Doing The Keto

Hello, my name is Sasha. My girlfriend and I are both attempting keto to lose weight and get healthy. This is just my way of tracking our progress, talking about our experience, and reblogging all random things. Expect random day journals, food pictures (it's how I'm holding myself accountable for everything that I eat. If I eat it, it's going to go on tumblr), and random teasing between me and Talorenwe. Starting Weight: 254.5 lbs Current Weight: 244.0 lbs Goal Weight: 120.0 lbs

[kheysonketo]

If I could shower you in smooches I would! Thank you so much! You always have such nice things to say.

[kheysonketo]

Day who knows?

So, I haven’t been online forever! I started university again, and going back feels great. But it’s also kept me away from online. However, I’m still in ketosis and losing weight. Yay! I’m not losing a ton, but I’m not counting carbs and I do have the occasional cheat every other week. Usually in the form of cheese cake or real ice cream. But here’s what I noticed so far. Comfort food isn’t really comfort food anymore. On one hand, I can taste all the different flavours and on the other hand, I’ve come to recognize the taste of sugar and flour, which I don’t quite enjoy. Like, tonight was a cheat night so we’re doing a caramel apple and we shared a brownie. The brownie, which I used to love, wasn’t as good as I remembered. Just as I can’t eat fast food fries without dying.

Where am I standing? 244.5 lbs during my period. That’s ten pounds less than in august. And that may not be a lot to some people, but that’s a serious improvement for me. Eating keto is becoming second nature. I do it a lot easier than I have ever done anything and I’m slowly killing all sweet cravings because those sweet things just don’t taste right. So it’ll get easier and now that it’s becoming a formed habit, I’m looking forward to doing a bit more.

So why did I add in a cheat night every two weeks? The first was that I wasn’t losing weight and I got frustrated. It seemed to help me begin losing weight again. Two was because I was dropping to a bad place mentally where if I saw food I couldn’t eat, I would bawl. It would just upset me. And that’s likely my depression talking, but it scared me and a few times it made me go into this horrible self hate cycle and I needed to break it.

We’re going to begin stretching the cheat weeks until we can go without for a few months. And we only really started them near the end of September. But it’s progress. It may be slow and unimpressive, but it’s mine. And I am super proud of myself.

[nieyinniangs]

Hola! It’s my birthday month so I am giving away a Freestyle Optium Neo glucose/ketone monitor (it’s the new model!) and two boxes of ketone strips (that’s 20 strips). I know these can be pretty expensive in some parts of the world so hopefully this helps someone out.

Reblog as many times as you want up until the end of September. Winner will be chosen by a random generator and will have 72 hours to reply before I choose someone else. You don’t have to be following me if you don’t want to, and yes I will ship internationally :)

[kheysonketo]

Hey keto friends! Check this out.

[fromsmallvilletosuperman-deacti]

Oh. Oh my gosh. Mmmmmmmm.

Keto chocolate chip cookies courtesy of the recipe from ruled.me (but as I usually do I made a few minor flavor changes :D) and I LOOOOOOVE them!!

Fluffy, slightly chewy on the outside, moist and ribbons of melted chocolate. Mmmmmmmmmm!

[kheysonketo]

I hope you're okay. I miss you :)

Hey! I'm still without my phone. (BOO). Waiting for it to come in!

[fuckablogname]

THINGS WE WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN!

[imchillnjustchilln]

^^^^true

[rootingforeverybodyblack]

Omg I miss the good ole days !!

[kheysonketo]

I can totally buy French toast crunch at my supermarket in Canada. >.>

[dutchster]

[robynjaja]

This is one of the most adorable comics I’ve ever read

[hungoverandhard-up-blog]

I’ve been waiting for this to pop back up on my dashboard.. we are way too hard on ourselves.

[kheysonketo]

Phone's being sent for repairs

Hey everyone,

There will be radio silence from me for the next little while. I’m sending my phone to Apple to get repaired and that’s what I use Tumblr on.

I’ll be back as soon as it comes back in!

[adalind-white]

I’ll miss you!

[kheysonketo]

Pester Talorenwe enough and she'll send on a message! :D When I get back though, I'm adding my updates! :D

[kheysonketo]

Phone's being sent for repairs

Hey everyone,

There will be radio silence from me for the next little while. I'm sending my phone to Apple to get repaired and that's what I use Tumblr on.

I'll be back as soon as it comes back in!

[kheysonketo]

Sorry for being quiet these past few days. Busy and phone dying and no time for tumblr.

However, if anyone has noticed that I have unfollowed them. Please let me know. I am using the mobile app for tumblr and the unfollow button is near the top where I tend to keep my fingers....

[kheysonketo]

Oh goodness no! I'm probably just the biggest technological klutz there is. And tumblr has their unfollow button on the same page as when I go to view people's blogs! It is really, really not Sasha-friendly.

