blindy107's first attempt at Keto..

[blindy107]

hey all!

been reading on this forum a while and decided to give it a shot so here we go!!

232 lbs
5'11
approx 28% BF

i officially started yesterday with the diet and my workout days are mon-thurs consisting of heavy lifting at a moderate pace to keep heartrate up.

i cant find an easy way to post my fitday counter...any help?

[blindy107]

here is yesterdays food intake...first day!

hope this link works

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/FoodLo...ate=1220140800.

should my Cal intake be lower on days im not hitting the weights?

[blindy107]

ok took a few measurements

Waist: 41
Gut: 45
Chest: 43

i really want to get my torso to match the rest of my body. legs are in decent shape from years of soccer as a youngster and from workin on my feet all day for 6 years.

also just got back from shopping woohoo

2 lbs of thin cut flank steak
2 lbs of 85/15 ground beef
6 links johnsonville italian snausage
tons of tuna
bacon
bag of like 12 frozen chicken breats
some nice ribeyes (fatty!)
some iceberg and italian mix lettuce bags
full fat sour cream
8 cup bag of shredded colby jack
bag of small cut carrots
uncle dans ranch mix to dunk carrots in
1/2 lb of salame
18 eggs
mayo
1% (maybe too low) cottage cheese
olive oil
big bottle of 1000mg flaxseed gels
centrum multi

think thats about it..hoping it lasts a week
it felt so weird buying all this fatty food and thinking... "diet time!"

[blindy107]

ok Day 2 is in the books

http://www.fitday.com/fitness/FoodLo...ate=1220227200.

i'd love to know if my links to fitday are working please

protein was a little higher than i wanted i think..it was the holiday rib eye

tomorrow is the first day back on the weights since thursday last week. ill post results when i get home.

all in all its been fun. im a little light headed but other than that, everything is great!

[blindy107]

alrighty just got home from the gym. had an awesome arm workout!
no more fatigue than a normal beating on the mucles would yield

also picked up some ketostix. was neg at 9:30am and also at about 3:00pm.

days food intake: http://www.fitday.com/fitness/FoodLo...ate=1220313600.

upped the cals a bit due to the workout and i think my macros are lookin good!

had some ribeye about 35 min after workout and munched a few almonds right after.

if anyone has some input or suggestions for me it would be greatly appreciated!

[Greek_Elite]

copying and pasting the link wont let us see your food intake.. you have to save it as a file, copy it to paint as an image and then upload to photobucket or something then paste in the embedded pic or link

[blindy107]

...cant figure out the save and converting to paint thing...
im not too good with the puter


once i get the fitday stuff workin ill throw them all up here

well today was my first slightly positive test on the Ketostix..trace to small!

had another great day at the gym! did back and chest mostly and was able to throw up some decent weight and had good energy!

took my flaxseed 1000mg and my multi and had about 180oz of water!

fat: 69%
protein: 28%
carbs: 3%

2977 cals total

[Greek_Elite]

...cant figure out the save and converting to paint thing...
im not too good with the puter

in the window you go to File then Print (should go to the print set up) and instead of actually printing you select save as file or somethin like that (maybe image writer i forget), then it will open up in another window, then you copy that section and put it into paste, save it as an image, then upload it

macros look good maybe a little high on fat but not bad for starting out

[blindy107]

im still having trouble..thanks for your help but ill try again when i have some energy...

damn computers! yar!

[blindy107]

how important is what i ate as compared to my macros/ratios for the daily intake?

day 5 down. registered small to moderate on my Ketostix!

lots of water, flaxseed and multi once again but also added a little bit of Benefiber to keep me regular

3195 Cals

Fat: 67%
Protein: 29%
Carbs: 4%

noticed i was a bit more tired than usual today and didn't get much work done but hey, i'm makin progress!

[Greek_Elite]

i noticed i was regular when i ate around 200 g fat, 200 g protein, and <25g carbs obviously.. when my fat grams were lower thats when i had bathroom issues... you may not need the benefiber

and what u mean what you ate? like cheeseburgers vs steak? i dont think it will matter i picked up steak-um type things for breakfast, plus i eat keilbasi, bacon every so often, etc

[blindy107]

exactly what i meant..the composition of my meals is secondary to the correct macro/ratio of fat, protein and carbs im assuming

day 6

Calories 2,787
Fat 207.5 1,839 66 %
Saturated 74.8 665 24 %
Polyunsaturated 40.4 356 13 %
Monounsaturated 74.3 657 24 %
Carbohydrate 32.5 124 4 %
Dietary Fiber 8.0
Protein 195.4 820 29 %
Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %



Fat (66%) Carbs (4%)
Protein (29%) Alcohol (0%)

[blindy107]

yesterdays day7 stuff


Calories 2,505

Fat 184.9 1,654 66 %
Saturated 58.6 524 21 %
Polyunsaturated 33.2 296 12 %
Monounsaturated 72.2 646 26 %

Carbohydrate 16.9 64 3 %
Dietary Fiber 1.7

Protein 183.8 772 31 %
Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

Fat (66%) Carbs (3%)
Protein (31%) Alcohol (0%)

fitday or my computer is being a pain...i'll post todays when it stops

purchased some ON 100% whey and some dextrose for my pwo shake. this need to be taken immediatley after pumpin?

[blindy107]

day 8

Calories 2,850

Fat 216.4 1,932 68 %
Saturated 85.3 761 27 %
Polyunsaturated 22.2 198 7 %
Monounsaturated 74.5 665 23 %

Carbohydrate 27.7 107 4 %
Dietary Fiber 2.1

Protein 194.1 807 28 %
Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %


Fat (68%) Carbs (4%)
Protein (28%) Alcohol (0%)


back to the gym tomorrow. i am still using stixs to test for keto but i think im getting the hang of what to eat and maintain my balance! this is proving to be fun!

[blindy107]

ok i'm back. have not had alot of time lately but my diet has been awesome.

macros are on and im actually getting a feel for what needs to be eaten!

workouts have been great. i have moved up in weight on all of my exercises by a decent amount since starting at the gym 3 weeks ago.

and...! i've lost 6lbs in the last week of Keto

again..thanks to all of you that inspired me!

i'll try and get back to more regular posting after my first carb-up tomorrow!