Keto To Go

Tips from a lazy keto-er.

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Debated whether or not I should post for such an insignificant item... but I friggin love chicken wings. I just saw that Coles Express in the Myer Centre stock these by the Deli at lunch time for $5.00 for a 6 pack of Chicken Wings. It does not have any breading on the outside and it just tastes like perfectly salted and fried goodness. <3

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Burger Edge Bunless Burger

This is probably one of my absolute favourites.

I have always felt a bit awkward asking for burgers without the buns, I usually get strange responses by whoever takes my order. Thank God, I’ve ever had that sort of reaction by anyone in the Myer Centre Burger Edge. The staff are fantastic, always incredibly hospitable. 

The one burger I will always order: Meatlover’s Beef Burger without the buns, and Aioli instead of BBQ Sauce. Served in a salad container, I sometimes top it with an egg for $1.50.

To top it all off, their website is fantastically designed. It is incredibly easy to find the Nutritional Information for nearly all of their menu items. Burger Edge provides a delivery service for my location through EatNow.com. I have not used it yet, but I have seen that there is not an option to remove the buns from the burger, perhaps there is a way through the comments section.

Location: Burger Edge Myer Centre, Brisbane

Website: http://burgeredge.com/

Calculated Macros (without added egg):

723 Calories

40.9g Protein

60.7g Fat

7.6g Carbs

0.2g Sugar

Total Cost: $12.40

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¼ Roast Chicken & Peri Peri Mayo. Cheap and Stupidly Easy.

Whenever I don’t feel like preparing my lunch for work, I pop to the Coles near where I work for a ¼ Roast Chicken and a bottle of Heinz Peri Peri Mayo (Zoosh does a good one as well, which I think has less carbs).

I keep the Peri Peri Mayo in my fridge at work for next time (sometimes I take it around in my bag ^^;). The Mayo is super creamy and the Peri Peri adds just enough spice to make my meal more exciting.

The ¼ Roast Chicken does include some stuffing, which I can easily just pick out and throw out. They label the bags W for Wings or L for Legs. Plastic cutlery is also available at the front counter by the entrance, but I usually have my own at work.

Location: Coles Express Myer Centre Brisbane

¼ Roast Chicken: $ 3.25

Heinz Peri Peri Mayo (295mL): $ 3.99 (usable for at least 6 more lunches)

Total Cost: < $ 7.24

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My mission.

I’ll admit it. I have tried to stick to a Ketogenic Diet numerous times. I’ll lose some weight, have one cheat, cheat again, stop Keto, gain some weight back, start Keto, cheat, cheat again… it was a cycle. After telling myself that I’d stick to it this time, I kept finding myself going back to old habits, because that’s exactly what it was… a old habit.

I knew that things kept going wrong when I kept allowing myself just one cheat meal. Why did I cheat? Here are two of my most common excuses:

My friends want to catch up over dinner out in the city – might as well splurge a bit, just for tonight.

I just finished a long day at work – exhausted and starving. I didn’t have anything Keto-friendly ready at home for dinner. I forgot to plan ahead for this meal, so I’ll just do a small cheat, just for tonight.

I loved going out to eat, it was something I always did with my boyfriend, friends, and family — my old habit. I kept buying something easy (e.g. Japanese Curry with Rice) to take home for dinner after a big day at work — another old habit. Then, at the end of each work day, my feet started to ache a lot more than usual; the sluggish feeling I initially just had in the morning began to extend towards the late afternoon; I faced a daily battle with constant cravings for all sorts of high calorie, high carbohydrate foods.

It was time for a change. I wasn’t about to go back to the Ketogenic Diet again, I had to find myself a Ketogenic Lifestyle – rather than try to get rid of my old habits completely, I was determined to change them into new, Ketogenic habits.

After a few days of gradually lowering my carb intake, I challenged myself to go out for meals as often as I normally did while still eating Keto-friendly. I always thought that I could only go to places like Burger Edge for a bunless burger or Beach House Bar & Grill for a plate steak and veggies, but that didn’t feel challenging enough for me… I want Asian food. I want to finish my dinner date with a cold dessert. Instead of seeing only a few Keto options around, I want to see that I can eat Keto nearly anywhere.

It has been nearly 3 weeks now back in the Keto-wagon. I have found so many places that I can go out and eat, I have not felt like I was missing out, I no longer feel like I’m on a diet. This is it, I have formed a Ketogenic Lifestyle for myself by twisting my old habits into Keto-friendly habits — and that’s exactly what I want to share with you.

I will show you the places I can go to eat low carb in Brisbane, Australia. I’ll force myself to discover new places to try and detail my experience there. I’ll also provide information regarding the cost and nutrition where possible. However, I am hoping you find a lot of information here about what sort of low carb options you have in certain types of restaurants (Korean, Indian, etc).