It explains why I hadn't seen a post from you this morning though.

[rapeculturemakesmeangry]

This is from the slut walk. One of the arguments is that girls ask for rape because they wear slutty clothes, short skirts, tight, low-cut tops. This girl is an example of the fact that rape victims can look like anyone, you, me, this girl. Rapists. Dont. Discriminate.

[fuckyeahrainbowhair]

fallingfate:

I promised a long time ago that I’d reblog this whenever I saw it on my dash. No regrets, it breaks my heart every single time.

an incredibly important message, rape is rape. no one is ever asking for it. a woman has the right to dress how ever they want - it is society that identifies risque dressing as ‘asking for it’, and in my opinion, that way of thinking needs to be diminished.

[jackielanternink]

Seriously if you see this and don’t reblog it, I have NO respect for you

[calmiskey]

When I read her sign one of the first things I thought was “holy shit it would be so fucking hard to put that outfit on again” Wearing those same fucking clothes just to prove a point to an unforgiving society. 

[kheysonketo]

Sorry for being quiet these past few days. Busy and phone dying and no time for tumblr. However, if anyone has noticed that I have unfollowed them. Please let me know. I am using the mobile app for tumblr and the unfollow button is near the top where I tend to keep my fingers. Goodness knows I wouldn't notice if I unfollowed someone. So sorry.

[audreyandmilo]

Moving super sucks.

I’ve packed two boxes and I just don’t even want to look at the rest of my apartment. I’ve been in this place for four years and I’ve accumulated so much….stuff. Why?! Why?!

So instead I’m watching Once Upon A Time on Netflix and drinking water and...

[kheysonketo]

I sympathize. I just moved a month ago.

[littlexsweetxthing-deactivated2]

Who wants to play a game called Spot the Asshole?

[sensorium139]

I’d reblog this on my other blog but people need to learn about this if they work in fast food and I have a lot of followers on my main blog.

DON’T FUCKING DO THIS, YOU CAN KILL SOMEONE WITH THIS. 

[2wholewhalesharks]

seriously though, i’ve heard stories of people giving “skinny” people regular soda instead of diet… newsflash: high blood sugars make you lose weight. a skinny persom that asks for diet soda could very well be diabetic… and then if you give them regular soda, you could cause some serious damage, even comas or death. i don’t care how you feel towards a customer, GIVE THEM THE DRINK THEY ASKED FOR.

[typeoneprincess]

There is a coffee place near my home and they happens to serve sugar-free hot chocolate being a type one diabetic this is great because it has about half the amount of carbs. This one time I ordered it the employee rolled his eyes at me. When I got my drink I thought it tasted differently but I was with friends and wasn’t paying a ton of attention. Later my blood sugar was in the high 400s and we had no idea why, everything was in order. I had to stay up all night to get my blood sugars under control.  I thought of the employee might have something to do with it. The next day I went back and the same guy was working, my mom confronted him and the manager and the guy admitted that he had given me a regular hot coco and had even put extra sugar in it. He tried to justify his actions because ” how was he supposed to know I was diabetic” and ”I thought just thought she was some chick trying to lose weight that she didn’t need to lose” He lost his job and I never went back there.  But it put be in danger and if I hadn’t caught the high when I did I could of ended up in the hospital.

[aintnobodygottime4datshit]

Something like that hot cocoa thing is ridiculously dangerous. With soda the taste is such a drastic difference that while it is still dangerous you have a much better chance of immediately realizing something is wrong.

[fullyactivated-deactivated20181]

Yeah obviously the employee is in the wrong but if they are generally good people and a customer is being rude then I would have sympathy for the employee who just wants to unleash the pain and aggression they have been harbouring inside them on the asshole customer. Fucking with ppl who handle your food isn’t wise

[gina145-blog]

^ No matter how rude the customer is that does not justify messing with their order. 

[kheysonketo]

So much this. ^^^. Please don't do it. Not only does it give the company you're working on a bad rep and make other employees who come after you have a harder time, but it's very dangerous. Good customer service can go a long way to making an irritated customer better.

[tai-hauora-deactivated20141003]

Ok so I’m three days out from starting and I have paritally created a sustainable (I hope) meal plan for the first week at least- the rest is still a work in progress!

Anyhow, I’m stoked to see some of you following here all ready and while I’m sure you’ll get sick of me talking about myself, I…

[mis-ato]

This is so cool! :)

Country: France

How long and why you’ve been Keto: 2 months. I was not sure this was for me, but it turns out to be the best eating regimen I have been on.

Favourite Recipe: Cauliflower pizza.

Favourite Exercise: I love running.

Why you started your blog: I wanted motivation for my fitness, and to get to know other fitness bunnies.

Three (not so interesting) facts: I have a 3 years old daughter. I work from home (and am my own boss) because I don’t want to take other people’s crap. I love to create stuff with my hands: jewelry (I have a shop on Etsy), sewing, drawing.

[adalind-white]

Country: Romania

How long and why you’ve been Keto: almost a month. It looks like the only healthy choice appropriate to my tastes.

Favourite Recipe: Raspberry smoothie

Favourite Exercise: Walking

Why you started your blog: I needed a place to talk about my struggles with eating because I don’t have anything better to do, to talk about my cravings or at least to feel a little more embarrassed than usual when I stray from the path.

Three fairly interesting facts:

1. I finished Law more than 10 years ago, never practiced it as I thought I would.

2. In November 2013 I gave up my paper-pushing middle-management go-nowhere career and started going to a Technical University (the best ranking university in Romania)

3. I went 3 times in London, saw 3 plays in the famous West End and bought perfume from Harrods at a lower price than anywhere else (I was there when there were sales).

I would love to learn more about anyone who is on this journey with me. I’m going to name some of the people who are nice enough to interact with me as seen in my tumblr activity: talorenwe, kheysonketo, overbeckjet, hellobabieswelcometoearth, yogateaandbooks, audreyandmilo, staysanegetfit, future—wonderwoman

[hellobabieswelcometoearth-deact]

So… to anyone who ever tags me in anything; I rarely check the notes on this blog because I’m not used to having them. I’m not ignoring you, I promise! Thank you so much for tagging me on these sorts of things. :)

Name: Cody

Country: US

How long and why you’ve been Keto/Vegan: I was vegetarian for about 8 years, and vegan on and off for months at a time. Depression and culinary school ended that about three years ago. I am currently planning to cut WAY back on meat, and buy only from local, humane farms.

Favourite Recipe: Fettuccine Alfredo. For something healthier, Caprese Salad.

Favourite Exercise: Yoga and dance… I haven’t been hooping at all this year, but it’s also pretty fun.

Why you started your blog: I started whitewineandcathair long ago as a baking blog, but switched it over to a personal blog last year sometime. Currently, I am using it to share my food hobbies with people, and to get feedback on living a happy and healthy life. This blog mainly exists because I joined Tumblr 5 years ago and haven’t found a good way to make the other blog a primary blog. D:

Three interesting facts:

My name has always given me trouble, usually just being accused of using someone else’s account and/or credit card. I was once dropped from financial aide and subsequently all my classes because I “didn’t register for the draft.” I had to send a copy of my birth certificate to prove I was female.

I would like to open a small tea room, and currently work on my scone, bread, and pastries recipes when I have the time.

I recently joined a Meetup group for role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons. I think I would have gotten into it as a kid/teen, but none of my friends were into it, and I could never talk anyone into playing Tales of the Crystals. It took me YEARS to actually get back to the things I talked myself out of back then.

[adalind-white]

OMG!! I would so love to find people who would accept me to play D&D like games. There are tons of things to do online, but I’d be so happy to find weirdos like me that go into role-playing at a venerable age.

The tea room you’d like to open would have keto-friendly scones and stuff right? That would be so good for someone like me :)

[kheysonketo]

Oh man. Dnd! You're after my own heart!

[mermaidgains]

Your dalmatian IS SO CUTE 😍😍😍 I've always wanted a dalmatian

They are absolutely  horrendous, do not get one, just look at them or look after one for 3-5 minutes.

[kheysonketo]

I’ve heard they require a lot of exercise and are known as big babies or ‘Velcro dogs’.

I know the first to be true, I’m curious about the second!

[mermaidgains]

Domino is 8 years old, he has really bad joints and often yelps because of pain or has issues walking especially after long runs in the field. Does it stop him jumping on his hind legs for human food? Newp. Anything under 6 foot is his - my Heart rate monitor, my provisional driving license (had to get a new one it was so defaced), my ketone monitor, shortbread scented candle, any food, vegetables (cauliflower especially), bath bombs??? smells like food okay good to go. He sits at the dining room table like a person & I often think something strange is going on aka peter pettigrew animagus type shit - the dogs an alien I swear he isn’t a dog.

The worst thing about it all is that we have him and another one - two. It’s like having two starving hungry, incredibly naughty toddlers who are absolutely relentless, 24/7 & recently were added to the list of my ‘stressors’ in my journal.

[mermaidgains]

Did I mention he can open the oven and cupboards? He once jumped on a chair to get on the work top to get to the windowsill.

[kheysonketo]

Thanks. It sounds like they keep you busy is the understatement of the year.

[mermaidgains]

Your dalmatian IS SO CUTE 😍😍😍 I've always wanted a dalmatian

They are absolutely  horrendous, do not get one, just look at them or look after one for 3-5 minutes.

[kheysonketo]

I've heard they require a lot of exercise and are known as big babies or 'Velcro dogs'.

I know the first to be true, I'm curious about the second!