Keto Foodies?

Also, if they're not keto, it's because I have an idea of how to make them keto.

We've been doing keto since September 2017. My husband and I are both down (38 lbs for me and 50+lbs for him). We have found meal-prepping to be the key. I struggle to get my fat in, so I have found fat bombs to be very helpful. We follow "Low Carb Journey (Cooking Keto with Kristie)" on Facebook and have found this group to be very supportive and helpful. As inkyspambot said, she also has recipes/cooking videos on You Tube. She advocates for counting total carbs, not net. Her recommendation is to get no more than 7g total of carbs per meal. Kristie also has a few cookbooks out that I have found to be helpful.

I'd love some more keto friends please feel free to add me x

KetoKitty666 wrote: »

Hi; recently joined MFP to start tracking macros; I’m looking for all the Keto Foodies to share recipe results with; as I become more acclimated to the lifestyle I’m for sure going to be doing some experiments in the kitchen!
Anyone else love food and staying Keto?

Me too

inkyspambot wrote: »

I enjoy Cooking Keto with Kristie on youtube,i make her pizza crust and load it up,oh so good for a once a month treat,so much fat goodness!This was my first attempt,way to much so now i use half the dough for pizza and save other half for buns.

Wow what kind of dough do u use?

KetoKitty666 wrote: »

jaymcgirl02 wrote: »

I am Keto! I LOVE it. 13 days and down 12.4 lbs! I also combine Intermittent Fasting.

I do IF too; I basically did before starting so that was a super easy thing to transition to. I tried making a pizza today that came out nothing bad at all just not the same as bread; I’m actually going to experiment with yeast; I was a baker before I started but there are so many alternatives I haven’t actually had any carb cravings so far.

Kudos on that

Oh you should be good and changing up reg recipes and making them keto!!! Let us know if u find/make any easy and good ones!! please!!!

KetoKitty666 wrote: »

Hi; recently joined MFP to start tracking macros; I’m looking for all the Keto Foodies to share recipe results with; as I become more acclimated to the lifestyle I’m for sure going to be doing some experiments in the kitchen!
Anyone else love food and staying Keto?

xMikeh wrote: »

I'm a week into Keto now, I haven't weighed myself or anything, but truth be told I'm kind of struggling to be able to meet some of the protien/fat/fiber counts. I too am doing IF!

Meat meat meat..I eat a 12 ounce Angus steak and get 93 protein and 50 fat at 800 calories...Add 4 eggs and your at over 100 protein and 60 fat with under 1000 calories for 1 meal..Leaves ya with another 1000 meal for the day and half the fat and protein needed..

For any of you dealing with keto flu, it means your electrolytes are off. Add some sea salt to your meals, or take potassium and magnesium supplements, and you will feel MUCH better!

Foodie here too! My favorite bread alternatives come from gnom gnom. I tried fathead pizza and some of the other breads that are like thin scrambled eggs and wasn't satisfied. gnom gnom has tortillas that taste legit! Yeast-based pizza that is tasty. She is a baker that has reformulated recipes for keto. I highly recommend her site.

It can be easy to overeat protein, ala Atkins, when starting keto. Protein turns into sugar, so you want to limit it to 10-20% of your daily macros. I do 20-50g of carbs daily, and still stay in ketosis. I don't count calories, but MFP shows me I'm eating 900-2000 cals per day. It swings a lot. I eat until I'm satisfied. I thought I was fasting 16 by drinking just coffee with a wee bit of cream in the AM, but I'm pretty sure the cream is breaking my fast. So it's more like 13 hours of fasting for me. Efficacy of fasting seems to be best from 16-18 hrs from what I've read, but I love my creamed coffee.

For those trying to add fat, it's tempting to do it with meat, but I find butter and olive oil taste great and will help you. You also need to up your vegie game. Early on your brain will still be craving sugar-inducing foods like bread, noodles, rice, and sweets. I loved carb foods and thought I would be in torture while I was in keto for the 3 months I planned to do it. Now I plan to stay on it for life and people can eat all those things in front of me and I don't crave them like I used to. I crave olive oil misted, oven-crisped brusselsprouts with melted butter drizzled over at the end now haha! One cup of popped popcorn with melted butter and salt is 4g of carbs. If my carb count has been low, I'll eat a few cups which is great for adding fat and happiness at the end of my eating window.

Lastly, really watch your sodium, magnesium and potassium. You get lots of good stuff from spinach so add it to your salads, wraps, whatever. Morton 'lite' blue salt has potassium so I do one quick shake of it into my water mug. Sodium is easy. I don't find I need to add a tsp to my water and drink it like some sites recommend. Just salt your foods and some meats have high sodium already. Even salt your salads. Magnesium I bought a supplement. I use the magnesium malate form because the common citrate form is a laxative, as is the other 2 forms.

Best of luck to you my fellow keto-ers! KCKO!

KetoKitty666 wrote: »

jaymcgirl02 wrote: »

I am Keto! I LOVE it. 13 days and down 12.4 lbs!
Kudos on that

Awesome job there. Let me know how the yeast thing goes, I’m experimenting as well.

I made fat head Izzy dough this morning & it was pretty yummy even though I thought it would be a dud!

sugarnspice0613 wrote: »

I add coconut milk and heavy whipping cream into my morning coffee. I make fat bombs by melting unsweetened chocolate chips into coconut oil and allow the mixture to solidify. Once it’s hardened, it’s able to be cut into pieces so it’s like candied fat. Obviously I’m careful with how many chocolate chips I use, but it helps with cravings. It tastes just like an almond joy!

You can do this with sugar free nut butters as well

It's my first day on keto today and I've ramped my exercise up
Looking forward to trying this method of eating to see if it works but gonna miss fruit .... any tips??

jaymcgirl02 wrote: »

I am Keto! I LOVE it. 13 days and down 12.4 lbs! I also combine Intermittent Fasting.

Hey! I just started Keto about 2 weeks ago, and have been doing pretty well but no major drops on the scale. I feel a bit less bloated though, and overall have more energy. Any advise re: intermittent fasting in terms of how long, or any other advice? Thank you!

Just had to become a member about a week ago. I gotta admit, I was a serious doubter of keto before I got diagnosed for high insulin levels. And then a search on the internet revealed that I should be eating a low carb diet to help get it back under control. So... with that, I decided to try doing keto for a little while. I'm not sure if it's my medicine, or the diet, or a combination of both, but I've lost about 7 lbs in the first week alone. I thought I'd be miserable, not getting to eat bread and cakes and stuff, but I haven't actually had a problem. I thought I'd hate cauliflower rice because it's "so fad", but it actually tastes very good. Consider me humbled indeed. I'm also still looking for tips to replace carbs with fat as well. And I gotta say, a 1200 calorie diet with carbs never used to make me feel full, But with the high fat content I can actually last the hours in between meals just fine. I'm keeping at 15% carbs right now. It's a bit on the high side but I think it's a nice balance right now since I can still have something to get rid of my cravings if I need it.