Keto Diet - Shedding for my Wedding

[mmdates]

Backstory: I've always had issues with my weight, been overweight since I was 11/12 years old. Parents are very overweight, all aunts, uncles, everyone is overweight in my family. If you try to be healthy or exercise you're ridiculed and judged. Yet ironically they have all bugged me about my weight my entire life. Now I am living on my own with my fiancé, and our wedding is on August 12th, 2017. I have 1 year and 3 months to hit my goal weight that I've always dreamed of and I have 6 months until I need to buy my dress. My plan is to lose as much fat and gain as much muscle as I can in 6 months, and then still order my dress a size smaller.

TLDR: Always been fat, family are a bunch of fat hippocrites, I'm getting married in 15 months and need to get fit

Me:
Female
233.6 Lbs
48% Body fat
5 ft 3"
25 years old

My goals according to keto calculator:

1746 kcal Daily Calorie Intake
25 g Carbs (6%, 100 kcal)
90 g Protein (21%, 360 kcal)
143 g Fat (73%, 1286 kcal)

Day One:

Breakfast:
3 eggs
1/4 cup shredded cheese
2 green onion stalks
Salt+Pepper
1 Tbsp butter

Morning Snack:
Strawberry Cheesecake Fat Bomb
(cream cheese, butter, strawberries, vanilla bean & stevia)

Lunch (I was still pretty full):
Celery stalks
2 Tbsp All Natural PB

Snack:
Protein mocha frap
1 cup coffee
1 Tbsp butter
1 cup ice cubes
1 scoop chocolate casein

Dinner:
4 oz steak cooked in olive oil and butter
Bell peppers and onion sautéed in butter
Broiled asparagus with lemon and garlic topped with goats milk feta and Parmesan

Snack:
Glass of water with lemon and benefibre (scared of how low my fibre is)
Lemon Zinger Fat Bomb
(Lemon juice, lemon zest, ground ginger, coconut oil, honey)

Totals for the day:
1763 cals
17 g net carbs (27 g carbs - 10 g fibre)
143 g fat
103 g protein

Went to the gym for an hour today,
10 min treadmill warmup on incline and 3 mph
Calf raises, squats, leg press, hip adduction(sp?) and abduction
Tricep extensions (not sure what it's called), chest press machine, and pull down machine
10 min stationary bike cool down

[danfleysher]

Lookin good!!

15 months is plenty of time, you've got this. Are you following any fitness program or just doing the exercises you like?

[mmdates]

Lookin good!!

15 months is plenty of time, you've got this. Are you following any fitness program or just doing the exercises you like?

Thank you!

I've just started seeing a personal trainer, I see him once a week and he pretty much pushes me to the breaking point. I've only trained with him once so far but it was planking, planking with moving your legs in circles (I don't know what this is called), a bunch of squatting variations with weights, lunges, wall sits, pulling a giant tire of weights with a rope (don't know what that's called either). Other than that, it's pretty much just me trying out every machine in the gym cause I really don't know what I'm doing

[mmdates]

Day Two:

Breakfast:
Keto Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes with Cream Cheese
(Coconut flour, eggs, stevia, cream cheese, cinnamon, nutmeg, more cream cheese and butter)


Morning Snack:
Super Protein Mocha Frap
1 cup coffee + ice cubes
2 tsp butter
1 oz cream cheese
1 scoop casein
1 tsp pure vanilla
1 tbsp whipping cream

Lunch:
2oz steak
Sauteed onions and bell peppers
Herb butter
(leftovers from yesterday)


Afternoon Snack:
Deviled Eggs
1 egg hard boiled and cut in half
1 tbso full fat mayo
1 tsp franks red hot
1 tsp green onions minced
1 tsp minced dill pickle
dashes of salt, pepper and paprika


Dinner:
Creamed Spinach and Kale
(Cream cheese, parmesan cheese, butter, garlic mined, whipping cream, chopped kale and spinach)
Salmon fillet with salt & pepper
Chopped dill in butter


Evening Snack:
Not as Super Protein Mocha Frap
1 cup coffee + ice
1 scoop chocolate casein
1 tbsp whipping cream
2 tsp butter
1 tsp pure vanilla

Strawberry cheesecake fat bomb
(Cream cheese, butter, strawberries, & vanilla bean)


Totals for the Day:
1561 Cals
24g Net Carbs (46g Carbs - 22g Fibre)
104g Fat
127g Protein

Didn't have time to go to the gym today, Tues/Thurs always too busy - Daughter has tap dance and soccer practice. So Fiance and I played dance central on the cardio mode for 30 minutes until we were disgusting and sweaty. Tomorrow is personal training apt.

Today I'm worried I didn't eat enough fat? The MFP goal says to hit 150g! I already feel like I'm eating so much dairy fat I don't know how to get the 120 ish grams of protein like reccommended while keeping the fat up too and the calories down. Any suggestions?

[danfleysher]

The food

[danfleysher]

Working with a PT is great. I'd suggest you ask him to incorporate some strength training as well if he hasn't already.

I'm not creative enough to make-up recipes, I just play around with ones that others have created. With that being said, I'll post some of my favorites:
Stuffed Peppers
Cauliflower Mac & Cheese w/ Chorizo
The HOLY GRAIL of Low Carb Pizza
Mini Keto Cheesecakes
Peanut Butter Cookies

All the recipes on IBreatheI'mHungry have been delicious. I also check out the reddit page pretty often. They have some creative recipes that are great even for non ketoers.

