After doing my own research I do believe that what I’ve learned has helped me on my journey.
The diet that was low in carbohydrates and proteins and high in dietary fat originally in the 1920s ketogenic diet was to help reduce blood sugar cholesterol
So I know a lot of people will think that the bacon diet is unhealthy and probably will clot my arteries but there are always 2 sides to a coin.
I supplement my diet of bad fats/cholesterol with good fats and cholesterol such as eating avocado and olive oil.
I add in a simple high intensity 10 min workout daily when I woke up.
If I’m not hungry I don’t eat, when your body is used to burning fat from your body it won’t need so much food.
Trust me, food is not as accessible in ancient times compared to now, You won’t die for not eating for 24 hours. Sometimes I go up to 36 hours of water fast. (But please only do this after you are in the process of ketosis or you might get gastric.)
When I do my water fasting, which I do once a week I don’t even feel hungry. My stomach did not growl, not even once.
In my 60 days, fat loss journey, I lost 19.4kg
I started from 106kg and I am about 87kg right now.
This is one of my meals
The following is what I eat on an almost daily basis This is only less than 500 calories per meal and it takes around 2,500 calories to maintain my weight.
So by consuming only 1,000- 1,500 calories a day I am looking to lose at least 1.5kg a week and I do a simple 10 min high-intensity interval exercise at home with no gym equipment.
Such as: Jogging on the spot for 30 seconds, push up 30 seconds, job, mountain climbers and so on.
So I would normally eat this one a day and I feel full all day.
Sometimes I separate the below foods into two meals.
Cheat days?
Well, Keto is different from other kinds of diets, when we break the process of ketosis your body can take 3-5 days to kick start ketosis again.
So I only do cheat meals every 6 weeks. Eating fatty foods that I love doesn’t even require me to undergo any cheat meal days.
In my 2 month period, I took 1 cheat meal.
So how do I determine what can I eat and cannot eat?
Anything with carbohydrates I will avoid such as:
- Sugar
- Noodles
- Rice
- Bread
- Milk
- Potato
Just check out the label of the products.