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How to Lose Weight Faster, But Safely

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Lose 5 pounds in one week! It's a trope we see everywhere. And while it’s possible that someone can lose that much (if not more) in that time period, it really depends on your metabolism and loads of other factors, including physical activity and body composition, all of which are entirely unique to you.

Weight loss ultimately comes back to the concept of calories in, calories out: Eat less than you burn and you’ll lose weight. And while it’s possible to lose water weight quickly on a low-carb diet, I certainly wouldn’t advocate for it. The diet itself can trick you into thinking that this eating style is working — when really, you might gain back what you lost as soon as you eat carbs again. That can feel incredibly dispiriting if you want results that last longer than a week.

Based on my experience in nutrition counseling, most of us tend to snack on foods that aren’t nutrient-dense, but are high in calories. For example, skipping sugary beverages is often the easiest way to lose weight faster. You don’t feel full from drinks — even the ones that do contain calories — so swapping those out for sparkling water or unsweetened tea and coffee is the best place to start. Other major culprits often come in refined grains like cereals, chips, crackers, and cookies.

If you're looking to speed up weight loss, I'd also encourage you to be mindful of the foods you eat that you don't choose for yourself. Think: food pushers at work or your kids’ leftovers. Noticing where your extra calories actually come from is another step to making better choices in the short and long term.

In my experience, there are a few other tips that hold true for almost all of us across the board — and they’re concepts that we can put into practice beginning right now.

So, here’s where to start:

1. Eat more vegetables, all of the time.

It’s that simple, I promise! If you think about making any meal mostly veggies (at least 50% of anything that you’re having), you’re on the right track to better health and weight loss.

2. Build a better breakfast.

All meals are important, but breakfast is what helps you start your day on the right track. The best, heartiest breakfasts are ones that will fill you up, keep you satisfied, and stave off cravings later in the day. Aim to eat anywhere between 400 and 500 calories for your morning meal, and make sure you're including a source of lean protein plus filling fat (e.g., eggs, unsweetened Greek yogurt, nuts, or nut butters) and fiber (veggies, fruit, or 100% whole grains). Starting your day with a blood sugar-stabilizing blend of nutrients will help you slim down without sacrifice.

3. Know your limits with salt.

Since salt is a preservative, packaged and processed foods are often highest in sodium — something to keep in mind when planning your meals. When it comes by buying snacks, a "low sodium" product has to be 140 mg or less per serving — so if you're REALLY in a bind, you can follow that guideline for what to put in your cart.

4. Drink more coffee.

Start your day with a cup of joe. Caffeine is a natural diuretic and an excellent source of antioxidants, which protect your cells from damage. You can have up to 400 mg — about a venti Starbucks coffee — daily, according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Not much of a coffee drinker? Tea is also a natural diuretic, and types of herbal tea such as dandelion or fennel root can also lend a hand. In fact: When a recent study compared the metabolic effect of green tea (in extract) with that of a placebo, researchers found that the green-tea drinkers burned about 70 additional calories in a 24-hour period.

5. Skip sugary beverages.

We just don't feel full by liquid calories in quite the same way as we do real food. Drinking a juice or caramel coffee drink just isn't as satisfying as eating a bowl of veggie- and protein-packed stir-fry. So monitor your intake of juice, soda, sweetened coffee and tea, and alcoholic beverages. If you consume each of those beverages during the day, you'll have taken in at least 800 extra calories by nighttime — and you'll still be hungry. (Incidentally, alcohol may suppress the metabolism of fat, making it tougher for you to burn those calories.)

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It's a one-time investment you'll never regret. Here's why: Strength training builds lean muscle tissue, which burns more calories — at work or at rest — 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The more lean muscle you have, the faster you'll slim down. How do you start strength training? Try some push-ups or a few squats or lunges. Use your free weights to perform simple bicep curls or tricep pulls right in your home or office. Do these exercises three to four times per week, and you'll soon see a rapid improvement.

7. Eat spicy foods — seriously!

It can actually help you cut back on calories. That's because capsaicin, a compound found in jalapeño and cayenne peppers, may (slightly) increase your body's release of stress hormones such as adrenaline, which can speed up your ability to burn calories. What's more, eating hot peppers may help slow you down. You're less likely to wolfed down that plate of spicy spaghetti — and therefore stay more mindful of when you're full. Some great adds besides hot peppers: ginger and turmeric.

8. Go to bed.

There's tons of research that demonstrates getting less than the desired amount — about 7 hours — of sleep per night can slow down your metabolism. Plus, when you're awake for longer, you're naturally more likely to snack on midnight munchies. So don't skimp on your ZZZ's, and you'll be rewarded with an extra edge when it comes to losing weight.

9. Keep a food journal.

Loads of research demonstrates people who log everything they eat — especially those who log while they're eating — are more likely to lose weight and keep it off for the long haul. The habit also takes less than 15 minutes per day on average when you do it regularly, according to a 2019 study published in Obesity.

Start tracking on an app like MyFitnessPal or use a regular notebook. It'll help you stay accountable for what you've eaten. Plus, you can easily identify some other areas of your daily eats that could use a little improvement when it's written out in front of you.

10. Take a walk!

Don't get me wrong — exercising at any time is good for you. But evening activity may be particularly beneficial because many people's metabolism slows down toward the end of the day. Thirty minutes of aerobic activity before dinner increases your metabolic rate and may keep it elevated for another two or three hours, even after you've stopped moving. Plus, it'll help you relax post-meal so you won't be tempted by stress-induced grazing that can rack up calories.

11. Resist the urge to skip a meal.

Skipping meals will not make you lose weight faster. If a hectic day makes a sit-down meal impossible, stash a piece of fruit and pack of nut butter in your car or purse and keep snacks in your office desk drawer — anything that will keep you from going hungry!

Going long periods of time without food does double-duty harm on our healthy eating efforts by both slowing down your metabolism, and priming you for another binge later in the day. (Think: You've skipped breakfast and lunch, so you're ready to takedown a whole turkey by dinner!) Make it your mission to eat three meals and two snacks every day, and don't wait longer than three to four hours without eating. Set a "snack alarm" on your phone if needed.

12. Eat your H2O.

Sure, you certainly need to drink plenty of water to help combat bloating, you can (and should!) also consume high-water content foods. Reach for cucumbers, tomatoes, watermelon, asparagus, grapes, celery, artichokes, pineapple, and cranberries — all of which contain diuretic properties that will also help you stay full due to their higher fiber content.

13. Munch on mineral-rich foods.

Potassium, magnesium, and calcium can help to serve as a counter-balance for sodium. Foods that are rich in potassium include leafy greens, most "orange" foods (oranges, sweet potatoes, carrots, melon), bananas, tomatoes, and cruciferous veggies — especially cauliflower. Low-fat dairy, plus nuts, and seeds can also help give you a bloat-busting boost. They've also been linked to a whole host of additional health benefits, such as lowering blood pressure, controlling blood sugar, and reducing risk of chronic disease overall.

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At any given time, there are dozens of weight-loss hypes in the marketplace that claim to take off 10 pounds in 10 days, or whatever. Desperation can tempt us to try anything — from "clean eating" to cutting out food groups entirely. Keep in mind: Just because an avocado-kale-salad dripping in coconut oil is deemed "clean" by a so-called "expert" on your Instagram feed does not make it an unlimited food. Moral of the story? Avoid fads, eat real food, watch some Netflix, and unwind (perhaps with a glass of wine in hand). Now that's my kind of detox.

15. Let yourself off the hook.

You already know that a perfect diet doesn't exist, but many of us still can't resist the urge to kick ourselves when we indulge, eat too much, or get thrown off course from restrictive diets. The problem: This only makes it more difficult, stressful, and downright impossible to lose weight. So rather than beating yourself up for eating foods you think you shouldn't, let it go. Treating yourself to about 200 calories worth of deliciousness each day — something that feels indulgent to you — can help you stay on track for the long haul, so allow yourself to eat, breathe, and indulge. Food should be joyful, not agonizing!

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Carried Away Chapter 44: School Daze

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Henry consulted the recipe on his tablet. The search he had done for a simple Bolognese recipe had turned up literally thousands of recipes. He had chosen one that seemed simple enough. He didn’t know how wrong he was until he was already too far in to turn back.

“What in bloody hell does chiffonade mean?” He asked to the empty kitchen. He found himself looking for videos on YouTube to reference what the recipe meant with each new culinary term. This was the first time, since the disastrous salt incident, that he had attempted cooking anything more difficult than a baked pork chop and a vegetable. He was determined to show Lucy, and himself, that he could, in fact, make a meal without messing something up. He also wanted to treat Lucy. She had been working so hard with the play, we wanted to see that she was taken care of, since taking care of herself was not her priority.

Lucy arrived home and took in the wonderful aroma filling the kitchen. She walked to the stovetop, and lifted the lid on the sauce simmering away. She picked up the spoon laying next to the pot, and dipped it in the sauce for a taste. She let out an involuntary groan when the sauce touched her taste buds.

“I take it you approve?” Henry asked from the doorway. Lucy spun around, the spoon still in her mouth, a startled expression in her eyes.

“Henry, this is delicious! Did you make this?” she asked, emphasizing the word make.

“I did.” He confirmed.

“From scratch?” She asked disbelieving.

“Well, the tomatoes came from a tin, but yes, everything else is from scratch.” He replied proudly. Lucy walked to him, and gave him a celebratory kiss.

“Cariño, this is amazing. But you really don’t need to go to all this trouble. I don’t think I’ve ever made spaghetti sauce from scratch. My recipe, is open jar, pour into pot with browned hamburger. Ta-da!”

“It was something I wanted to attempt, after the Great Salt Disaster of 2015, I wanted to prove that I was capable of making edible food. And I want to pamper you a bit, since you won’t take care of yourself, I’m making it my job to take care of you.” Henry explained walking her back to the stove. He took a wine glass from the counter and filled it from an open bottle sitting next to it. “Here, take this, and go change into your ‘comfies’, as you call them. This will take another 20 minutes, according to the recipe.”

Lucy did as she was told, and took her glass of wine into the bedroom. She quickly traded her professional casual attire, for black leggings, with an oversized long-sleeved t-shirt over the top. She went to the bathroom to wash the grime of the day off her face, and throw her hair in a messy bun. She went back to the kitchen “Can I help with anything?” Lucy asked, watching Henry chop ingredients for a salad.

“No, I have everything well in hand, you go to the living room, and don’t come until you’re called.” He said, kissing her cheek, before turning her back toward the living room and swatting her bottom to send her on her way.

Lucy ambled to the living room, sipping her wine. She sat in her favorite arm chair, with a view of the kitchen, so she could watch Henry work. And idea struck her and she pulled out her phone, and snapped a picture of Henry chopping what, she couldn’t tell. She sent it to the Cavill wives group text. “Came home from work, and was told I’m not allowed to help. Sitting here with my wine, enjoying the view.” It didn’t take long before she got a response. It was from Heather, Charlie’s wife.

“He’s making dinner? Are you going to eat it? Brave girl.”

Lucy laughed before responding, “I’ve been teaching him how to cook, he claims he made Bolognese from scratch, and I believe him, he wouldn’t try that one twice.”

“You’ll have to let us know how it is.” Heather wrote back.

The next reply came from Simon’s wife Eva. “You’ve domesticated him. Never thought we’d see the day. Enjoy sweetie!”

“Gracias!” Was Lucy’s response to Eva.

Finally Lucy was allowed in the kitchen. Henry had plated the pasta and sauce and set the table. He poured them each another glass of wine. “Two glasses of wine on a school night, I’ll be asleep by 7!” she laughed.

“I shall try to keep you from falling asleep in your pasta.” Henry joked.

Lucy lowered her face, close to her plate and inhaled deeply. “This smells amazing.” She inserted her fork and twirled a few strands of the pasta. She brought the bite to her lips; Henry’s eyes followed her every movement, waiting with baited breath. Lucy groaned when the flavors hit her tongue. “This is delicious!” Lucy confirmed, at Henry’s questioning look. A smile spread across his handsome face, and he started on his own plate.

“Why do I feel like I’m being buttered up for something?” Lucy said, after they’d both enjoyed their first few bites.

“I just want to make sure that you’re taken care of.” Henry defended. “Though, now that you mention it. I received a call today, they’ve scheduled re-shoots for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. I have to leave the 6th.”

“The 6th as in this Friday?” Lucy yelled.

“No, sorry, the 6th of March. It will hopefully not be more than 10 days. I’ll need to fly back to London on the 6th, so I can be ready for shooting on Monday.” Henry explained.

“So, not for another month. Ok. Well Kal will be happy to see you, and you can sleep at home at least, which will be nice I’m sure.”

“Yes, I will be happy to see Kal, but it means leaving you.” Henry insisted.

“Admit it, you’ll be happy to have some personal space again.” Lucy quipped.

“I’ll be happy to not have you kicking me all night.” Henry laughed.

“I’ll be happy to not have a space heater in bed with me. You’re so hot in bed.”

“That’s not something you’ve ever complained about before.” Henry said suggestively. Lucy laughed.

Lucy met Emma for coffee after school later that week. Once they’d both gotten their drinks and treats they retreated to a table to have some girl time.

“Do you have to rush home?” Emma asked.

“No, Henry has curling tonight, so I won’t see him until he gets home.”

“I still can’t believe that Ryan convinced him to be on his curling team.”

“I’m glad. He doesn’t have any friends here, so for him to get to do a guy’s night once a week is good for him. Plus it gets him out of the house once a week.”

“Doesn’t he get out of the house otherwise?”

“Well he goes to a trainer in Duluth 4 days a week, but that’s during the day. Otherwise, he’s just ALWAYS there. I love him, and I want him with me, but I’ve never lived with anyone before. This is totally new territory for me! Sometimes I just need a little bit of alone time. Like a couple weeks ago. I had a horrible day, my 9th graders were being extra 9th grade-y, and every driver I encountered on my way home was driving like an idiot, I was just done dealing with people by the time I got home. And I told Henry that. I said, “I need 10 minutes where I don’t have to deal with anyone right now. I’ll be in the bedroom.” And he followed me to see if he could do anything, I mean it was really sweet, but I snapped at him, then I felt horrible, and I had to apologize for being in a bad mood.”

Throughout Lucy’s tirade, Emma, just smirked. “Welcome to being in a relationship.” she said and laughed. “So other than the constant togetherness, which I understand, it can be overwhelming, how is everything going?”

“Other than that? It’s been great. I mean, we’ve had our little squabbles about wet towels and dirty laundry on the bedroom floor. He’s way neater than I am; my house has never been so tidy. But other than the little stuff, it’s amazing. I taught him how to cook, he gave my number to a strange man, who happened to be Tom Hiddleston. Did I tell you that? Tom Hiddleston has my phone number, I have HIS! We’re learning so much about each other. We definitely needed this time.”

“Well, I’m happy for you. I’ve never seen you so happy.”

“I am happy. I’m not looking forward to next month though. He has to go back to London for re-shoots, so he’ll be gone for almost 2 weeks. You should come over some night while he’s gone and we’ll have a girls night in; pedicures, movies, carbs, it’ll be great!”

“I’d like that. I feel like I haven’t seen you much since he came.”

“It was January, you never see me in January. Between the play and the end of the semester, I don’t have time for anything not school related.”

“I know. I’m glad the play is done, and I’d love to have a girl’s night.”

“Yay!” Lucy clapped her hands in front of her face. “Now, what’s new with you?”

One week after the Bolognese dinner, Lucy came home to an empty house. There was a note from Henry on the counter telling her he’d gone to the grocery store, well actually he said market, but Lucy said grocery store, and that he would be bringing dinner home. Lucy sighed in relief, and went to change her clothes.

Once she was in her favorite leggings and Henry’s flannel shirt, she sat in her favorite chair to catch something on TV. When Henry arrived 30 minutes later that’s exactly where he found her. In her chair, with the TV on, sleeping.

He smiled at the sight of her in his flannel. After he set down his shopping bags and put the food he’d purchased away, he walked over to Lucy. She looked so serene sleeping, he hated to wake her, but he knew if he didn’t she wouldn’t sleep that night. He smiled as a thought came to him, and he lowered himself to kiss her awake, like Sleeping Beauty. Unlike Sleeping Beauty, Lucy startled awake, screamed, and punched him in the collar bone.

Henry jumped back, rubbing his chest where she’d hit him. Lucy’s hands covered her mouth in horror. “Oh, my god, Henry! I’m so sorry. You startled me! I must have really been out!”

Henry rubbed at the spot, not altogether convinced he wouldn't have a bruise, “It’s ok darling. I wasn’t thinking. That’s quite an arm you’ve got on you.” He laughed.

“Well, I used to take martial arts lessons in high school, they must have stuck around,” she said standing. “What time is it?”

“About 5:15. So you can’t have been out long.”

“Long enough.” Lucy yawned. What did you get for dinner?” she asked, sniffing.

“Just a pizza. Nothing we have to cook.” Henry replied.

“Good, I’m too tired for anything complicated.” She said, wrapping her arms around Henry to give him a quick kiss before wandering into the kitchen to get plates and silverware.

Once they were seated and eating, Henry asked, “Darling, can I ask you something, it might sound offensive, but I can’t figure a way to word it, that doesn’t come off offensive.”

Lucy gave him a skeptical look. “Ok…How about you ask, and I’ll try not to be offended. But no promises.”

“I don’t understand how you’re so tired every evening. It’s not as though your job is physically demanding.” Henry said, stumbling over his words.

Lucy stared at him for several long seconds, her brows drawn together.

“Is that a terribly offensive thing to say to a teacher?” Henry asked.

Lucy opened and closed her mouth several times before answering. “I’m going to go with ignorantly offensive. I know you weren’t trying to belittle me, or my career, but when you say something like that, that’s how it comes across. What is it that you think I do all day?”

“Lecture, provide lessons, lead discussions. Nothing really physical.”

“I suppose you’re right, it’s not a physical job, except the whole standing for 6 hours thing. I mean it’s not doing a fight scene over and over and over again, but it’s more mentally exhausting than physically exhausting. Those things you mentioned, that’s about ¼ of my job.”

“What else is entailed? I’m asking because I’m genuinely curious.”

“Well, while I’m presenting lessons, the kids don’t just sit there passively, so there’s classroom management, lesson planning, grading. Then there’s my duties as class advisor that give me migraines just thinking about them.” She said, and after a short pause she smiled. “Why don’t you come observe my class for a day? See what really goes on in a classroom. I saw how you work, it’s only fair you see how I work.”

“I think I’d like that.” he smiled.

“I’ll get the paperwork going tomorrow, and you should be able to come sometime next week.” Lucy grinned.

“I can’t wait.” Henry replied.

The following day, Lucy got approval from her principal to have Henry in the school for a day, then on the way back to her room she was struck by a bolt of inspiration, and made a detour to the elementary wing of the school. She knocked on a door to see a pretty, blonde woman, about 2 years older than herself, sorting papers into mailbox cubbies.

“Hola Señorita! What can I do for you this morning?”

“Hey Lindie. I was wondering if I could ask you for a favor.”

“Why don’t you ask me, then I’ll tell you.” The woman responded smiling.

“So my boyfriend, he doesn’t understand why I’m so tired everyday when I get home, so I’m going to bring him in to shadow me for a day. I have first hour prep, could I possibly bring him in here for the first hour of the day?”

“You want him to see Kindergarteners at the beginning of the day?”

“Yeah. And if you could do like an art project involving glitter or something that would be great. He doesn’t understand, and I want him to have the whole spectrum of experiences.”

“Definitely not the glitter, but I can for sure take him on for first hour.” Lindie said smiling evilly.

“Great! I’ll bring him down just after the bell rings, and come get him just before the end of first hour. He’ll be here for about 50 minutes. I’m thinking it will be next Thursday. Does that work?”

“I’m writing it in my calendar right now.”

The day arrived for Henry to shadow Lucy. They had to do some gymnastics to get them both ready to leave at the same time, but it happened. It was Lucy’s day to drive the carpool. Both Ryan and Mindy were surprised to find the new occupant in the the carpool. Ryan and Henry obviously had a relationship, but Mindy had yet to meet him. It took less than 5 minutes for Mindy to be completely enchanted by Henry.

“Henry, with that voice, you should do audiobooks.” Mindy commented.

“I’ve never been asked to do one, but I think it would be fun. I enjoy reading. I’ll have my manager look into it.”

The four chatted amiably during the drive to the school. When they arrived, Lucy got Henry signed-in and procured him a visitor’s badge, and introduced him to Erik, the principal, before bringing him to her classroom. She kept her door locked, so as to keep Henry’s presence a secret for as long as possible.

When the bell rang signalling the start of first hour, Lucy stood from her desk, “Well, we should be going.” She announced to Henry.

“Go where?” He asked.

“I have prep first hour. I didn’t think you’d want to watch me make copies and correct papers, so I arranged for you to spend first hour with my friend Lindie.” She brought him to a door decorated with brightly colored paper. She knocked twice and entered.

Henry first saw a blonde woman sitting on a small chair. He next noticed the 20 small children sitting in a circle in front of her. The woman’s face split into a large smile, “Señorita! Friends, this is Miss Claussen. She’s the Spanish teacher. Señorita, how do we say good morning in Spanish.”

“Buenos dias.” Lucy pronounced slowly for the group.

“Friends, can we all say buenos dias to Miss Claussen, and her friend?”

The group of children greeted them enthusiastically.

“Chicos and chicas, this is my friend Mr. Henry. Mr. Henry is from England. He’s here to visit today.” All of the children waved, and Lucy turned her attention to the teacher. “I’ll be back at about 9:25.” She turned to Henry, “Have fun.” And with those final words, she left.

Henry stood tentatively by the door, surveying the crowd of small children.

“Mr. Henry, why don’t you come and sit down and tell us about England.” The woman brought out a globe so Henry could show the kids where England was located in relation to MInnesota. Everything was going great, Henry thought, until he asked the question he regretted. “Does anyone have any questions?” Every child’s hand shot into the air. The questions ranged from, What do you do, to are there unicorns in England, to have you met the queen. Henry’s head spun trying to keep track of all the questions.

Lindie was impressed with his calm demeanor. He answered most of the students’ questions calmly, but with a bit of humor. Before he knew it, there was a knock on the door, and Lucy appeared. “I’m sorry chicos and chicas, but I have to take Mr. Henry now. Say adios.” All of the children made a sad groan as Henry stood. They all waved goodbye to him as he and Lucy exited the class.

Once they were in the hallway, Henry sighed. Lucy laughed. “Did you have fun?”

“Did you know a small child can ask approximately 100,000 questions per minute?”

“I did.” She laughed.

“She does that everyday?”

“All day. And this is her 13th year of teaching.” She informed him. He shivered in response. “That is why I teach high school.”

They made their way back to Lucy’s room and Lucy assigned Henry a spot for the day. When the bell rang, Lucy’s entire demeanor changed, his Lucy was replaced by Miss Claussen. This was not the silly woman he had grown to love over the last seven months. This was a professional.

The first few students who entered the room didn’t notice Henry, it wasn’t until one of the drama students entered, that Henry was acknowledged. Once he was noticed, he became the center of attention. Once the bell rang to start class, Lucy raised her voice to be heard above the din of the students. “You have 5 seconds to find your seat or you will be marked tardy. Cinco...cuatro...tres...dos...uno.” The students quickly found their seats and were all quiet by the time she reached uno. “That’s better. Now, who are we missing today?” Lucy asked, consulting her computer screen.

Henry wasn’t able to understand the words Lucy was speaking, but he understood the message by watching what the students did. They all pulled out their folders and took out papers. Lucy began speaking to the students, when a girl in the middle of the class raised her hand.

“Margarita, si?” Lucy asked, calling on the girl.

“Ummm, is that Henry Cavill sitting in the back?”

“Yes it is. Chicos and chicas, this is Mr. Cavill. Mr. Cavill is here to shadow me for the day. Just pretend he isn’t there.”

“Um, Ms. C? Have you seen him? He’s impossible to ignore.” Another girl commented, causing a laugh to ripple through the class.

“Well, Anita, you’ll just have to try.” she said smiling.

Henry watched Lucy’s next three classes. She was in her element. It was obvious to him that her students liked and respected her, and she somehow was funny and professional at the same time. During the second class he was watching, when she gave the students time to work, he stood to run to the loo. Lucy stopped him. “Where do you think you’re going?”

“Just running to the loo darling.” He answered quietly.

“Nope, you don’t get to go, unless I get to go. So not for another 20 minutes.” She smiled and patted his cheek.

After Lucy’s third class in a row, it was finally time for lunch. Henry hadn’t done anything, but the constant contact with the students for the morning had left him exhausted.

“Is it time for a break yet?” Henry asked.

“Ordinarily, yes, but today it’s a prom planning meeting. So we’ll go get lunch, and then bring it back here.” Lucy led him to the teacher’s lounge, where she took a bag out of the refrigerator before turning him back around to return to her room.

After several minutes a group of 8 girls filed into the room carrying trays filled with some sort of food Henry couldn’t identify.

“Ok, ladies, let’s try not to make this meeting last all lunch period. Venue committee, what’s the news on linens?”

“Linens are included in the cost of renting the ballroom, which they’re giving us for free. But if we want chair covers, those would be $150. They look really nice, and I think we should get them.” A blonde girl commented.

Lucy closed her eyes, and inhaled deeply. “I don’t think you need chair covers. This is a prom, not a wedding.”

“But they really make the room look nice, the girl argued.

Lucy sighed again, and rubbed her temples. “Ok, this isn’t my prom, I’m just here to sign paperwork and crush dreams. You guys have a budget. Now, if the committee wants to spend $150 on chair covers, I can’t stop you, but I’m telling you, I think it’s an unnecessary expense.”

The girls talked it over amongst themselves for several minutes, before Henry interjected.

“Ladies, if I may, I have been to several black tie events, where the men are all in tuxedos, and the ladies are wearing designer gowns, I don’t recall ever seeing a chair cover at any of these events.”

In the end the chair covers were voted down, and the rest of the committee chairs submitted their reports without much fuss, leaving Lucy and Henry alone in her room for the remaining 10 minutes of the lunch period.

Lucy kissed him hard. “Thank you! That one has been driving me to drink all year. She’s essentially a bridezilla, except for prom.”

Henry asked, and Lucy explained what a prom was, a formal dance with a dinner, and explained that as class advisor she had to oversee the planning and chaperone the event.

“It’s not so bad. It’s fun to get dressed up every now and again. I don’t mind it that much.

“Will I be chaperoning as well?” Henry asked conversationally.

“It’s May 2nd, so if you’re here, then yes, I will expect you to chaperone as well. But I wouldn’t expect you to fly back just for prom. Henry pondered her statement.

The last two classes of the day passed similarly to the morning classes. By the time the final bell rang, Henry was exhausted, and his bladder was about to burst. When he returned from the bathroom he asked Lucy, “Is this what you do everyday?”

