While a ketogenic diet might focus primarily on keeping your carb count low you cannot avoid reality. If you eat thousands of calories every day you will not lose weight. In fact you’ll probably put on weight. So keeping an eye on the size of portions is important. When I’m cooking at home I’m able […]
I said I’d try this ketogenic low carb diet for a month and then decide what to do. That month is now up so it’s time to do the assessment! I started this diet just over a month ago and the time has flown. Sure, there have been some low points, but overall things are […]
I’ve tried various diets over the years. Most of them involved following a plan of some kind pretty closely. For example, the Tesco Diet, was one I stuck to for several months. It sort of worked, but it and all the others ones fell apart as soon as I hit the road for business travel. […]
I’m now 3 weeks into this ketogenic low carb diet. So far it’s going quite well. Sure, I still miss being able to eat bread, pasta and a bunch of other things. It’s not so much a craving, but a quite radical change to my eating habits. When you walk past a bakery, for example, […]
I don’t like wasting food. If there’s food in the cupboard it needs to be eaten at some point by somebody. However if you’re following a low carb diet you quickly discover that a lot of the food in the cupboard simply is not compatible. Flour? Not unless it’s almond or coconut. Pasta? Not a […]
I like having salad for lunch. When I switched to a low carb diet recently I had to start watching my carbs very very carefully, so I can’t choose a roll or wrap for lunch these days. (I’m sure there are low carb options available for doing wraps, but I haven’t found them locally yet!) […]
The problem or challenge with most diets is seeing their impact. You can change your lifestyle quite dramatically but have to wait weeks to see any tangible impact or benefits. Switching to a low carb high fat / ketogenic diet is not easy. However, unlike many diets it is relatively simple to check if your […]
