The Ground Rules in a way I wish I had read them.
After making a decision to change yourself, you are faced with a wealth of diets and plans. They vary wildly, from no carb, to carnivore, extreme fasting, and have even heard of a potato diet recently. It’s easy to try, fail, move on to the next, rinse and repeat while gaining nothing but frustration. I call these curb checks, and have seen way too many personally.
I started with smoothies, kale, blueberries, etc, portion control, low-carb’ish (without high fat) and a few other good attempts, with limited forward movement.
Eventually, I found a way to tackle Keto that worked for me. A little backtracking, I was / am an extremely picky eater. Veggies were NOT in my list of things that I would eat, so finding a diet that worked was exceptionally tricky. Eventually, I stumbled across a keto calculator, and macros.
For a little while, these macros are all that matter. Food just became survival, not enjoyment – which leads me into some ZombieLand style rules for Keto that helped me a ton.
1. Never buy anything that says “Keto” on the label.
2. Food is survival, not fun.
3. Have food available, a vacuum sealer is a good buy.
4. BBQ is good
5. Food is survival, not fun.
6. Deviating from the plan for 15 minutes, is a 3 day set-back from your goals, this is important to remember when making choices.
Now that the rules are out of the way, figuring out your macros is key. Head over to Google and search for “Keto Calculator” – they are all similar and not going to advertise one over another, just pick a free one.
My macros were 25g or under carbs, 75g protein, and 100g fat daily. These are the only numbers that matter, and you are going to turn food into a science of survival to hit them. 😊 Remember these numbers!
Before going head first, making this easy to maintain is key. Food prep, helps make food easy science, and avoids slip-ups or timely meal prep – so before jumping. Before starting your adventure – make the following types of items, the idea is to have one work week of food on hand, and can prep again on a weekend.
- 1 lb vacuum sealed bags of cooked or fast to cook proteins:
o Breakfast sausage portioned out
o Pulled Pork
o Grilled or Smoked Chicken
o Steak
o Boiled Eggs
- Carb friendly sides
o Cauliflower (Fall in love with this)
§ Cauliflower rice
§ Roasted Cauliflower
§ Mashed Califlower
o Brocolli
- Fat bombs – Fat numbers are hard to hit without them, but incredibly important! These are big craving killers.
o Almond Butter Fudge Fat Bombs
o Cheesecake fat bombs
o White Chocolate fat bombs
This seems like a ton of prep, but it's a good excuse to BBQ tons of meat, and buy a vac sealer. :)
I can’t stress enough how important the prep is, making this all as easy as possible is what it’s all about. A vacuum sealer is an amazing investment, and if you were to buy one thing, a vacuum sealer would be it! (A smoker / bbq is right behind that – more on that another day)
That’s enough for now, once your freezer is stocked, we can move on to – Grinding through the first month of Keto.
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