Daily check-in for keto friends... volume 3
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@char1iej congratulations on your achievement! That is a great reason to toot your horn!
I just started my three week challenge to tighten up my Keto diet! So far it is going very well!1 -
My personal favorite prep ahead meal is taco meat. You can make just about anything with it.
Or ground beef for "burger in a bowl."
Keto chili reheats well.
As does crack slaw, aka egg roll in a bowl.
Having any kind of eggs - hard boiled, scrambled, frittata, crustless quiche, etc., on hand helps...
Precooking bacon (or even buying precooked bacon or sausage helps)...
P.S. Tuna in a pouch is easier to toss in a little sauce of choice and eat with a fork, plus tastes better. LOL4 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »My personal favorite prep ahead meal is taco meat. You can make just about anything with it.
Or ground beef for "burger in a bowl."
Keto chili reheats well.
As does crack slaw, aka egg roll in a bowl.
Having any kind of eggs - hard boiled, scrambled, frittata, crustless quiche, etc., on hand helps...
Precooking bacon (or even buying precooked bacon or sausage helps)...
P.S. Tuna in a pouch is easier to toss in a little sauce of choice and eat with a fork, plus tastes better. LOL
I’m at the gym and you are making me so hungry2 -
In maintenance... it is no secret that it is a big challenge for me... I am trying to look at my real-life eating triggers and where they fall in the danger zone for me.
For example:
social issues: either the presence of, or, the absence of...seems to be at number one. Ridiculous binges of the worst foods occur when connected to this issue. Regularly and predictably and unstoppable so far.
Day to day financial issues may cause a slight increase in keto cals, but not a break out situation.
Work related issues-mostly around office politics- can trigger a solid almost ridiculous episode...but not at the magnitude of a social binge, and not as consistently as social episodes occur.
Fear for my children is up at the level of social devastation, again not as constant as social issues...more like isolated incidences.
That's my starter list. There might be more, but clearly the social area is where I need to focus my attention in order to get the biggest bang for my buck.
I'm trying to come up with non food containment alternatives to triggered eating habits. It's a very ingrained pattern of living and coping with life and it's hell to find a way out of it. I've tried so many strategies and will continue to seek better ones.
It's really reeking havoc with my success at maintenance, more than anything else. Probably the root of the weight situation to begin with. But, I guess it's time to crack that shell wide open.
The journey is ongoing.
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In maintenance... it is no secret that it is a big challenge for me... I am trying to look at my real-life eating triggers and where they fall in the danger zone for me.
For example:
social issues: either the presence of, or, the absence of...seems to be at number one. Ridiculous binges of the worst foods occur when connected to this issue. Regularly and predictably and unstoppable so far.
Day to day financial issues may cause a slight increase in keto cals, but not a break out situation.
Work related issues-mostly around office politics- can trigger a solid almost ridiculous episode...but not at the magnitude of a social binge, and not as consistently as social episodes occur.
Fear for my children is up at the level of social devastation, again not as constant as social issues...more like isolated incidences.
That's my starter list. There might be more, but clearly the social area is where I need to focus my attention in order to get the biggest bang for my buck.
I'm trying to come up with non food containment alternatives to triggered eating habits. It's a very ingrained pattern of living and coping with life and it's hell to find a way out of it. I've tried so many strategies and will continue to seek better ones.
It's really reeking havoc with my success at maintenance, more than anything else. Probably the root of the weight situation to begin with. But, I guess it's time to crack that shell wide open.
The journey is ongoing.
Wow. I wish you could breakdown my issues. That was impressive. I think the first step to change is recognizing the problem. Well done!1 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »My personal favorite prep ahead meal is taco meat. You can make just about anything with it.
Or ground beef for "burger in a bowl."
Keto chili reheats well.
As does crack slaw, aka egg roll in a bowl.
Having any kind of eggs - hard boiled, scrambled, frittata, crustless quiche, etc., on hand helps...
Precooking bacon (or even buying precooked bacon or sausage helps)...
