I get to eat What!!?!? :D

[Brian_M]

Okay, right now I am eating meal number one of my Keto diet. It's a BIG salid topped with broccoli, red onion, carrot, roasted chicken smothered in my chicken-wing sauce (butter and hot sauce), a handfull of cheddar, 3 tbls of full fat dressing and a sprinkle of this salad topping stuff (it's only 2gr of carbs per serving, I'm addicted to it for my salads and only put 1 serving on ~ carefully measured).

This tastes WAY too good to be a special diet. :P

Unfortunately the rest of my day wasn't so good. My wife left this evening for a 5 week job in Alaska, and she wanted to eat as normal today. So bran muffins for breakfast and a leftover home made pizza for lunch. :/

But I now have 5 weeks to give this special diet a serious trial without getting any attitude. First thing Monday morning, I'm going to do a hard workout with the legs and eat a full breakfast of eggs, bacon and cheese.

Cheers all, I'll post evening updates including meal plans each day (or at least I'll try). Suggestions and encouragement very much welcome. :D

Brian

[Brian_M]

Woke at 6:00am, 97.5* temp.

Exercise ~ I chose a Leg day to try and help get things going.

Squats
Calf Raises
Leg lifts
Leg Curls
And Hip Abductor

7am, breakfast:

1 egg
2 egg whites
4 pieces of bacon
2 oz cheese
---------
37g Fat 38g Protein


10am snack

7 pieces (1 serving) sausage bites
-----------
10g Fat 6g Protein


12pm Lunch

4.5 oz Turkey
1 cup veggies w/ 1tsp olive oil
2 oz cheese
sugar-free jello
-------------------
12.5g Fat 46g Protein


3pm snack

1 serving Almonds
------------------
15g Fat 6g Protein


5pm Dinner

1 oz cheese
1lb chicken thighs (doused with hot-wing sauce)
1 cup veggies w/ 1Tbsp butter
--------------------
71g Fat 85g Protein


Pre-bed snack

2 Tbsp cream cheese
--------------------
9g Fat 2g Protein

Totals:

154.5g Fat 183g Protein

My targets are 200g Fat and 195g Protein... it was all I could do to eat this much food today though. Being the first day, I expect to get better at hitting my goals as time passes.

Brian

[Brian_M]

Woke at 6:30, 97.4* temp

Breakfast, 7am

2.5 servings sausage
2.5oz cheese
1 egg
2 egg beaters
------------------------
64g Fat 65g Protein

I need to NOT eat this much. I felt sick (over-ate sick) for the rest of the morning. It was a struggle to eat the last 1/3rd of this breakfast.

Lunch, noon

4.5oz Turkey
2oz Cheese
---------------
18.5g Fat 42g Protein


3:30 snack

1 serving sausage bites
1 serving almonds
---------------
25g Fat 12g Protein


6:30 dinner

Fried porkchop
brussel sprouts
2oz cheese
-----------------
17.5g Fat 43g Protein


125g fat 162g Protein

Again, I'm not yet in bed and plan on having some fat right before bed. But that first meal did me in. I haven't felt like eating all day. Lesson learned, I'm not going that big for breakfast again. I'm also starting to feel a little 'odd' now. Just a light mental fog.

Brian

[gunsofamerica]

Eat the whole egg dude. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=937460

[MarkVI]

Eat the whole egg dude. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=937460

diet looks fine but the whole egg is a good idea

[Brian_M]

Eat the whole egg dude. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=937460

Yup, I read that AFTER shopping. No sense in wasting what I've already spent money on, so I'm mixing to get rid of it. But thanks for the link, I may not have been searching and found it already.

Cheers,

Brian

[MarkVI]

Yup, I read that AFTER shopping. No sense in wasting what I've already spent money on, so I'm mixing to get rid of it. But thanks for the link, I may not have been searching and found it already.

Cheers,

Brian

makes sense to me -- plus they get all fluffy and you can make em sweet even.

[Brian_M]

Up at 6am, 97.7* temp

Exercise morning;

inclined bench press
triceps press
military press

Then some squats and lunges to engage the legs to try and help promote testosterone.

7am Breakfast

1 egg
2 egg beaters
4 slices bacon
2.5 oz cheese
----------------
41g Fat 41g Protein


10:30 snack

Serving Almonds
-----------------
15g Fat 6g Protein


12:30 lunch

5oz Salmon
1 cup veggies
serving sugar free jello
------------------
15g Fat 30g Protein


4pm Snack

Sausage bites
------------------
10g Fat 6g Protein


6pm dinner

6.5oz Turkey
2oz Cheese
3tbsp Blue Cheese dressing
Lettuce, carrot, onion, broccoli, etc... salad filler
------------------
44g Fat 64g Protein


7:30 snack

Slim Jims
Cheese
------------------
20g Fat 27g Protein


9:20 snack

Almonds
----------------
15g Fat 6g Protein


Totals... 160g Fat, 180g Protein. I felt a little hungrier today, and I'm suffering through some Really strong cravings for sweets. Felt like a really good work-out this morning, my arms have been shaky all day. I can't believe how much I'm going to the bathroom now, though I've increased my water consumption by 2~3 times (up from about 1 liter to between 2 and 3).

Thanks for the comments thus-far.

Cheers,

Brian

[Brian_M]

Day 4 ~ much easier than 3

Woke at 6am, 97.8* temp (nice to see that going up so quickly)

7am breakfast

2oz cheese
2.5oz sausage
1 egg
2 egg beaters
------------------
39g Fat 40g Protein


10am snack

Sausage bites
------------------
10g Fat 6g Protein


12pm lunch

pork chop
steamed veggies
cheese
cream cheese
-----------------
31.5g Fat 37g Protein


3pm snack

serving Almonds
---------------
15g Fat 6g Protein


6pm Dinner

Turkey
Salad greens
Dressing
Cheese
Egg
------------------
52g Fat 98g Protein


9pm snack

2 cheese sticks
--------------------
14g Fat 10g Protein


Totals: 161.5g Fat 197g Protein ~ I'm not over-eating, but it's nice to see that my protein level is now where it should be. Just have to work on getting the fats up now. If anyone has suggestions, please post up. I'm thinking I'll try to find some coconut oil (might be a touch difficult in the middle of Wyoming). Net carbs are LOW, to the point that I keep mental tab but it's been under 10g per day thus far.

1 more week till my first carb-up. I'm waiting till then because I'm traveling over the Mem. Day weekend to visit my wife in Alaska. I'd rather go a little long on the first dip into Keto, than too short. And I'll be off the diet till the following Wednesday (though she's doing a slow-carb diet of some sort, so I'll not be diving into twinkies and ho-hos.. :D ). After that, I have 3 uninterrupted weeks to continue the diet before she comes home. Not sure what's going to happen then.

Cheers,

Brian

[Brian_M]

Woke 6am ~ 97.5* temp

Exercise morning... I felt Very weak on some of these exercises, but I've also not done some of them before (ever):

Lying Shoulder pull-over
Reverse Grip pull-down
Barbell bent-over rows
Shoulder shrug
Squats

6:30am
Cheese
--------------
7g Fat 5g Protein

7:15 Breakfast
6 pieces Bacon
1 egg
2 egg beaters
2oz cheese
------------------
44g Fat 42g Protein

10:30am
Sausage bites
-----------------
10g Fat 6g Protein

12:30 lunch
2 hard boiled eggs
2 slices bacon
2oz sausage
3oz cheese
------------------
60g Fat 42g Protein

4pm
Almonds
-----------------
15g Fat 6g Protein

9:30pm
2 cheese sticks
----------------
14g Fat 10g Protein

Totals: 150g Fat 111g Protein

This was odd, though I've seen others mention it. I was just NOT hungry at all, all evening. I batch cooked some chicken thighs thinking I'd just get hungry later, but I never really did. I just ate the cheese to give my body some fat to work on as I go to bed for the night. I haven't found any Ketostix, but maybe this lack of hunger is a good indication that I'm in ketosis currently. Weight change hasn't been what I would call drastic (2~3 lbs) for the first 5 days. Hopefully things will kick in soon though and pick up.

Brian

[Brian_M]

Woke 6:20am 97.8* temp

8:40 breakfast
4 bacon slices
2oz sausage
1 egg
2 egg beaters
------------------
35g Fat 36g Protein

12:30
4.5oz Turkey
2.5oz Cheese
-----------------
26.5g Fat 47g Protein

4pm
2 cheese sticks
-----------------
14g Fat 10g Protein

6pm
6oz chicken thigh
2oz cheese
1 egg
----------------
41g Fat 60g Protein

9:30pm
Almonds
-----------------
15g Fat 6g Protein


Totals: 131.5g Fat 159g Protein.

This is my first weekend. It was nice to wake up and not be hungry. I made my normal meals, didn't feel like I struggled to eat, but didn't feel hungry through the day either (though, granted, I sat on my ass today... lol. Mental Health day). At least I have to move tomorrow... do all those things I procrastinated on today.

[Brian_M]

Day 7... Woke at 6:30 97.8* temp

Exercise:
Squats
Calf Raises
Leg lifts
Leg Curls
And Hip Abductor

9am breakfast
4 bacon slices
2oz sausage
1 egg
2 egg beaters
2.5oz cheese
------------------
57g Fat 51g Protein

12pm
Jerky
----------------------
3g Fat 3g Protein

6pm
5oz Turkey
2oz Cheese
---------------------
23g Fat 52g Protein

9pm
Walnuts
--------------------
19g Fat 5g Protein

Total: 102g Fat 111g Protein.

I was Really not hungry today (and this whole weekend). I ate as often as I could force myself to though. Breakfast was a chore to get down, and I have a couple hard boiled eggs at the ready incase my dinner wasn't enough.

Odd, but so be it. I'm not feeling hungry, not feeling tired (well... tired from being lazy all day), only a slight mental fog. So all is well. First carb-up will be either late Thursday night or early Friday (I'm flying out at 4pm to Alaska, arriving late... probably just take nuts and jerky as snacks). Then it's going to be a 4-day carb-up. :/ Gotta eat with my wife and her friends, though I'm going to aim for clean carbs and low fat the whole time.

Cheers,

Brian

[LastSet]

Brian,

Isn't a 4 day carb-up a little extreme? I'm still semi-new to this but I was reading 48 hours is max on CKD.

If you are out to eat, try to get something low carb even if you are with friends after your 1 to 2 day carb up. You can probably find something on the menu to eat that won't blow Keto out of the water completely.