I have lost 60 pounds on keto, and one of the things with keto is not getting enough protein. Beef has a high protein to calorie ratio, especially in lean meat. You can get protein from eggs too, but Beef is full of protein. Yes more pricey protein is available, like whey protein or soy protein, but if you are on a budget for keto, I like simply frying up hamburger meat and putting a few teaspoons of it in my salad, which usually has eggs and avacado's. Other problems of keto is not getting enough electrolytes and micro nutrients. So it is good to take some supliments. I suppliment sodium quite a bit with bullion cubes, and I take a multivitamin as well as a vitamin D pill. Some people will also take a magnesium suppliment too. There are lots of keto recipes, and if you did several low calorie keto meals a day, you probably would not need to suppliment with pills. I like spinach for my main meal(which is a salad every day). I put avacado and usually two eggs and usually two to three teaspoons of hamburger meat. That gives me enough protein and vitamins, I usually suppliment fish oil too in my diet. Upper tolerances of fish oil are 4-5 grams a day of omega three. Most don't get that. Anyway, sorry to ramble. Keto works for me, specifically because I can use it for spiritual dicipline, not to have gluttony most of the time, also to dicipline my cravings. Today I had three donuts so it's not all the time, just in general. The other thing that works well with keto is intermittent fasting, me and another guy I know that fasts, started out doing a one day a week fast, then started doing it every day. That is where I am at, I eat one meal a day and fast the rest of the time. I haven't been ridgid on it for the last week or so. BUt I don't get legalistic on it, I just do it in general as a general rule. Since I have started praying and fasting, God has delivered me from many life long addictions. One was over eating, one was as it relates to purity (inappropriate contentography), another was self gratification, and another was lust in general. God has delivered me from all of those addictions, one at a time. God blesses those who follow him. I know this is stearing off topic now, but I thought I would mention it. Normally when fasting on keto, you can suppliment your electrolytes with fatty oils, for instance when fasting from solids during the day I will make a bullion broth (1 gram sodium), and put a table spoon of canola oil in it, that is about ten grams of fat. I will do that every two to four hours. During summer, or extensive sweating you will need to roughly double your sodium. Be careful to avoid high blood pressure during this process it is easy to consume too much sodium, you just have to back off and reduce your electrolytes if blood pressure spikes. Anyway, have fun with your meals, I hope I mentioned something that encouraged you.
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