“All day, everyday. Though the prom meetings are only once every two weeks, until closer to the event, then they’ll be weekly.” She explained, packing her bag to go home.

“I can see now why you’re so tired. The kids are exhausting. But you’re great with them.”

“I love teaching. I love most of my students. I don’t know what I would do if I wasn’t teaching.” Lucy commented absently, as she surveyed the contents of her bag.

Henry’s head swam as he thought about why Lucy might not be teaching. Could he really pull her out of this world that she loved, and move her across the ocean?

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Pregnancy 2 // First Trimester

Figured I would do an update on how the first trimester was for Baby 2! Things have been different and more intense the second time around! Excited to share the details with you below.

WEIGHT GAINED

I haven’t tracked my exact weight for JUST the first trimester but at my 16 week appt I had gained 9 pounds which my dr said was normal and on track! I will say the pounds started packing on WAY faster this second time around. Almost to the point I was freaked out. But you have to think that everything is growing and taking shape faster and as long as I am on track with my doctor I am feeling great. It is always also strange coming off fertility treatment into pregnancy because I am not fully myself. I had been doing fertility medication for almost a year and that always adds some start weight. But, like I said, it’s all part of my story. All part of my process. And honestly, the fact that I am here, it all doesn’t matter. I am so grateful to be pregnant and have a healthy baby!!

HOW I’M FEELING: PHYSICALLY

Nausea

GOOD GOD. My nausea was 10x worse this time around. At 6 weeks, I went on diclegis prescription for nausea and took 2 pills at night. Despite being on meds, I still struggled through most of my first trimester with extreme nausea. Luckily I did not have vomiting but man… the nausea was REALLY bad. To be honest with you, none of the “tricks” worked for me either. Sure snacks, small meals, ginger, etc etc but nope. Massive unrelenting nausea. The hardest part about it is that being the mom to a toddler means you don’t have the luxury of resting like you do as a first time pregnant woman. Having to take care of an active child while struggling with feeling ill is miserable. I have to thank Blake for pretty much taking over the minute he would be done with work to help me as I was doubled over on the couch. It was rough. And rough knowing just how long the first trimester is. What I did make sure to do was ALWAYS have a snack in the mid afternoon. If I didn’t have some kind of snack between 2-4pm, I would be even more miserable. Saltine crackers were always on my nightstand along with bold chex mix, and goldfish.

Growing pains

I experienced some more intense round ligament pain in my groin area this time around. I noticed it mostly at night. Especially when I needed to lawn, or sneeze or make a bigger movement I would get a twitch of pain from it.

Pregnancy Brain

Like my first pregnancy, pregnancy brain is a REAL THING. I swear the moment I got pregnant my brain turned to mush. It’s hard to explain but I can’t remember anything to save my life. Lol!

Exhaustion

I was a new level of tired being pregnant and chasing a toddler. Truth be told being in a pandemic didn’t help either. Not being able to take him places etc. I was very tired but the sickness bothered me more than being tired.

Constipation

Sorry if that’s TMI but wow the constipation was bad this time around. The first month or two was tough and I know it also has alot to do with how much progesterone is in my body. Since I wasn’t drinking coffee after my transfer right away, it was extra tough. I always feel like coffee gets me moving. HA! I know. So much TMI. You’re welcome.

Baby bump

This time around I feel my belly popped out a lot sooner! At 14 weeks I feel I had a tiny little bump. I am sure I will look back and be like, WOW that wasn’t much of a bump but it’s when I felt there was a defined transformation.

HOW I’M FEELING: MENTALLY

I think similarly to my first pregnancy, after so much loss (with each of our failed embryo transfers) you keep waiting and holding your breath as each week passes you by. Each week it’s own milestone. And you find yourself thinking, “Oh I will feel good once I hear the heart beat!” “Oh I will feel good when I hit the second trimester.” But really, I think there is always a sense of unease as you move through the process. I think it’s healthy to be a little bit nervous. It’s honest. I think things have just been more stressful with the fact that we are still in a global pandemic because of Covid-19. That has put alot of stress on us keeping our family safe during these times and staying as isolated as we can while also being aware of taking care of our mental health. We are very fortunate living where we do to be able to spend time together outdoors and that has been great for the mind and body. Really, I go to bed, and wake up every day just so damn grateful knowing that I am growing life and repeating to myself that I AM PREGNANT. And THIS IS OUR CHANCE. This is our miracle. It’s been such an emotional roller coaster to get to this point and really, despite any outside stressors buzzing around, I am just so grateful and smile so big everyday knowing that next Summer I get to make Otis a big brother.

WHAT I’M EATING

First trimester for me was CARBS. CARBS and MORE CARBS. Honestly most days I barely had an appetite because of how sick I felt but I know how important it was to nourish my body. So I would basically have to force myself to have my meals. ESPECIALLY when it came to dinner. I had no appetite at all at night. It was bad.

That being said, I didn’t have any coffee for weeks. First off because I avoid caffeine after my embryo transfer and didn’t feel comfortable drinking it until after I heard the heartbeat. At a certain point, when my nausea would allow in the am and I was in the mood for coffee, I started to drink it again. I started with decaf but then had some headaches and my doctor always encourages me to have 1 cup of caffeine to help with my headaches. What I was drinking and couldn’t stop was bubble water (or carbonated water) whatever you like to call it. I usually prefer lukewarm drinks but this pregnancy I was craving ICED COLD bubble water. We actually ended up getting this carbonated water maker and we literally use it EVERY SINGLE DAY. For some reason the cold bubble water just helped with my nausea believe it of not.

Thankfully eggs were a lifesaver for me and I could tolerate them. My favorite go to breakfast that didn’t make me want to throw up: a piece of toast, a tiny bit of mayo, and a sliced hard boiled egg with salt and pepper. I basically ate that every day. I also had a lot of bagels with cream cheese when I wasn’t feeling great. Food was just tough so we didn’t meal plan as much so I could eat more what I could stomach that day.

As the first trimester went on, I was able to eat more regularly. I always try to eat protein for breakfast (like egg) to help really nourish me. I also try to make smarter choices and slip some protein in my afternoon snack. My favorites: string cheese, chocolate covered almonds, toast or apples with almond butter. Don’t get me wrong, some days I have a bowl of chips, a cupcake, or something else that is naughty. I think it’s all about balance and sometimes, you just have to indulge.

HOW I’M SLEEPING

First trimester sleep was rough. With the waking up to pee almost every night that was one element. It’s likely the hormone changes that always get to me. Last pregnancy I had to take unisom to get some form of normal sleep. Since I started the diclegis at 6 weeks with 2 pills at night, I found that helped me sleep MUCH better. So for now, I am sleeping ok. Some nights are better than others. I do toss and turn alot.

EXERCISE

I didn’t really work out at all till at least around 10-11 weeks. Of course I was doing my daily walks with Otis etc and getting my steps in and my blood pumping. But I wanted to take it easy and honestly I didn’t have the energy to do anything before then. Starting at 11 weeks I started short 10 minute workouts on my elliptical that we have in our garage and Blake got me for Christmas. I try to do that, or just walk briskly on our treadmill for 10-15 minutes. There are weeks I barely get 1 “workout” if you even want to call it that. Basically I just try to get my blood pumping whether I am walking for Otis’ morning walk or doing something else. I also started prenatal yoga class (virtually online) every week and its been music ot my soul. Great stretching and a great time for me to sit and connect with my body and the baby. It’s something I really enjoyed while pregnant with Otis so it’s a sense of comfort being able to participate even from my computer at home.

MEDS IM TAKING

For most of the first trimester, I stayed on alot of my IVF medications. I stayed on my prednisone steroids till 9 weeks and then weaned down my estrogen patches as well as weaned down to 1 progesterone injection a day. During this time, I did get some hormonal headaches with all the fluctuations but luckily they weren’t horrible and only lasted 2 days. I finally was able to stop all my meds (with the exception of baby aspirin and my diclegis) at my graduation appointment from the fertility clinic at 12 weeks!!! This was a HUGE milestone after literally doing injections and taking medications for almost a year in prep for each of my FET (frozen embryo transfer) cycles.

CHALLENGES

The biggest hurdles this pregnancy have been knowing and believing that feeling like crap would likely get better at the end of the first trimester. After a year of hormone meds, and then feeling awful my first trimester, a UTI, a yeast infection from the meds of the UTI (sorry TMI!!) I got to the point where being in my own skin was just frustrating. Being pregnant is a WILD things because your body is completely taken over. It’s beautiful in many ways and also still really emotionally challenging in others. I am so thankful to see the light at the end of the tunnel of the first tri. But anyone else that is “IN IT” my heart hugs yours mamas. It’s tough!!

WHAT I’M WEARING

I feel everything comes on sooner with the second pregnancy and the need for stretchy things came sooner. When it comes to leggings, I still wear my pre-pregnancy lululemon align leggings which are high rise and so stretchy as well as my alo leggings that are really soft and a little lower rise. Both still fit comfortably and fit over my growing body. Toward the end of my first trimester, I ended up buying these maternity leggings from beyond yoga and I LOVE them. They feel like second skin and are so buttery soft. They come all the way up over your bump or you can also fold it down to go under. Highly suggest them as they are SO comfy.

Also because I don’t leave my house often (because of Covid-19) I wear a ton of sweats. These sets from Michael Stars have been a guilty pleasure because they are SO soft and made of terry material. I also love my sweat set from Tan Lines that Sivan sent over. The material is SO soft and I feel like a cool mom in them. Although Blake made fun of my crop top sweater. HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT IS COOL!!! I do enjoy wearing more cropped tops when pregnant to let the belly have it’s little bit of room. I did end up getting one pair of maternity denim from jbrand that actually fit great toward the end of my first trimester also. Will report back when I wear them out. Equally stretchy too.

I did buy 3 bras from skims that I have been loving too. This scoop bra, this triangle bra and this nursing bra are all GREAT. I wanted to see what the hype was about with this brand and I have to say the materials are ON POINT. VERY comfy. If you plan to order, SIZE UP and size up big time. I got at least size L in everything because my boobs are enormous now and I feel their stuff runs small. I also have a ton of bras from Otis’ pregnancy. From last pregnancy, I have my hatch and bravado bras that I wear weekly also.

It’s different for the second pregnancy because you start showing and feeling bigger sooner (at least in my case) so you are in that in between period of not fully having a bump but feeling large and awkward if that makes sense. I have to say, a perk of pandemic life is the fact that I am mostly in lounge wear so I have been able to avoid real clothes for most of the first trimester aside from doctors appointments etc.

SELF LOVE

First trimester was just really challenging with not feeling well constantly. Hard to give yourself self love, in a pandemic, with no childcare help. If anything, I tried to listen to my body, and lay down when Otis was napping and try my best to give my body the much needed rest it was craving. Nearing the end of the first tri, showers and a blow dry were my self care routine and even an at home mani/pedi. Feeling better was already such a treat and allowed me the time to do some other things for myself. I think it’s just so important to listen to your body and slow down when you need it.

FIRST TRIMESTER PURCHASES

Purchases for me:

Skims scoop bra

Skim maternity nursing bra

Skims triangle bra

Beyond yoga maternity capri leggings

Aarke water carbonator

Lululemon align leggings

Summer fridays babymoon belly balm

Purchases for baby:

Kyte baby rainbow onesie

Kyte baby toddler blanket

Moby mickey wrap (blake bought this for me!)

Letterfolk sign

Masongrey baby bundle

BABY PREPARATIONS

So we didn’t do much to prep for baby in the first trimester except for me sharing our good news with my good friend (and interior design guru) Anne! She helped to plan out the interiors of our whole home including master bedroom, living and dining rooms, and most recently Otis’ nursery. I basically texted her and forced her to dream up Baby #2 nursery ideas so we are currently working on that! IT’S GOING TO BE EPIC.

WHAT’S NEXT

I am looking forward to more ultrasounds!!!! I can not WAIT for my anatomy scan at 20 weeks to get some more face time with baby. Other than that, it’s check off each week as an incredible milestone and try to remain as active as I can to help get my body strong for delivery again. It’s exciting to near the half mark and be buying things for baby, talking to Otis about the baby and just imagining our life together as a family. I honestly am still in shock everyday. I feel lucky everyday. Our rainbows have brighten out life immensely and I am so excited to continue to share our journey with you all. Big love from all of us.

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elizabethcariasa · 3 years

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Pregnancy 2 // First Trimester

Figured I would do an update on how the first trimester was for Baby 2! Things have been different and more intense the second time around! Excited to share the details with you below.

WEIGHT GAINED

HOW I’M FEELING: PHYSICALLY

Nausea

Growing pains

Pregnancy Brain

Like my first pregnancy, pregnancy brain is a REAL THING. I swear the moment I got pregnant my brain turned to mush. It’s hard to explain but I can’t remember anything to save my life. Lol!

Exhaustion

Constipation

Baby bump

HOW I’M FEELING: MENTALLY

WHAT I’M EATING

HOW I’M SLEEPING

EXERCISE

MEDS IM TAKING

CHALLENGES

WHAT I’M WEARING

SELF LOVE

FIRST TRIMESTER PURCHASES

Purchases for me:

Skims scoop bra

Skim maternity nursing bra

Skims triangle bra

Beyond yoga maternity capri leggings

Aarke water carbonator

Lululemon align leggings

Summer fridays babymoon belly balm

Purchases for baby:

Kyte baby rainbow onesie

Kyte baby toddler blanket

Moby mickey wrap (blake bought this for me!)