[mmdates]

Working with a PT is great. I'd suggest you ask him to incorporate some strength training as well if he hasn't already.

I'm not creative enough to make-up recipes, I just play around with ones that others have created. With that being said, I'll post some of my favorites:
Stuffed Peppers
Cauliflower Mac & Cheese w/ Chorizo
The HOLY GRAIL of Low Carb Pizza
Mini Keto Cheesecakes
Peanut Butter Cookies

All the recipes on IBreatheI'mHungry have been delicious. I also check out the reddit page pretty often. They have some creative recipes that are great even for non ketoers.

Oh awesome, thanks! I went crazy in the forums last night so I could hit 50 posts to be able to post my foodpornz in this log haha. I'm so happy I have everything to make those PB cookies! Thanks I'll def save these websites!

[mmdates]

Day Three:

Today was a super busy day, didn't have time to cook or do much. So much running around! Ended up mostly eating leftovers and out, also making a protein bar run at Popeyes to stock up.


Breakfast:
The ole Super Protein Mocha Frap

Morning Snack:
Strawberry Cheesecake Fat Bomb

Lunch:
Deviled Eggs

Afternoon Snack:
Mission 1 Protein Bar (Cookie Dough)
Protein Ice Drink


Dinner:
A&W Buddy Burger with Cheese (No bun, lettuce wrapped)

Evening Snack:
3 Strips of bacon cut into halves, cooked with pepper and garlic powder


Totals for the Day:
1765 Calories
25g Net Carbs(46g Carbs - 21g Fibre)
130g Fat
103g Protein

Met with Personal Trainer today, he pushed me to the f-ing limit. Sweat was pouring into my eyes, down my neck, into my bra. Step ups + Lunges incorporated into one. Pole Lunges (dont know if thats what theyre called) you hold a pole and have one foot on the slidy circle on the floor and lunge and push yourself back up. Feet close together bringing weights up from touching your toes up to your shoulders, then feet far apart bringing weights above head arms straight up in a Y shape like YMCA dance. Everything was 4 sets, 10 reps per set. Push ups (he let me do them on my knees) 10 seconds of as many as you can, 10 seconds rest, repeat. Did that for 1 minute, twice overall. Hold a 10lb giant circle weight thing(?) and get into a deep squat and take small steps staying in a squat towards the end of the hall (about 40 feet). I call those squatting crab walk from hell. At this point I ran to the bathroom mid crab walk and puked out about 5 litres of my insides. Came out and got high fives for this as apparently its a good thing lol. Then went outside and did tire flips with a gigantic 250lb tire. I did 1 flip 3 times. Then for 1 minute squat and push the tire back and forth with my fiance. 45 minutes of hell, but felt really good when it was all over.

Took a 45 minute walk around my neighbourhood with my iPod to get my fitbit to 10,000 steps, but ended up with 14,000 for the day. Found a hill and walked up, ran back down and repeat about 10x

Danced to Dance Central on my xbox one for 20 minutes on strength mode and took an effing shower.

[jasinc81]

Check the ingredients of those protein bars to make sure they don't include maltitol. That caused me problems staying in ketosis due to the insulin spike. It may not affect you, but just a heads up if you start feeling groggy again. In fact, even large amounts of whey gave me problems so I switched to natural protein sources. You'll probably be OK if you have it occasionally, but I wouldn't make it a primary meal item until you understand how your body reacts to it.

Keep up the hard work with your workouts! It will become addicting once you start seeing results and are able to push yourself more and more each time. BTW, your wedding date is on my birthday Excellent choice!

[mmdates]

Check the ingredients of those protein bars to make sure they don't include maltitol. That caused me problems staying in ketosis due to the insulin spike. It may not affect you, but just a heads up if you start feeling groggy again. In fact, even large amounts of whey gave me problems so I switched to natural protein sources. You'll probably be OK if you have it occasionally, but I wouldn't make it a primary meal item until you understand how your body reacts to it.

Keep up the hard work with your workouts! It will become addicting once you start seeing results and are able to push yourself more and more each time. BTW, your wedding date is on my birthday Excellent choice!

Thank you for the tip! I checked all the bars, no maltitol in sight!

[mmdates]

Today was a pretty uneventful day. My body was and still is very sore from the workout yesterday. My inner thighs, armpit area and shoulders are all aching and stiff. But it's kind of a good feeling, like I know I worked those muscles and that's why I feel it.
Tried to get some sort of activity in, so I did 30 minutes of dance central on cardio mode in the ole basement. Wanted to go for a long walk after but it ended up pouring rain, boo.

Breakfast:
Denver Omlette with Side of Bacon and coffe with cream
(Eggs, red onion, baby tomato, flat leaf parsley, garlic, salt & pepper, shredded cheese and hot sauce. Cooked in bacon fat)


Lunch:
Pumpkin Pie Quest Bar (the most delicious protein bar I've ever had)
Nut and seed medley, consisting of pecans, almonds, cashews and sunflower seeds

Dinner:
Chicken breast seared in paprika, cayenne, garlic powder, salt & pepper. Then stuffed with sautéed kale and chipotle caesar sauce and topped with parmesan and broiled.


Evening Snack:
Mexican Chocolate Avocado Pudding with Raspberries
(Avocado, Cinnamon, Cayenne, Cocoa Powder, Whipping cream & Stevia)


30 mins of Dance Central on Cardio mode

Totals for the Day:
1805 Cals
31g Net Carbs (66g carbs - 35g fibre)
140g Fat
95g Protein

[danfleysher]

Hows the weight loss coming along?