Month 1 Review

Month 1 Review

Ok so I am now on day 32 of my 26 day experiment, this fact alone should tell you everything you need to know! I have been converted, so far I am a huge advocate of this lifestyle. So much so that I now would feel confident to recommend it to others. After 1 month my energy levels are up, I feel fit and healthy, I rarely get hungry, my gym regime has been largely unaffected, I’m loving the food and getting into cooking and trying new recipes and last but not least my body fat is down!

 

Let’s see my results:

 

Start weight = 77kg

Starting Body Fat = 11%

 

Current weight = 74kg

Current Body Fat = 9%

 

My weight has been bouncing around at the 74kg mark for the last few weeks which is great as I never wanted to lose too much. My body fat I think is decreasing slowly, it’s sometimes hard to be entirely accurate with the callipers. I definitely feel like I’m started to see more definition in my stomach although I don’t really see it in my pictures. Other people have commented on how healthy I look and have started asking me what I am doing so something must be going right.

 

The biggest thing for me though has been the energy and just generally feeling good. I can’t explain it, I just feel healthy. I used to get hungry and grumpy and tired and now I don’t get that at all. I find with the cyclical carb loading I sometimes feel a little run down on the Monday/Tuesday as my body recalibrates but nothing too major.

 

My top keto tips:

 

1. Drink lots of water
2. Download a macros app like MyFitnessPal
3. Try to hit your macros for each meal individually not overall for the day

 

My most useful keto food discoveries:

 

1. Philadelphia cream cheese
2. Bulletproof coffee
3. Sugarfree Jelly and Cream
4. Corn thins
5. Well Naturally dark chocolate bars

Useful resources:

1. Keto Calculator website
2. Abel James podcast - Fatburning Man (The Wild Diet)
3. "What the Fat" book
4.  Google :)

I am going to keep this up for February at least however I am going to take a step back from macro counting and try to go a bit more off my gut as I feel like I have a solid understanding of what is in each of my foods. I won’t be posting every day but I will try to give regular updates.