The Keto Diet

The Keto Diet

Our friends from Carolina came to spend time with us last week. They have been on a Keto diet for over a year and have lost a lot of weight. Ellen and I wanted to lose five plus pounds and have tried many different diets to no avail. Sooo, we decided to try Keto.

Keto is a very lo-carb, almost no sugar and high protein diet. The diet sounds easy - it's not. The diet forces you to buy everyday foods at three times the price of regular foods. However, eating meats, fish and fatty foods (no carbs or sugar) has its advantage. 

I love eating cheese - especially blue cheese. I love spreading as much mayonnaise as I want on my everything. I love eating salted nuts - especially macadamia nuts. I love eating blueberries and avocados (which are the only fruits you can eat on this diet). Their are some vegetables you can't eat, but many you can eat.

What's the downside? 

First, this diet is a cholesterol surprise. I hope I lose the weight before my heart stops. Second, the diet forces you to find everyday foods that are lo-carb and almost no sugar. Try going to most supermarkets and find lo-carb cereal, lo-carb no sugar bagels, no sugar ketchup, no sugar peanut butter, lo-carb no sugar chips (you can have all the salt you want), etc., etc. I had to go online to get many of the things I can eat.

One last downside, you have to be very careful going off this diet because you can gain the weight back quickly. Best to stay on the diet and cheat sometimes.  

Does the diet work? 

Our friends swear by it and have lost all the pounds they wanted. They say they have more energy and are happier. The diet says it takes a month for you to see great results. We have been on it for four days and have lost two pounds.

Sooo, if you want to lose weight and don't mind eating some foods that taste like shit;

Go On The Keto Diet