Monthly Archives: February 2016

Days 035 & 036 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 31 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 208.1
  • Blood ketones: 0.3 mmol/L
  • Weight: 207.8
  • Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L

Recovering from the conference – got to sleep in a bit Sunday morning – all the way until 8:00. My parents and my younger brother were coming over to watch the superbowl with us. With all the adults doing keto, it was an interesting spread. Cheese curds, jalapeno poppers wrapped in bacon, shrimp, chicken wings, and some sugar free jello and pudding (the pudding was made with cream cheese, cream and almond milk). There were a few carby things but not many. One of the jalapeno poppers was the first thing I had eaten all day, same for my brother. He asked if I had any magnesium supplements because he had a cramp in his abdominal muscles the night before and forgot to take extra. I didn’t know you could get a charlie horse in your abs. Guess I should have taken a couple myself: since I hadn’t eaten anything and I didn’t take my magnesium that morning I got a cramp early Monday morning in my Sartorius – that was fun.

I wasn’t really rooting for either team though I had a broncos football in elementary school so I guess deep down I wanted them to win. My mom, on the other hand, was vociferously rooting for Denver. It was a lot of fun.

Today I had the day off, happens when I only need 20 more hours this week to hit 80 for the pay period. Spent the morning mixing, packaging and generally having a keto chow party. After that finished I finally got around to doing some of the “honey-do” list: did the final sanding pass on the drywall in the wash room, put down baseboards in the bathroom and now my lovely wife is priming the new drywall so we can paint it. Fun stuff.

Incidentally, I tried some keto chow waffles, they didn’t work very well. Later I realized it might have been due to my using the wrong amount of keto chow powder in my mix. I was making 3 meals worth of batter so I should have been using 150g – instead I used the 300g I typically use when I’m making a 6 meal batch in the water pitcher. Guess I should have noticed when I had to add several cups of water in order to mix it.

By |2016-02-08T17:36:44-07:00February 8th, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on Days 035 & 036 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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User Experience: 3 months and going strong!

This entry is part 117 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

My dad is on keto and drinking Keto Chow for it, He passed me another update on his progress to publish on the blog:

Keto Chow has been part of my daily diet for 3 months now.  It tastes great, is easily carried (even on airplanes,) and is very convenient.  My recent trip to Hawaii worked very well with Chow as my main food everyday (2 out of 3 meals a day) for 12 days straight.
Some people think a low-carb diet means low strength and fatigue.  I’ve had no problems keeping up my energy with Chow. I recently wanted to capture the beauty of the rugged Na Pali coast on the island of Kauai and found the only route was a treacherous hike into the jungle and over volcanic boulders.  I have never seen so many muddy adults on the trail —most were 20 and 30-something!  Many were falling down left and right, but I managed the 800 ft elevation gain (in 1/2 mile) and captured this incredible sunset image. The salt spray from the ocean waves, crashing on the shores below, was so heavy even at this elevation that I had to wipe my glasses twice to see my way!
By |2016-10-13T07:27:54-06:00February 8th, 2016|On Tour, Ketogenic, Keto Chow|Comments Off on User Experience: 3 months and going strong!
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Day 034 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 30 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 207.8
  • Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L

Last day of the conference, tonight after the Expo Hall closes we all get to take down the stuff that took 5 days to put up. Depending on how many stay to help it might only take 5 hours, so I might even be home sometime before Sunday morning. Didn’t have any of the fountain drink yesterday, just water, some diet soda I brought and Keto Chow. Today I’m planning on stashing a keto chow in a hydroflask in my car for when we finish taking down. I’ll have some for breakfast and again for lunch.

As for tomorrow, we’ve established a family tradition of doing a Super Bowl party with our kids. This year my parents (also doing keto) and my younger brother (also doing keto) will be joining us. So far we have shrimp (plus reduced sugar ketchup and some horseradish = low carb cocktail sauce!), I’m making a bunch of wings, going to bake them, I have a big bag of cheese curds from Costco and we’re going to make bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers too. I’m planning on heading into all this fasting, you know: for fun!

By |2016-10-13T07:27:54-06:00February 6th, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on Day 034 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Day 033 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 29 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 209.1
  • Blood ketones: <0.1 mmol/L

Spent a large portion of the day at the RootsTech conference filling glasses up with ice so they could be filled with soda. We joke that we’re really putting our training and skills to use. I’m going to guess that the 8-9 8 ounce glasses of diet Dr. Pepper I drank yesterday had some effect since my weight is up and my ketones are non-measurable =( Today I brought along a big bottle of “Clear American” soda instead, I’ve never seen it affect my progress so that should help; and unlike a fountain drink I know exactly what I’m getting and how much. Had a snickerdoodle keto chow for breakfast during the keynote and I have another in a hydroflask for lunch just like yesterday.

