Keto Diet questions

[bla55]

Hey everyone,

I am planning on starting to go keto starting this monday but had a few questions regarding how exactly the full diet works. I've read a couple of articles and some logs, but I just wanted to make sure before I start this thing.

First of, I'm planning to go for about 4-6 weeks, just wanted to get some of the extra weight off, would that be enough or too little? I will not be drinking at all during this time either and working out about 5x a week.

As I have understood, keeping under 30g carbs is best while doing this, where I am confused is some people say to have a carb up day, some people say to go full keto, so what's the deal? And as I understand, proteins and fat are good so if I go with bacon, sausages, etc, as long as I keep it under 30g of carbs I should be ok, right?

Another thing, there seem to be a few carbs that don't count as I understand. Was wondering what those were. Lettuce? Onions? Mushrooms? Eggplants? Broccoli? How about fruit like Apple? Any of those that I can consume "at will"?

As far as milk goes, am I aiming for fat free or 2% or what? Same deal with cheeses. Which one is best? Fat free or fat full?

I was also planning on taking Leviathan Reloaded, will that be ok or get in the way?

After the 6 weeks, what should I do to make sure I don't gain everything back in a week? I've never been high carb in my diet, but I would be drinking every now and then after such.

Thanks for any and all input.

[MAxximal]

http://books.google.com/books?id=JtC...page&q&f=false

[notanymore]

Green veggies great on keto. I keep it simple with lettuce, broccoli, green beans, or spinach with most meals. Think mushrooms are fine but onions/apples/milk have too many carbs. Yes to keeping it under 30g of carbs per day, I usually consume some carbs post-workout. Carb-up definitely needed if you are workout out 5x a week. Think I'd die without a carb load at least every 10 days.

[bla55]

Darn, that was a great guide but I guess I reached my limit of free pages...

Guess a few things really helped there, and as I understand milk is no good? Not even fat free?

[notanymore]

No too many carbs in milk all together. Can save the fat free milk for the carb up or a post workout shake if you wanted. The veggie carbs are all loaded with fiber while milk is natural sugar carbs.

[MAxximal]

Milk have LACTOSE=Sugar

[ssbackwards]

I believe thedarkhalf has a huge keto thread. Take a look at it a ton of great info

[MAxximal]

I believe thedarkhalf has a huge keto thread. Take a look at it a ton of great info

TheDarkHalf's Guide to Keto Dieting

[bla55]

Thanks! That was an awesome reading.

My very last question as I just got back from my grocery shopping and am now stacked with sausage, chicken and beef as well as mushroom, green beans and spinach: Supplements

I am currently taking Leviathan, Life Support, Adam, Fish Oil and ZMA before bed. Any of these bad boys may hinder anything?

Thanks again for all the support

[notanymore]

Should be good to go with those. Sometimes the first couple of weeks feel like hell. I personally don't keep carbs in the house when I'm on keto due to cravings.

Pork skins a life saver when craving the crunch and heavy whipping cream with a little cocoa powder or protein powder with pb for other cravings.

[bla55]

I've been pretty damn good about my diet for 4 - 5 days now, closest I've ever gotten to carbs was lettuce.

I have been taking Leviathan and I do often drink 2 cups of coffee in the morning when I get to work (I need to be awake somehow...) and then usually 2 cups of green tea in the afternoon. I've tried the keto stix but they just kinda seem to show trace to moderate. I'm guessing their reading will be extremely off due to the diuretics / the amount of water I drink on a daily basis? (I would say I drink almost 2 gallons a day)

[MakaveliThaDon]

I was never a fan of SUPER low carb keto diets. To me <30g of carbs a day is uneccessary. I mean maybe if you have a desk job and are not very active, then you would get good results on that. Personally my keto diets consist of more like 70-80g of carbs a day, on normal carb days, and then 2 days of the week I go a bit lower and keep it around 50g a day.

Then again I also do an hour plus of weights a day, and 45min-1hr of cardio 7 days a week as well.

[youngandfree]

Don't put to much weight on keto sticks. When hydrated like you are, you're urine will be diluted enough to not get a good reading. I guess you can use them to measure level of hydration. If you get a really dark reading, you need more water. I just never used them.

[bikeswimlive]

TheDarkHalf's Guide to Keto Dieting

Awesome reading.

[bla55]

I have been doing this for maybe the last 9 days, haven't really lost any lbs per say. Have been working out extremely hard which I had not done in the last 3 months.