Letterfolk sign

Masongrey baby bundle

BABY PREPARATIONS

WHAT’S NEXT

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ncurfman · 4 years

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DJ: #47 Forty Year Old Wisdom

If you ever wonder, does life get better as you age? My answer is yes. If you chase after it. Even with some recent disappointments, I wouldn’t trade my life with anyone else. I’m grateful for the life I’ve lived, as I’ve lived it. The desire to “go back and fix” our past is useless. All we can do is embrace the movement forward. Willingly or unwillingly, life will move on.

For my small band of readers, I want to offer the little wisdom I have. And because wisdom is eternal, none of it is new or original. Still, what I have I give to you.

Jesus is real. The actual God of the Universe and beyond walked this earth, breathed our air, and burned under the same sun we do. He is our Light and our Exemplar, His love genuine and everlasting. And He is always available, ready to connect with us.

Let your meat rest after you cook it. Can’t stress this enough. Regardless of animal or cut, let your meat rest for a minimum of five minutes, ideally ten, before you cut into it. For big roasts and whole chickens, more like fifteen to twenty minutes.

Self-pity is not a virtue. With a truck-ton of experience to back me up on this, “feeling sorry for yourself” will accomplish zero in your life. I do not lack empathy for anyone, especially when life stacks up losses. The people I admire are the people who fight on and can laugh in the face of life’s bullshit.

Similar to the last: Being a victim is not a choice, staying a victim is. Rain is going to fall on you. Relationships will collapse, hopes will burn to ruin, and shame will come calling. So what? You are not your failures. Do not allow your pain to define you or drag you into shame.

Don’t let perfect defeat good. Perfect doesn’t exist. Don’t idealize jobs, institutions, leaders, people, or places. Once your stare hard enough you’ll see the cracks, and you’ll only have yourself to blame for having put the pedestal in place.

You are not alone. Depression and anxiety whisper “you’re stuck and alone.” That’s bullshit. You are a human. And whatever problems you face, others have faced. They were not special. You are not the exception. You can defeat the dragon.

Fight the dragon before it eats you. If you know you’re holding onto fear, or anger, or whatever, GO AFTER THAT SONOFABITCH! Don’t wait for your worries to run your life, because they will.

If you don’t like you, no amount of love will be enough. My search for self-affection took a long time. I set the final pieces in place this year, and it’s fantastic. Compliments mean far less than they ever did. So wild how that works.

Exercise. Everyday. A walk in nature is best. Not joking. Read this study, and this study, and this study.

Chill out. You’re gonna be ok. Start by telling yourself, “I’m gonna be ok” over and over.

The Christian walk is about way more than avoiding sin and constant self improvement. Walking with Jesus is an honor of joy. Creating room for Jesus to be Jesus ultimately leads to everything good and satisfying in life. Cut yourself some slack, and breath when the weight feels heavy.

Pray. All the time. About Everything. Yes. Jesus is one-hundred percent interested in every detail of your life- your gassy lunch, that dude at work, politics, everything. Which leads to...

Be honest in prayer. If you’re feeling disconnected, pissed-off, happy, horny, sad, tired, sleepy, jacked, overwhelmed, busy, lazy, unappreciated, overstimulated, unworthy, peaceful, thankful...etc, start there. I can’t stress enough how much the Lord needs us to be honest when we pray, mostly for us. The Father does not want to hear what we think we should say. Talk about what’s real in your life. Once or twice a week I start with, “Lord, I’m feeling sorry for myself.” Within a few minutes I am no longer mired in self-pity.

Show up everyday to something buried in your heart to do. Your heart, my heart, and your mom’s heart have something in them we want to do. A longing. We ache and sour when that thing is ignored and belittled. Let your heart breath and grow.

Drink more water.

Eat more veggies. As American’s, we don’t do veggies really well. Also, we think corn is vegetable. It is not. If you need help, look to Asia or Europe for ideas. YouTube is a great resource to learn how to cook greens or eggplant or cauliflower.

Stop watching bullshit. Stop listening to bullshit. Stop reading bullshit. Whatever we put into our soul influences how we see the world and interpret life. I love Elliott Smith’s music, but it’s depressing AF. Dude had a rough life, so I can’t listen to it.

You will always find a reason to do something...or not do that thing. This is from my dad, but it’s true. We humans will are quite amazing at finding ways to motivate or defeat ourselves.

You will always encounter resistance when it comes to anything worth doing. Start a business? Get into a new relationship? Change careers? The promise of something good eventually gives way to the path of its realization, which is difficult for every worth while venture. KEEP GOING.

Laugh. A lot. At dumb things. Our 21st century worship of the intellect is a damn travesty. It sucks the joy and wonder from the world far too often. Let yourself find joy in the silly and unexpected.

You can’t carry the world on your shoulders. I’ve tried. Many have tried. You are the rule, as we were. Let it go.

When you need to know what side the gas tank is, look at the gas gauge. Every car has an arrow on the gas gauge, and that gas gauge points to the side of the gas cap, right or left.

Butter, salt and pepper, and a touch of vinegar will make nearly anything taste better. Fat, acid, salt. I think that’s book. I’m not sure, but it’s basic Food Theory 101.

Quit trying to be an expert. True expertise requires years of dedication and intent. If you haven’t spent years intentionally engaged in something, lower your expectations. Be kind to yourself.

Talent is real, but it means nothing without dedication and persistence. Success is about endurance and grit. Ever see someone doing something and think “I could do that.” The truth is you probably could, but do you have their endurance?

Discounts are great, but not on the following items: Knives. Tattoos. Yeah....Seafood. Contractors.Mattresses.Lawyers.

Be disciplined, not controlled. Discipline is how we decided to respond to life. Control is how we try to get others to respond to life.

Challenge the narrative in your head. When we get anxious or stressed, we usually only see two choices: the ideal we want or the certain disaster. I love to ask myself “What if that’s not true? What else is possible?”

Speak life and you will have it. Listen to your thoughts and the words you speak. Are you speaking life to yourself? To others? Cynicism is the shield of the afraid and downtrodden. Pick your head up. Speak life over yourself, and don’t stop till you position your heart toward heaven.

Cultivate gratitude. Every single person has something to be grateful for. And most of us are lucky enough to have many blessings. Take time to recognize it in your life. Every, damn, day.

Judgment and comparison are thieves of life. If you find yourself in a position of constant judgment of others, or comparing your life to others...that’s your problem. It’s an act of self-protection. Take your ass on to Jesus and work through it.

Lard makes a superior buttermilk biscuit. I’ve tried shortening and butter. But lard makes a far superior biscuit.

Carbs are not evil, but too many carbs will make you fat. Enjoy your breads, potatoes, and rice noodles. Just make sure you eat your veggies and drink plenty of water.

Wild animals are...wild...animals. You should expect a wild animal to act like a wild animal no matter how cute or tame they may appear.

Procrastination is overhyped. I work better under the gun of a deadline. And I love the energy I get from knowing I’ve got to get a project finished. Besides, even if I’m not working on a project, I am thinking about it.

Trust the Lord with your life. I amaze myself how often I tried to make something work, failed, and yet I’m ok. I’m where I need to be, headed toward the place I need to be. At 40, I trust the Lord.

Love the Lord with all you heart, all your soul, and all your mind. Be patient, kind, long-suffering, forward-moving, enduring, hoping, faithing, forgiving, gracious, persistent, and honest toward the Lord. I’ve walked with the Lord for 20 years. It’s a real relationship. And loving Jesus is the best decision I’ve ever made, and continue to make.

Love your neighbors. Be patient, kind, long-suffering, forward-moving, enduring, hoping, faithing, forgiving, gracious, persistent, and honest toward your neighbors. Jesus never said it would be easy.

Love your enemies. Be patient, kind, long-suffering, forward-moving, enduring, hoping, faithing, forgiving, gracious, persistent, and honest toward your enemies. Only love can change an enemy into a friend.

Love yourself. Be patient, kind, long-suffering, forward-moving, enduring, hoping, faithing, forgiving, gracious, persistent, and honest with yourself. If you don’t love you, you will not believe anyone else can love you.

#tootiredtoedit #DJ #wisdom

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24hourchampagnediet-blog1 · 5 years

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How to Drink Alcohol on Keto

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How to Drink Alcohol on Keto

How do you know someone is on a ketogenic diet? Because they won’t quit talking about it. Especially if they’re shit-faced. Welcome to KetoDrunk, a Reddit community that currently counts over 28,000 members. Its motto: “Getting hammered while getting thin.” In this strange niche of the internet, the strictest dieters of us all try to thwart their silly, self-imposed regimens in the pursuit of a decent drink. KetoDrunk is the place where their truly hilarious hacks for low-carb mixology are tried, tested, and championed.

“I think most people drink in general, and some people find it hard to give up that last indulgence, as they have already given up so many hedonistic pleasures from their unhealthier lifestyles before,” says Daniel Wiseman, the group’s founder. He started KetoDrunk in 2013, just as the nearly century-old, high fat, very-low-carb diet was again becoming trendy. These new adopters of keto were questioning what they were actually allowed to imbibe, and Wiseman hoped to help them.

“You decided you want washboard abs and SWEET GAINS but also want to get crunk,” he wrote in his welcome message to the group. “Are these goals mutually exclusive?”

If you know anything about keto, you know followers are supposed to eschew carbs. If you know anything about alcohol, you’ve probably noticed it’s completely packed with carbs—malty beers, fruity wines, and all those $15 cocktails loaded with juices and syrups and sometimes straight scoops of granulated sugar. As Wiseman explains, however, it’s pretty simple for him to drink while sticking to his diet, assuming you understand the lingo: “A ketogenic diet is one that puts you into a state of ketosis, and most people find that alcohol does not inhibit ketone production,” he says. (In plain English: So long as he doesn’t drink any carbs that would kick him out of the metabolic state of ketosis, he’s cool.)

Kahlúa won’t work for a keto-friendly White Russian. But sugar-free coffee syrup will.

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Wiseman drinks straight whiskey, which he prefers neat, favoring brands like Booker’s and Four Roses Single Barrel. Even though whiskey is made from grains, once you distill a spirit it becomes 100-percent carb-free. Any unflavored spirit (gin, vodka, tequila, etc.) works for KetoDrunk, though be careful of rum, a poorly regulated category notorious for being secretly dosed with sugar. As with any diet, cognitive dissonance is also helpful.

“I believe the reason [Captain Morgan] has a sweet taste to it is because of the hydrocarbons released during the barrel aging,” said one commenter who really wanted to drink the spiced rum in peace.

For most people, pounding tequila shots is not an enjoyable way to spend a Saturday night. That’s why Wiseman also maintains a lengthy line of bitters bottles at home, allowing him to splash some of the carb-free ingredient into his whiskey to manipulate flavor, something he also does with MiO, a water enhancer offered in flavors like berry pomegranate and mango peach. Not that he usually needs it.

“[M]any people will find that their taste buds become more sensitive to the sweetness naturally found in alcohols and the addition of any sweet component is unnecessary,” he wrote on the subreddit.

“Some people find it hard to give up that last indulgence, as they have already given up so many hedonistic pleasures from their unhealthier lifestyles before.”

Other KetoDrunk practitioners are more adventurous, often looking for acceptable analogs to iconic cocktails. The biggest problem for keto mixology is that most of these necessitate a sweetener like simple syrup. Unfortunately, simple syrup—a 1-to-1 blend of sugar and water—has around 28 grams of carbs per ounce, which is more than most keto dieters aim to consume in an entire day.

“My coworkers and I are probably going out to drinks later in the week at a really fancy, upscale cocktail place downtown,” one commenter fretted. “Would it be super weird to order those cocktails that include sugar…without sugar? I can bring along some of my own Stevia too if I find I need it.”

The group is always looking for sugar-free cocktail sweeteners, utilizing ones you’ve heard of like Stevia and Splenda, and ones you probably haven’t, like allulose, erythritol, and something called Swerve to make their own faux simple syrups. (These can have a thin mouthfeel, so some followers add egg whites for extra body—which gives you protein to boot!) There are some store-brand options like NuNaturals and Simply Simple Sugar Free Simple Syrup, but you really have to read the labels; though they may be listed as “sugar-free,” Wiseman warns that some have “carbohydrate-laden ingredients such as maltodextrin,” and that’s no good.

While certain cocktails like, say, the Manhattan are nearly impossible to make keto-friendly—there’s no good substitute for sweet vermouth—others are a cinch. Easy highballs like G&Ts and Moscow Mules are popular; just use diet tonic or ginger beer, natch. So are Whiskey Sours and Margaritas, so long as you make them with sugar-free triple sec. Since calories from fat are actually desirable on a ketogenic diet, you can have a “Keto Colada” made with coconut vodka, heavy whipping cream, and pineapple seltzer. Even better, a 1,000-calorie Mudslide made with vodka, Ketologie chocolate shake mix, erythritol, almond milk, and heavy cream. “Jesus. That’s ridiculous,” as one commenter said.

Grenadine is packed with carbs, but you can make an alternative with Diet Ocean Spray.

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The White Russian seems to be the unofficial cocktail of KetoDrunk, with members constantly attempting their take on The Dude’s favorite drink—it’s quite easy to make delicious. A typical go might use sugar-free coffee syrup, nut milk, heavy cream, and vodka. (The verdict: “fuckin great!”) An advanced attempt opts for a butter- and chocolate chip-infused vodka shaken with heavy cream and homemade coffee liqueur, with pink Himalayan salt on the rim for added electrolytes. Despite all that effort to get loaded, one unimpressed Reddit commenter could only reply: “Help me understand if I’m wrong, but [a chocolate chip] uses soy lecithin and I thought that isn’t good for keto.”