P.S. Tuna in a pouch is easier to toss in a little sauce of choice and eat with a fork, plus tastes better. LOL
Meal prepping is new for me. While I've made foods in the past, had left overs, and stored them to eat later, I never quite treated it like meal prepping. I did meal prep my lunch last week, and it was fantastic! So I definitely want to keep doing that.
I've never really done the crock pot thing before work and leaving it to eat later. I usually do crock pot meals on weekends so I don't have to cook and can spend more time playing.
I boil eggs one or two times a week, as my husband and I both LOVE boiled eggs for snacks, or egg salad in my case. I love doing a boiled egg, a can of tuna, and a tablespoon of mayonnaise with some salt and pepper at night. It's quick and tastes great.
I love all your ideas and am going to figure more ways to get things done ahead of time. Like tonight, I'm cooking up 3 turkey burgers, but eating only one. ^_^
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::bragging a lil:: For the first time in a longggggg time, I weigh in the 220's -- okay, so it's 229.4, but I'm not in the 240's anymore. And, whilst I'm not one to toot my own horn, I am a lil proud of myself for getting on the bandwagon to better health. Most of all, I want to say THANKS for the encouragement I've been receiving since joining the forums. Reading over these posts inspires me, teaches me and encourages me to keep going! #38lbsToGo
Congrats! I found the 240s and 230s soooo incredibly hard to kick! My body really wanted to stay there!! I had to work super hard. There was something really satisfying for me, too, about finally breaking into the 220s. I'm 223 now.
The 1-somethings are in sight and it's only a matter of time til we get there!!5 -
@River_Goddess Thank you! I haven't seen the 21x's since 2012. And even then, only for a few months. I can't wait to hit the low 200's again. When I look at the snacks I want so badly (out of habit mostly), I keep telling myself, "You have a REWARD waiting. Go after it!"
My rewards (in my mind, at least) are:
1- Walking my daughters down the aisle (and not looking like a dressed up cow)
2- My beautiful lil granddaughter (16mths old tmw)
3- Enjoying retirement with my lovely wife
4- Seeing my son begin his career in ministry
Ya see, most of the males in my family have died of heart disease in their early 50's. All my life, I never, ever expected to see 50 years old. Then, I had a severe heart attack at age 49 (2012). I was completely at peace, if that was going to be my last day, because I never expected to live any longer. Thank the Lord I made it through. But, I didn't stick to keeping the weight off, nor eating healthy for more than a year.
Then, my granddaughter, Genevieve, was born in December, 2016. Seeing her made me WANT to live longer...a lot longer. But, it wasn't until two weeks ago that I had the wake up call. At 54, I realized that I was killing myself with food -- by eating things that would eventually cause another heart attack, diabetes or something else.
I felt ashamed and angry at myself. That anger quickly turned to determination. Determination lead to setting these goals. And, now I'm on the right track. No snack, no pizza, no bowl of ice cream is worth keeping me from those goals. Lord willing, I will by around for all of them -- and much more.
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She's beautiful and certainly worth living for and there are likely to be more to come! You're doing really well and the weight will come off.
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@char1iej Genevieve is beautiful! There are so many different reasons to take that first step. Good for you allowing that anger to turn to determination rather than letting it take you backward! You are absolutely right that no food is worth it!!
Thanks for your inspiring words this morning!!
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@River_Goddess Thank you! I haven't seen the 21x's since 2012. And even then, only for a few months. I can't wait to hit the low 200's again. When I look at the snacks I want so badly (out of habit mostly), I keep telling myself, "You have a REWARD waiting. Go after it!"
My rewards (in my mind, at least) are:
1- Walking my daughters down the aisle (and not looking like a dressed up cow)
2- My beautiful lil granddaughter (16mths old tmw)
3- Enjoying retirement with my lovely wife
4- Seeing my son begin his career in ministry
Ya see, most of the males in my family have died of heart disease in their early 50's. All my life, I never, ever expected to see 50 years old. Then, I had a severe heart attack at age 49 (2012). I was completely at peace, if that was going to be my last day, because I never expected to live any longer. Thank the Lord I made it through. But, I didn't stick to keeping the weight off, nor eating healthy for more than a year.
