Ketogenic

Checked out the Dymatize “Gourmet” flavors, prolly won’t work for ketosis.

This entry is part 44 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

I got a message asking what the difference was between the Dymatize Nutrition Elite “Gourmet Vanilla”
and Dymatize Elite Gourmet “French Vanilla” – In a nutshell: the difference is carbs.

I freaked out and got super excited when I saw that the “gourmet”line has peanut butter chocolate flavor. I almost ordered some right then and there but then I checked the nutrition label and compared it to the “elite”.

The “gourmet” ones have 6 grams of net carbohydrates per “serving” compared to 2 on the “elite”, so 3x as much. If you put 110g of the gourmet into Keto Chow, it will contribute 20.72 net carbs making a grand total of 24.62g net carbs (compared to 13 with the “elite”). Now, that’s actually doable depending on your activity level and not eating anything else with carbs in it during the rest of the day but you will have a harder time staying in ketosis.

Dangit, I was looking forward to trying the chocolate peanut butter. I guess I could always grab some PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter, it has 3 net carbs per 12g serving. OK, you’ve talked me into it, I’m going to get some and try 12g in a blender bottle of Keto Chow.

By chris|2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00March 12th, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent|2 Comments

Keto Photo Friday: 4 months, 37 lbs – got a long way to go still =)
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Keto Photo Friday: 4 months, 37 lbs – got a long way to go still =)

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Keto Photo Friday: 4 months, 37 lbs – got a long way to go still =)

This entry is part 42 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

I posted this to /r/keto last week, decided it might be nice to have it here too. I started “Obese” (>30 BMI) now I’m just “Overweight”.

First time posting progress pics. I was going to wait longer but I was just at a conference where they were doing headshots. I had a similar one taken right before I started keto. Time for a comparison.

Here you have before and after. 4 months, 37 lbs. Oddly enough, both were taken at SalesForce conferences.

2000-05 Wedding – According to my wife I weighed 220 when we were married 15 years ago.

2006-10 – In 2006 I started keeping track (mostly daily) of my weight, this picture is very close to when I weighed 276. I later lost quite a lot of weight doing the “Shangri-La” diet and then again lost more doing something similar to “Whole 30”.

Here’s my complete weight log from October 2006 until February 2015 (excepting the year or so I stopped keeping track in 2009)

2014-10-13 Dreamforce – This was just before I started keto. I weighed 258.

2014-10-13 – Also at Dreamforce. This is mostly just for fun.

2014-10-25 – This was taken 4 days after I started Keto. I was already down 8lbs. My wife looks awesome.

The spike in January is when I ate carbs for a week in preparation for a weight loss contest. Gotta level the playing field!

2015-02-20 – 4 months and 37 lbs. I was down to 220.5. It’s awfully close to how much I weighed when I got married plus it’s almost exactly 100kg.

2015-02-26 – Hey, every one of these has to have a selfie right? Yes I wear a tie to work every day. Yes that’s a Napoleon Dynamite figurine, it talks.

By chris|2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00March 3rd, 2015|Ketogenic, Keto Chow, Soylent, Weight Loss|Comments Off

Change flavor of your subscription

This entry is part 41 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

Several people asked if they could modify their subscription later on, usually to change out flavors or even to modify the billing period. I used to tell them the only way to do that was to cancel the old one and create a new subscription. Turns out the subscription module I’m using has a feature that allows for “switching” the subscription I just didn’t have it turned on! You log into your account, find the subscription and switching it takes you back to the product page where you essentially place a new order and it replaces the old subscription. There are instructions on how it works exactly HERE.

By chris|2015-03-02T14:00:22-07:00March 2nd, 2015|Soylent, Keto Chow|4 Comments

100 Kg (down 17 total in 4 months)

This entry is part 40 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

This morning I finally hit 220.5 lbs. This is kinda a big deal for a variety of reasons:

It’s within rounding distance of being exactly 100 kg (220.46 lbs). I’m almost as excited about being 100kg as I am about being 37 (“I’m 37, I’m not old.” “Well I couldn’t just call you ‘man’.”).
It’s how much I weighed 15 years ago when I got married.
It’s less than I weighed yesterday.
“220, 221, whatever it takes“
Brings my total weight lost since I started a Ketogenic diet 4 months ago (tomorrow) to 37.3 lbs. That’s 3 short of being 2 “stone”. I guess I should see if I can lose another 2.7 by tomorrow so it’ll be a nice, even 40 in 4 months =)

The spike a month ago was when I went off my diet and ate carbs with reckless abandon in preparation for a weight loss contest. Good times, not going to do that again =)

By chris|2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00February 19th, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent, Weight Loss|2 Comments

Discovered a superpower

This entry is part 39 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

Yesterday for kicks I did a little experiment and didn’t eat anything from 21:00 the night before until 18:00, so 21 hours without eating just to see what would happen. I had read that doing a ketogenic diet my body would cope with fasting extremely well, and it did. I still drank water and some zero calorie flavored things, but I didn’t get hungry at all for the entire day. Then I chowed down on some Keto chow, a bunch of cheese and some beef jerky. I’m trying it again today and so far it’s worked extremely well. The next 3 days I’m working at a trade show/conference all day and I’m not going to have ready access to refrigeration for bringing keto chow. In the past I’ve just brought an insulated lunch bag with a cold pack which has worked very well but frankly I don’t want to be bothered with transporting food and all that. Anyhow, my plan is for the next 3 days (bringing the total to 5 days): I’m going to eat when I get home and fast the rest of the day. On Saturday that will probably take me beyond 24 hours since that’s the pack-it-up day. It feels a little weird having not eaten for so long, especially since I’m still not hungry. I didn’t have any problem at all doing the elliptical this morning either. Anyhow, it’ll be an interesting experiment.

