Yearly Archives: 2015

Tried the PB2 powdered peanut butter in Keto Chow, yeah it’s awesome.

This entry is part 45 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

Last week I posted about my disappointment with Dymatize “Gourmet” having too many carbs because it would hinder me from trying their Peanut Butter Chocolate flavor. I decided then to grab a 16 ounce jar of PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter (they also make a much smaller 6.5 ounce container it’s nearly the same price as the 16) and try that. Putting 12g adds 3g of net carbs, bringing my total net carbs for Keto Chow up to 31g if I drink 3 a day. That’s doable though it doesn’t leave much room for snacks. It also adds 45 calories to each one, not a big deal.

I really like peanut butter, so far I’ve tried Strawberry and Rich Chocolate (because I am drinking strawberry this week) and both were excellent. I’ve just been adding the 12g of powder to my other powder/cream/oil when I’m mixing it in the blender bottle. I’m not sure what adding it when mixing the powder of Keto Chow would do. It might work fine or the additional oil might cause nasty clumping. For now this works fine to add a bit of extra flavor.

By |2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00March 16th, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent|Comments Off on Tried the PB2 powdered peanut butter in Keto Chow, yeah it’s awesome.
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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”.ELite_Whey_Vanilla_2lbs EG-2lb-FV

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 |2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00March 12th, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent|2 Comments
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Totally got trolled by my scale this morning

This entry is part 43 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

I’m pretty happy that I finally got through my stall; I was stuck between 222 and 220 for 2 1/2 weeks. Yesterday I weighed in at 217.9. This morning the scale said 212.2. While it would be awesome to have dropped 5.7 lbs in a day I’m not buying it. Even my scale saw it as a large enough departure from previous values it couldn’t figure out who to assign the weigh in to:trolled

I picked it up, shook it a bit and tried again: 213. Moved it to a different place on the tile entirely: 218.5. Moved it back: 218.4.

Stupid trolling scale.

By |2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00March 4th, 2015|Soylent, Weight Loss|Comments Off on Totally got trolled by my scale this morning
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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.

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.

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".

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)

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 Dreamforce – This was just before I started keto. I weighed 258.

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

2014-10-13 – 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.

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!

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.

2015-02-20 – 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.

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 |2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00March 3rd, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent, Weight Loss|Comments Off on Keto Photo Friday: 4 months, 37 lbs – got a long way to go still =)
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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 |2015-03-02T14:00:22-07:00March 2nd, 2015|Keto Chow, Soylent|4 Comments
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State of People Chow

This entry is part 39 of 39 in the series DIY Soylent

I still haven’t heard anything from MaxK about him launching a new place to order People Chow. To re-cap briefly: I stopped mixing people chow for new customers and am only sending it to existing subscribers. In my opinion Keto Chow is way better than People Chow, even if you’re not going full-bore with a ketogenic diet. I still have great videos showing how to mix your own People Chow. So where can you get People Chow if you still want to order some pre-mixed? Here are a few sources:

By |2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00March 2nd, 2015|Preparation, Soylent|Comments Off on State of People Chow
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Won my DietBet, earned $13.87

I was able to lose the 10lbs necessary for a 4% reduction in 4 weeks to win a DietBet. For any interested in some statistics, here you go:

  • It was $30 to compete. My actual winnings were $43.87.
  • The “pot” was $66,210 with 2,148 players each paying $30
  • 1132 ended up losing the 4% and winning – that’s a 52% success rate
  • If you multiply the winners by the winnings you get $49,660.84
  • DietBet themselves kept $16,549.16, that’s 24.99% so… 25%
  • So the REAL winner is DietBet =)
  • I signed up for a second one a week after the first started and it has a $143,610 pot; that means DietBet made $36,000. That’s nuts.

I probably won’t be doing another one. Yes it was good motivation but $14 is barely worth it. I guess I have to be a mean guy and hope less people win the second one. If more than 3590 people win then I don’t even break even on the $30 I put in.

By |2015-02-19T12:34:39-07:00February 19th, 2015|Weight Loss|1 Comment
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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 =)

4 months of Keto

 

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 |2016-10-13T07:28:18-06:00February 19th, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent, Weight Loss|2 Comments
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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 |2015-02-11T14:41:02-07:00February 11th, 2015|Soylent, Weight Loss, Keto Chow, Ketogenic|4 Comments
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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.

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