Kyykla's Journal, 16 August 2018

you can not have any sugar on the diet, you have to have 20 total carbs or less. No sense trying to do the diet wrong. going low carb may help you but you can not get into ketosis which is key to the keto diet if you don't follow the rules. 

first you use a keto calculator to figure out what you calorie burn is and then you use the numbers to figure out your macro's on the next calculator. this link goes to a more conservative one , fat secret is way too generous. It will give you a suggested protein level and you know your total carbs must be 20 or under. https://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/ be honest about your activity level. I tend to use the sedate level and I use my workouts to burn the extra. you can use the food log here to enter what you eat. You plan ahead to get to your levels on the macro's. it takes some adjustment to learn the different food values and you will need a food scale. the scale is a given no matter what diet you chose.  

Keto is really easy. Lots of fatty meats, full fat cheese and nuts and lots of green veggies. Unfortunately no KitKats. I use to eat an insane amount of sugar. Never thought I’d get over my addiction, however when you go so low carb, you stop craving carbs (like magic 😆).  

Here is a good example list of food you could do - any and all meats except processed like bologna or potted meat; lots of fat - use heavy whipping cream, bacon fat and butter makes great gravy; low carb veggies like cauliflower, broccoli, turnips, squash; shredded cheeses made from real cheese not processed - nothing processed; salad mixes of spring greens, romaine, spinach etc. you could use iceberg but it has no real nutritional value, use gravy above for dressing or real mayo. There are a lot of recipes available for no carb or low carb. You can also look up lists for low carb veggies. The ones I listed are just the ones I use most because I make faux rice, mashed cauli, scalloped turnips.... It is a very tasty woe. Get rid of all sugar from diet and definitely high carbs like breads, pasta, potatoes, rice... 

I don't advise the KitKats! Look for Lilley chocolate, the no sugar added kind. The chocolate and almond one is my every once in a while indulgence! At Whole Foods I also found 'keto cups' in chocolate and they're basically chocolate fat bombs. 

Thank you very much for your comments guys!!! I am definitely trying to eat lots of fatty meats/fish +salads. And thank you for Whole Foods suggestion- I will definitely go look for it! I will also check out the calculator:) thanks 🙏  

In the near future have your cholesterol check just to make sure its normal.