Yes, a constant trope on KetoDrunk is that even when you’re buzzed and feeling good, you can still be a pedant—as big a hallmark of following this diet as subbing in a side salad instead of french fries. KetoDrunk is likewise surely the only drinking forum on the internet that has deep arguments about things like “gluconeogenesis” and “autophagy.” (Don’t ask.)

The group has even spawned its own cocktail book: Ke-Tiki: The Keto & Low-Carb Guide to Tiki Drinks by Jason Gawron, an Atlanta-area man and formerly overweight tiki enthusiast. Tiki drinks are notoriously some of the most keto-unfriendly cocktails around, laden with sugars, syrups, and fruit juices—as in, “the majority of ingredients found in the tiki drinks I had come to love,” Gawron writes in the book’s intro. Remarkably, he figured out how to make keto-kind versions of everything from the Mai Tai to the Fog Cutter to the typically sugar-packed Zombie, for which he swaps in crystalized citrus powder instead of lime juice and makes a grenadine using Diet Ocean Spray Cran-Pomegranate juice.

No, ke-tiki cocktails don’t taste as good as legit tiki. “But the way I see it, close enough is better than no tiki at all,” Gowran tells me.

Of course, when you’re attempting KetoDrunk, you will have to go without some things you used to love. Many in the group lament the lack of a truly tasty low-carb beer, forced to drink the watery Michelob Ultra. Many instead opt for low-carb alcoholic seltzer or Nude (essentially a vodka soda) when they desire a canned crusher.

“The way I see it, close enough is better than no tiki at all.”

But you can honestly drink anything on KetoDrunk, so long as your body remains in ketosis. Ketosis means that, due to a lack of carb-created glucose, your body instead burns stored fat, which creates an elevated level of acids in your system called ketones. Gawron monitors his ketone levels by bringing testing strips out to the bar, which he urinates on to make sure what he’s drinking hasn’t “knocked him out” of ketosis. Some KetoDrunk enthusiasts don’t find the strips reliable enough, however (and yeah, you might not want to be peeing toward your hand while buzzed). Wiseman simply pricks his blood in the morning to see if enough ketones are present. “Anyone completely altering their metabolism and still consuming alcohol needs to be aware that things change,” he says.

So, exactly how drunk do people get on KetoDrunk? There seem to be two vastly divergent camps. You would expect that, lacking a solid base of bread in the belly, many keto drinkers would immediately become lightweights—“zero to absolutely trashed,” as one commenter said. And some do.

Beer is often high in carbs, so some opt for spiked seltzer to get KetoDrunk.

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“The other pattern is that people will achieve a sort of plateau of inebriation where two drinks and seven drinks feel the exact same, but that eighth drink just lays them down like a sucker punch,” says Wiseman. He theorizes that the neuroprotective effects of deep ketosis, which studies have found to reduce seizures in children and Alzheimer’s in old people, may also “work” for preventing the feeling of drunkenness. This theory is unproven. Gawron, for his part, finds he can often drink all night long and never get loaded.

Some keto dieters find drinking is no longer fun at all.

“When I drink on carbs, the music sounds 1000 [times] better,” lamented one KetoDrunk commenter, with another describing the feeling of being drunk on keto as “less euphoric and more intoxicated.” A third said, “Basically it just makes me sleepy.”

If only sleepiness were the most pressing issue. There are some bigger health concerns to contend with as well. Bad breath is one, as ketosis causes acetone production; you might want to bring sugar-free mints on your Tinder date. Rashes are likely, too. Bloating is also possible, a common side effect of overconsumption of natural sweeteners. But dehydration is the biggest concern, as people on keto store less water than someone eating SAD (their somewhat derisive acronym for the “Standard American Diet”). Plus, alcohol is a diuretic, which causes many people to flush all the electrolytes from their body after a night of hard boozing. This often manifests itself in severe leg and foot cramping.

“I woke up this morning yelling out of pain and my roommate ran in the room to check on me,” complained a rare woman in the group; a sympathetic commenter revealed that cramps kept hitting him during post-bar coitus.

That’s why many KetoDrunk practitioners have started to chug pickle juice once they get home for the night. Others start electrolyte-loading while drinking, using pickle juice as their mixer—Tito’s vodka and pickle juice on ice is particularly popular. Stranger, perhaps, is the pickle juice Daiquiri, a mix of brine, lime juice, and rum, which you can garnish with a bread-and-butter slice when you’re feeling snazzy. (Pickle juice has not been conclusively proven to be an effective source of electrolytes.)

Wiseman appeases his drunchies with butter on cheese. We cannot recommend this.

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If you have the willpower to be KetoDrunk, there’s still the concern about what to eat for KetoDrunk food. Pizza and nachos are obviously off the table. Pork rinds and unsauced chicken wings are a great option, as are bunless burgers and crustless pizza, where browned mozzarella acts as the bottom layer.

“If I’ve had a few drinks on a fasted stomach, you may find me spreading butter on a slice of cheddar cheese,” Wiseman tells me.

Even KetoDrunk’s most monk-like followers know the other shoe is all but guaranteed to drop the next day, no matter what they ate or drank the night before. No, not in the form of weight gain, but as one of the apparently legendary hangovers you can only get while on keto, which some practitioners say last up to three days. “The headaches are like nothing else I’ve experienced,” said one dieter on the forum, while another said they frequently found themselves “wishing for the sweet release of death to put me out of my misery.”

One KetoDrunk enthusiast offered yet another hack, this one to get around the hangovers: “I usually just drink 1-2 Nuun caplets dissolved in some water throughout the night. And a ton of blow,” this commenter wrote. “Usually wake up feeling like a billion bucks.”

Aaron Goldfarb Aaron Goldfarb lives in Brooklyn and is a novelist and the author of ‘Hacking Whiskey.’

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How to Drink Alcohol on Keto

“You decided you want washboard abs and SWEET GAINS but also want to get crunk,” he wrote in his welcome message to the group. “Are these goals mutually exclusive?”

Kahlúa won’t work for a keto-friendly White Russian. But sugar-free coffee syrup will.

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“Some people find it hard to give up that last indulgence, as they have already given up so many hedonistic pleasures from their unhealthier lifestyles before.”

Grenadine is packed with carbs, but you can make an alternative with Diet Ocean Spray.

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No, ke-tiki cocktails don’t taste as good as legit tiki. “But the way I see it, close enough is better than no tiki at all,” Gowran tells me.

“The way I see it, close enough is better than no tiki at all.”

Beer is often high in carbs, so some opt for spiked seltzer to get KetoDrunk.

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Some keto dieters find drinking is no longer fun at all.

Wiseman appeases his drunchies with butter on cheese. We cannot recommend this.

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“If I’ve had a few drinks on a fasted stomach, you may find me spreading butter on a slice of cheddar cheese,” Wiseman tells me.

Aaron Goldfarb Aaron Goldfarb lives in Brooklyn and is a novelist and the author of ‘Hacking Whiskey.’

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KETO FOR BEGINNERS | Part 1 (2018) Energy, Sugar Cravings & How To Know if you wanted to start a ketogenic diet and get yourself into ketosis it's important to find out what you're eating and what you can and can't eat now a lot of people get confused with protein fat and carbohydrates make sure that your carbohydrate levels are very low your intake is low around five percent should be coming from carbs about 20 percent of your calories should come from protein and 75 percent come from fat now to give you an easy example if you've got a lean piece of chicken breast with no skin on it that would be a lean source of protein but if you had a piece of steak or lamb for example that's a lot fattier so your fat content would be a lot higher the ketogenic diet works simply on the basis of having low insulin levels in your blood insulin is a fat storage hormone so anything that triggers a high release of insulin will effectively switch you from fat-burning mode into fat storage mode if you look at a piece of toast carbohydrate if you look at a bagel which is also carbohydrate that will raise your insulin levels by a hundred to one hundred and forty percent so you're going to get a huge surge in insulin and they'll make you prone to store in fat now if you look at protein that's not going to create such a huge insulin spike but it will raise insulin by about 40 percent now when it comes to fat fat is the number one in response to insulin and insulin sensitivity because it will only raise your insulin levels by about 2% and that's effectively nothing the best sources of protein if you wanted to get yourself into ketosis something that's got a high fat content and that medium protein would be an easy example chicken thighs with with the skin on also you could have some fish some salmon if you look at beef you could have a piece of steak piece of lamb something like that or even pork belly would work particularly well for this diet a small amount of your calories will come from carbohydrate about 5% now this shocks a lot of my clients initially they think oh my god I can't live without carbs but it's actually quite easy if you know how if you look at carbohydrate content of something like a salad or greens broccoli cauliflower things like that it's actually very low so you can have a reasonably sized bowl of any of those foods and you could fill yourself up and also have your your fatty meat or your fatty fish to the side so that would be your your carb content of course we're the ketogenic diet you can help yourself to the salad cart you can help yourself to things like feta cheese olive oil you can have all the the leafy vegetables but one thing that catches out a lot of my clients and they don't realize at the time is actually quite high in carbohydrate things like beetroot beetroot is a very high glycemic index carbohydrate so it's very sugary well that is very good for you is it's still very sugary and things like sweet corn so you can pile on a load of sweet corn on your salad thinking well I'm being really healthy sticking to my keto diet but of course your carbohydrate content is going up the clue is in the name sweet corn so of course it's sugar not all carbs are the same to give you an easy example if you look at a banana and you look at an apple and I said mesh that banana wrap it would take you literally a couple of seconds to mesh out because this is pretty much predigested is it's a load of sugar all in it in the gooey form if I gave you that that fork and I said right now mash that Apple up you'd be there for quite some time trying to dig into it and trying to mash it up and of course that's what happens in the stomach when you eat a banana it's giving you one massive load of sugar all in one go so of course your body's going to recognize there's a load of sugar in one go your pancreas is going to release insulin insulin levels go up and that is what typically is a high glycemic index carbohydrate now if you look at an apple you'll digest it they'll go into your digestive system and it will take many hours for that to digest so your body will be getting a slow release of sugar and it's that slow release of carbohydrates that keeps your insulin levels low and it keeps you in that fat-burning mode for even longer there are numerous benefits to a ketogenic diet one of the main benefits and the main reason that I have a ketogenic diet is for energy levels because of my work I have to be up very early in the morning I start work at 5:30 sometimes 6:00 in the morning and one I can't be bothered to make breakfast I don't really want to eat that time in the morning it suits me fine to not eat to do intermittent fasting I'll have a coffee which will be high fat of course is Kerrygold grass-fed butter coconut oil in it and these fats will keep me satisfied they'll stop my hunger cravings and they'll also give me tons of energy a lot of people find it hard to believe that if I'm not eating carbohydrates how on earth can I have so much energy but I'll give you an example if you've got one gram of protein that will give you four calories if you've got one gram of carbohydrate that will give you four calories but if you've got one gram of fat that will give you nine calories pound-for-pound you don't have to have a lot of fat to give you more than twice as much energy but the most important thing about fat is that our bodies over hundreds of thousands of years have evolved primarily running off fats we would eat oily meats oily fish and very occasionally we'd find a little bush with a few berries and eat that so that would be the macro ratio of a ketogenic diet the majority is fat a small amount of protein and very occasionally have some carbohydrate if you're running your body on carbohydrates your body is effectively running on petrol so it is getting fuel but it's not getting a very efficient type of fuel but when your body is running off fats and body fats it's like running your body on jet fuel how long will it take me to get into ketosis each human body is completely different some people can slip into it very easily some people it will take a little bit longer could take up to a week when you eat carbohydrates your body turns that into glycogen and you store it in your muscles so every muscle that I've got on my body is like a little petrol tank that slowly fills up with converted glycogen now when you eat too much carbohydrate of course that petrol tank is full so the body will say right okay got an excess of glycogen where else am I going to store it I know what I'll do I'll just tuck it into these fat cells to get into ketosis you need to deplete these little petrol tanks as I call them these little muscles that we've got all around our body before your body will go right okay the glycogen is depleted now I need another energy source so I'm going to release ketone bodies and start burning body fat now the average human body has got about 2,000 calories worth of glycogen stored in their muscles at one time so once that 2,000 calories has gone then your body will slip into ketosis and then you'll become fat adaptive be patient if you do eat a lot of carbohydrates and you're used to carbs you can suffer from something called keto flu listen not an actual flu it's not to make you sick everyone has felt that sort of groggy feeling when your body's screaming out for cards and screaming out for sugar and you feel a little bit you know lightheaded maybe a little bit lethargic but if you just fight through that little groggy period once your body eventually releases ketone bodies your energy is going to go through the roof and you're going to feel better than ever before so a lot of people ask me what about this keto flu it's not going to kill you it'll just make you feel a bit groggy maximum a couple of days your body is not stupid it knows that it wants carbohydrates so it will give you some sugar cravings it will be asking you right I want some sweets I want some chocolate and you can satisfy those cravings without actually giving your your body the sugar and there are alternatives out there now one of my favorite alternatives and substitutes is Cavalier chocolate and they've basically taken the sugar out and replaced it with stevia and stevia and if you've heard of Truvia it's a plant sterols it's completely calorie free but the most important thing about stevia and Truvia is that it does not affect your insulin levels barely at all like it we're talking 1% increase in insulin levels and to give you an example if you were to have some sugar that would increase insulin by about 140 percent sometimes even more you can satisfy cravings look for sugar free stuff but avoid aspartame avoid saccharin avoid other sweeteners and and just stick to Truvia and stevia and then you know for sure that your insulin won't be affected and you're not going to get an excess of calories now some people in the past have said to me and they've emailed me and they said I've tried this ketogenic diet and I found that I was very tired and I was very lethargic is this the keto flu and I asked them how long has this been happening and they say oh well I've been doing this ketogenic diet for about two weeks now that unfortunately for them is not the keto flu that is a lack of electrolytes now electrolytes like potassium and magnesium they're essential for our bodies to function when you don't have carbohydrates your body will not release insulin and as I mentioned to you before if you're eating fat that raises your insulin by two percent so next to nothing so you're going to have minimal amounts of in your bloodstream the problem is if you don't have insulin your body will be losing sodium and electrolytes on the regular basis we do need salt we do need potassium we need magnesium for muscle function so to help our muscles actually work and to stop them cramping and don't forget that 80% of our brain is made from water so if you're dehydrated and your body's not holding onto water because you haven't got enough electrolytes your brain is not going to function properly so of course if your brain doesn't function properly then you will be getting feelings of lethargy tiredness you'll be getting muscle cramps in the morning I take potassium and magnesium and that will make sure that your energy levels stay high and also that your muscles don't cramp when you're working out a lot of people are interested in what supplements I personally take and I do take it a lot of tablets but the most important things for me to take on on my diet is potassium I take magnesium I also sprinkle pink Himalayan salt on all my food which isn't a supplement that obviously is going to be providing me with extra magnesium extra potassium which is natural in pink Himalayan salt I take zma at nighttime to help boost testosterone I also take vitamin D I take a high quality omega-3 t17 somatic remix bios I mix which is a testosterone booster and also it helps elevate human growth hormone levels I take that before bed for my digestive system I take super 8 uh dose choice which is a probiotic I take one of those tablets a day and that just keeps everything working tip-top probiotics are basically bacteria they help your digestive help they help speed up your metabolism and help you get rid of waste that gets stuck on on the inside walls of your digestive tract now what happens if you eat processed food you eat a lot of red meat that food can get stuck in your digestive tract so it gets stuck on the inside walls some probiotics will die in the stomach acids but this one I take the super 8 with us choice it guarantees a delivery of bacteria to the part where it's needed people ask me all the time okay so this ketosis how do I know you know do I turn green do I turn blue what happens to do me so you can use a you strip which of course you you we on and then that will tell you if you're in ketosis there's also a breathalyzer that you can purchase and that will tell you if you're in ketosis the main way I feel whether I am or not is my energy levels I ask myself am i full of energy and I say yes have I got zero appetite have I got no no interest in food or sweet things whatsoever and if the answer to that is yes I know for sure that then I'm in ketosis I do intermittent fasting every single day alcohol everyone loves alcohol that's the number one question I get asked from anyone that I do a diet plan for you could have six gin and tonics to one pint of beer one thing that I would definitely recommend to anyone watching this is first of all ascertain what body type you are

