Day 4

Today has dawned a dismal and blustery day. Hard to drag myself out of bed. I have no earthly idea what to eat for breakfast. Oh - best weigh myself before eating...gotta keep consistent with that.

Weight: 245.7 (Down 2.3)
BMI: 32.61 (Down 0.32)

Can't complain there. Lets see if it stays consistent. Breatfast....Breakfast... Drop off QM first, getting late. Gah!

So breakfast is a bit of ham fried up in EVOO, then 2 scrambled eggs with 2 tbsp of heavy cream, and 15g of havarti. Would have done more cheese, but the stuff was all melted together and hard to break apart. Fat is a bit low, but only 2 carbs.

For lunch I'm staring at a chicken cesar salad...delish. I think I'm starting to actually enjoy some of these meals. Especially when I get to brown it up in olive oil first.

I found a recipe for a kind of bread made from peanut butter of all things. Allow me some cut & paste magic here:

1 cup natural peanut butter, smooth
3 eggs
1 Tablespoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 packet sweetener (optional)

Blend peanut butter and eggs until smooth. Add in remaining ingredients. Pour into a sprayed loaf pan and smooth the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Let cool before slicing.


 And that's all there is to it. Looking at the batter, it looks just like peanut butter. But you stick it in the waffle maker like I did, and within moments, it starts pushing the lid up! Here's a pic (not mine, but really close)

You can also substitute almond butter if you prefer. I calculated this stuff at 0.15g of carbs, per GRAM of prepared. That's of course 15% carbs. Let us compare to the bread i used to eat. Villagio Enriched white bread: 33 grams per 2 slices, or 71 grams.... calculator says... 46.4% Carbs! Hows that for a diet bread?


So of course I ate it with a burger - makes a fantastic bread. You can bake it in a loaf pan and cut it thin to make it travel even further. For now, the waffles will do. 

There it is: everything I ate today, in detail. Went over a bit on protein, but that's not a real big issue. The unfortunate part is the Ratio - would have required 8 TBSP of cream to get it to 4.0, which would have brought me well over 2000 calories. I'll stick with this for today and not feel horrible about it.

Day 3

Okay, so I weigh a bit more than I had originally thought.

Weight: 248
BMI: 32.93

Got lots of work ahead to get that down. On a plus side. I dropped 0.8kg (1.76lbs) from the last weigh in. On the down side. that was 40 days ago.

Didn't feel terribly hungry this morning. Really cut back on the calories for breakfast. 297, compared to yesterday's 653. I did have a chunk of cheese for a snack around 10:30 though.

I've been going nuts on google looking for ketogenic friendly meal options. I've found a few that I'm going to try. I'll post up the recipes and thoughts as I try them.

Lunch: Went with a repeat of yesterday - burger and salad... but I ran out of cheese. Ah well, the ratio is still rockin.

Supper: I'm going outside the norm for me here. I'm making a salmon quiche.

1 Can Salmon (I used Clover Leaf skinless/boneless)
5 Slices Havarti Cheese (I used Salini brand), 95grams
2 TBSP Onion Grated or minced
1 TBSP Flour
3 Eggs
1/2 Cup Cream
1/2 Cup Water

Drain the liquid from the salmon and set aside. Use a fork to flake and mix up the salmon. Rip or cut up the havarti and mix it in, along with the onion and flour. I messed up a bit and added about a tablespoon of cream to the salmon. Mix it all up. Separately, add the cream, milk, and eggs to the leftover salmon juice. Pack the salmon mix into the bottom of a caserole dish, then pour the egg mix on top. Bake it at 325 until it sets (supposedly 25-35 min).

Sodium     291.9mg
Carbs        1.8g
Protein     13g
Fat              18.7g
Calories   228.7

Stats are for 1/6th of the total. I ate half the batch. Pretty darn tasty stuff!

So the day turned out pretty good. Ratio was spot on, and I'm stuffed after the quiche!

Day 2

Ok, let me begin this blog with an apology. I'm sorry I didn't start this yesterday, or when I first got the idea.

That done, I feel I owe an explanation. I am an average guy - 6 feet tall, 235lbs. Actually. I'm guessing there, I don't even have an accurate measurement on the weight. I'll take care of that tomorrow morning. I first read about the ketogenic diet some time ago, and just filed the information away. I started the diet because I'm sick and tired of the Wii Fit saying "That's obese!" So true to form, I procrastinated until I just started out of the blue. I find I actually stick with things like this better if I start out of the blue.

Really it started for me during the easter holidays - family reunions and BIG meals... you know what I'm talking about. Monday morning I ate leftover cookies for breakfast. Yeah, cookies. From out of the blue I looked at the empty bag, then down at my protruding spare tire, and I just knew it was time to begin.

After that HORRIBLE breakfast, I looked up the stuff I'd found so long ago, and I was officially dieting. Threw my wife for a loop, but she's supportive enough for now. I'm thinking she'll join me when I start shrinking.

As to what I ate yesterday:

Easier to just post it as I see it. I'm calculating everything in Excel. I'm supposed to shoot for a ratio of 4 - that's 4 times the fat as carbs and protein combined. Also, for the first week, I'm shooting for 15g of carbs, and a max of 75g of protein. An 1800 calorie budget means I have to consume 160g of fat. It's a LOT easier to say than do - I assure you. Just a note: adding olive oil to cesar dressing is GROSS. Renee's dressing is also AWESOME for this diet: packed with healthy fats, and carb free. It actually has a fat density double that of 35% whipping cream.

Yesterday was a good start, after that breakfast. I will say that I had THE most horrible BM after dinner though.

OK, so that was Day 1 - On to day 2.

I've been feeling pretty good about today. Bre

akfast was 3 scrambled eggs with 3 bacon strips crumbled in, as well as cheese and a shot of oil for higher fat. Lunch was a rather tasty burger patty (Q20 - got at walmart) loaded with cheese, and a small cesar salad. For supper it's a hot dog wrapped in lettuce and smothered in cesar dressing. It tasted better than I thought it would have. I'm also drinking pretty much however much I want of crystal light - the calories are negligible, and it really helps the sweet tooth.

As you can see, I managed to get the ratio today! Woo! came in under budget in calories and carbs too. Not bad. For tomorrow, I gotta try balancing the meals a bit more - supper felt awful light.

On a personal note - I'm a bit light headed today. I thought it was supposed to take longer to start the ketosis thing. Maybe I'm catching a bug or something.

Update: It's 10:41PM, and man, I'm hungry! Really gotta balance tomorrow better - more food for supper. Hope the scale is friendly in the morning.