Ketofornication-thephoenix's run at Keto Success

[thephoenix]

I've been training on and off (mostly on) for about three years now. My diet has always been a bit hit and miss and after reading quite a bit about Keto I think its the diet that I will be able to stick to and see results on.

I'm 6'3, 285 lbs with 185 lbs lean muscle mass.

Current Supps: ON Whey, Optiman Multivitamin, Fish Oil, Glucosomine, Vit B Complex, Vit C, Glutamine, Testbomb II and Superpump.

Current Routine:

Monday:1.5 Hours Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Tuesday:Weight Training
Wednesday: 1 hour BJJ
Thursday: 1.5 Hours BJJ
Friday: Weight Training
Saturday: Weigh Training

Ideally I'd like to do BJJ/Weight Training on alternate days, but my schedule makes that impossible, but that will change in the summer...hopefully.

I'm going to try and keep track of my weight training, but my main focus is going to be on my diet.

It goes without saying that I welcome, appreciate, and need all of your comments.

My goal in the short run is to eat about 3000 calories a day spread out over 5 meals and a pre bedtime shake.

[thephoenix]

Meal One:3 Pieces of Bacon, Two Sausage Rounds, 3 Eggs
Meal Two:3 Servings Cheddar Cheese
Meal Three:Two 1/4 lbs All Beef Frankfurters
Meal Four: Two Pepperoni Sticks
PWO Shake: One Serving ON Whey with Milk
Meal Five: Two 6oz Pork Chops, 1 Cup Brocolli
Pre Bed Shake: One Serving ON Whey with Water

Meal One: Cals:624, F:53g, P:32g, C:3g
Meal Two: Cals:360, F:33g, P:21g, C:0g
Meal Three: Cals:620, F:52g, P:30g, C:8g
Meal Four: Cals:220, F:18g, P:12g, C:2g
PWO Shake: Cals:130, F:5g, P:24g, C:4g
Meal Five: Cals:850, F:51g, P:91g, C:0g
Pre Bed Shake:Cals:130, F:5g, 24g, C:4g

Days Totals:
Calories:3022
Fat:213g
Protein:243g
Carbs:37

Ratio: F:64%, P:32%, C:4%

1.5 Hours BJJ
1 Hour Walking Back and Forth to School

[thephoenix]

Meal One:3 Pieces of Bacon, Two Sausage Rounds, 3 Eggs
Meal Two:2 Servings Cheddar Cheese
PWO Shake: One Serving ON Whey with Milk
Meal Three:Two 1/4 lbs All Beef Frankfurters
Meal Four: Three Italian Sausages, 1 Cup Cauliflower
Meal Five: Two Pepperoni Sticks
Pre Bed Shake: One Serving ON Whey with Water

Meal One: Cals:624, F:53g, P:32g, C:3g
Meal Two: Cals:240, F:22g, P:14g, C:0g
PWO Shake: Cals:130, F:5g, P:24g, C:4g
Meal Three: Cals:620, F:52g, P:30g, C:8g
Meal Four: Cals:930, F:87g, P:42g, C:5g
Meal Five: Cals:220, F:18g, P:12g, C:2g
Pre Bed Shake:Cals:130, F:5g, 24g, C:4g

Cals:2923
Fat:237g
Protein:181g
Carbs:26g

Ratio:Fat 72%, Pro:25%, Carbs:3%

Exercise:One Hour Weight Training, short breaks, high intensity (Shoulders, Legs, Biceps)

[BPP]

*subscribes for a fellow bjj man*

when are your carb ups?

good on the carbs...personally, id lower the fat a bit and increase protein more towards 1g/lb bw

[Random907]

How difficult is bjj at 285 lbs?