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I am SO here for the sugar intake discourse... :D

I’m always thinking about sugar discourse T_T Let’s just say that if I were to write some sort of thesis, as a biochemist, the topic would probably be: how agriculture both uplifted human society and fucked us up on a nutritional basis. for a good reason: bread and grain and stuff. here is my layman’s lecture:

always remember that carbs are sugar, just, in a slightly less immediately accessible form, but it fucks you up all the same. did u know that the fossil record of humans only shows evidence of tooth decay after the development of agriculture? ever wonder why humans are mysteriously the only mammal with an astronomically high maternal childbirth death rate, despite the fact that animals don’t have hospitals, and they just squat down and have their babies in the woods somewhere and they’re good to go, while we’re dying and need c-sections throughout history. or ever wonder why pro athletes who are supposedly more fit than all of us suddenly drop dead from heart attacks? “carbing up”. it’s all malnutrition! sugar is the devil, especially because it tastes so good and is so tempting.

but fructose… is a new level of evil. high-fructose anything will fuck you up, because fructose completely bypasses an important regulatory step in glycolysis (the phosphofructokinase control point). basically, if you eat fructose, it’s gonna be processed and injected right into your blood whether your body needs it at the moment or not. fruit pectin mitigates this a little bit, but i eat fruit only as a dessert because of the fructose…

i find it interesting that modern people, for the most part, seem to agree that sugar foods are unhealthy. soda bad, candy bad, donuts bad, pasta bad, bagels bad. pretty good so far. but what do we eat instead? “plants and protein!” that’s what people say. but what about fats? do fats make us fat?

no. not unless you’re eating fats with sugar (babies drink milk: lactose, a sugar, along with fats, so the baby gains weight). if you’re eating fat alone, the insulin hormone (insulin removes blood glucose to store it, that’s where sugar crashes come from because when you eat sugar, insulin is busying storing it as glycogen but it’s slow to fade from your system and can cause sudden low blood sugar from acting too long) isn’t triggered. one time i overheard nurses at my school saying, “you need to eat sugar. your brain needs sugar to work!” true, but yikes… because fats have sugar; they’re called glycerides for a reason (fat glycerol is converted to glucose as needed in a process called gluconeogenesis). but stay away from polyunsaturated fats and seed oils, they’re trouble for reasons that would take a while to explain, it’s the way how we need to take extra metabolic steps to “fix” these weird molecules so we can use them. saturated and monounsaturated are my best friends. experiment around with the oils you cook with. if they’re gunky and stick to your stove, that generally is a bad sign. if they wipe free with a little soap, probably good.

i’m not telling nobody how to live their life but hear me out… i live a very sedentary life. i take walks but i really don’t do much. i’m a slender weak bitch. but i devour eggs and bacon and fatty steaks, vegetables and the fattiest cuts of beef and pork cooked in lard and i eat a LOT of salt and butter, and i haven’t felt better in my life. heartburn? what’s that? dizziness upon rising too quick? fixed that with salt. fatigue? nope. i’ve gotten up in the morning and jogged a 5k without needing to eat anything. just drank water and had a nice brunch afterward. weight? i’m actually thinner and look healthier than i did when i was 18. anxiety and depression? bad sometimes, but no where near as catastrophic as it was when i ate more sugar/carbs (your brain chemical imbalances can benefit from good food. people with epilepsy or seizures or other neurological problems are sometimes placed on ketogenic (high fat) diets because it tends to helps make episodes less frequent and less severe)

thanks for green-lighting my sugar rants anon friend. biochemistry maybe saved my life.

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Welcome to the Food Blog! Again, I apologize for how long it’s been. I’m back on Keto now as of the 15th. If you don’t know much about it, I talk about it in my blog post, "Frigid Food for You." I don’t know if I mentioned this at all before but I was losing weight pretty rapidly and it was pretty concerning so I stopped limiting my carbs altogether for about a month. I am going back to Keto because of the endless health benefits and due to the fact that it’s the only thing that had put a stop to my migraines. I started getting them again recently and thought, “HECK NOPE, going back to Keto immediately.” Now, just because I do Keto doesn’t mean I want my food blogs to revolve around just Keto stuff, but there will be Keto recipes sprinkled in because, well, it’s my entire diet. Hopefully you can bear with me through those topics if you’re not Keto, or maybe I can sway you into trying it, WINK. Lol just kidding, you can do and eat whatever you like. But if you want to try any of the Keto things I discuss, go for it!

My step-mom (who we call Mamy) used to work at Applebee’s back when I was a tiny child. She started making a copycat Fiesta Lime Chicken and it quickly became my favorite meal. Now, she marinades her chicken herself but I am much too lazy for that. If you want to marinate it and be fancy like that, mix together 1 cup water, 1/3 cup teriyaki sauce, 1/2 cup of lime juice, 3 minced garlic cloves, 1 tsp tequila, ½ tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp ground ginger. Marinate chicken breasts in there for at least 2 hours. I would do it overnight if I was an overachiever. But for this dish, I actually prefer the chili-lime chicken breasts from the local grocer, Festival. It goes so well with the sauce that the chicken is smothered with. Bake or grill your chicken breasts (duh). The sauce is kind of up to you, depending on preference. Mix equal parts ranch and chunky salsa. If you want it more ranchy, (you guessed it) add more ranch, or more salsa for more salsa flavor. Put in a dash of hot sauce if you want to kick it up a notch. Crush some tortilla chips on your plate and place the cooked chicken on the chips. Spoon the sauce mixture over the chicken and sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top. Broil it all until the cheese has melted. BOOM, you have my favorite meal. Now that I am Keto, I just skip the chips (sad because I love the crunch). I used to serve this with any type of rice on the side (mostly a Mexican rice or white rice), but now I used riced cauliflower and it’s just as good. I just ate it the other day at my parents and then Baby made his own spin-off of it last night with jalapeño juice and chipotle added into the sauce. I was a big fan of these additives and I will probably add them to my own recipe for this!

There’s not much I dislike about the Keto diet, which is why it’s so easy to stick to. The only thing I’m struggling with right now is sugar cravings. And there’s one reason for it: shark week is approaching. (Which is funny because I am referring to my period BUT the real legitimate Shark Week is also approaching. LOL). I crave the worst foods for me the week before I get my period. The nice thing I’m looking forward to is the fact that once I’ve been in Ketosis for a week or 2, I lose my cravings. So the other reason that this is happening is only because I stopped Keto for a while. I had no cravings after I kicked my Keto-flu the first time. Speaking of Keto-flu, I haven’t had it yet! Which makes me think I won’t get it this time, because it’s the 4th day with 20 or less carbs in my diet each day and I haven’t had a migraine once. It’s either that OR my body is just delayed in it’s reaction LOL. I’m hoping it’s the prior. ANYWAY, as I said, I have been craving sugar like a mother. Baby developed quite the sweet-tooth when we started dating (whoops) and so now he struggles without sugar sometimes, too. He found a super easy, no-bake Keto cookie recipe for us that satisfies all the cravings and keeps us in Ketosis. It takes 5 minutes to make and they are delicious. Now, remember. I said these are Keto (low-carb) and no-bake (so not really like a doughy-cookie at all). You’ll need 2 tbsp. real butter, 2/3 cup all natural peanut butter, 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut, 4 drops or so of vanilla stevia. This is all for the peanut butter version of the cookies. Add 1 tbsp. of cocoa powder to make the chocolate version! Melt your butter, add the peanut butter, mix it. Add the vanilla and coconut, mix again. Add cocoa if you want; Baby and I split the “batter” and make half with cocoa and we leave the other half as peanut butter. Scoop about 2” spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Freeze for 10 minutes. After they have set, you can store them in a sealed baggy the fridge. This should make 18 small cookies or 9 larger ones, depending on the size of your scoops. Quick note, if you want to add a granulated sweetener like Baby and I do, add it into the melted butter when making these. Like I said, they are super taste and even better: guilt-free. There are a bunch of regular full-carb no-bake cookie recipes out there if you’d rather have that, but I don’t feel like I’m missing anything in these Keto ones.

Alright. I never really understood the whole “kale craze” that’s been going on. But since eating fewer carbs and more veggies, Baby has made some amazing meals and shakes with kale. We found some extra cheap kale at the farmer’s market and we decided to make kale chips to go with this homemade ranch he whipped up. I really didn’t know what to expect with kale chips. But I did find out that I love them. Set your oven to 275 degrees F. Wash that kale please, leaves can be dirty lol. Pat it dry. You’ll want to cut the “ribs” out of the kale and then cut the leaves into 2” pieces. I toss them in a bowl with a couple tablespoons of olive oil and some seasoning salt, rather than drizzling and sprinkling. I’m no expert but it seems to flavor it more evenly this way. Lay them flat (without overlapping) on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake them for 20 minutes, turning them halfway through. They really don’t need anything on them at all; they are delicious just being lightly salted. I do recommend you eating them as they are made because I have noticed storing them as instructed (in a sealed container) sometimes makes them somewhat soggy if there is any excess oil. But again, this satisfies a craving for salt and it’s also guilt-free.

Have you tried any food/recipes I’ve posted? I’m all about ease when it comes to cooking. The longer it takes to make something or the more intricate the recipe, the less inclined I am to eat it once it’s done. I have no idea why this is, but I do know my mom is the same way. If I spend too long prepping it, I have to taste it a lot and smell it a bunch. By the time it’s finished, it’s as if I’m tired of it or something. That’s why I focus on easy and quick recipes when I’m the one cooking. Luckily, I am marrying someone who loves to feed me. If I had to cook for myself, I’d live off of eggs, pop-tarts, chips and salsa, grilled cheese, tacos, fiesta lime chicken, paninis, crescent rolls, macaroni & cheese, maybe some casseroles if I felt ambitious. Or I would eat out a lot more. And be poor. I call that list my “single-girl food.” Thankfully that isn’t my life anymore, lol. Have a fantastic weekend. Maybe I'll not-so-surprise surprise-post sometime on Sunday. No promises, though.

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Wedding Cupcakes

Hiya with the Cupcakes Near Me, Im planing to make 3 dozen of cupcakes for my children party. The cupcakes may make the kissing a bit messy, but I'm sport. After we make sugar cookies I like to divide this recipe into several small bowls and coloration every bowl with a special hue of food coloring. The truth is, many bakeries around the globe use this cupcake recipe as their go-to vanilla cupcake. Place cupcake liners in muffin tin. I'll share some approaches on how to name your cupcake shop, some generally used words and a few questions that you need to ask yourself when choosing a reputation. And a cupcake. This is why I'm fat. Open the Cupcake Maker lid and pop the filled instances into the 6 holes. This template comes with over 200 animated slides. My friend’s sister insists on getting the Sprinkle Bomb at any time when she comes to visit, whereas my favourite is the pink velvet. Pink velvet cupcakes, what does that mean, you ask?

