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26 Day Keto Challenge

It’s January 5^th and like everyone else on the planet I am feeling the need to sort my body out after an incredible Christmas holiday which involved eating and drinking everything in sight. I have been hearing a lot about this new Keto diet and it sounds a bit too good to be true so I figure why not give it a go for Jan and see if I can shed that festive fat by eating lots of fat – makes sense right?

In general I am usually pretty healthy, I do weight training 5-6 times a week and cardio 3-4 times a week. I try to eat well but have never really got into the nutrition side of things, I didn’t know what a macro was until last week! My diet generally consists of high protein, low fat and limited carbs Monday – Thursday then binging at the weekend on beer and pizza. I have been reading up on Keto which is high fat, limited protein and low carbs so I figure I will give it a go and track the progress for the next 26 days until the end of Jan.

 

Current weight = 77kg

Current Body Fat = 11%

 

Goal – To maintain weight and muscle whilst shedding as much body fat as possible over the next few weeks.

 

After having a play on this online Keto calculator:

http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/

 

I have decided on the following daily goals:

Calories – 2758

Carbs – < 40g

Protein – 150 g

Fat – 224 g

 

Macros:

 

Carbs = 5%

Protein = 22%

Fat = 73%

 

I will be tracking using the MyFitnessPal app from Under Armour, I only have the free version so my macros are slightly off which is a bit annoying but I can work with it.

 

On the app:

 

Carbs = 5% (34g)

Protein = 25% (172g)

Fat = 70% (215g)