[BPP]

How difficult is bjj at 285 lbs?

prolly not bad. i roll with alot of big guys like that. once they've been doing it for awhile, theyre pretty solid for at least an hour rolling with a break or two

i started bjj over 250lbs...my mat endurance was great, even though i couldnt run for shat

mat endurance is alot dif than reg. cardio endurance

plus they can use their size to an advantage...harder to use their tiredness against them on the ground because of their weight...they can rest for a sec without getting easily swept/reversed due to the force needed to execute against them

[thephoenix]

*subscribes for a fellow bjj man*

when are your carb ups?

good on the carbs...personally, id lower the fat a bit and increase protein more towards 1g/lb bw

I'm probably not going to carb up for awhile. I guess once I actually get into ketosis I'll see, but until then I'm not playing on carbing up.

My main goal now is to get into ketosis, which I think a bit higher fat/lower protein will help. Once I know more about my own personal requirements for entering ketosis, I may look to alter my macros. Am I wrong in thinking that I need 1g or protein/lb of lean body mass, not body weight?


How difficult is bjj at 285 lbs?

Its not. Its a bit different for me though, I have decent cardio so the classes aren't really a problem. My classes are structured that we warm up, learn a technique, rep it out without our partner giving resistance, learn a counter or alternate technique in the same scenario and then rep again without resistance. For the last 15 minutes or so of class we actually "train". We go from guard, to mount, to side control. Obviosly you take turns with your partner so you're moving from the top to the the bottom. We usually do each position for a 3 minute round, so I'd be working my guard and subs for 3 minutes and my partner would be trying to pass my guard. If he passes or I sub, or sweep him, we reset and start again until the round is up. Its actually only this last portion of the class that is a real work out, but BJJ is very team oriented, and if you said to your partner you need a break for a mintue to catch your breathe, thats no problem.

The above is a regular class, we also have "randori" which usually follows the above class whereby if you want, you can roll with different people for an hour. Obviously this can be quite tiring.

If you're thinking about doing BJJ, I strongly recommend you do. Don't worry about what you're capable of doing now, think about what you'll be capable of after you've been doing it for awhile. You'll meet a lot of nice people, improve your conditioning, lose some weight, learn a very useful form of self defense, have a great stress reliever, and have a lot of fun.

[thephoenix]

Meal One:Four Pepperoni Sticks
Meal Two:10 oz Beef roast
Meal Three:Three Sausage Patties and 5oz Pork Loin
Meal Four:Two 1/4 All Beef Frankfurters with 3 servings cheddar
Meal Five:5oz Pork Loin
Pre Bed Shake:1 serving ON whey with water

Meal One:Cals 440, F:36, P:34, C:4
Meal Two:Cals 541, F:22, P:80, C:0
Meal Three:Cals 655, F:52, P:44, C:2
Meal Four:Cals 980, F:85, P:51, C:8
Meal Five:Cals 280, F:17, P:30, C:0
Pre Bed Shake: Cals 130, F:3, P:24, C:4

Totals:Cals 3033, Fat 214, Protein 253, Carbs 18

Ratios: Fat 64%, Protein:34%, Carbs:2%

Sadly no exercise today as I have a big presentation tomorrow morning and had to use every waking hour not in class to do that. Walked back and forth to school which adds up to about an hour.

Looking forward to BJJ tomorrow night.

[thephoenix]

Meal One:3 Pieces of Bacon, Two Sausage Rounds, 3 Eggs
Meal Two:Two Pepperoni Sticks
Meal Three:Two 1/4 All Beef Frankfurters
Meal Four:2.5 Cups Lean Ground Beef
PWO Shake
Meal Five: Two Servings Cheddar Cheese
Pre Bed Shake

Meal One: Cals:624, F:53g, P:32g, C:3g
Meal Two: Cals:220, F:18g, P:12g, C:2g
Meal Three: Cals:620, F:52g, P:30g, C:8g
Meal Four: Cals:829, F:56g, P:75g, C:0g
PWO Shake: Cals 130, F:3, P:24, C:4
Meal Five: Cals:240, F:22g, P:14g, C:0g
Pre Bed Shake: Cals 130, F:3, P:24, C:4

I also had 4 coffees today, 1 with cream, 3 with whole milk. I only put a very small amount in each coffee, but I guesstimated it would be about 1 Cup. The macros for the milk will be included in the daily totals.

