Weight loss

This entry is part 44 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto

Weight: 205.0
Blood ketones: 0.8 mmol/L

Weight is still going down and my ketones are getting up into happy territory. At the weigh in yesterday I was down 5 lbs compared to the week before, which wasn’t hard since I was up 4 last week. Today I’m going to be at Snow Force – I’m guessing there won’t be anything I can eat so I got two HydroFlasks full of Keto Chow, a bag of macadamia nuts, some pork rinds and some diet root beer in my backpack. That said I might just do intermittent fasting and not eat until dinner. Going to see how it goes.

Yesterday this was posted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7_Ejb29bJ0 He does actually mix up some Keto Chow about 2/3 of the way through. It’s surreal seeing stuff I make reviewed in a vlog.

Day 052 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 43 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto

Weight: 205.3
Blood ketones: 0.6 mmol/L

Still down compared to last week, sticking to (almost) 100% Keto Chow is working well. I have another weigh-in for the city weight loss challenge today, shouldn’t be hard for me to be lower than last week since that was +4 lbs compared to the prior week. Even though I was terribly tired I ran on the treadmill last night. I’m still tired today but at least it’s my last day at work for this week (tomorrow I’m going to an off-site and I have Friday off; four 10s FTW!)

This morning I got a chance to test out the ketone strips on the Precision Xtra blood tester. I’m worried the ketone strips for the Nova Max aren’t being accurate so today I did both. The Precision Xtra uses a LOT more blood so to do both from the same “poke” I needed quite a bit of blood, that wasn’t fun. End result:

Nova Max – 0.5mmol/L
Precision Xtra – 0.6mmol/L

That’s close enough, looks like it might be accurate – which is a good thing since I still have about US$100 in Nova Max ketone test strips for the reamining 48 days of this “experiement”

User experience: 100lbs lost doing keto in 5 months, 3 months of Keto Chow

This entry is part 119 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

Over on Reddit there’s a post by /u/ANewAccountYetAgain detailing his experiences with nutritional ketosis. He did keto before, went from 330 to 253 lbs over 6 months but stopped when depression came back and over the next 3 years gained it all back and more.

5 months ago he started keto thanks to /r/100DaysofKeto and also tried DietBet (money as a motivator can be strong =) and lost a lot. In November, 3 months ago, he started using Keto Chow.

This ended up eliminating my last two big sources of stress: money and cooking.

It’s great to read success stories, there are tons on /r/keto and some Keto Chow specific ones on /r/ketochow. I encourage you to check them out! He said I could use his pictures, even though I dislike doing things when I have permission I’ll do it anyway =)

His very first DietBet weigh in photo ~353

Yesterday’s photo – 253lbs

The first thing that stands out to me is he seems to be taller in the new one… oh wait, it’s just a larger photo. Still, his complexion is really clear.

Day 040 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 34 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto

Weight: 205.0
Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L

5 days straight with the scale going down, yay! Going to keep this going. I made eggs and sausage for the family for breakfast, and I did eat 2 patties of sausage but now I’m drinking my Keto Chow. I am planning on having a rib-eye for lunch (see above) during the keto chow mixing party that will be today.

One of my daughters is celebrating a birthday and there’s a ton of super carby desserts. They don’t even phase me anymore, I’m actually starting to get conflicted about the amount of sugar my (non-insulin resistant so they don’t need to do Keto like I do) kids eat. Hence the sausage and egg breakfast… which was almost 0 carb until they broke out the maple syrup! Regardless, our family does eat far less sugar and refined carbohydrates than before and that can only be a good thing.

PSA: “Fat Head” documentary online

This came up today so I thought I’d post for everyone, the Fat Head documentary used to be on YouTube but was taken down. Now days you can find it on Hulu: http://www.hulu.com/watch/196879 and also on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/127401963 – the Hulu one seems more official.

If you haven’t seen Fat Head, it’s a rather good introduction to HFLC/Keto and explains some of the history behind the war on fat and cholesterol. Along with the info there’s a healthy dose of humor. It’s a good way to explain what the crap you’re doing when people ask =)

It follows stand-up comedian Tom Naughton as he tries to lose weight on a fast-food diet, to prove Morgan “Super Size Me” Spurlock wrong. Along the way Naughton realizes that he himself has been wrong in focusing only on calories.

Keto Chow in paradise

This entry is part 116 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

My parents visited Hawaii and my dad sent me some info on his experience. Bright, sunny Hawaii is a radical departure from his recent photographic work (photos of nightscapes – check out http://intothenightphoto.blogspot.com/ in several of his shots I’m the guy turning on the light to paint the scenes). He seems to really like measuring out 50g into bags ahead of time to make measuring easier:

Keto Chow and traveling is an easy combination. I wondered if airport security would question the plastic bags of powder , but no one has seemed concerned. I pack 50 grams of Keto Chow per small snack bag. I even went to Arizona in December with no security problems. The insulated bottles keep my Chow the perfect temperature, even in Kauai. Winter here is only a few degrees cooler than the Summer months but my favorite time to escape the snowy mountains of home in January.

