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I'm on a low carb diet for both losing weight and better budget. I've tried so many things over the years, but having a consistent routine every day seems to be

I'm on a low carb diet for both losing weight and better budget. I've tried so many things over the years, but having a consistent routine every day seems to be the easiest for me to follow. I've found that having a "yes" list is WAY easier to manage mentally than having a "no" list. For those interested in my diet plan, I eat the following: 7am 3 cups of water followed by 3 cups of coffee. 10am 1 cup bone broth + 1 protein shake if I'm still hungry 12pm 2 cups of salad + 1 avocado + 2 eggs + 1 keto cookie (Fat Snax, they're delicious) 4pm 1 protein bar (Keto Collagen Protein Bar) or 1 30g of Macadamia Nuts 6pm 500 calories of meat + 2 cups of salad + 1 ChocoZero (Keto Chocolate) This is about 1,800 calories a day which puts me at a steady pace to lose about 1 lb of fat a week assuming I don't cheat. I really like this diet plan because I can bulk buy most things at Costco and the snacks on Amazon. The best hack has been pre-packed hard boiled eggs, that's reduced my lunch into a 2 min prep for just the advocado and putting everything together. My lunch requires no meal prep so I only have to think about dinner. And I've reduced dinner down to just a meat which I can cook up in a bunch of different ways twice or 3 times a week. It has helped me save money, save time, keep fit. Great for post-holidays.

palimpsests 8y ago
What about those mornings when you want to have a 4th cup of water?
- charlesju 8y ago
  lol that's just to jump start my body before drinking coffee (which dehydrates). I drink almost a gallon a day right now outside of my jump start.
  - drdrey 8y ago
    coffee does not dehydrate edit: here are some sources that look serious if you're interested but there's plenty of evidence. I'm an endurance athlete (so I'm mindful about dehydration) and I enjoy coffee a lot so I researched this a bit. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3886980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3886980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17620932 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17620932
    - charlesju 8y ago
      Interesting. Thanks for that. I didn't know that.
ArrayList 8y ago
Keto diets are sketchy science at best. I can't believe anyone still falls for it.
- riku_iki 8y ago
  Why do you think so? It sounds as well studied already.
- charlesju 8y ago
  I think you should test what works best for your body. I actually don't do strict keto, I have a lot of protein in my meals, way more than I should if I were on keto alone. But I've tried balanced, low fat, high fat, etc. And I have found this works best for my body day-to-day. I think that if you don't feel good, then its ultimately unsustainable and bad for you and that should be your ultimate gauge.
- theNJR 8y ago
  You can't "fall" for a metabolic state. While there are plenty of people pushing faux keto diets as a means to sell you something you don't need, putting yourself into a metabolic state is a biological reality.
- aviv 8y ago
  I agree. Keto is the most dangerous dietary trend today.
  - OpenBSD-supreme 8y ago
    Says the sugar and grain industries!
WA 8y ago
You could buy 20 eggs, boil all at once and keep them in the fridge for weeks. Just a thought ;)
- charlesju 8y ago
  Yeah I did that before. But I'm super lazy, so I found that buying a bunch of hard boiled eggs pre-packed into packets of 2 by Costco was just that little bit easier.
ux-app 8y ago
>his is about 1,800 calories a day which puts me at a steady pace to lose about 1 lb of fat a week assuming I don't cheat. A pound of fat is 3500 calories, so you've really got to be hitting a 500 calorie a day deficit to get there. 1800 cal a day seems a bit high to achieve a lb of weight loss per week (2k/day recommended intake), unless of course you're very tall in which case your baseline might be 2300 cal.
- zemvpferreira 8y ago
  2k/day might be the total caloric expenditure for the average woman. I’m a somewhat active 190 pound man and my daily maintenance calories average between 2600 and 3500 (depending on how much I surf).

palimpsests 8y ago

What about those mornings when you want to have a 4th cup of water?

charlesju 8y ago
lol that's just to jump start my body before drinking coffee (which dehydrates). I drink almost a gallon a day right now outside of my jump start.
- drdrey 8y ago
  coffee does not dehydrate edit: here are some sources that look serious if you're interested but there's plenty of evidence. I'm an endurance athlete (so I'm mindful about dehydration) and I enjoy coffee a lot so I researched this a bit. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3886980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3886980/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17620932 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17620932
  - charlesju 8y ago
    Interesting. Thanks for that. I didn't know that.

ArrayList 8y ago

Keto diets are sketchy science at best. I can't believe anyone still falls for it.

riku_iki 8y ago
Why do you think so? It sounds as well studied already.
charlesju 8y ago
I think you should test what works best for your body. I actually don't do strict keto, I have a lot of protein in my meals, way more than I should if I were on keto alone. But I've tried balanced, low fat, high fat, etc. And I have found this works best for my body day-to-day. I think that if you don't feel good, then its ultimately unsustainable and bad for you and that should be your ultimate gauge.
theNJR 8y ago
You can't "fall" for a metabolic state. While there are plenty of people pushing faux keto diets as a means to sell you something you don't need, putting yourself into a metabolic state is a biological reality.
aviv 8y ago
I agree. Keto is the most dangerous dietary trend today.
- OpenBSD-supreme 8y ago
  Says the sugar and grain industries!

WA 8y ago

You could buy 20 eggs, boil all at once and keep them in the fridge for weeks. Just a thought ;)

charlesju 8y ago
Yeah I did that before. But I'm super lazy, so I found that buying a bunch of hard boiled eggs pre-packed into packets of 2 by Costco was just that little bit easier.

ux-app 8y ago

>his is about 1,800 calories a day which puts me at a steady pace to lose about 1 lb of fat a week assuming I don't cheat. A pound of fat is 3500 calories, so you've really got to be hitting a 500 calorie a day deficit to get there. 1800 cal a day seems a bit high to achieve a lb of weight loss per week (2k/day recommended intake), unless of course you're very tall in which case your baseline might be 2300 cal.

zemvpferreira 8y ago
2k/day might be the total caloric expenditure for the average woman. I’m a somewhat active 190 pound man and my daily maintenance calories average between 2600 and 3500 (depending on how much I surf).