaghetti? It its anything close enough to the taste of the real thing I'm very interesting in learning more!

I tried the black bean spaghetti and just couldn't get into it. The texture was a little like rubber bands and while it didn't have a strong flavor, the flavor just seemed to override any sauces.