Then, my granddaughter, Genevieve, was born in December, 2016. Seeing her made me WANT to live longer...a lot longer. But, it wasn't until two weeks ago that I had the wake up call. At 54, I realized that I was killing myself with food -- by eating things that would eventually cause another heart attack, diabetes or something else.
I felt ashamed and angry at myself. That anger quickly turned to determination. Determination lead to setting these goals. And, now I'm on the right track. No snack, no pizza, no bowl of ice cream is worth keeping me from those goals. Lord willing, I will by around for all of them -- and much more.
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Man, today was a struggle. I felt like my stomach was a bottomless pit. Work stress didn't help, I'm typically a stress eater.
I hung in there and did not cave and munch on all the things I could have munched on, and the things I did eat I tried to make sure was higher in fat to try to subside the hunger. 1 -
I feel like I'm starving! Sometimes I want to eat everything and anything. I'll have to go look for something appropriate! I just don't want to go over calories! I preplanned and don't want to stray.0
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I've been letting the scale rule my mood. It didn't move for ten days or so, but is now down 2.5 lbs. I hope it keeps moving! I have another 20 or so to go.
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Man, today was a struggle. I felt like my stomach was a bottomless pit. Work stress didn't help, I'm typically a stress eater. I hung in there and did not cave and munch on all the things I could have munched on, and the things I did eat I tried to make sure was higher in fat to try to subside the hunger.
@rae1388
What I try to remember is that unless you ate 3500 calories OVER your maintenance calorie number, you didn't even gain a true pound of fat. ALL YOU DID WAS SLOW DOWN YOUR WEIGHT LOSS.
By not eating all the carbs and focusing on content rather than quantity...this is all you did... Slow it down. To me, that's a HUGE WIN. So HIGH 5!!!!!3 -
@char1iej
Good for you in that you made the decision to buckle down and do it right! You have a beautiful granddaughter, almost as beautiful as mine!
May God give you the strength to persevere and improve your health as you lose the pounds. 3 -
Man, today was a struggle. I felt like my stomach was a bottomless pit. Work stress didn't help, I'm typically a stress eater. I hung in there and did not cave and munch on all the things I could have munched on, and the things I did eat I tried to make sure was higher in fat to try to subside the hunger.
That happens to me after I've indulged in something carby. It really does make a difference. Way to go not caving! Protein and fat are the ticket to beating the hungries.1 -
@KnitOrMiss I need to remember that while my weight fluctuates like a mad thing and I go whyyyyyyyyeeeee????3
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River_Goddess wrote: »@char1iej Wow, she is absolutely beautiful! I mean it, she's gorgeous
Thank you. She's a lil stinker. So much personality for a 16 month old.
They live 3 hours away, so we don't get to see her often enough. But, we treasure every moment we do get.
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Hey all, I am jumping on here (adorable baby, by the way) to say Hello and introduce myself. I started Keto WOE AGAIN after 2 years off and I am about a week in. Seeing improvements already. The struggles are there and I can always use support so I am throwing my hat in the ring.3
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I feel like I eat SO MUCH MORE than all of my keto friends!
I know I'm doing what I'm supposed to, sticking to my macros, and now that I've fixed my deficit problem, I'm feeling TONS of energy and happiness! But I EAT SO MUCH MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE!! 
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xDaniDragonflyx wrote: »I feel like I eat SO MUCH MORE than all of my keto friends! I know I'm doing what I'm supposed to, sticking to my macros, and now that I've fixed my deficit problem, I'm feeling TONS of energy and happiness! But I EAT SO MUCH MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE!!
The cool thing about keto is that it works best personalized. Many of my keto friends lose tons eating dairy and nuts and keto bread and keto desserts...
it took me two years of trial and error and smashing my head against a brick wall before I finally accepted that all “keto friendly” foods are not “Christie friendly” foods and watching and doing what worked for other people was what was keeping me from discovering what works for me.
