How does anyone stick to a keto diet? I think it must suit those with small appetites. I've tried all sorts of things, but unless I bore myself to death eating pulses every day, keto foods just don't fill me up. I end up moody and snacking then defeating the purpose of the diet!
I have some braising steak in my freezer, and what goes with braised steak? Some good mashed potatoes, right?
Been a while since I've been here, but apparently I'm still on the email list for threads I participated in.
Any diet is hard. Period. You have to give up something if you are going to lose weight...assuming one has a weight problem. For me, getting winded simply walking was my sign I was fat. Let alone trying to do actual labor, you know, like digging a hole with a shovel or using a chainsaw? Yea thats "country" stuff, I know.
I lost 40lbs on a low fat diet 25 years ago. Then got fat again when I stopped. Lost 40lbs on a low carb "Keto" diet 6 years ago. I've gained roughly 7lbs back because we "cheat" and "splurge"...too much lately.
I dont intend to gain it all back. I have work to do...a LOT of firewood to cut and split, otherwise my property would be a fire hazard from all the downed trees. I cant do that effectively if I'm too fat.
Low carbing is a lifestyle. Fortunately there are more and more products out there that help. There is a product called "mashers" that fills the mashed potato void, and now there are lower carb pastas, actual pastas (not keto, but lower carb). You wont find them usually at your average grocery store because most people are fine being fat and actually resent the idea of giving up their constant bread (there are decent low carb breads now too), pasta and rice. I understand...it made me mad at first too. But stores are only now catching up to the population of low carbers, so Netrition and places like that are the go-to. Not cheap though.
I was complaining (on another web site with less jerks) of the hardship of low carbing when I first started when someone said, you dont love a great steak off the grill with bernaise sauce? Then gave me a great recipe for an easy microwave bernaise sauce. Yes, life can continue if you skip the potatoes, have a larger steak and stick with a nice salad. That was the lesson, and it was delicious!
Another reason I am able to stay lower carb? I feel much better, and the chronic heartburn I lived with for decades is gone. Thats right, its not the hot peppers or the fatty foods...it was the carbs. I eat too many carbs, especially stuff like pizza and subs, and within a long weekend of splurging I am done with the bread because the heartburn is back. I no longer need any drugs, etc. for heartburn.