I haven't counted calories but I try to keep a good balance and keep small portions, ie, 2 sausages for breakfast, protein shake mid morning, 2 egg omelet with cheese and a brat for lunch, protein shake mid afternoon, some peanuts, and then light dinner with either 2 - 3 chicken breasts, or shrimp or some meat.

I am 227lbs so I wouldn't say I'm going over my calories, would I? I am around the 20% fat mark. I was slightly surprised that I have yet to drop a few lbs. I drink a lot of water as I've mentioned and have been taking those supplements. I also take about 7g of fish oil a day.

I had not really taken measurements so I can't comment there, I did take some yesterday but couldn't tell if I've lost any inches I guess.

Thoughts?

[bla55]

Any thoughts?

[crux]

I've been pretty damn good about my diet for 4 - 5 days now, closest I've ever gotten to carbs was lettuce.

I have been taking Leviathan and I do often drink 2 cups of coffee in the morning when I get to work (I need to be awake somehow...) and then usually 2 cups of green tea in the afternoon. I've tried the keto stix but they just kinda seem to show trace to moderate. I'm guessing their reading will be extremely off due to the diuretics / the amount of water I drink on a daily basis? (I would say I drink almost 2 gallons a day)

When I was doing a CKD diet I read more than once not to consume caffeine, as it will kick you out of ketosis. It takes time to get back into fat burning so you really don't want to be wasting your time. Sugar alcohols, while carb-free, also can kick you out. I did a 5 day heavy training traing, with more cardio after workouts early in the week, and then a full body circuit right before my weekend carb load on simple sugars. I also kept my carbs effectively at 0 for the first two days and then mixed in spinach and broccoli. My goal was to deplete glycogen as quickly as possible so that the second half of the week was maximum ketosis. A suggestion I've read is to take fiber capsules, since you will have reduced movement through your gut.

I lost about 24 pounds in 4-5 weeks. I did lose a little bit of strength but I believe it was because my protein intake was a tad low--I just started getting sick of meat, and I stayed away from whey because I didn't have access to any that didn't have sweeteners.

I also was taking DCP (the good ol days when it was available) and Leviathan Reloaded. A lot of fish oil and a good multi vitamin. Woked well for me.

[bla55]

Hold on,

So no caffeine? I thought I read several places that caffeine was ok as long as coffee was black. I do drink about 2 cups a day and a couple of pepsi max. It will be real unfortunate if I do indeed find out that that is not ok... I have also read that Green Tea is fine, which is also loaded with caffeine, is that not the case?

Not to mention that Leviathan has loads of caffeine in it too, no? It is just kinda crazy cause I really haven't been eating much carbs, at all. Breakfast is usually an omelete with cheese, lunch is omelete and some meat, usually sausage or burger, dinner chicken or red meat, sometimes fish, shrimp or salmon. I eat peanuts and almonds through the day as snacks and drink carb control EAS as protein shake every 2 hours in between meals.

I just find it weird that people report 20+ lbs in 5 weeks when I've kinda yet to see actual lb number change on my scale.

Thoughts would then be stop with the caffeine? Or maybe something else?

[crux]

I'll see if I can find where I read that about caffeine. On second thought, I was taking Leviathan at a different time (but I definitely was taking DCP). I'll get back to you with a link confirming or contradicting my memory of caffeine and ketosis.

[crux]

All right. It looks as if there are mixed thoughts on ceffeine. It appears that most people can handle caffeine without losing ketosis, but some people will be affected. You could be one of those people.

Here is a quote from a so-called "low carb diet website":
Does caffeine affect ketosis?

This is questionable. There ARE a few studies that suggest caffeine may cause blood sugar to rise, with consequent effect on insulin ... The studies involve consuming 50 gm glucose orally, followed by a dose of caffeine. This is quite different from a low carber, who is consuming only 20 gm carbs, in the form of high-fiber vegetables, spread throughout the day.

Many low carbers continue to enjoy caffeine-containing beverages with no serious impact on their weight-loss efforts. However, there are some sensitive individuals ... and persons who are extremely insulin resistant may need to restrict or even eliminate all caffeine. If you have been losing successfully then find your weight loss stalled for a month or two, and you are following your program to the letter, you might consider stopping all caffeine for a while, to see if that will get things started again.


I have Lyle McDonald's keto instruction on pdf, and it doesn't seem to prohibit caffeine. It even talks about the ECA stack as being effective for fat burning. If you PM me your email, I'll be happy to send it to you.