In the end, I discovered that the only thing that works for me is for me to stay under 1200 cals/day, under 10 carbs/day and far away from keto desserts, keto bread and any kind of fibre.
We all have to do what works for us and if what works for you is eating more food than others, I say ~ eat up and enjoy!
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I've only been on Keto for 2 1/2 weeks so I definitely have not figured it out yet and will probably have to fine tune my diet still, but I agree with @4031isaiah. That's true with any diet, and anything really involving the body. Everyone is different. Reactions to food, medications, exercise will all be different, so don't compare yourself to anyone else. They might be envious of you because you get to eat more and are LOSING weight, compared to if they did that they would GAIN weight.1
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Howdy howdy! I have been missing in action. It's been a stressful month. I've stayed "low-carb/high-fat" but eaten WAY too many calories and so have been stuck. In fact I gained 5 pounds back. It was totally stress eating. Life has been complicated here. My father-in-law is visiting with the intention of seeing if he would like moving in with us. It would be an entire life-change for him, new state, new everything. But he's reaching a point where he can't live alone anymore and we might be the best option for him. I would love having him here but it brings a whole new level of challenges to my life. It is a matter of waiting and seeing what is best for him. His memory is failing and he's confused much of the time so it's like watching a child sometimes. But then he has moments of total clarity and strong memory and it's okay. Anyway, I've basically been cooking two sets of meals as he is pretty set in his diet and the doctors say to just let him eat as he pleases. Physically he is doing okay, it all mental issues and they say diet won't change that. I haven't had this much sugar in my house for years! (I sneakily lower his sugar intake when he's not aware of it). Thankfully he likes much of our diet and I'm getting plenty of salmon since he likes it (my husband doesn't).
I read everyone's posts that I've missed and I must say that it's quite encouraging. I appreciate everyone being so real and helpful!
I've been stress eating or mainly just grazing. Nuts and fat bombs etc and it just means too many calories. And I'm terribly not motivated. So I've set some new motivating goals.- Running a half-marathon over labor day in Wisconsin when I go visit my sister
- Fully marathon in December (not sure which one yet but it will be a trail run for sure)
- Slowly reducing diet soda intake to zero (I admit addiction). Not going cold-turkey as that never works
- My husband and I are doing the RunTheYear challenge of running 2018 miles in 2018. We are at a combined 600 miles for the year. I have found that I'm motivated by challenges and visual goals so our little chart in the bathroom keeps us on track. My husband is quite into it so I'm always motivated to out-step him. lol
- Immediate goal of dropping these 5 pounds. I have a diving trip to Belize in three weeks and I'd sure love to have that wetsuit be a little less bulgy...
With my father-in-law here he requested a family picture so that he could keep everyone straight. Here's what our impromptu photo session resulted in. In the picture are my husband and I, our four children, 3 in-laws and 13 grandchildren (ages 12,10,10,10,8,7,6,4,4,4,3,1,1). Every Sunday we have lunch at our house and the kids swim etc. Yes, it's a wild time. And I love it.
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Marcelyn remember you did not gain 5 pounds back you just refilled your glycogen stores. That's 3 to 4 pounds easy. I'm so glad to see you back in action! Fantastic picture of you and your family I had my father move in with us and understand what you mean about food differences. Total change of diet when he came. It sounds like you have a fantastic Sunday with family! You are very fortunate! 2
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Howdy howdy! I have been missing in action. It's been a stressful month. I've stayed "low-carb/high-fat" but eaten WAY too many calories and so have been stuck. In fact I gained 5 pounds back. It was totally stress eating. Life has been complicated here. My father-in-law is visiting with the intention of seeing if he would like moving in with us. It would be an entire life-change for him, new state, new everything. But he's reaching a point where he can't live alone anymore and we might be the best option for him. I would love having him here but it brings a whole new level of challenges to my life. It is a matter of waiting and seeing what is best for him. His memory is failing and he's confused much of the time so it's like watching a child sometimes. But then he has moments of total clarity and strong memory and it's okay. Anyway, I've basically been cooking two sets of meals as he is pretty set in his diet and the doctors say to just let him eat as he pleases. Physically he is doing okay, it all mental issues and they say diet won't change that. I haven't had this much sugar in my house for years! (I sneakily lower his sugar intake when he's not aware of it). Thankfully he likes much of our diet and I'm getting plenty of salmon since he likes it (my husband doesn't).