 

By |2016-10-13T07:27:54-06:00February 5th, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on Day 033 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Day 032 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 28 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 207.6
  • Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L

Did my 3rd weigh in for the city weight loss contest, down another 2 lbs from the week before according to them. I.F. went well yesterday, drank 2 keto chows whilst watching “Groundhog Day” last night with my family (it’s a tradition and it was WAY too crazy on Tuesday to do it then).

Finally got my blood tests back, for those following along at home here’s what my total Testosterone numbers have done for the last couple years;

3/20/2014 11/26/2014 5/26/2015 1/22/2016
378 747 881 1016

For my age group, it’s supposed to be 668 or so. Yeah, that’s a really nice improvement and I’ll happily take it. My doctor has advised me to try going off clomid and see what happens to my numbers after a couple months.

By |2016-10-13T07:27:55-06:00February 4th, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on Day 032 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Day 031 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 27 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 208.1
  • Blood ketones: 1.3 mmol/L

Long (cold) day yesterday. Spent most of the day helping set up several booths at the Salt Palace convention center for the RootsTech conference that’s starting today. My blood ketone levels are WAY up because I did intermittent fasting for most of the day yesterday: drank a snickerdoodle keto chow while driving home, then drank another after I got home and finished the evening with left-over keto chow muffins. Not bothering with eating most of the day turned out to be a very good thing – the giant expo hall we were setting up computers in had forklifts running in and out all day so they don’t have the heat on and with the wind blowing it, you might as well be outside. With the weather being in the low 20’s that was pretty cold and I’m not as big a guy as I used to be, I even wear sweaters now. I had a jacket on but it wasn’t nearly up to the task, I even took a break to head into the bathroom and use the hand dryer to warm up my hands enough to get some feeling back in them. Ever tried plugging in 4-dimensional USB cables with numb fingers?

So while all the other guys were off to lunch, I jogged the 3 blocks back to my office cubicle, grabbed my heavy winter coat and gloves (along with coats for 3 other guys that were also unprepared) and brought them back. I’ll be bringing my coat to the expo hall today =) It was nice to not have to worry about food all day though, going to do it again today and maybe for the rest of the week – though I’m not sure, I might just skip breakfast since I’m unsure what time I’ll be heading home Thurs-Saturday.

When I got home my wife and 3 of the kids had an activity to go to so I had the remaining kids clean their rooms for a few minutes then let them watch the last episode of My Diet is Better Than Yours since one of them fell asleep during the initial broadcast. This time I was the one that fell asleep. My wife came home and took a picture (and let me sleep for a few more minutes until the 6 year old came and poked my shoulder and told me it was time to wake up); she said “you can use that for tomorrow’s post” – so I did =).

By |2016-02-04T07:32:46-07:00February 3rd, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on Day 031 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Day 030 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 26 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 209.4
  • Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L

Did a good job at sticking to just Keto Chow, though I could have been better. My parents came home from Hawaii and brought some macadamia nuts for me. The can had 4.5 servings and it’s already mostly gone =).

Today the plan is to do Intermittent Fasting (and spell checker says I finally remembered how to spell that on the first try); I only brought one meal with me today and I’ll drink that while I’m driving home. Yesterday I had to carry around a hydroflask everytime I went from one location to another so I’m just going to skip that today.

By |2016-02-02T07:39:34-07:00February 2nd, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on Day 030 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Days 027, 028 & 029 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 25 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 208.7
  • Blood ketones: 0.1 mmol/L
  • Weight: 207.5
  • Blood ketones: 0.3 mmol/L
  • Weight: 209.4
  • Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L

Busy weekend, had to mix and package enough product to last the next 8 days. Saturday I had a steak for lunch, that was yummy. I also made keto chow muffins 3x this weekend and I revised the recipe with some changes. This week will be interesting – the first part of the week I’m helping set up a technology conference so I’ll be crazy busy, then I’ll be helping run computer labs at the conference for the rest of the week. I’m planning on either using hydroflask insulated bottles or doing intermittent fasting – just don’t bother with eating and do it when I get home. I opted for the latter approach last year and it worked out just fine. Either way I’m going to do my very best to only drink Keto Chow this week, so I’ll see how it goes! To that end I mixed up the biggest batch of blender bottles I’ve ever done: 18 (that’s what the photo is). Did it 6 at a time, 3 different flavors. Should last about 4 days.

By |2016-02-01T06:52:36-07:00February 1st, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on Days 027, 028 & 029 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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