The Keto Life

Welcome! Hi it's me, Tay :) This blog is just a way for me to track my keto journey and to follow along and interact with others' journeys!

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So I've been doing keto for about 1.5 months now, and so far I've lost 20lbs 😊

School started again, and the only thing that I have found is I have to be careful of when I eat my lunch. If I eat too early I tend to be really hungry the rest of the day, especially since we eat supper late at home. I usually try to eat around 12:30-1pm vs 11am.

I just hope I don't get too bored with my repeat lunches 😬

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So today was my 4-week weigh in! So far I have lost 14.8 pounds! 🤗 I can’t believe it’s been 4 weeks already!

I think the hardest thing is getting all my water in, sometimes I just don’t think about it. Another challenging thing is getting all my protein in, gotta work on it! 💪

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Hello Lovlies!

Sorry I haven’t been posting much as of late, been super busy with work and life in general!

Tuesday marks 4 weeks keto for me, I am excited to see what I weigh in at. My Mom is now also doing keto with me, she was the one that started me into all this a few weeks back.

An NSV: I have noticed I have gone 3 holes tighter on my belt for work! :)

I am interested in starting some weight training at the gym in addition to the cardio I do now, I would like to tone up some. Any tips would be wonderful! :)

I have a week until my junior year in college begins, which means I will have to explain my food choices to my friends. Then again, it IS college, we eat weird stuff anyway! 

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Keto problems: Feeling lost when your food scale breaks 😩

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Hello hello!

The other day was a weird one for me, I didn’t change anything from my normal routine, but I somehow only ate about 900-couple calories 🤔 I didn’t mind too much because I wasn’t hungry but I also only ate about half my protein for the day. :/

Tomorrow is my Dads birthday 🎉 so it looks like I’ll be making keto ice cream and keto cheesecake mousse! Happy Birthday Dad!

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My lunch for today : 1egg, with cheese, bacon, mushrooms, and summer squash cooked in butter 😊 only 2.2g net carbs! I will definitely be doing this again!

Have a great day!

Edit: that is a magnesium supplement along with water and bulletproof coffee! ☕️

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Good morning! :)

Today is a week since I started Keto!

The scales say I have lost 7.4 lbs! Yay! :D

I know most of it is water weight, but I am excited to see where else this woe takes me!

Now to plan my meals for the day with a cup of bulletproof coffee. Visiting the gym tonight after work with a good friend, I’m excited!

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Good evening!

Been busy lately and haven't been able to update. Tomorrow is a week since I started Keto! I'm excited to weigh in. My mom says she can see a difference in my face and I want to say I see a difference in my belly a little but I'm not sure if I'm just projecting haha I went on a long hike yesterday and now my calves are pleasantly sore, tomorrow I plan for the gym!

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7-26 Lunch & Dinner

Good Morning! :)

I felt good yesterday before work, excited for this new diet/lifestyle I started. However, around 7:30 pm I started to get really tired all of a sudden and I am wondering if I do not have some Keto Flu. My face was also starting to get warm, but I am not sure if that is a part of keto flu or not. 

Anyway, since I was so tired, I slept for about 10 hrs last night. They do say you have an easier time falling asleep and sleeping on this diet, but I guess we will see.

For lunch: 2 eggs scrambled with cheese, HWC, and mushrooms cooked with butter. Plus I had coffee with HWC

Snack: half a serving of almonds and half a serving of pumpkin seeds.

Dinner: mashed broccoli and cauliflower with butter, hwc, lite salt, and cheese and a side of pepperoni slices. ** at this time I was still kind of hungry plus I wasn’t meeting my protein and fat intake for the day** so I also had tuna, egg, mayo, and mustard which hit the spot and put me a little over my fats, just below my protein, and unfortunately a bit over my calories.

I am not going to stress about the calories because I felt it was more important to reach closer to my macros than my calories.

I also drank about 100oz of water with lemon yesterday too :D

One thing I am learning is it is hard to meet your fat intake without exceeding your calorie intake. I may have to make some fat bombs to help fill fat with out going over calories but also keeping me full.

Have a great day!

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Keto fitblrs? ROLLCALL TIME!

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Shrimp and Bacon Zoodle Alfredo 🤤

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Keto Diet For Beginners: 3 Tools to start Your Keto Diet

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OK so Breakfast looks small but it’s very filling. Eating ½ cup of almonds in the morning is no easy task. I usually eat macadamia nuts, but almonds are way cheaper and easier to buy in bulk. They can be raw or dry roasted, salted or not salted, it doesn’t make too much of a difference.

Eggs are always cheap - and filling.

I included a couple of options for lunch depending on what’s on sale. Be smart with the lunch meat choice. When in doubt, always chose smoked… honey has sugar. You can also go for more quality deli lunch meat depending on budget. Tuna is the same - get what you can, or opt for higher quality.

For dinner there are a lot of choices depending on what is on sale. As far as the butter is concerned, I know many tell you to only go for the Organic/Grass Fed/Kerry Gold stuff, but you could also get organic store brand butter, or… you know, just BUTTER! The same can be said about salad dressings - sometimes the only thing I have in the house is the kids’ basic Hidden Valley Ranch. 2tbsp of dressing is not going to kill you… just make sure you’re reading labels, checking carbs, and not buying anything that says “lite” or “fat free” and you’ll be fine.

DIY ELECTROLYTE DRINK: Don’t waste $$$ on sports drinks!

You’ll Need…

¼ tsp Morton Lite Salt

1-2 tbsp Lemon Juice

½ Packet of Sugar-Free Sweetener

16-20 oz Water

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7-25 Lunch & Dinner

Hey guys!

Just wanted to log my food from yesterday (at least some of it)

Lunch: 1 serving of canned tuna with 2 servings of real mayo, 1 serving of mustard, and 1 serving of dill pickle chips.

Snack: 2 hard boiled eggs with mayo and half a serving of pumpkin seeds 

Dinner: 1 serving of spinach with a small can of chicken, 2 servings of ranch, 1 serving of cheddar cheese, and 1 hard boiled egg

I also had 2 cups of coffee with heavy whipping cream (hwc) one of the cups having a half serving of coconut oil. The coconut oil coffee mixture was a little odd but not too bad.

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Beginning

Hi All!

I have recently, as of yesterday (July 25, 2017), started the Keto Diet to help lose some weight and get into a better state of well-being. :D For those who do not know what the Keto, or Ketogenic Diet, is, I suggest googling “Keto Diet” to find information about it. 

***DISCLAIMER: I am not a health professional. I will not be held accountable for any health decisions others make. I suggest doing a lot of research on this diet before attempting anything like it and talking with a doctor. While there can be a lot of benefits from this diet, there are also major adaptations for your body to go through to successfully follow the diet. There are a lot of other very important points and things to keep in mind about this diet that I have NOT MENTIONED HERE. Please do your research!!****

Basically, the diet is a low carb, moderate protein, high fat diet (LCHF), that forces your body into a state of ketosis (hence the name) which, when followed correctly, makes your body use up the stored body fat you already have. Actually, this is more of a lifestyle change than a diet!

My goal is to have 20g or less of net carbs (carbs-dietary fiber=net carb). I am eating things like eggs, cheese, butter, tuna, chicken, spinach, mushrooms, and whatever else I can find that fits the diet.

I am also increasing my water intake with a daily goal of 80-100oz.

I am using this blog to track my progress and interact with other Keto people/blogs!

Have a great day! :)