Diets keto/carnivore etc
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I think ultimately you want to be happy and healthy. If you're constantly hungry and pissed off then it probably isn't ideal. Life can be short too so no point in completing cutting out all of the finer things.
I've experimented a bit and found a diet that works well for me. No sugar, butter or bread.
Breakfast: Cup of oats, raspberries, 2.5 eggs mixed with protein powder. Absolutely delicious.
Midmorning: 2 wholemeal rice cakes with peanutbutter.
Lunch: Chicken/turkey/salmon with rice/kumara.
Midafternoon: chunk of kale mixed with protein powder. Good shit.
Dinner: Similar to lunch, but midweek usually go spaghetti bolognaise.Saturday used to be epic cheat meals but have calmed down a bit. Generally just eat what I want but within reason.
Works well for me and I'm never hungry. But everyone is different.
I'm very skeptical about the carnivore diet but hope it catches on to piss off the vegans.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Diets keto/carnivore etc:
Breakfast: Cup of oats, raspberries, 2.5 eggs mixed with protein powder. Absolutely delicious.
So are you making a protein shake and adding raw eggs to it?
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@milk said in Diets keto/carnivore etc:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Diets keto/carnivore etc:
Breakfast: Cup of oats, raspberries, 2.5 eggs mixed with protein powder. Absolutely delicious.
So are you making a protein shake and adding raw eggs to it?
I used to top up my protein shakes with those liquid egg whats, add an extra 50ml to 100ml in there so bonus protein
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@milk said in Diets keto/carnivore etc:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Diets keto/carnivore etc:
Breakfast: Cup of oats, raspberries, 2.5 eggs mixed with protein powder. Absolutely delicious.
So are you making a protein shake and adding raw eggs to it?
Yep. Delicious.
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@sapetyvi said in Diets keto/carnivore etc:
@milk I do that, tastes good.
That’s a big part of a diet I reckon, if it isn’t that great to eat or there’s no variety it’s so much harder to stick to.
Apparently there’s nothing unhealthy in an egg yolk so you can keep those in your shakes. I want to get more eggs into my diet and am thinking about getting chooks.
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@jegga And variety makes a diet healthier too, if you only ever eat broccoli and chicken breast, you are probably missing on some nutrients you need.
I am a bit lazy on the variations, some health nut would probably shred My diet into pieces, but it is still way better than it used to be.
Varying the meat isn't hard, but the veggies is. Caukiflower, broccoli and cabbage are staples in my diet and I actually like them, so it's easy to get around a kilo a day in. I do like most veggies, but some are heavy on carbs so need to be careful there.
Co workers are starting to get jealous tho. Whip out ribs or pulled pork for lunch and they will start considering if their pasta with minced meat and ketchup was the right choice.
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Not sure where to put this...
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@milk said in Diets keto/carnivore etc:
I always thought is wasn't considered safe to eat raw eggs? Has that been busted?
Done alot of research on this. There is a minuscule chance of getting sick from caged eggs and even smaller chance from farm free eggs.
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So 1 week into an extremely low carb diet and the results are pretty good.
Holiday belly pretty much gone, I understand this could of course be just a water retension thing.More importantly however my energy levels are waaaay up. No crashes during the day, getting a lot of work done after hours, waking up much easier, getting really back into regular gym and mood way improved.
Felt a little lethargic on Wednesdays gym session so I upped the amount of meat eating on Wednesday and Thursday nights and this morning smashed out my first 8km run in a long time without the lethargy I would expect for having very few carbs.
Of course this could be just short term and maybe change in weather or even possibly a slight illness running its course could be the cause of the improvements but certainly positive enough results to continue with for now.
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@rembrandt Good onya. If you feel the need to eat more carbs, I reckon a lot of professionals recommend taking them around training, or evening if you have earned them during the day.
Took a bit of a hit on the weekend myself, had a schoolmate move back here and we went on a bit of a bender, but have upped my training this week and also eaten a bit more, morning weight today 101.9kg. On the plus side is that I can fit to my favorite shirt again, minus is that it isn't tight around the shoulders anymore like it used to be.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Diets keto/carnivore etc:
@milk said in Diets keto/carnivore etc:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Diets keto/carnivore etc:
Breakfast: Cup of oats, raspberries, 2.5 eggs mixed with protein powder. Absolutely delicious.