Cals:2944, Fat:214g, Protein:220g, Carbs:32

Ratio:F:66%, P:30%, C:4%

Only 45 minutes on BJJ tonight, but worked up a good sweat and was a good cardio workout.

Instead of lifting tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday(to make up for missing yesterday) I think I'm going to run 3 or 4 miles tommorow and then hit the chest and tris hard Saturday and back and abs on Sunday. If I have time/feel like it I might throw in an hour of squash too.

[thephoenix]

Meal One:4 Pieces Bacon, 3 Sausage Patties
Meal Two: 2 Pepperoni Sticks
Meal Three: 3.5 Servings Cheddar
Meal Four: KFC Chicken (1 Breast, 1 thigh, 4 Drumsticks)
Pre Bed Shake

Meal One: Cals:570, F:51, P:24, C:2
Meal Two: Cals:220, F:18, P:12, C:2
Meal Three: Cals 420, F:39, P:29, C:0
Meal Four: Cals:1210, F:77, P:105, C:23
PBS: Cals:130, F:3, P:24, C:4

Totals: Cals:2614, Fat:190, Carbs:36
Ratio: F:65%, P:29%, C:6%

Decided to have KFC as a treat today so the rest of the meal plan was thrown off a bit. I didn't think I would finish the day about 400 calories lower than my target of 3000.

I did an hour of squash today, I planned on jogging but I was feeling really light headed and dizzy.

I'm not going to carb up this week as I'd like to get into a stronger state of ketosis(if there is such a thing). According to the Keto strips I have a small amount of ketones.

According to the scale at the gym I actually put on two pounds in the last week, so hopefully I'll see some fall off next week.

As always, any comments and tips appreciated.

[thephoenix]

Meal One was my PWO Shake
Meal Two: 4 pieces bacon, 3 eggs
Meal Three: 1 KFC Chickin Breast, 2 KFC Drumsticks
Meal Four: 3 Servings Cheese
Meal Five: Two Large Hamburger Patties w/2 Servings Cheese with side salad
PBS

Meal One: Cals: 130, F:2.5g, P:24g, C:4g
Meal Two: Cals: 466, F:38g, P:28g, C:2g
Meal Three: Cals: 620, F:37g, P:61g, C:11g
Meal Four: Cals: 360, F:33g, P:21g, C:0g
Meal Five: Cals: 982, F:77g, P:72g, C:2
PBS: Cals: 130, F:2.5g, P:24g, C:4g
Totals: Cals:2688, Fat:190g, Protein:231g, Carbs:22g
Ratios: F:63%, P:34%, 3%

Had a good workout today. Did chest and tris. I feel like I'm starting to come down with a cold which isn't helping anything.

I'm going to try and cut out a large portion of the process meats I'm eating as someone kindly pointed out to me that I'm eating way too much processed crap. It was just easy as I go to school all day and I don't have anywhere to keep stuff cool, but I'll have to try and find "healthier" replacements.

Someone responed to a thread I had made about getting into/staying in ketosis and let me know that theres no large or small amount of ketosis, only in or out. I've been panicking daily because I've only ever had trace or small readings.

Haven't started shifting any weight yet, but if muscles staying and fats going thats fine by me. Will do a full measure with calipers etc. after 4 weeks.

