Or at least they should be
TDEE Your body has a certain amount of calories it needs every day just to keep you alive. This is your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). These calories can come from the food you eat or from your fat stores. For the most part TDEE […]
February 2018, Month 12 on Keto (low carb, high fat) Down 63.2 lbs (lost 10.3 lbs this month). That’s more like it. This month I had two-ish incidents of “cheating”. 1. On 2/15 I went out with some friends and had fondue. We had both […]
“If I quit now I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started, I was desperately wishing to be where I am now.” I am at now my lowest adult weight (well, 5 lbs above it.. but I hit it last […]
January 2018, Month 11 on Keto (low carb, high fat) Down 52.9 lbs (gained 2.6 lbs this month). Honestly I think I did pretty well until the end of the month. Then the wheels fell off the wagon. Ok, wait.. let’s stop a minute and […]
All diets work in the short term. Low-fat calorie counting, Atkins, Weight Watchers, The Cabbage Soup diet, they all work.. until they don’t. For a while it’s all roses and you lose some weight.. but then the diet stops working or you start straying and […]
December 2017, Month 10 on Keto (low carb, high fat) Down 55.5 lbs (lost 0.2 lbs this month). The holidays are hard. Even though I only lost 0.2 lbs this month I’m going to take it as a win. This month I had three-ish incidents […]
Hunger is related to your hormones.. and those hormones are not necessarily related to your body’s caloric needs. Hunger vs. calories needed For years I believed that hunger was my body’s signal that it needed more calories. So I ate the calories reasoning “I’m hungry […]
Print Lemon Spiced Shrimp Prep Time 2 mins Cook Time 10 mins Total Time 12 mins A quick an easy low calorie shrimp dish. This one is big on taste and low on effort. Course: Main Course Servings: 1 person Calories: 80 kcal […]
A simple quick start guide for following a ketogenic Diet (AKA Keto Diet). This is the bare minimum you need to get started. This is all anecdotal, my opinion and based on what has worked for me. I’m a software engineer, not a nutritionist. You’re […]
November, Month 9 on Keto (low carb, high fat) Down 55.3 lbs (lost 2.4 lbs this month). Finally I’ve started reversing the tide… just in time for the holidays 😀 Regardless I will keep trucking along. This month I had three-ish incidents of “cheating”. 1. […]
Who am I.. It’s complicated.
Well ok, no it’s not. I am Monica Stroud. I’m a mother, a wife and a software engineer. I live in the California central valley (Orangevale, CA) with my husband Fearghus, son Erik, two dogs (Freya and Sif), and a cat (His Evilness Emperor Loki the Kitty).
In early 2017 I started following the #keto diet and so far I’ve lost 50 lbs. It turns out giving up bread wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. Since I started I’ve done a lot of research into this lifestyle and have accumulated a lot of good recipes along the way. This blog is my way of sharing all of this with you.
Step Away From The Carbs: Step Away From The Carbs:
Butter Is Not a Carb: Butter Is Not a Carb: