I had been screwing around with keto for almost two years.
I was on it strictly when I first started and was lazy keto around 30 carbs or less a day and lost weight very painlesslessly. Then I fell off the wagon.
I ate bread one day and that was it. I started craving it again and ate carbs for a while. It used to be sweets that would start a craving but I can't even eat them any longer- they are too sweet!
Anyway, when I first got really sick, probably in January, I just could not eat. I had to force myself to eat (new experience!).
I usually had 2 Atkins shakes a day (2 net carbs each) and one Sargentos balanced breaks with 12 grams of carbs.
Weight flowing off. No hunger.
I don't recommend this as an eating plan! I had a tumor that made me very, very sick.
After surgery, my appetite has come back somewhat and I am strictly keto (except for that banana bread Breathless
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I have not been counting carbs with everything that I eat. I stick to meat, low carb veggies, salads, avocados, eggs, and still drink my Atkins shakes when I don't feel like eating. I do keto sticks so that helps reinforce that I am the right track.
Keto is now almost in my DNA. I really can't imagine going back to my old way of eating.
I just got my labs back and my blood work has never been better. My doctor called me and was delighted. She took me off the statin that I had been on for a long time. My total cholesterol dropped from 200 to 156 and my triglycerides dropped from 136 to 95. The rest was great too.
In a lot of blogs and articles online, people talk about what an unhealthy diet low carb/keto is. I have not found it to be true in any way.