So are you making a protein shake and adding raw eggs to it?
Yep. Delicious.
The human body has poor absorption of raw eggs. Needs light cooking.
https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/digestion-whole-raw-eggs-11843.html
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Forgot to mention an almost highlight of the diet. Had a discussion on a friends page with a lady who was concerned about me avoiding fruit and relying too much on meat and dairy. I'd explained how I've replaced my eggs on toast with eggs on steak as my everyday breakfast. She seemed pretty in the know so I checked her profile thinking she might be a nutritionist or something...nope she owns a makeup business and is an avid animal rights activist and vegan. She was very polite (as I was) but still knowing I've replaced bread with dead daisy the cow has got to rub her the wrong way.
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Biggest change I've made as I've transitioned from 30s to 40s to 50s is gradually reducing the portion size of my meals over time.
In my 30s I would think nothing of eating 4-5 hamburgers at a BBQ, now I'm full (both physically and mentally) on 1. 2 at a push.
Full fat everything, just less of it.
Strong black coffee.
Dark chocolate. Don't need much.
Oatmeal, full fat milk, and berries for breakfast.
Dense wholemeal toast, butter, peanut butter for Hobbit second breakfast.
Normal mixed meals for lunch and dinner.
Eating out, I'll often have a starter, then a starter as my main.
Seldom drink pints, now it's wine or Gin & Soda.
Walk the dog 3 times a day.
Ski my arse off all winter.
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@mikethesnow it surprises me how little you actually need to sustain yourself if the food is good .
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I'm giving this sirtfood thing a go. I'm not really a buyer of crash diets / specific things, but I know a few people who have had a large amount of success with it.
It starts off with one meal a day plus 3 sirt food juices (kale, parsely, celery, rocket, granny smith, green tea, loveage). The meal is a specific collection of things which are high in some bollocks called sirtuin activators. Then as you get further into it you can have a different range of things such as red wine, dark chocolate etc.
WE'll see how it goes ... the book claims that most people ditch 7 pounds in the first week. I'm sure that's almost all water, and none of it fat.
We shall see
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I had a pixie caramel today because I saw them in the NZ section at Coles while searching for Biltong (in the SA section next to it) - I haven't had one in years, it was awesome.
Anyway, to stay on topic. My diet has been vegetables and meat for lunch and dinner for four years now when I lost roughly 25kg (and I keep 20kg's off normally unless I'm travelling). I like to have a piece of toast with marmite for breakfast although I'll swap to omelettes if I'm wanting to lose a bit of weight. On weekends I tend to be a bit more lax.
If I eat rice and pasta I stack on the weight. Earlier this year I did a month of eating the same amount of calories each week but for the first two two weeks I was on my usual diet and on the 3rd and 4th I ate carbs with my meals (rice, pasta and potatoes on occasion).
It was not pretty in the 3rd and 4th week, I ballooned up pretty quickly and just felt like shit. I've figured out that eating rice for me basically gives me the same sensation as eating lollies, i real high and then I just feel like shit the rest of the day with a headache. It's so weird that I'd barely last a day now on my previous diet that I was on for most of my adult life.
Anyway, what I'm really saying is that I agree with people that say just do what works for you personally. If you can eat lots of carbs and not turn into a fatty then go for your life - I'm very envious.
@Sapetyvi I'm lucky that I have an Asian foodcourt below my work and two of the places steam their veges and they'll happily cook my meat without sauces if I ask, so if my planning goes to shit my lunches don't tend to fuck up my diet.
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Last night I had two Almighty burgers from Grill'd. And a few beers. Not sure I could have fit a wafer-thin mint.
I know when don't have carbs the weight falls off.
Using an online calculator:
Your BMI is 29 and your waist measurement is 37 inches
What this means
Your BMI result indicates you are in the overweight category, and your waist circumference is in the ideal range.Don't really care about BMI for reasons we're all too aware of. The waist circumference is good.
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Pretty low carb day here which is common now for a Saturday
7am F45 workout just fuelled by bcaas and pre workout
815am two scoops whey
10am bacon and eggs and coffee
12pm salmon and salad
3pm whey
4pm the low carb beer train rolled in with a load of almonds
6pm ribs, steak and saladAnother scoop of whey to come, maybe something sweeter though depending when the low carb beers stop flowing