[thephoenix]

PWO Shake
Meal Two: 5 eggs whites, 2 whole eggs, 5 pieces bacon, 2 servings cheese
Meal Three: 12oz Pork Loin, 2 cups broccoli
Pre Bed Shake

PWO Shake: Cals:130, F:3, P:24, C:4
Meal Two: Cals:740, F:54, P:54, C:3
Meal Three: Cals:927, F:51, P:101, C:16
PBS: Cals:130, F:3, P:24, C:4

Totals: Cals:1898, F:109, P:203, C:27
Ratio:Fat:53%, P:44%, 4%

I had a very good workout at the gym today, Back, Bi's and abs. I'm also taking some medication to try and get rid of my cold as soon as possible ( Halls, Advil Cold and Flu, Cold Fx) and I only noticed that the halls have sugar in them which I imagine has knocked me out of ketosis as I had quite a few of them.

My appetite and energy levels have been a bit lower today so my numbers are a bit low, and my ratio is not what I would like. I'm going to try and get back to normal eating tomorrow, and I've gotten some sugar free lozanges (fishermen's friends) and I'm hoping that will be enough.

No gym tomorrow, but hopefully BJJ tomorrow night if I'm not still leaking a large amount of mucus(sp?) and sneezing every two seconds.

[thephoenix]

Meal One: 4 pieces of bacon, 2 eggs, 1 1/2 cups egg whites
Meal Two: 1 oz almonds
Meal Three: 10oz pork loin
Meal Four: 3 servings cheese
Meal Five: 1 roast chicken leg, half a breast, and 2 cups spinack
pbs

Meal One: Cals:464, F:28, P:47, C:4
Meal Two: Cals:164, F:14, P:6, C:6
Meal Three: Cals:700, F:41, P:76, C:0
Meal Four: Cals:360, F:33, P:21, C:0
Meal Five: Cals:658, F:29, P:86, C:14
pbs: Cals:130, F:3, P:24, C:4

Totals: Carbs:2475, Fat:148, Protein:259, Carbs:27

Ratio:Fat:55%, Protein:43%, Carbs:2%

Again, a bit of an odd day as I didn't realize I was nearly out of eggs until I went to make my breakfast and ended up using egg whites. That combined with having left over pork for lunch seemed to mess up my ratios a bit. I'll try and sort those out for tomorrow.

No exercise either today as I didn't take my gym stuff with me to school as I planned on doing BJJ tonight but my nose wouldn't stop running and I thought dripping snot in someones face would cross some etiquette lines.

Gym tomorrow, planning on doing legs and shoulders but if my back back is still giving me a bit of grief I might switch it up a bit.

[stewaat]

You don't count fiber and PWO carbs into your carb totals. Just a heads up.

[thephoenix]

You don't count fiber and PWO carbs into your carb totals. Just a heads up.

Thanks, I don't con't the carbs from the juice I have with my PWO shake, but I forgot about the shake itself.

Would I be allowed a banana post workout? anyone?

[thephoenix]

Meal One: 5 Pieces bacon, 3 eggs
PWO Shake
Meal Two: Two 1/4lb All Beef Frankfurter
Meal Three: 3 servings cheese
Meal Four: 2 Pepperoni sticks
Meal Five: 4 Chicken Thighs w/ 3tbls blue cheese dressing

Meal One: Cals:390, Fat:30, P:24, C:2
PWO Shake: Cals: 130, Fat:2.5. P:24
Meal Two:Cals:620, F:52g, P:30g, C:8g
Meal Three: Cals:360, F:33, P:21, C:0
Meal Four: Cals:220, F:18, P:12, C:2
Meal Five: Cals:778, F:60, P:59, C:3
PBS Shake:Cals: 130, Fat:2.5. P:24, C:4

Totals: Cals:2619, Fat:198, Protein:193, Carbs:19
Ratio: Fat:67%, Protein:29%, Carbs:3%

Very good workout today (legs and shoulders). Starting to feel a bit better but I still think BJJ tomorrow is a miss so I don't know what I'll do, probably some other type of cardio.