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littlethingwithfeathers · 7 years

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Whole 30: A Retrospective.

So here we are... Day 31. I made it! Sugar in my coffee has never tasted so good... even if it is an eighth of what I used to use.

Here’s a brief rundown of my month, and then I’ll get to my more detailed thoughts.

Plan: Whole30 diet, which meant for 30 days I consumed basically only fresh veggies and fruit, some nuts, and meat. No dairy of any kind. No grain of any kind (this includes quinoa and such). No soy of any kind. No preservatives of any kind (save a few that were given a pass). No sugar or artificial sweeteners beyond what occurs naturally in food. No beans (save anything where I also eat the pod, like snow peas or green beans.). No alcohol (cries forever). It’s a hard reset, basically.

Status: I’m amazed at how much better I feel. While inflammation was never a huge problem for me, I can tell that getting my hormones in order has helped clear my skin and given me a better sleep schedule.

Weight lost: 15 pounds! I was hoping for at least ten (that was how much my mom lost)! Wow. Down to 184.2 from 199.2! Hopefully, adding more serious exercise will continue this trend.

Pros of this diet:

It’s actually not that hard, if you are really proactive and take care of yourself. All the restrictions seem really scary, and before the age of the internet and Google, it would have seemed nigh impossible.

I did lose weight!

Better sleep. Clearer skin. A lot of people report lessening of joint and muscle pain.

No calorie counting, point system, or any similar ridiculousness. And within the bounds of the rules, eat all you want. Eat until you are full. If you’re hungry, you’re doing this diet wrong. And that leads me to...

Hungry feels different. It’s not this sudden, desperate, oh-god-must-consume-food panic. It’s more just... yeah I need to eat something. And would you look at that, it’s noon.

Cons of this diet:

You have to cook. There’s almost no getting around this unless you want to live on vinegar dressed salad for a month.This was not a con for me but it might be for some people.

You have to become a label reading maniac. It gets tiresome for the first couple of weeks, but you learn quickly what to watch for where, and stop having to think about it so hard. But there is a learning curve and you have to be diligent. Like did you know there’s sugar in a lot of commercial beef broth? Neither did I.

There are actual, honest to God, side effects early on as you detox from the sugar rollercoaster. Mood swings. Headaches. But it doesn’t last forever. It’s just annoying for a week or two depending on how addicted to sugar you are.

Unless you live in NYC or California, kiss eating out at most restaurants goodbye for the duration. Seriously... there’s maybe two places in my sizeable city where I can eat something other than a salad, and one of them is Whole Foods. It really bites.

Here are some more detailed thoughts under the cut.

Attitude:

You should to come to something like this with an attitude of discovery. It really helps keep you from cheating if you’re constantly wondering, “I wonder how I’ll feel tomorrow?” Experiment. Be aware of your body and what it’s saying and how it changes. For me the differences were pretty marked, and that made the first couple of weeks (which are the hardest by far) worth it.

Cooking:

I really feel like being able to cook for yourself is essential to success on this diet. I never slipped, but the times that I came closest were when I found myself stuck with unappealing options for food (usually something cold like a salad) because I didn’t plan ahead. Warm, filling meals are key to ensuring you stay on track and aren’t tempted to stray.

If you don’t know how to cook, do one of two things. If you’re someone easily derailed by excuse-making or roadblock-finding, learn to cook before you do this. You don’t have to be Julia Child, but get comfy making a few things like soup, stuff in a crock pot... the basics. Look back through my #whole30 and #recipes and you’ll find some recipes to try. They’re all pretty easy.

Or if you’re one who takes things like that as more of a challenge, use this opportunity to learn how to cook. I tried cooking lots of new things while on this diet, and some things are definitely keepers even after the 30 days is up.

Either way, I really feel like being able to cook is -almost- a requirement here, unless you live in some alien hippie-scape like California or NYC that’s full of hipsters and free-range vegans. The food culture in this country on the whole is such that you will largely be on your own to supply yourself with good things to eat. No stopping somewhere on the way home from work. No picking up something between rehearsals. Trust me. I’ve been there. You will have to take care of yourself. And apples and almond butter will only take you so far.

Water:

Holy sweet Cheezits. Get ready to drink all the water ever on this diet. I’m serious. It’s insane, and it actually freaked me out a little. But, I did some reading and apparently this is a pretty common problem that can be attributed to several factors.

One being that if you depended on sugary off-diet drinks for your fluid intake, you are probably drinking far less fluid than you realize (this was me for sure). But even actually calculating how much water I should drink per day, and sticking to it, I was still thirsty a lot of the time. Which leads me to...

Another factor is that if you’re eating less processed/fast food, you’re likely taking in a lot less salt than you usually do. And salt helps your body retain water. Make sure when you’re cooking, you salt your food well enough.

There’s also the possibility that shaking up the amount and type of carbs and fats you’re eating is causing a change in how much water you’re retaining. The book recommended making sure you’re eating a lot of “wet” fruits and veggies.

According to the book, this should largely sort itself out over time. It never really did for me until the very end, despite my awareness of the issue and best efforts to solve it. But drinking more water never hurt anyone. Just be ready to haul a big jug around.

Unhappy guts, headaches, cravings, and mood swings:

This is one of the first diets I’ve ever seen that comes with a list of side-effects. And they aren’t lying. If you’ve got time to read the book, it actually lists out when you should expect these symptoms and for how long... they’ve got it down to a science. But anyway, here’s my experience...

If you’re like me and you are not terribly keen on rabbit food, this diet is going to throw your guts for a loop. So just... be ready. There’s not really much to do to help with it that I’ve seen. It’s just part of the process. For most people it clears up in the first week or two if it’s a problem at all... it lasted me most of the whole month. If you’re worried about this, it might be worth your time to eat some probiotic stuff like Activia or whatever in the run up to your start date. But I can’t vouch for whether or not it helps.

Headaches have been a thing too, at least for the first couple of weeks as my body got used to the severe lack of sugar. Ibuprofen and doing a little light exercise like going for a walk helped.

The first couple of weeks were also pretty tough on the bloodsugar swings, but I got through it. It seriously felt like mild drug withdrawals, which was sort of scary to think about. The book offers some excellent advice for telling the difference between “hungry” and “sugar craving.” When you find yourself “hungry” think to yourself, “Well, I could have some roasted carrots, grilled chicken and green beans.” or whatever the equivalent meal will be for you. If that doesn’t sound appealing, it’s sugar you’re craving. My best fix was to have a tall glass of water, a small palmful of almonds, and go for a walk. It would usually sort itself out. But it took discipline.

The toughest part of this diet for me in a lot of ways was the mood swings early on. Cutting out sugar sends your hormones into a state of eternal WTF and there’s really not a fix for it other than isolation and time. Thankfully, I work from home, and my husband and roommate don’t, so I had lots of alone time to deal with it without casualties. And it helps to be aware that the moodswings are a thing. So, just know you’re not going crazy. Like everything else, it passes.

Cooking Fats:

This diet makes a huge deal about cooking fat. They give you all sorts of choices to keep you away from butter and peanut/soybean oils, like coconut oil, ghee, and so forth. And many of the recipes call for these ingredients.

Personally, I just kept to good old fashioned olive oil and rendered animal fat (like from beef and sausage that’s been browned) for the majority of my cooking. And I got some sesame oil for making stirfried veggies. All the other options seemed too expensive, and even before I went on the Whole30 diet, olive oil has always been my fat of choice for cooking. So don’t feel obliged, is what I’m saying.

Some serious saviors:

Here are some products and ingredients that saved my tail during these 30 days.

- whole raw unsalted almonds. I wouldn’t have made it without these to snack on when I got a sugar crash. It doesn’t take many to kill a craving... just 6 or 8 or so at most. Do yourself a favor and get a good sized tub and just keep them in your kitchen. My mom also likes olives for this as well. Just check your ingredients.

- dried fruit bars. “That’s It” and “Pressed by Kind” are my favorites, though I like the former best because they’re cheaper. They’re exactly what they say on the tin... just dried fruit that’s been ground and pressed into bars. No preservatives or sweeteners. They aren’t something you should eat every day, but they are a lifesaver for when you get caught somewhere and didn’t bring your lunch/dinner. It’s a good idea to bring almonds with you too, just to get a little protein in your snack.

- sesame oil. I know... sounds crazy. But let me tell you, I spent most of this diet willing to sell my kidney for a decent stirfry, and vegetables sauteed in sesame oil with a little garlic and ginger kept me from having to resort to backalley surgery.

- Califia Farms brand Black and White coffee drink. It’s almond milk and cold brewed coffee with a little coconut cream. It’s amazing and much better than just plain black coffee or coffee without sugar.

#diet #whole 30 #whole30 #weightloss #advice #diet advice #weightloss advice

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princesuggestions · 7 years

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Princely Cuisine

1. Breakfast: A bowl of wheat flakes or some lightly sweetened yogurt with fruit for breakfast. Perhaps some toast with a little jam. A hot bowl of oatmeal with granola crumbles on top. It is true that traditional western meals would be quite heavy in fat and animal protein, but today’s lifestyle doesn’t require such a thing. You’re not going quail hunting for most of the morning and horse riding in the afternoon (unless you are, in which case enjoy!). I tend to skip breakfast altogether. It really isn’t necessary, even though people still insist it’s the most important meal of the day. I’m not hungry when I first get up. I usually just have a hot cup of coffee, tea, cocoa or apple cider. Since I often rise as close to the afternoon as possible, my first meal is almost always lunch, though oatmeal and fruit may be quickly snagged if I know it maybe a while before I eat again.

2. Lunch: Depending on your eating habits, a lovely salad might do, with some veggies, cheese, olives, nuts or croutons. Don’t overload your salad on dressings or you might as well just eat the dressing for your meal. You may need something a bit heavier if you eat a lighter dinner, so some chicken, rice or potato or pasta, and vegetable might do. A sandwich with a nice bread, lettuce, cheese and protein with a side snack is a quick and easy lunch. Don’t ever discount a soup or a stew! These are often very balanced meals and contain all your food groups in one go. A nice bread or some crackers to accompany and you have a meal fit for a king. This is also a good option if you have the habit of forgetting to drink liquids (like me).

3. Dinner: Also called supper, these are often more heartier meals consisting of entrees of meat, starch and vegetables. Low fat meats are always a good way to go, and seafood is certainly an alternative, but due to environmental factors fish often contains mercury and you can poison yourself if you consume too much of it. Vegetarian options are a plenty, including setan (like tofu but made with wheat), eggs and dairy. Personally, I tend to stay away from a lot of soy products, as soy has been shown to inhibit the body’s use of vitamin D and that is necessary for calcium absorption- and some folks should be wary of it. Add flavor with spices, not sugar or fat. Coat chicken or fish with cumin, paprika, ground pepper or seasoned salt instead of breadcrumbs. Bake, not fry. It’s okay to keep skin on, it adds flavor without adding fat from oil or butter (and also adds nutrients and collagen for healthy skin and hair).

4. Dessert. Oh, but here we have a luxury. The decadence of dessert can help lead to an unhealthy body, but you can do some things to help with that. If making your down desserts, use fresh fruit and honey to replace some sweeteners in your construction. Replacing oil or fat in a recipe with applesauce will cut down on fats and also add fiber. There is a current trend of using agave syrup in place of sugar, but this had a high glucose measurement and anyone with blood sure monitoring or looking to reduce sugars from their diet should stay far away from it (this prince is actually allergic to it). Likewise, artificial sweeteners are worse for the body’s blood sugar levels than real sugar. They trick your body into thinking it’s ingesting sugar so it uses more of it up in the blood stream, which causes a severe drop in the readings because you really haven’t taken in sugar to replace what’s being used. It may also be the reason so many people feel so tired all the time. Their blood sugar is low. So if you have diabetes, believe it or not, sugar is better for you. Natural is better and may actually make you feel better. You don’t need to stay away from cake or pie or crumble, just make smarter decisions. If you stay away from it entirely you’ll crave it more. Indulge a little.

5. Snacking. As stated previously, natural is better. Nuts, fruit, dairy or veggies are your best bet. I do like the good crunch of a carrot or an apple. I LOVE prepackaged fruit cups and those little fruit and vegetable pouches. They often only contain precisely what it says. This is a great little convenience food without artificial favors, colors or preservatives. A small bag of crisps or pretzels are okay every now and then but try to keep the portion small. Sometimes all you need is that little sweet or salty taste.

Other Tips

Want to feel more regal? Have a proper place setting, with fork, spoon and/or knife. Drink out of a goblet, not a plastic tumbler. Get a teapot, teacups and saucers. Display your cake on a cake stand. (Thrift stores are a boon for more than just clothing) Also learn how to set a proper place setting. Nothing impresses anyone more than knowing which is the water goblet and which is the wine glass.

Carefully plate your meals. You may just be eating a pouch of lemon pepper tuna with some spinach, but if you use a cookie cutter to give your tuna a shape on carefully arranged greens, with a spring of herbs as a garnish, you’ll feel more princely with a fancy plate.

Got a windowsill? Grow some fresh herbs. They’re really easy (except rosemary, I CANNOT get it to stay alive for anything) and add a lot of flavor and makes things look fancier.

Drink plenty of water, if your body is constantly telling you you’re hungry, you may just be dehydrated. Keep sugary drinks to a minimum. Try sparkling water if you need a fizzy boost (not diet water- remember artificial sweeteners are bad). Cut down on the amount of sugar you put in tea and coffee to keep calorie consumption down.