For my own reference, I started the day yesterday at 224.7 and this morning I was 222.8.

By chris|2015-02-11T14:41:02-07:00February 11th, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent, Weight Loss|4 Comments

Had a bit of a flavor party last night
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Had a bit of a flavor party last night

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Had a bit of a flavor party last night

This entry is part 38 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

I ordered a bunch of 2 lb tubs of the various flavors and mixed them up into Keto Chow last night: Chocolate Fudge, Pina Colada, Smooth Banana, Cookies and Cream and the staple Chocolate Mint, Strawberry and Vanilla.

Not pictured is “Rich Chocolate” – I got the 10 lb bag of that one. I then mixed Rich Chocolate, Pina Colada and Smooth Banana up in blender bottles for today’s food. I did a quick taste test this morning. The Rich Chocolate is significantly more chocolaty than the mint chocolate (like really, really chocolate). The Pina Colada tastes like what it is: Pineapple and Coconut. The Smooth Banana is a bit odd: It mixed up really thin, almost like there’s no xanthan gum in it. It doesn’t look like I messed up on mixing the powder but I’m going to try doing a smaller 1-day batch tonight to double check. It could be it’s got some enzyme or something in it that prevents the xanthan gum from thickening it up. It still tastes good.

EDIT: So I planned to drink the rich chocolate for breakfast and somehow grabbed the banana instead. Drank it. Yes it’s still not quite as thick as the other flavors but it’s not as thin as I thought it was, I don’t think it’s going to be an issue.

By chris|2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00February 4th, 2015|Soylent, Site or Store Stuff, Keto Chow, Ketogenic|5 Comments

Added some Keto Chow sample flavors

In addition to the 3 flavors I normally stock, there are 8 other flavors you can get as a special order. There have been several requests for samples of these, so I’m going to work on that. Today I added samples of Butter Cream Toffee and Cinnamon Bun. Unlike the other samples, I’m going to be managing the stock levels so the page will tell you how many of that flavor I have left. I expect to slowly add most of the other flavors as time and budget allows.

By chris|2015-02-04T10:12:30-07:00January 31st, 2015|Site or Store Stuff, Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent|1 Comment

Much better

This entry is part 37 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

Trace amounts of ketones are showing up now and everything is returned to normal (thankfully). It also seems that keeping up on electrolytes spared me the Keto Flu this time, which is AWESOME! I still am anxious for my weight trend to head down steadily, that should be this week. I didn’t loose nearly as much water weight burning off glycogen as I would have liked. Eating carbs was probably a bad idea in the long run but it did give me some very valuable perspective. If I don’t get enough sleep lately, my legs hurt off and on; that didn’t change when I was back on carbs so I do not think that’s the cause – it’s likely the sleep (or lack thereof). Eating carbs also gave me the perspective that I really don’t need to cheat at all, it just doesn’t hold the appeal it once did. I also ordered a 12 pack of Quest Cookies and Cream bars today because they’re yummy.

By chris|2015-01-26T15:18:55-07:00January 26th, 2015|Soylent, Weight Loss, Ketogenic, Keto Chow|Comments Off

Doing that again? dagnabbit

This entry is part 36 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

warning: TMI

Last time I started ketosis (back in October) I bucked the normal trend of getting constipated when starting and went the opposite way. Well, It’s happening again, lucky me. I’m not sure if it has to do with gut fauna dying off (not likely since I only are carbs for 6 days) or my body going “oh wow, that’s a LOT of fiber…. um not sure what to do here, let’s try this!” If past experience is any indicator I’ll be back to normal by Monday morning.

Now as a reminder: the plural of “anecdote” is not “data”. My experience should be in no way construed as the norm for starting keto. But hey, it’s what’s happening to me.

I’m nearly back to my weight before I started my carb binge, that’s good.

By chris|2015-01-24T12:48:50-07:00January 24th, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent|Comments Off

Water weight and keto flu redux

This entry is part 35 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

As previously noted, I started a local weight loss contest yesterday that compares percentage of weight lost as opposed to total pounds. I successfully replenished my glycogen reserves by eating carbs for a few days and gained a fair amount of water weight.

So that craziness is over. Now I’m back doing a ketogenic diet which means I get to go through keto adaptation and probably the keto flu again. I did this to myself on purpose. I guess one good thing is I’m actually prepared for the keto flu this time and am already doubling down on the electrolytes, plus the keto soylent I’m drinking has the proper amount of potassium and sodium (3541 and 2745 mg/day compared to 2936 and 1963 mg/day on the recipe I used last time). It should be an interesting experience.

By chris|2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00January 22nd, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent|Comments Off

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