[thephoenix]

Meal One: Two Pepperoni Sticks
Meal Two: 4 pieces bacon, 3 fried eggs
PWO Shake
Meal Three: 2 Pepperoni Sticks, 3 servings cheese
Meal Four: 4 Chicken thighs, 3 Servings Cheese
Meal Five: 1 oz almonds
PBS

Meal One: Cals:220, F:18, P:12, C:2
Meal Two: Cals: 466, F:38g, P:28g, C:2g
PWO Shake: Cals: 130, F:2.5. P:24
Meal Three: Cals: 580, F:51, P:33, C:2
Meal Four: Cals: 918, F:69, P:79, C:0
Meal Five: Cals: 164, F:14, P:6, C:6
PBS: Cals: 130, Fat:2.5. P:24, C:4

Totals: Cals: 2650, Fat:197, Protein:205, Carbs:19
Ratio: Fat:66%, Protein:31%, Carbs:3%

Had a good run today, did three miles with a pace of a little over 10 minutes a mile, which isn't ideal, but I'm a big dude. Its definately something I'd like to improve in the future.

Weight loss hasn't yet occured, I may have put on a pound or two but I haven't done any measurements and don't plan to until the 2 week mark.

Tomorrow the pln is to go to the gym and do chest and tris.

[phabphour20]

Hey Phoenix, keep up the good work! It will pay off.

A quick suggestion, not sure if someone has already made it, but I would limit the pepperoni. Most of those things contain nitrates and nitrites and some have small amounts of added sugar too. If you can stick to the beef, pork, chicken, etc, you'll be better off in the long run. Less salt as well. Maybe try to find uncured bacon too.

Best of luck!

-PP

[thephoenix]

Meal One: 4 pieces bacon, 3 eggs
PWO Shake
Meal Two: 3 chicken thighs, 2 tbls blue cheese dressing
Meal Three:One Oz Almonds
Meal Four: Half a rotisserie chicken, caesar salad (no croutons) (Swiss Chalet)
PBS

Meal One: 4 pieces bacon, 3 fried eggs
PWO Shake: Cals: 130, F:2.5. P:24
Meal Two: Cals:426, F:27, P:43, C:0
Meal Three: Cals: 164, F:14, P:6, C:6
Meal Four: Cals: 860, F:64, P:99, C:6
PBS: Cals: 130, F:2.5. P:24, C:4

Totals: Cals: 2224, Fat:140, Protein:219, Carbs:19
Ratio: Fat:57%, Protein:40%, Carbs:3%

Great workout today, chest/tris. Still haven't shifted any weight so have cut calories and hopefully that will help.

On the advice of some members, I'm going to stop mixing my PWO shake with juice and just have it with water.

Have switched from superpump 250 to NO Explode.

Planning on doing cardio tomorrow, weights Saturday, off Sunday.

Have some family in town at the moment so just trying to balance diet, school, exercise etc. is a workout on its own. Will be going out for a lot of meals, but will keep cheats to an absolute minimum. Had Swiss Chalet tonight (chicken rotiserie restaraunt) and the going out for a nice steak saturday night and the place we're going does a great cream spinach so looking forward to that.

[thephoenix]

Meal One: 4 pieces bacon, 3 eggs
PWO Shake
Meal Two: 4 Chicken thighs
Meal Three: 1 oz almonds
Meal Four: rack of pork ribs with honey garlic sauce, 1 serving steamed vegetables, stuffed mushroom cap starter
PBS


Meal One: 4 pieces bacon, 3 fried eggs
PWO Shake: Cals: 130, F:2.5. P:24
Meal Two: Cals:568, F:36, P:58, C:0
Meal Three: Cals: 164, F:14, P:6, C:6
Meal Four: I'm not even gonna try to guess
PBS: Cals: 130, F:2.5. P:24, C:4

Totals excluding Meal Four: Cals:1413, F:89, P:138, C:11
Ratio excluding Meal Four: F:57%, P:39%, C:3%

I think my carbs would be a lot closer to 40g if I knew how to compute my supper as well. I went out for dinner again and tried to do the best I could. Mushroms were stuffed with prawns and cheese, ribs were basted in a sauce I wish I would have avoided and the steamed veg was 95% string beans with maybe 3 baby carrots. I forgot to add that I also scraped the topping off two pieces of pizza (mozarella, cheddar, and ham) and ate them...delicious. Would I have ideally eaten less carbs, absolutely but I think I did quite well considering.