Everything in moderation. Don’t overload on just pasta. Don’t overload on just salad. Don’t overload on fried foods. Having a little bit of everything is okay. Eat smaller portions more slowly. You’ll feel fuller quicker. I find surfing the net while eating actually helps me eat less.

“Diets” are BAD. Suddenly eating just one thing or cutting something out of your normal meals will cause your body to freak out. There’s a reason why people are grumpy when they’re on diets. If you need to make changes to your eating habits, do it slowly. Slowly cut down on the carbs or sugar until you’re not drinking anything sweet or adding less sugar to your apple crumble. There is no magical cure to loosing weight! What’s important is whether or not you’re healthy, not if you conform to a certain body type.

Not sure what to make with the things you have? Do a Google search with ingredients in your pantry. You would be surprised with what comes up. Even if you don’t find a recipe you will use, you may be inspired.

#princely things #princely advice #important questions

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jasoncissell-blog · 7 years

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The Basic Keto Diet

Let me start by saying I am not a doctor and nor do I have any kind of degree that makes me a professional. I started Keto on Wednesday September 13, 2017 and within 10 days I lost 14lbs. I read articles and watched videos about the Keto Diet for 2 months before I decided to try it myself. Remember you need to do what works for you. If you don’t agree or do not like something simply try something different. I started my diet with a 24 hour fast. THIS IS NOT NECESSARY. I decided that the best way to start start MY diet. Here was the thought about doing the fast. I wanted to deplete as much sugar deposits in my body as possible before I had my first meal. I wanted my first meal to be within the boundaries of the the Keto Diet. The last 3 to 4 hours was tough but mostly was not that hard since 8 hours of it were sleeping and 3 hours of it were after I ate.

FASTING

Lets talk about fasting. There are so many right and wrong answers. To ME I believe anything after 12 hours could technically be considered fasting. If I’m not fasting for at least 15 hours I do not call it fasting. Fasting is a good way to stay in Ketosis but is not necessary by any means. If I was to do a 15 hour fast I would eat dinner at 6pm or 7pm and not eat again until 9am or 10am. This is super easy to do. While fasting I allow myself coffee (black) nothing added and water. Doesn’t really matter the amount. I would say I wouldn’t drink more than 3 coffees during the fast but you could do more. Drink one water bottle or at least 8 ounces of water for each cup of coffee you drink. I personally would drink two water bottles between each cup of coffee. Here are some reasons I would fast:

If I ate a meal that had a lot of protein in one setting.

If I ate food I probably shouldn’t eat, like potatoes, rice, or bread.

If I feel like I am not losing weight and am at a stand still.

If I had any kind of alcohol.

If I ate a lot of food in one setting in general.

Again FASTING IS NOT NECESSARY but is not a terrible idea.

STARTING OUT THE DIET

The first thing you need to do is buy the foods that you will eat on the diet. Do not rely on the things you already have. Buy Ketone testing strips at Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, or Amazon. Buy either chicken broth or bullion cubes. It would not hurt to buy Potassium Citrate (Yes the Citrate part is important) and Magnesium in the vitamin section at Walmart or wherever you buy your groceries. These are usually cheap considering it will last more than a month. Last but not least, a food scale. Walmart has food scales as well as most your major scales. If I did it again I would have bought a Microgram scale that also weighed grams. So if you are a cocain dealer you might already have one lolz. I bought a bought both because I decided after I bought the food scale I wanted raw “supplements” instead of buying something in a bottle. I’m a nerd sorry not sorry. I will link as many things as I can at the very end.

SOME OF THE FACTS

Keto is a high fat diet. Your protein is at a moderate level. Carbs and sugar are the devil, “cough” I mean you will eat low carb and avoid sugar. The typical daily diet is 70% Fat 20% Protein 10% Carbs. Mine usually ends up being 75% Fat or a little higher 18ish% Protein and 5ish% Carbs. Shoot for 70% Fat or a little more. Since you are avoiding certain foods your electrolytes will be a little off. Magnesium, Potassium, and Sodium are the three electrolytes in reference. If your electrolytes are off you are gonna feel like absolute crap. A way to quickly fix this is drink Chicken Broth or a Bouillon Cube dissolved in warm warm or……. take Magnesium and Potassium together (this is what I do). I salt the crap out of my food so I know my Sodium is good. Your body will change from using Sugar as a fuel source to using Ketones. This is called Ketosis. Your goal with this diet is to stay in Ketosis. There will be a time during this transition that will most likely not be pleasant. It is referred to the Keto Flu. I will share a link at the end if you want more in depth info.

KETO FLU

Google it! So many different opinions. Here is what I experienced. First of all remember I fasted so that was a little weird to begin with since I have never fasted in my life before. Made me almost feel high the last four hours. Like my mental clarity was super foggy and I was a little tired. So after I broke the fast and had my first “Keto Meal” (6oz Ribeye and a serving of steamed Broccoli). I went to sleep and woke up feeling a little strange. I drank Keto Coffee (I’ll explain later) in the morning and ate Eggs and Bacon a few hours later. The entire day I didn’t feel good and was very tired. Later in the day my body was achy. So technically “Flu like symptoms” without the puking or crapping my pants lol. I never had a sick feeling. Just know that this is something that will pass and everyone deals with it differently.

DO NOT EAT

This is most likely the best information I can give about your diet. Do not eat the items listed below.

Sugar or anything with sugar in it.

Bread (I know I cried a little too).

Grains. ( Rice, Pasta, Cereal)

Beans

Fruit

Juices, Soda, Gatorade.

Gum (This was hard for me).

WHAT TO EAT

Don’t worry this is not an expensive diet. I spent around $130 in groceries and it will most likely last three weeks. Keep in mind thats all meals per day times 7 days. If your breakfast, lunch, and dinner were $5 dollars a piece times 7 days that would come out to be $105 per week. You will not need to buy fancy food or cook different food for your family. If you cook something for dinner that is not allowed in your diet for your family (mashed potatoes or mac and cheese) just don’t eat any.

Meats:

Basically any steak will work. Ribeye is the fattiest out of all steaks. Check this pic out http://i.imgur.com/hXLH5qB.jpg.

Hamburger meat. Get 80/20 or a higher fat content.

Chicken legs, thighs, and wings. Try to stay away from Chicken Breast because its a lot leaner and high in protein.

Fish like Salmon are high in fat. Tilapia and Tuna tend to be more lean. Eat in moderation.

Bacon a Keto Staple.

Pork Ribs or Beef Ribs. Pork Chops and Pork Tenderloin are a lot leaner and high in protein.

Pork or Beef Sausage. Be mindful of the Label and what in it.

Breakfast Sausage or Links. Again be mindful of the type. Sugar is our enemy.

Eggs

Shrimp. In moderation.

Pepperoni. High in calories!

Deli Meats. This is a touchy subject but can be a good snack.

Beef Jerky. Another good snack but don’t over do it.

Turkey honestly should be avoided because its low in fat and high in protein.

Vegetables:

Avocados are another staple in Keto.

Spinach

Broccoli

Cauliflower

Kale

Asparagus

Collard Greens

Lettuce

Mushrooms

Cucumber

Zuchinni

Peppers Jalapeño, Green Bell (say no to red and yellow), Chili

Tomatoes

Radish

Celery

Pickles

Nuts:

Pecans

Brazil

Macadamia

Walnuts

Hazelnuts

Almonds

Peanuts (Be careful with this one. Its a legume (Bean) not a nut.

Pistachios

Cashews are an iffy they are a bit high in Carbs.

Dairy:

Cottage Cheese

Heavy Cream

Butter. Get Kerrygould brand. Its a Keto thing :)

Ghee

Cream Cheese

Sour Cream

Basically any kind of Cheese. (String, slice, stick, shredded)

Oils

Coconut

Avocado

Olive

MCT

FINAL THE INFO YOU ACTUALLY WANT

LETS DO 14 DAYS WITHOUT CHEATING

Wether you start with a 24 hour fast or not lets make sure you’re ready for 14 days of trusting the diet. The first couple days or so are gonna suck. From my experience my appetite suppression started almost immediately. This means you won’t eat as much as you currently do. The first thing you need to do is download My Fitness Pal. You may add me [email protected]. Next figure out your Macros (Fat,Protein,Carbs per day). Remember to subtract Fiber from the Carb count :). Here is a basic break down.

For a Male 1800 or less Calories, 140-150g Fat, 85-95g Protein, and 10-20g Carbs.

For a Female: 1600 or less Calories, 120-130g Fat, 55-65g Protein, and 10-20g Carbs.

You can go to https://www.ruled.me/keto-calculator/ to get a little more accurate reading of your Macros. You can always keep your calories lower. Your daily percent is the most important thing to remember. Make sure your Fat is at least 70% of your daily diet and the rest should fall into place.

So now that you have your basic tools now its time to meal plan. Here is my basic day of eating. But before here is my Keto Coffee Recipe.

KETO COFFEE

Some people drink what is called Bullet Proof Coffee. You can Google it and find lots of different things. Here’s what I do. I make 8 ounces of any brand of coffee. I add 1 table spoon of Coconut oil, 1 table spoon of MCT oil, and 1 table spoon of Heavy Whipping Cream. However, I do change it up sometimes like use 1 table spoon of Kerrygold butter or use different amounts of oils or heavy whipping cream. The basic idea is to use 3 table spoons of some kind of fats. This morning I had 2 table spoons of Heavy Whipping Cream and 1 table spoon of Coconut oil.

DAY OF EATING

6:30am Keto Coffee

10-11am 2 Eggs fried in Bacon Grease. 2-3 slices of Bacon or Sausage. Every other day I eat 1/4-1/2 of an Avocado.

1-4pm Cheese of some sort. Small amount of nuts

5-7pm 4-6 ounces of meat. 1/2 to 1 cup of vegetables.

I only eat when I am hungry. One of the benefits of Keto is appetite suppression. During the week I work out at lunch so I tend to eat shortly before I go to the gym. After I get back I usually eat a cheese stick and some nuts. I kinda still believe in getting some protein in after a weight training session.

OFF THE CUFF INFORMATION

So there are a few YouTube creators that are very knowable about the Ketogenic Diet and how it affects our bodies. Recently I listen to a gentleman named Mike talk about supplements. He is doing quite a few studies on supplements and Keto. However, he was talking about Selenium. This is a very important mineral and we need a little bit of it in our bodies. The best sources of this mineral are: Brazil Nuts, Yellowfin Tuna, Sardines, Grass fed beef, Chicken, Eggs, and Spinach. Most of us need around 40-60mcg per day. Two eggs have roughly 30mcg. My advice is to eat 1 Brazil Nut a day.

Remember those Ketone test strips? These are a lot like a pregnancy test. They test for Ketones in your urine. They are inaccurate in a since. The reason is they test the unused Ketones in our body. If you just did a very intense workout the reading of Ketones will be off because you used a whole bunch during your workout. The basic goal is to see any shade of Red or Purple. It will give you peace of mind knowing you are in Ketosis. There are other testing methods that are more accurate at testing for Ketosis. The two I have seen are Blood Test and Breath Test. The Breath Test simple test the Acetone in the bottom of your lunges. The Blood Test is arguably the most accurate for self testing, by that I mean not going to the doctor. It works like a Diabetic Test. You put your blood on little strips and it tells your your Blood Sugar. You can also buy strips to test your Ketone Level. This test is expensive and I do not recommend purchasing the device and strips. However, if you do use them sparingly. The “pee test” is inexpensive and easy to do. You pee on the test stick and wait 15 seconds, the bottle with have markings on it. Let me remind you though, as long as its any shade of red or purple you are good!

Last thing off the top of my head before I drop links, DRINK WATER!!!!!! You honestly need this more than anything. Be mindful to drink at least 6 ounces every hours. I drink 1 bottle 16ish ounces every hour I am awake.

GOOD LUCK! IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS JUST ASK!

A good read and understanding of the Ketogenic Diet.

https://www.ruled.me/guide-keto-diet/

Food scales.

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004164SRA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Walmart https://www.walmart.com/ip/CO-Z-11lb-5kg-Digital-Kitchen-Food-Scale-Stainless-Steel-Platform-With-LCD-Display/142704909

Microgram scale I purchased.

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012TDNAM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Magnesium.

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012619B0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Walmart https://www.walmart.com/ip/Spring-Valley-Rapid-Release-Magnesium-Citrate-Dietary-Supplement-Capsules-100mg-100-count/38570837

Potassium.

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ENSA93S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Walmart https://www.walmart.com/ip/Now-Potassium-Citrate-99-mg-180-Capsules/40703770

The MCT Oil I purchased. Debatable if you even need this. Some Walmart stores have MCT Oil.

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XM0Y9SE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ketone Testing Strips

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J9LOP4M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Walmart https://www.walmart.com/ip/True-Level-Ketone-Test-Strips-For-Diabetics-Paleo-Ketogenic-Low-Carb-Dieters-100-Tests/141656652

CVS https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-reagent-ketone-test-strips-prodid-306412?skuId=306412

Walgreens https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-ketone-test-strips-for-urinalysis/ID=prod6000723-product

The Founders of Creative Cooking for Keto

https://www.ketoconnect.net/

Mike the Supplement Guy. He test certain supplements to see how they change Blood Sugar and Ketones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNaB7ljxhwI&list=PLpxGtvV4Cq_Lj1fCzzb3I28ObxdEeiXCt

My YouTube Channel is https://www.youtube.com/user/cissell870. You can always just search Jason Cissell on YouTube. I am in the process of making videos where I go shopping, share tips, and tell you how my journey is going along the way. There are a lot of random videos but once I start uploading I will make a playlist specifically for Keto and upload at least 1 video every week.

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