My nurse practitioner suggested the Keto diet to me a couple of weeks ago. I’ve bought a few Keto books and have started subscribing to some Keto channels on YouTube. Looks pretty good and effective...I just hate the thought of giving up my yummy carbs.
Guess I’ll give it a whirl...next year!
Hands down best low carb site around - http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/
The linked site has a grocery list that’s an easy reference. Basically, just eliminate anything white in your diet (bread, flour, corn starch, rice, sugar, potatoes, pasta). Stick to meats and low carb veggies (no pinto type beans, corn, sweet potatoes, peas) and fruits (stick to berries). I’ve printed out most all her recipes into a 4” binder that’s bursting at the seams.
Just because beef is expensive doesn’t mean you have to buy steak. I do NOT. Pork and chicken are budget friendly. Turkey is can be found < $1/lb during the holidays.
I’ve been on and off LC since Atkins so if you have any questions, just ask.
They say cheese is fine but I don’t lose as much if I eat a lot of it. And I do love cheese daily. So, calories do play a factor even though they say they don’t.
If you can give up candy, full sugar soft drinks and potato chips, this diet pretty easy. Just go with substitutes for your yummy carbs.
Check out the Keto FAQ on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/faq
There’s a pretty good reddit sub on it too:
Here is a forum that has a lot of info on low carb. It has sub-forums with the different plans, recipes, exercises, different health issues that may affect weight loss and you can keep a journal.
Bread is my favorite food, so it’s really hard on me to go on this diet. But, if you’re not sensitive to gluten, you can make bread that’s low carb, made almost totally from gluten, that tastes like real bread. You can order gluten from Amazon, a lot cheaper than buying it in those little boxes in the grocery store. I made some, thought I’d hit gold, but I must be gluten sensitive, because my stomach immediately swelled up like a toad and started cramping as soon as I ate a couple of slices. You don’t have to have celiac disease to be gluten sensitive. It’s more of an allergy kind of thing.