Where do I start? How do I start? What even is considered Keto?
Well, trial and error my friend. That is how I learned. My first suggestion is defining your goals. Are you trying to lose weight? This could be for you. You’ll need to be strict depending on how much weight you’re trying to lose. Then it becomes a life-style. Then you can relax a little. This life style works well for me because I don’t feel I’m missing out too much. It’s all about discipline for me. Do you have the discipline it will require? Do you have the self control?
Below is a list that lives on my fridge. This will help you as you start with your grocery shopping.
Start by replacing your flour with Coconut &/or Almond flour. Replace your sugar with a sugar substitute. Erythritol- This one is my favorite and is closest to tasting like the real thing. I buy a large bag off Amazon. Trade all your fruit in for berries. Blackberries, Blueberries, Raspberries and Strawberries. This diet plan looks expensive at first glance but after a while you’ll see that eating all the foods with fat in them are so filling you just don’t have the need to eat so much. You really won’t want to.
You have to make a plan. I plan a week at a time. I make sure that I reserve one day on the weekends to food prep for my week. If I don’t have something quick to grab when I get hungry I’ll make bad decisions. My husband and I reserve our Sunday’s for food prepping. I make Keto soups, appetizers, desserts because I have a sweet tooth, and even some breakfast items. This makes it easy when I have a weak moment I can have something ready to go. I always make either pancakes, blueberry bread, cakes, cookies, or little bit size treats because my sweet tooth is for real ya’ll.
Now, make up your mind. When you have failures, because it will happen, let it be just that. Don’t think oh well I messed up bad so I might as well keep it going today. NO! Jump back in, commit to do better. Make a plan, execute it and Lets do this!
My staples I keep on hand for myself which make it easier are:
Natural Peanut Butter
Berries: Blackberries, Strawberries, Blueberries
Coke Zero, say what you want… it works for me.
Eggs, Spinach, variety of cheese blocks, bacon
Plain Yogurt
Keto Ice Cream, for my really weak moments
Coffee and sugar free syrups
Pickles and Okra
For Baking: Almond flour, coconut flour, erythritol, brown sugar substitute, heavy cream, cream cheese and kerry gold butter.
Here are some ideas to start with as you carve out your carbs…
My best advice: sit down plan your week out. What do you plan to make for dinners, lunches, and even breakfast’s if you eat that sort of thing. I drink mine, coffee. Make your shopping list of everything you’ll need to make those items. Prepare for a better and healthier lifestyle. Stick to your plan. Once you have done it for 3 weeks it will become habit and be much easier.
Galatians 5:22-26 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.”
