Ketogenic

New US Dietary Guidelines out; not much changed, I’m apparently still dying

This entry is part 114 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

The methodology used to develop and update this Pattern continues to be grounded in that of the food guides USDA has developed for the last 30 years.

“we didn’t cause the deaths of millions of Americans by telling them to eat more carbs, so we’re going to continue the same way. But you should limit added sugar. Saturated fat and salt are still going to kill you”. In Appendix 7 they list out the new nutritional goals. Let’s see, for me they’re recommending:

  • 2200 calories
  • only 56g of protein
  • 130g of carbohydrates
  • 48 to 85g of total fat with less than 24g of saturated fat despite the evidence that saturated fat has nothing to do with heart disease
  • There’s no recommendation anymore on cholesterol but they want to you know they still think it’s bad (even though the previous link says it’s not)
  • I should keep my sugar below 55g a day
  • RDI of 2300mg of sodium

So… apparently I’m dead or dying because the only one I adhere to is <55g of sugar a day. Goodbye cruel world or something.

By |2016-01-07T12:49:08-07:00January 7th, 2016|Ketogenic|Comments Off on New US Dietary Guidelines out; not much changed, I’m apparently still dying
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Day 004 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 5 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 207.6
  • Blood ketones: 1.0 mmol/L

Totally got trolled by my scale today. For review, yesterday I was up a bit at 208.9; today I weighed myself and it said 202.4 – somehow I doubt I lost 6 lbs overnight. So I tried again, same thing, so I picked up the scale and shook it a bit. Now it said 182? OK, so finally I picked it up and stuck it in the middle of the tile…. and it finally decided to cooperate =)

Yesterday I ended up with 1 peanut butter Keto Chow and 2 banana+chocolate. People ask me frequently if Keto Chow tastes good. Last night my wife was drinking a Chocolate Peanut Butter one and our 6 year old saw it, then pled with her to let him drink the rest; which is exactly what he did. I’d say: yes Keto Chow tastes good =)

Interesting personal experience: for several months I’ve been eating Keto Chow at least 2 times a day, often 3; though on weekends it averaged 1 since we were making keto friendly food with the kids. I started 100% keto chow (with hardly anything else except diet soda) on Monday, January 4.

TMI warning!

I didn’t expect to have a run with “never trust a fart” since I was regularly consuming Keto Chow already but it may have a lot to do simply with being deep in ketosis again, I don’t know. So yes, yesterday whenever I needed to step on “barking spiders” I would do it seated. A couple times it was a false alarm, others I was happy where I was. The good news is: it appears to be going away, just like it’s supposed to. Hopefully everything will be hunky-dory today. So for future reference, if you’re having bowel problems: try eating regular keto friendly food for a meal each day.

By |2016-10-13T07:27:55-06:00January 7th, 2016|100 days of keto, Keto Chow, Weight Loss|1 Comment
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Interview I did about Keto Chow and Ketosis

This entry is part 113 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

I linked this in another post but didn’t want it to get lost in the shuffle, so it’s getting its own post! Check out the interview at http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pellissier20160105

The interview was done via email, which was nice since it gave me time to think well about my answers and re-read them. My responses were largely completely unaltered, just some minor tense changes so it would fit an interview style. I should have added more hyperlinks =)

By |2016-01-07T04:50:09-07:00January 7th, 2016|Ketogenic, Soylent, Weight Loss, Keto Chow|Comments Off on Interview I did about Keto Chow and Ketosis
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Day 001 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

  • Weight: 209.0
  • Blood ketones: 0.1 mmol/L

Well, yesterday was the first day of “100 days of keto“. I have a batch of chocolate+banana and another batch of chocolate peanut butter keto chow in the fridge that are all mixed up, I ended up with 3 peanut butter ones for the day. I started tracking my eating again, using Cron-o-meter this time around since it shows net carbs. I’m doing a blood ketone test every morning along with trying out a breath acetone analyzer. I bought it a few months ago but have gotten pretty inconsistent results. I’ll check to see if there’s any significant correlation between blood ketones and breath acetone.

By |2016-01-05T07:22:44-07:00January 5th, 2016|Keto Chow, 100 days of keto|2 Comments
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KetoChow Sub-Reddit plus a video

This entry is part 112 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

A couple days ago somebody suggested that I create the /r/ketochow subreddit. Soudned like a good idea, so I did it. The community is pretty small still but larger than I thought it would be since I hadn’t linked it anywhere yet. So without further ado: https://www.reddit.com/r/ketochow/

Also I re-shot a video of mixing a batch of Chocolate Peanut Butter Keto Chow. And I started a Frequently Asked Questions section.

 

And a reminder: the 100 days of keto starts January 4!

By |2015-12-31T17:48:40-07:00December 31st, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic|Comments Off on KetoChow Sub-Reddit plus a video
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The Effects of a Year in Ketosis (video)

This entry is part 111 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

Jim McCarter gave an interesting presentation at the Quantified Self Conference this year. You can check out the video at https://vimeo.com/147795263

By |2016-10-13T07:27:58-06:00December 22nd, 2015|Ketogenic|Comments Off on The Effects of a Year in Ketosis (video)
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Fun Keto Chow stuff

This entry is part 110 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

Couch Potatoes (who made the “Fat bomb Cheesecake” recipe I did for thanksgiving) just did a video review of Keto Chow. They pronounced it “Definitely not bad” – which is about the same endorsement I got from an 11 year old.

