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I've always been fascinated by things like Soylent, prepackaged food is so much easier but is either insanely expensive or insanely unhealthy. How cost effectiv

I've always been fascinated by things like Soylent, prepackaged food is so much easier but is either insanely expensive or insanely unhealthy. How cost effective is your DIY powder? My main turn off of keto is the higher grocery bills... carbs are so much cheaper. >I was finding it difficult to gain muscle while not gaining fat. If you're doing some kind of strength program, once you squeeze out your noob gains your progress will stall pretty hard unless you're eating a caloric surplus. It's an insanely frustrating dilemma: do I want to get stronger and fatter or lose some weight and get more muscle definition?

glastra 9y ago
I am eating a calorie surplus* and losing body fat in the process. Keto + IF means my body is fasted / burning fat N hours a day, and spends the other 24-N repairing and building new tissue. My body of course prefers to burn fat during the fasted period as I have no serum insulin, so there is no catabolism of muscle to provide energy. In other words, calorie counting alone is pretty much useless. Regarding my DIY, it's around 90 €/month for 2000 kcal with 90 g protein, 28 g fiber and all micronutrients covered. Of course, I'm from Spain, where EVOO is dirt cheap, and it accounts for all of my non-protein calories. *: Or, rather, not a deficit. Calorie deficit/surplus stops making sense once you take hormone regulation and fasted/fed state into account.