100 days of keto

Days 049 & 050 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 41 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 205.4
  • Blood ketones: 0.4 mmol/L
  • Weight: 206.4
  • Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L

Still down from last week, last night there was asparagus and really good salad so I ate some. It’s funny: trying to do 100% keto chow what I consider “cheating” is still eating keto friendly food =).

Last night I made 2 batches of 6 Chocolate Peanut Butter Keto Chow, looking forward to it. I would have made 3 batches since it only take a few more minutes but I didn’t have enough clean bottles in the cupboard. Turns out there were two in my backpack from THURSDAY. Fortunately for me I always try to wash out my blender bottles at work and then let them dry so the bottles have a slight dried residue instead of really nasty 4 day old keto chow.

By |2016-02-22T08:24:21-07:00February 22nd, 2016|100 days of keto, Keto Chow|Comments Off on Days 049 & 050 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Day 048 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 40 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 205.9
  • Blood ketones: 0.1 mmol/L

Hey, only up 0.1 and still down like 3 from 2 days ago. I’ll consider that a win. Today I’m trying something new: powdered coconut oil in my Keto Chow. Cost wise it works out to be $0.89 per day compared to $0.59 for the same 301 calories. $0.30 isn’t bad. In a previous post I talked about a powdered MCT oil that used maltodextrin as a “powdering” agent – maltodextrin is essentially pure carbs and isn’t suitable for ketosis at all. Quest, the makers of the ever popular Quest Bars makes a powdered MCT oil that uses corn fiber as the powdering agent. In theory it has 0 net carbs. The MCT oil powder is a little pricey but their powdered coconut oil is a larger container (20 oz. vs. 16) and it’s less expensive. The only problem: regular coconut oil doesn’t like refrigerated liquids and turns into big clumps; maybe powdered coconut oil is different?

Last night I made a test batch of 6 blender bottles in a gallon pitcher and replaced the normal 78ml of MCT oil with 86g of powdered coconut oil. The immersion blender did a fine job of mixing it all up, then it was into the fridge overnight! This morning I tested the result and it was completely unremarkable. Win! Now if I could only find this in large bulk bags that would be awesome. I’m still wary of the “corn fiber” not impacting ketosis but I can test that.

By |2016-10-13T07:27:52-06:00February 20th, 2016|100 days of keto, Keto Chow|1 Comment
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Day 047 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 39 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 205.8
  • Blood ketones: 0.1 mmol/L

I did a good job at mostly only eating Keto Chow yesterday and so far today. My wife is making spaghetti squash  with chicken alfredo for dinner tonight, gotta stay strong =). Posting later today because it’s been so busy. I got the formulation revision sent off and approved, hopefully I’ll be getting a new test batch to sample soon.

I visited my parents, my dad took the remaining Keto Chow product photos and my mom measured my suit pants so she can hem them. She’s awesome =)

 

By |2016-02-19T17:45:26-07:00February 19th, 2016|100 days of keto, Keto Chow|Comments Off on Day 047 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Day 046 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 38 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 208.5
  • Blood ketones: 0.4 mmol/L

 

Yesterday was interesting, I received in the mail the sample of the new vitamin/mineral mix. I made a 1 day batch, split it between 3 blender bottles and put it in the fridge for 3 hours. When it finally came time to taste it I was disappointed to get a definite metallic aftertaste. My best guess (based on past experience) is it’s caused by the magnesium chloride that I had them use instead of the magnesium citrate. The plan was to help the potential tummy issues (that’s the technical term” of new users by using something besides magnesium citrate. The mixing place can’t get malate and I’ve tried glycinate and it had the same metallic taste as what I’m getting now. I could have tried taurate too but it’s supposed to similarly have the same strong taste. So I’ve requested a re-formulation and a new sample. Will add a week or more to the process.

Didn’t have time to run last night, probably because we were mixing Keto Chow from 4 until 10 last night. But hey: we got 65 weeks and 84 days of Peanut Butter mixed (to name a few).