A local snack of dry roasted macadamia nuts has been a unique and readily available treat. Serving size, 1/4 cup. Total carbs, 4 grams. Dietary fiber, 2 grams. Net carbs 2 grams, same as almonds. Total fat, 21 grams to balance protein intake.

I forgot a measuring cup but that was a simple purchase. Extra cream can serve as a substitute for the MCT oil for a few days,
[to simplify] ingredients. I like to bring a variety of flavors but my favorites are: chocolate peanut butter, rich chocolate and strawberry blast. The wonderful smell of fresh pineapple has not even been able to convince me to break my diet. Keto Chow is a big part of my successful quest to lose weight.

Stats

Male
Age 67
Time on Keto Chow: 3 months on Feb 2nd.
Complications: none.
Lost about 12 lbs, average 4 lbs a month.

Day 019 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 18 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto

Weight: 207.9
Blood ketones: 0.1 mmol/L

Today I have a doctor appointment, time for my 6-month recurring check-up. I have to get a blood test to check testosterone levels so I’m going to go into it fasting and figure I might as well just continue fasting until dinner since I’m going with a bunch of friends back to Rodizio Grill (since it’s still “bacon fest”). Last week I did Intermittent Fasting with Keto Chow and that worked quite well, I’ll probably do it several times next week as I’m getting back on track.

Ran on the treadmill for 40 minutes with a much harder routine than I’ve normally done. It added nearly 5000 steps to the day’s total and I barely made my goal (10,459). I didn’t have any problems with being tired or it being too much for me – the only issues I had can easily be solved: don’t drink a bunch of water right before running, have a towel to wipe off your face, make sure the light isn’t on a 30 minute timer so you have to run for 40 minutes in darkness, make sure to have multiple episodes of whatever show ready so you don’t have to settle for something boring.

Yesterday I also got a chance to watch the first 6 episodes of My Diet Is Better Than Yours. It’s interesting to see the different diets and how they compare. Some of them are completely nuts but one is interesting: the “Wild Diet”. It’s not Keto, more like Paleo but underneath it all it’s a lower carb diet that focuses on fat, fat and more fat. He does allow for some carb-y foods that have a lower glycemic index which is too much for ketosis but it’s still working wonders and doing FAR better than any of the other diets. They just finished the 6th week and Kurt, the guy doing that diet, has come down 50 lbs from 350 something (he’s nearly 6′ 6″ and in his 50’s). In the teaser for the two episodes they are airing next Thursday they had the typical overly dramatic fluff I despise about “reality” tv and inferred that some of the other contestants thought Kurt was cheating since he keeps losing weight, even when he eats stuff like bunless cheese burgers and ribs. I did laugh out loud reading a reddit post about it

I’m waiting til about week 7 when they run a cholesterol panel on Kurt and try to freak him out about the results.

Probably true. Anyway, my kids enjoyed watching it (probably because it was moving pictures on the tee vee) and kept making comments about the guy “mostly doing keto” and how he was winning. If you’re wanting to check out the show and don’t have a paid cable subscription so you can watch it on the ABC site, here’s some fun hex numbers that might help:

F6F81DF9B598C79748F829B40093AAE6FF62E25D
8CA6A05C79E2F55206B742475AF62B26EF48CF04
CDACFF4E135AF3F588BA63264B2288FE88EB3260

Day 017 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 16 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto

Weight: 207.6
Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L

I haven’t been overly concerned with how much weight I have lost thus far because today is weigh-in day for a weight loss contest my city does. So all the water weight I’ve gained recently because of eating lots of yummy salty meat will serve to make my initial weigh in higher – it’s based on percentage lost so higher is better =) Last year I “prepared” for the challenge by eating carbs and replenishing my glycogen (which adds MOAR water weight) – I ended up coming in second place, Probably won’t do as well, percentage wise, this year.

Day 013 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 13 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto

Weight: 204.1
Blood ketones: 0.4 mmol/L

Yay, my ketones are coming back! I’m down nearly 5lbs in the last 13 days – not bad. Got a family function today, probably going to be all desserts. I’m going to drink a Keto Chow (Cookies and Cream) on the way and snack on the smoked gouda we’re bringing. Should be great.

Day 012 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 12 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto

Weight: 204.7
Blood ketones: >0.1 mmol/L

The plan was to do Keto Chow for 3 meals a day for 100 days though I decided I wasn’t going to kill myself or stress about it. Yesterday evening we went out to dinner at a Chinese Buffet. There was a Mongolian grill so I was able to find plenty of keto friendly fare. Despite that, this morning when I tested my blood ketones they were less than 0.1 mmol/L. Dunno if there were hidden carbs in the stuff I ate or if the major amount of protein I ate kicked off gluconeogenesis.

Anyway, today for lunch I made a “frosty” using the blender. I did have to put it in the freezer for 30 minutes for the salt crystals to dissolve fully and the rest of the flavors to equalize and mellow out. “Frosty” Keto Chow is yummy.

Weight loss

Day 053 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

Day 052 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

User experience: 100lbs lost doing keto in 5 months, 3 months of Keto Chow

Day 040 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

PSA: “Fat Head” documentary online

Keto Chow in paradise

Day 019 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

Day 017 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

Day 012 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

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