Hamenopi

This weekend we celebrated my Grandmother’s 90th birthday Brisket, Cake, and everything else sugary and starchy scattered the kitchen turned buffet line. I stayed clear of the bread, the beans, and potato salad, easy. I even added butter on my brisket. No bbq sauce! Buttered brisket is amazing, by the way. Added a good dose of bacon boiled green beans to the side. Put butter on them too. Delicious! Reactions I tell you, I had some wild eyes and questions pointed at me. Several people even told me how unhealthy it was. I just glanced down to my 115 lbs of missing weight and shrugged, saying. “Seems to be working for me.” Then I slathered more butter on brisket and yummed it down in front of a few confused cousins. . Later a few asked “So… How much weight you’ve lost again?” A few of them started to question what they thought they knew about health. I also had a few others educate me on how it’ll make me fat....

One of the biggest contributors to me losing weight was logging my food. Without finding out out where I was, there was little chance I could improve on where I was. After a while, I realized I had enough information to log my food in advance. I could forecast my meals! Sure, it wasn't perfect but they kept me close to target so much better than I could of without it. I had my own play book of recipes which I knew worked for me... Because they worked for me! Since Keto, I had to create a new play book of recipes. Most my old ones were carbohydrate dependent. Great news is I'm at a point where I can begin to once again forecast my food. This is where I shined last year losing weight! I'm excited to see how it works this year.  This is what I’m shooting for: 20 - 40 g total carbs a day, half being fiber 80 – 100 g total protein 100 – 200 g fat My plan allows my body to use existing fat stores to supplement my nutritional fat deficit. This i...