In other news, I’m planning on trying the “Keto Chow pancakes” recipe another user posted on reddit. Good times.

By |2016-10-13T07:27:58-06:00December 15th, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Soylent|Comments Off on Fun Keto Chow stuff
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100 days of Keto – starting January 4

This entry is part 2 of 81 in the series 100 days of keto

This was cross-posted to /r/keto earlier this week and I’ve decided I’m going to do it, mostly just for kicks (I haven’t done a “cheat day” since January 2015) but also to get losing weight more better-er. I’m planning on doing a post every day, both here and on /r/100DaysofKeto (in the daily post). Anybody want to join in? There’s more info in the side-bar of https://www.reddit.com/r/100DaysofKeto and the form to sign up is here.

By |2015-12-10T07:26:11-07:00December 10th, 2015|100 days of keto, Ketogenic|2 Comments
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“Golden Oldies: Impressions and comments on the keto chow solution for Senior citizens.”

This entry is part 108 of 139 in the series Ketogenic Soylent

I have another user experience to share (with permission):

  • Gender: Woman
  • Age: 66
  • Length of time on keto chow: 4 weeks.
  • Results: very positive.

A favorite blouse fits so much better than it did a month ago, just before starting Keto Chow.  I tried the Atkins diet several years ago and was moderately successful. Losing weight is much different than maintaining a lower weight. We are hopeful that this approach will do two things, keep weight off and avoid diabetes.

I have often called myself a sugar addict and restricting carbs has clearly put my addiction in the spotlight.  The flavors and formulas of keto chow have made the transition less traumatic and I have not experienced “keto flu”, to date.  Mood swings and any food challenges seem to be resulting from extended family problems more than dietary adjustments.   My former knee jerk reaction to self medicate with sugar has been offset with the immediate benefits.  Swelling has gone down in my face, hands and feet.  I can hear better, too.
My husband has joined me in this lifestyle change and the mutual support is a tremendous benefit.  We encourage each other, rather than trying to sabotage improvements.  We also did a month of preparation.  We cleaned non compliant foods out of the cupboards and freezers, except for snacks to feed grandchildren.  We studied the keto chow blog to grasp preparation, and bought helpful equipment such as shaker bottles.  My first challenge was to decide how much “real” food to eat and how many keto chow to consume.  This is probably very subjective, according to the weight loss goals.  I settled on one to two shakes a day, leaning toward one.   Fasting is less difficult, because I do not feel as hungry when I have not had anything to eat.
Favorite flavors:  Pina colada, cinnamon bun, toffee and strawberry blast.
I will continue to do periodic updates on my progress.  No weight posts, taboo to ask a lady what she weighs.
By |2016-10-13T07:27:59-06:00November 30th, 2015|Keto Chow, Ketogenic, Weight Loss|3 Comments
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A Happy (Keto) Thanksgiving

We are hosting thanksgiving for my family this year and yesterday we hosted my wife’s family for pre-thanksgiving. It was a great opportunity to test out some recipes. All turned out fantastic so I thought I would share. There will be 5 of us doing keto so we wanted some awesome food. On a side note: I found a local grocery store that carries Swerve artificial sweetener. In the past I’ve used truvia but it has some carbs. Swerve hits a 0 glycemic index with 0 net carbs. Awesome! You can find a bunch of other awesome recipes over on /r/ketorecipes – there are currently two pinned posts at the top with holiday recipes.

Appetizer

Cranberry-Jalapeno Cream Cheese Dip Used Swerve instead of sugar and I forgot to make flax crackers so I just pulled out a bag of unflavored pork rinds. Wife says “There is happy in my mouth!”. Also of note from last week: Bacon Ranch CheeseBall.

Side

I didn’t discover this recipe until today so we just did mashed cauliflower with sausage gravy – the gravy was absolutely AMAZING and got eaten by all those carb eating people.

Turkey

I picked up a Masterbuilt gas smoker back in April and I can’t think of anything more keto friendly than smoked turkey! A friend of mine told me that for smoking turkeys you want a fresh (not frozen) one so I grabbed one from Costco and brined it. I was going to spatchcock the turkey but it ended up being too large to fit easily on the racks so I sharpened a cleaver and bisected the bird. Cooked better cut in half anyway. I used a wireless thermometer to track how done it was, I had to leave for several hours and so I pointed a webcam at the thermometer so I could check it remotely. Worked great (the smoker blew out twice necessitating a trip back home).

Ham

This was in case the turkey went wrong. Just a standard spiral ham that didn’t have any sugar in it. We pulled off some of it for us Keto people and then put the glaze on for the normal people.

Desserts

  • CavemanKeto Strawberry cheesecake this was just plain awesome. Seriously better than most “carby” cheesecakes.
  • Pumpkin Cheesecake Made these last year and they were great, worked again!
  • Fat Bomb Cheesecake I had an extra pie crust so I wanted to make another one but I didn’t have anymore pumpkin.  Super simple recipe, worked great.
  • Whipped cream. I put a couple cups of heavy whipping cream into a bowl with some swerve and whipped it for about 10 minutes. Yeah, I ate a bunch of this straight with a spoon. I want some right now.

We also had salad, pickles, olives and other assorted goodies. Between the cream cheese used for all the cheesecakes, the potatoes, the dip and the gravy we used up a little over 6.5lbs of cream cheese this weekend.

By |2015-12-27T17:17:20-07:00November 23rd, 2015|Ketogenic|Comments Off on A Happy (Keto) Thanksgiving
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