I think I may have figured out the trick to getting correct readings on the Ketonix, I’ll have to wait until my levels are higher though (which should be easier now that the Jalapeno Poppers are all gone).

By |2016-02-18T12:54:00-07:00February 18th, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on Day 046 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Day 045 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 37 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 207.7
  • Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L

 

Ran on the treadmill last night and I’m down 0.1 lbs today =) Today will be another weigh-in for the city weight loss competition. Dunno if I’ll be down this time.

I’ve been meaning to get better product photos for a while since the old ones were pretty blurry when you looked at them closely; also they still had the little bags of vitamins which are now included in the mixture. I even bought a better camera so I could take the new photos but just wasn’t getting around to it. My wife reminded me that my dad is a professional photographer, DUH! Last night he set up the lighting and backdrop and we did new photos (well, except for the samples, I forgot to bring those so I’ll be going back soon – I need to see if my mom can hem some suit pants anyway). Funny how much better the photos turn out when you have a pro with the right gear taking the pictures.

By |2016-10-13T07:27:52-06:00February 17th, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto, Site or Store Stuff|Comments Off on Day 045 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Day 044 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 36 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 207.8
  • Blood ketones: <0.1 mmol/L

 

I was reminded that I need to get running again – with the conference and crazy hours I had completely stopped. I’ll try to get that going again, should help. Water weight is going down again (or so it seems).

The scale I was using to weigh out 300g of Keto Chow powder to make 6 meals apparently was wonky on Sunday. I made 6 and noticed the mix was pretty thick, then I went to make 6 more and when the bowl was almost completely full it said it was only 100g. Reset it and it behaved but that first batch…. Yesterday I went to drink one and it was THICK. Like really thick, pudding thick, undrinkable thick (not to mention probably had 2x the iron, salt and other nutrient levels).

I ended up having to pour 6 blender bottles down the drain which left me hanging today. I didn’t have 6 clean bottles to make another batch of 6 so this morning I took the final 2 bottles to work. Our daughter that’s currently in charge of the dish washer supposedly ran it after showering last night so I’ll be able to make 12 bottles tonight (nearly the entire top rack of the dishwasher was blender bottles) but I won’t have any mixed when I get home for dinner. Might have to eat some of the left over chicken wings for dinner.

By |2016-02-16T07:10:36-07:00February 16th, 2016|100 days of keto, Keto Chow|Comments Off on Day 044 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Days 041, 042 & 043 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 35 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 206.2
  • Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L
  • Weight: 208.2
  • Blood ketones: 0.0 mmol/L
  • Weight: 209.9
  • Blood ketones: 0.3 mmol/L

Dag Nabbit. I’m sure it’s just water weight but seriously? I’m up 3.7 lbs in 2 days? I’m going to double down on just Keto Chow. I don’t see any weird special occasions with food coming up that would derail me.

By |2016-02-15T09:00:14-07:00February 15th, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on Days 041, 042 & 043 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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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 =)

Before

His very first DietBet weigh in photo ~353
After

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.

By |2016-10-13T07:27:52-06:00February 12th, 2016|Weight Loss, Soylent, Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|Comments Off on User experience: 100lbs lost doing keto in 5 months, 3 months of Keto Chow
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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.

By |2016-10-13T07:27:54-06:00February 12th, 2016|Ketogenic, 100 days of keto, Keto Chow, Weight Loss|Comments Off on Day 040 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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Day 039 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 1 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 205.4
  • Blood ketones: 0.2 mmol/L

I was down again for the city weigh in yesterday, not much but still in the right direction. I did a great job of mostly eating just keto chow yesterday. I had 3 keto chows, a mini gouda cheese wheel, an egg with a slice a bacon at dinner with some avocado. I didn’t even eat any of the pizza toppings at our routine Wednesday lunch meeting.

By |2016-02-11T08:47:50-07:00February 11th, 2016|100 days of keto, Keto Chow|Comments Off on Day 039 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
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