Keto buddies

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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    laney4088 wrote: »
    What Keto plans are you all following ? I’m eating a lot of protein, watching my carbs. Just wondering us any plan better or easy to maintain? Thanks in advance

    Low carb, high fat. Today I've got 4% carb, 67% fat, and 18% protein.
  • BeardedTexasHulk
    BeardedTexasHulk Posts: 18 Member
    I've been doing Keto for 5 months. Feel free to send me a request anyone.
  • phoenixnicki
    phoenixnicki Posts: 1 Member
    I am on the first days after being a vegan for 7 years and before that a vegetarian for 15 years. Anyone who has experienced a rash on hands and arms during the transition of food types? It might be because the addition of meats, fish and eggs after decades without. I do have a hard time getting enough protein even 10%, I found I am not a fan of meat so I am planning on doing a mediterranean keto basically adding fish, eggs, and one glass of wine a day. I also had some fruit that I do not want to throw out so my carbs are a little high at the moment 50%, but will be okay soon. Hope to be inspired and would appreciate being added to this group if possible.
  • Redordeadhead
    Redordeadhead Posts: 1,188 Member
    phoenixnicki wrote: »
    I am on the first days after being a vegan for 7 years and before that a vegetarian for 15 years. Anyone who has experienced a rash on hands and arms during the transition of food types? It might be because the addition of meats, fish and eggs after decades without. I do have a hard time getting enough protein even 10%, I found I am not a fan of meat so I am planning on doing a mediterranean keto basically adding fish, eggs, and one glass of wine a day. I also had some fruit that I do not want to throw out so my carbs are a little high at the moment 50%, but will be okay soon. Hope to be inspired and would appreciate being added to this group if possible.

    If you have a hard time eating more protein and are currently around 50% carbs, curious why you chose keto as an eating style to try?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,225 Member
    phoenixnicki wrote: »
    I am on the first days after being a vegan for 7 years and before that a vegetarian for 15 years. Anyone who has experienced a rash on hands and arms during the transition of food types? It might be because the addition of meats, fish and eggs after decades without. I do have a hard time getting enough protein even 10%, I found I am not a fan of meat so I am planning on doing a mediterranean keto basically adding fish, eggs, and one glass of wine a day. I also had some fruit that I do not want to throw out so my carbs are a little high at the moment 50%, but will be okay soon. Hope to be inspired and would appreciate being added to this group if possible.

    Can you add one new protein source at a time, then monitor for a week or so before adding another? Have you been diagnosed as nutritionally deficient in some way at this point, that you're trying to remedy? (I get that your eating is sub-ideal, but I'm asking specifically about whether there are acute medical consequences.) If not seriously deficient, you can gradually transition eating patterns rather than making an abrupt change.

    Also, it shouldn't be that difficult to get protein, even without meat/fish/dairy? 10% (of any realistic calorie level, really) is very low! (I'm saying this from the perspective of being 47+ years vegetarian, thin to obese and back to thin again, and now maintaining at BMI 21-point-something while eating 100g+ protein every day.)

    Keto is optional for weight loss. If it's hard for you to do keto, why make things hard? Just plain Mediterranean, phasing in new protein sources gradually, could be an option, for example. Or, staying vegan but working on getting more protein, if vegan worked well for you in other respects.

    P.S. This is a thread from 2019. There are more recent keto posts around here, I think.

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