KETO FOR A MONTH (Week 1)

Hi guys and welcome to my blog. If you haven’t already guessed by the title of this blog this month will be packed full of keto content. Now this is a bit bias because of all the diets/lifestyle changes i have ever tried this is undoubtably my favourite.

I have been through the keto diet before but had to stop along with exercise due to the fact i was pregnant and underlying issues wouldn’t allow a safe pregnancy if i continued on with my regime. After a complicated pregnancy and an emergency c- section i had a healthy baby boy and i have the all clear to resume my previous activities.

What is keto?

If you don’t know what the keto diet is let me explain it to you. The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control epilepsy in children and diabetes related illnesses.

If you start the keto diet after a few days, the body enters into a state known as ‘ketosis’. This is where the body can no longer make glucose from it’s usual carb sources (because there’s no more carbs to consume) so your body resorts to using stored fat for energy instead. When your body is in ketosis, your body starts to eat into your fat reserves and that’s why you can lose weight quickly.

A keto diet generally consists of 70 per cent fat, 25 per cent protein and around 5 per cent carbs.

If you’re going keto, you can expect to see meat, cheese, butter, cream, low-carb veggies, nuts and seeds on the menu. What you can’t eat are grains, most fruit, sugar and root vegetables like potatoes and carrots.

Down the rabbit hole we go…

Now lets get down to the fun part weight and measurements for the start of this month are:

I would recommend if anyone else was doing this to like myself go to the doctors first and get doctors approval before beginning any diet. I highly recommend taking your weight and measurements to track your process or even some photos to see your progress.

Im pretty excited to start back on the ketogenic diet again and hopefully we will see some result by the end of the month. I will be posting my favourite recipes and results throughout this month, if keto isn’t what you want to read about and you would like me to try something else just leave me a comment and i will see what i can do.

WEEK 1.. The struggle is real.

Starting off fresh for 2020 i was feeling unstoppable and ready for anything. As i have been having sugar and carbohydrates for the last year not really even thinking about it just enjoying the perks of not having to do much in the way of cooking. I thought since i have done this before it will be a breeze, super easy. I was wrong the first day the lack of sugar made me feel like i’d been punched in the head by Anthony Mundine. I dont really remember going through this last time but then again that was 3 years ago. Anyway enough with the moaning about a lack of sugar and bread lets get started with the menu for the first day.

Day 1 Menu:

So we started out fasting till lunch time just clinging on to the necessities that is the morning cup of coffee and water.

For lunch we had 2 eggs hardboiled and a green leaf salad with tomatoes and a bit of red onion which was pretty filling and enjoyable.

For snacks i had some cheese bites and a packet of pork crackling.

Then for dinner we had some curried sausages and cauliflower mash which was delicious.

Macros for day 1:

• Breakfast: 2.4 Calories, 0g Protein, 0.1g Fat, 0g Carbs.
• Lunch:  133 Calories , 11g Protein, 8g Fat, 2g Carbs.
• Snack:  154 Calories, 11.5g Protein, 9.7g Fat, 2.4g Carbs.
• Dinner: 653 Calories, 28g Protein, 57g Fat, 8g Carbs

Day 2 menu:

So we pretty much followed the same principles as yesterday the coffee for breakfast and the salad with lunch.

For snacks today we had 4 salami wrapped cheese for something different.

Now for dinner we had a lovely steak courtesy of my husband as i hate cooking beef with some lovely green beens and garlic butter.

Macros for day 2:

• Breakfast: 2.4 Calories, 0 Protein, 0.1 Fat, 0 Carbs
• Lunch: 133 Calories , 11g Protein, 8g Fat, 2g Carbs.
• Snack: 300 Calories, 17 Protein, 25g Fat, 2g Carbs
• Dinner: 729 Calories, 36g Protein, 62g Fat, 6g Carbs

Day 3 Menu:

Today i feel horrible, i’m feeling sick and sluggish so i have my coffee a whole litre of water and carry on with the morning.

For lunch we had some atkins cruskits thins with vegimite and another coffee as today we are very busy, but i love these more than anything right now and this meal made me feel alittle better.

Now for dinner i thought i would try something different and i made some grilled lobster with fresh herbs and tomatoes. Aldi had a special on lobster so i thought i would give this a try.

Day 3 macros:

• Breakfast:    2.4 Calories, 0 Protein, 0.1 Fat, 0 Carbs
• Lunch :    42 Calories, 2.6g Protein, 1.6g Fat, 2.4g Carbs
• I didn’t have time to snack today
• Dinner:    177 Calories, 28g Protein, 6.5 Fat, 0.5 Carbs

Day 4 menu:

Feeling better today i had my coffee and my water and continued on to lunch.

Lunch time i had some curried eggs which my husband absolutely enjoyed.

For snacking today i had some pork crackles while i worked.

Dinner time we had Piri Piri chicken with a green salad and i was very impressed with myself i must say… it was yummy!

Day 4 macros:

• Breakfast :   2.4 Calories, 0 Protein, 0.1 Fat, 0 Carbs
• Lunch :    200 Calories, 6g Protein, 19g Fat, 1g Carbs.
• Snack:    154 Calories, 11.5g Protein, 9.7g Fat, 2.4g Carbs.
• Dinner:    387 Calories, 26g Protein, 28g Fat, 5g Carbs

Day 5 Menu:

I was really hungry at breakfast today so i had a bit of bacon and some eggs with some avocado.

Lunch today i had some leftover piri piri chicken and still yummy the next day.

Still full from lunch so no snack today

For dinner we had a light one because we ate a bit today and we weren’t that hungry. we had a cheesy chorizo and spinach frittata and it was pretty good.

Day 5 Macros

• Breakfast:    968 Calories, 27g Protein, 89g Fat, 8g Carbs
• Lunch:  387 Calories, 26g Protein, 28g Fat, 5g Carbs
• Dinner:  661 Calories, 27g Protein, 59g Fat, 4g Carbs

Day 6 menu:

Today was a pretty boring day food wise, we went back to just coffee for breakfast this morning.

For lunch we had some atkins crackers with vegimite.

And some bacon and eggs for dinner (I know right lol)

Day 6 Macros

• Breakfast:    2.4 Calories, 0 Protein, 0.1 Fat, 0 Carbs
• Lunch:    42 Calories, 2.6g Protein, 1.6g Fat, 2.4g Carbs
• Dinner:    272 Calories, 15g Protein, 22g Fat, 1g Carbs

Day 7 menu:

Breakfast on this lovely sunday we had some keto pancakes and coffee.

For lunch we had a some steak and eggs

And we snacked while watching a movie we had some salami chips and cucumbers.

And for dinner we had braised chicken with speck and mushrooms and yes it tasted as amazing as it sounds.

Day 7 macros:

• Breakfast:    424 Calories, 13 Protein, 39g Fat, 4g Carbs
• Lunch:    436 Calories, 65g Protein, 17.2g Fat, 0.7g Carbs
• Snack:    147 Calories, 7g Protein, 13g Fat, 1g Carbs
• Dinner:    278 Calories, 28g Protein, 17g Fat, 2g Carbs

This weeks summary:

Well lets talk weight and measurements first.

I didnt lose much in the way of cm’s and not an incredable amount of weight either i lost 0.6 of a kilo which isn’t bad but also meh.

In conclusion this week was exsausting and physicaly and mentaly challanging and i didnt really lose alot of weight but at least the food was good. for all the recipes i will write them up and put them up so you can try them if you like the sounds/looks of them.

Well thats all until next week i hope you enjoyed this post.

Bye x