Keto...hmmm....
So the other night I was listening to a podcast while I ran, and they were talking to a guy about ketogenic diets. At this point I'm bored with counting calories, I'm frustrated with the stalled weight, and I'm ready to try something new. The funny thing about the episode was that they never actually explained what keto is; just talked about how great it is. But I'm literate so I went to the google. Whaaaat? You can train your body to live off fat instead of carbs? I'm intrigued.
I found plenty of descriptions of the science behind the diet. It's a major switch from mostly carbs to mostly fat. There were 2 calculators to figure out calories and macros for losing weight, and this is what I'm going to go with, which should put me at 800-1000 calorie deficit per day:
total calories protein carbs fat
1630 114 45 110
At the end of the week I'll post my macros to see how well I fit that plan. I def saw people on reddit posts and websites claiming that they lost tons of weight without even keeping up with anything, just cutting out carbs, and I find that hard to believe. At least with my luck it wouldn't work. I've got to make sure I'm in a calorie deficit until I hit that magical 140 lbs I'm aiming for.
So here I am on 1/19/18, 163.6 lbs and 36.1% fat. Let the keto begin! (After I carb all weekend of course)
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