I have “that” gene. The one that makes cilantro taste like soap (or really, more like something you should spit out). My husband says I’m a genetic freak. I say his tastebuds are broken (how else can you explain how he can’t taste how foul that is?). Regardless, I’ve seen chimichurri sauces before and avoided them because I feared the…
Eventually, if you do the low carb dance long enough you get to the “meat, meat and cheese, cheese and cheese, almond flour” stage of boredom. Personally, I also started this whole lifestyle with a vast disdain for salads. Most salads are awful, uninspiring and downright boring. So when I was kicking around ideas to liven up my salad I…
You know that thing where you go and visit your doctor. It’s horrible and as shameful as you expected it to be. You explain where you hurt and try your best to explain your life, but when you get done talking it happens again. The doctor says “I really think you should lose some weight”. Like somehow that hadn’t even…
October, Month 8 on Keto (low carb, high fat) Down 52.9 lbs (gained 0.4 lbs this month). On paper this reads as a gain. Reviewing the month I actually lost 8 lbs.. it’s just it was the 8 that I gained the first week of the month. Great Western War was a lot of fun and I did not practice…
September, Month 7 on Keto (low carb, high fat) Down 53.3 lbs (2.4 lbs this month). Bit of a waffle this month. I haven’t fallen off the wagon so much as hopped down walking around kicking the tires. With last month’s hypoglycemia scare I’ve spent quite a while digging into the why of #keto. Why does it work, what exactly…
1. Work/Home Last week I saw a rat on my front porch. I was sitting in my office, minding my own business (at work in fact) in the middle of a video conference call when I spotted something on my deck. I jumped to my feet and danced around like a loon trying to get a better look at whatever…
My mother mentioned she misses my Friday Fives so back to it. 1. Work Work is still work. Lots going on there. Always busy. I do also still love my job. Commuting from Sacramento to San Francisco is a bit long, it’s a good thing I only have to do that occasionally. 2. Home/Erik I know I haven’t mentioned it…
This is all anecdotal, my opinion and based on what has worked for me. I’m a software engineer, not a nutritionist. You’re free to disagree with me and it’s highly possible that what works for me may not work for you. Keto is a low carb, high fat (LCHF) diet setup to encourage your body to enter a state of…
August, Month 6 on Keto (low carb, high fat) Down 50.9 lbs (6.4 lbs this month). This month I had a bit of a health scare. Early in the month 8/2, 8/4 and 8/8 I had incidents of hypoglycemia (very low blood sugar). The first incident was kind of out of the blue (and I didn’t know what was happening)…
July Month 5 on #keto (low carb, high fat) Down 44.5 lbs (10.6 lbs this month). I actually lost weight at West An Tir War over 4th of July weekend. I feel like I’m getting a pretty good handle on “eating while at event.” This month I had three incidents of “cheating”/overeating. I made Keto Lasagna and “Death by Chocolate…