Had a decent gym, 10 minutes on the stepper, 30 minutes jogging/walking and walked back and forth to school (about 1 hour total) with about 15 lbs.

Weight training tomorrow, back/bis/abs and then off for a nice meal tomorrow night...steak or prime rib, yum.

[thephoenix]

I've decided to stop posting the exact nutritional content of all my meals as I seem to eat such a narrow selection of foods that its a bit pointless and time consuming. If my diet has any significant changes I'll be sure to make a note and post them.

I'm just going to put my daily totals and ratios, and if anyone has any questions regarding anything more specific, please feel free post em.

Totals: Cals:2550, Fat:150, Protein: 225, Carbs:15
Ratio: F:58%, P:39%, C:3%

I think I need to try and up my fat content a bit and make sure its at least 60%, but ideally closer to 65%.

I'm having the same problem as I'm sure some of you have with Fitday with a lack of selection. I had a 16oz rib steak tonight which I would think has more fat in it than some cuts but you can only choose steak and the method of cooking. Maybe I'll get the desktop edition and it will be better.

Did back, abs, and bis at the gym today but was really rushed and didn't get to hit bis or abs as much as I would have liked. I'm going again tomorrow so I'll try to work twice as hard to make up for it.

Still no change in weight, but I'm going to do measurements on Tuesday and hopefully see some results there.

[thephoenix]

Had a good day at the gym this morning. Didn't have breakfast, just went in and had 45 good minutes on the treadmill. Switched up the pace every couple of minutes keeping my heart rate very high. Came back and had breakfast.

Walked for about an hour showing family around town. Had an oz of almonds as a snack and roasted prime rib for supper which was nice and fatty. Treated myself to strawberries and blueberries with whipping cream for dessert...yum.

Off to BJJ tomorrow night, but am also crazy busy at school this week. Doing measurements Tuesday and may have re-evalute my approach depending on results.

Totals: Cals:2730, Fat:210g Protein:172g, Carbs:42
Ratio: Fat:69%, Protein:25%, Carbs:5%

[thephoenix]

Todays ratios seem to be a bit extraordinary. Had a lot of leftover rib roast from last night so I had about 6oz for lunch, and about 8oz for supper and its put my fat through the roof and my calories about 400-500 higher than I'd like.

Didn't sleep too well last night and was majorly dragging my ass today. Went to BJJ but was tired so I thought I'd give it everything I got for 45 minutes instead of half assing it for 1 1/2 hours.

Schools been crazy lately and I seem to get keto head every couple of days. Maybe I keep going in and out of ketosis, and thats why I'm not losing any weight...hmmm.

Anyways, measurements tomorrow night, so I'm really gonna bust my ass at the gym in the morning.

Todays totals: Cals:2880, F:249!, P:146, C:10
Ratio: F:78%, P:20%, C:1%

Wow thats a lot of fat.

[thephoenix]

Totals: Calories: 2400, Fat: 175g, Protein:213g, Carbs:27g
Ratios: F:60%, P:36%, C:4%

Did my measurements tonight and quite dissapointed with the results. I've put on 2lbs of muscle which is good, but I've also put on 2lbs of fat, which is bad.

I'm going to keep my calories and carbs more or less the same, but obviously they fewer carbs the better. I am going to try and make some changes in my gym routine and see if that helps.

I had a good gym today. I did squats/incline bench/rack pulls/leg raises/chest flies/lat pulldowns with 60 second breaks. I then did 65 inclined situps and finished with a circuite I use where I get a 60 lbs barbell and do 8 reps of six exercises, 60 second break and go again. Its been awhile so I could only manage 3 sets.