I read everyone's posts that I've missed and I must say that it's quite encouraging. I appreciate everyone being so real and helpful!
I've been stress eating or mainly just grazing. Nuts and fat bombs etc and it just means too many calories. And I'm terribly not motivated. So I've set some new motivating goals.- Running a half-marathon over labor day in Wisconsin when I go visit my sister
- Fully marathon in December (not sure which one yet but it will be a trail run for sure)
- Slowly reducing diet soda intake to zero (I admit addiction). Not going cold-turkey as that never works
- My husband and I are doing the RunTheYear challenge of running 2018 miles in 2018. We are at a combined 600 miles for the year. I have found that I'm motivated by challenges and visual goals so our little chart in the bathroom keeps us on track. My husband is quite into it so I'm always motivated to out-step him. lol
- Immediate goal of dropping these 5 pounds. I have a diving trip to Belize in three weeks and I'd sure love to have that wetsuit be a little less bulgy...
With my father-in-law here he requested a family picture so that he could keep everyone straight. Here's what our impromptu photo session resulted in. In the picture are my husband and I, our four children, 3 in-laws and 13 grandchildren (ages 12,10,10,10,8,7,6,4,4,4,3,1,1). Every Sunday we have lunch at our house and the kids swim etc. Yes, it's a wild time. And I love it.
@Marcelynh - I don't know if this would help you on the diet soda thing at all, but try watering your soda down a little at a time...as in start with a splash of water, and gradually move up to letting there be more water that soda (and you can use sparkling water if need be to keep the fizz part)... Maybe make an adjustment every few days. For me, that makes it easier.
I don't know if you enjoy your diet soda for the flavor, or the caffeine boost, or just for a fizzy beverage.
You can try "better" diet sodas. Zevia is a brand that uses stevia and erithyritol instead of aspartame, AceK, and sucralose, etc. I know there are a few brands...
If it is the fizz factor that appeals most, there are "flavored/scented" drinks like LaCroix and Sparkletts has some like Mandarin Orange or Lemon water, etc. You can also take a water or water with fresh fruit in it, etc., and use a carbonation injector like SodaStream to make any drink fizzy.
And if you're really adventurous, you could try Kombucha, which is a naturally fermented tea based drink. There are some residual natural sugars, but the fermentation factor brings such a health boost!!
If the caffeine is the need, one can make iced tea (even fruit tea bags, with no sweetener, can take that edge), or other unsweetened caffeinated beverages, or even capsules of caffeine pills, to use as needed, etc.
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »If the caffeine is the need, one can make iced tea (even fruit tea bags, with no sweetener, can take that edge), or other unsweetened caffeinated beverages, or even capsules of caffeine pills, to use as needed, etc.
Good luck kicking soda!!
Oh gosh, I live in Texas I LIVE on iced tea. And I'm a rare breed here. I drink my iced tea unsweet. No sugar, no sweeteners. I probably down four to five 32 oz iced teas a day... I think the diet soda is more a flavor thing, it has a sweet taste to it that I just miss at times.
I'll definitely try the watering down method. Hadn't thought of that. It might just do the trick. Thanks!
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@Marcelynh just wondered if trying to lower your father in laws carb intake would help his memory etc? It's only because I've been reading about how Keto helps with Alheimer's there's quite a lot about this on line as well as books on the subject. I know it's difficult to persuade older people at times to change what they eat though. Lovely photograph by the way!0
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