Over A Week Into a Ketogenic Diet

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So for those of you that follow my wife, abloveshorchata@abloveshorchata, you would know that my wife and I have been on a Ketogenic diet. We started on the 16th of this month (6/16/2017). My wife has been giving updates on our journey so far so I wanted to give my two cents on it.

So we started on a Friday and of course it was little different. I did kind of miss bread the first few meals, but then I made a loaf of Keto Bread from a fantastic recipe I found online. I'm ok with eating a little of this instead of regular bread.

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Then the Keto flu kicked in. I felt a little nauseous but more than anything, I was just constantly thirsty. It felt like a hangover and the constant mild headache was kind of annoying. What was weird, and I'm not sure of this is normal, is that it seemed like the symptoms subsided for a day or two then came back. Now I feel great though. And I have actually lost about 10 lbs. since starting the diet.

When we started this diet, I was hovering around 175 lbs. which was a bit too much for my height (I'm about 5'9"). I felt at my best when I was about 150 lbs. and active. This was around 2009. I was working out, rock climbing as often as possible, and just generally felt really good.

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I was at a point when I rock climbed so much, my hands were always torn up. Picture is from 2009

I was also doing a lot of martial arts. That's me on the left.
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Then I just started being less active. Slowly this occurred (as it usually does) and I didn't really notice it. Fast forward to today and I gained almost 25 to 30 lbs. and I don't want to gain anymore.

So far Keto has been tough. I'm not going to lie. The Keto flu was not fun. What has been fun, and I think a great bonding adventure between wife and I, is experimenting with recipes and figuring out menu items and meal planning. It's almost like a game to us.

This week I started working out too. Diet is important, but so is staying active. I look forward to where I will be in a month or so. Hopefully a little bit more healthy.