I shall soldier on. Any tips, advice always appreciated.

[thephoenix]

No post for yesterday as I've been absolutely swamped at school. I had a big paper do first thing this mornign and I couldn't even take an hour to get to the gym, very frstrating.

I was up very late and got up very early so I was dragging my ass pretty hard today. I did manage to get to BJJ for an hour and we did a lot of drills so I got a decent cardio workout today.

I had breakfast before I went to school and when i came home I cooked 5 porkchops and had 2 for lunch, 2 for supper, and 1 when I got back from BJJ. I'm going to do a carb up this weekend and am looking to become refocused on Monday. My motivation has dipped a bit with the poor measurement and weight results and also today I've been having huge carb and sugar cravings but I did not cheat. I'm going to go to the gym for a cardio workout tomorrow, then Saturday morning have a grueling full body workout and then start my carbup after that.

I'll probably be posting a lot of questions in the Keto form as I'm looking to make a few changes, and will need all of your help with that.

Anyways, heres todays totals.

Calories: 2450, F:161, P:239, C:6
Ratio: F:60%, P:39%, C:1%

[thephoenix]

This weekend was pretty messed up diet wise, and invloved way too many cheats and way too little exercise. It all started well, got up to go to the gym Saturday morning and was gonna hit it hard. Got outside and the driveway was full of about a foot and a half of snow. Took about an hour to shovel out and then the damn guy came buy in his little tractor clearing off the sidewalk and piled it all back up again. I was standing right beside the drive when this happened and I'm 99% sure he did it on purpose. Needless to say it took another hour to dig out, and by that time I didn't have any gym time and the weekend just went downhill from there.

Back on track today, good gym, and good diet. As I've failed to shift any weight I'm going to make some changes to try and kick start my weight loss.

1)more cardio. I can't just rely on BJJ as cardio anymore and I have to intergrate some HIIT, preferably on the treadmill or track.
2)Lower weight, higher rep, shorter break full body workout three times a week minimum.
3)eat less nitrates. I'm going to have either bacon in the morning, or pepperoni sticks for a snack, but not both in the same day.
4)cut out caffeine. I'm a coffee fiend, but I'm going to switch to green tea. Apart from NO Explode, no caffeine

Thats it really. I'm going to give this a month or so, and if I don't start shifting weight by then, Keto just might not be for me.

Tips/Comments Appreciated.

[thephoenix]

Had a good gym session this morning. I did 40 minutes of HIIT on the treadmill and felt very good afterwards. Diet was good, Eggs, Cheese, Turkey, and liver were the main features of the day.

I caved and had a quarter cup of caffeinated coffee, but if you had to read 40 pages about the intricasies of inferential statistics, you probably would have too.

Going to the gym first thing tomorrow for a good full body session. I have to have three meals at school tomorrow as I'm there for 12 hours, so I'll have to see what I can whip up.

[thephoenix]

Crazy busy at school, and its only going to get worse until the end of nest week. Its all good though as I've just booked myself a little vacation.

Had a good full body workout today and was at school from 8:00 am until 9:00 pm...long day. Had to take three meals with me, but the diet was good and now I'm gonna head off to bed and do it all again except BJJ tomorrow night.

[thephoenix]

Sadly, I think it is time for me and Keto to part ways. I know my journal doesn't show the entire time; howver I've been on Keto for exactly a month and the reults have been less than ideal. I've but on 12lbs, and as I'm now at 297lbs, and refuse to go over 300lbs I've decided to go off Keto.

I'm not turning into a Keto basher, but what my experiment has told me is that Keto is not for me. Keto can't work for everyone and sadly I am one of the unfortunate.

I wish all of you nothing but success and hope to continue to see all of you reach your goals and transform into what you seek to be.

Good luck.