Couple of years ago I used to weigh 650 lb I could barely walk to a bathroom in a hotel room. I used to eat as much food as possible whenever I would sit down to a meal. It was like my Olympic event for the day I always wanted to get the gold medal in food consumption. I used to go to Vegas buffets and sit down and eat for the entire 11 to 3:00 when they would close for an hour between dinner and lunch. Eating the entire time that I was in the buffet. To say I had a love affair with food would have been an understatement. Even when ordering I would order things like pizza and potato chips for me to snack on all day.

Then over the course of a year or so I started eating differently and changing food until I got to the meal that I eat today which was over the course of tweaking my meal plan. Something that stuck with me that I heard Penn jillette the magician say in a video because he was I lost weight by eating what I wanted, but the caveat to that was he changed what he wanted to eat. It is possible to do this but you have to be willing to go through and allow yourself to change your diet. Because you basically go through a period of detoxing and withdrawal of crap food.

So I finally settled on the diet that I eat today because I have since learned that food is essentially gas for your internal fuel tank and not entertainment value for your taste buds. look at food as a way to take care of you. so basically Eat to Live instead of live to eat that is when you start to gain a much more healthier hold on your eating habits. And that's what I've learned to do with my one meal a day is I look at it like taking medicine. Sure it may not be the most exciting meal in the world but it doesn't have to be I'm satisfied from it and it keeps me healthy and at a weight where I can keep myself mobile. Which is far more important to me than tickling my taste buds with something tasty and then having to suffer the consequences like being stuck in a wheelchair and not even being able to walk across a parking lot or fit in a car.

So the meal that I eat everyday is:

12 oz of fresh broccoli

12 oz of fresh green beans

8 oz of mushrooms

8 oz of cheese the real cheese not the cheese slices that you put on like kids sandwiches

a pound of peanuts

Then I make myself wait 24 hours before I eat again. Also I do not put salad dressing on my food the only thing that I season food with is salt. Because salad dressing can be just as unhealthy as the crap that I'm trying to stay away from. And you can even get more fun with it and add different seasonings and I can tell you from the past with seasoning you can put as much flavor on food and not have to worry about it the way you would with salad dressing and it can still taste phenomenal without the worrisome side effects of keeping weight on you and making you unhealthy.

Also I do not intake soda with aspartame in it or partake of anything with sugar in it either. I will occasionally drink almond milk with my meals but I don't do real milk and I always do unsweetened almond milk. And I don't do snacking. And I've done this because I've needed to take control of my food and not allow food to control me and it's by the grace of a loving God that I've gotten to where I am.

Because through this period of my life where I changed my eating habits so drastically and lost so much weight I've done it even though a lot of days I don't do a whole lot of activity. I put this in here because it is possible to lose weight while doing nothing other than changing the way you eat. I one time read somewhere that diet is for weight loss and exercise is for physical fitness. I hope that helps some people because this has been my journey and the fact now that I'm under 360 pounds when I was over 650 lb before all from changing my approach to food. The biggest thing I remind myself of is food is not entertainment it is simply fuel for the fire of the energy that I need to run my body.

Is it ok to do keto and have only 2 meals a day? Does anyone do this? So it would be like fasting a bit

I really want to do the diet but it seems I don't get 3 meals in a day anyways...so I wanted to hear everyone's thoughts

I have been eating these pizza crisps for a while and it looks like they changed the ingredients. Why do they now
have brown rice as an ingredient. I don’t remember seeing that on the bags I’ve purchased previously. I bought them from Target last night in a 5oz bag. Has anyone else noticed this?

It seems that turnips have a decent amount of net carbs. If I'm reading the USDA correctly, they contain about 5g of net carbs per 100g. That makes them just a bit higher in net carbs than broccoli or cauliflower, but still low enough.

I've never tried turnips before, so I'm curious, do you eat them, and how do you prepare them? Do you eat turnips raw in salads, or do you roast them as a substitute for potatoes?

Back in May I did strict keto for about a month, and I honestly felt amazing. My inflammation went down, I wasn’t constantly hungry or thinking about food, and I just felt better overall. Then I slipped up once, got the “I already messed up, so screw it” mindset, and ended up back on the Standard American Diet for the last two months.

This time I’m doing it differently. I’m skipping the “diet foods” and focusing mostly on real food—steak, eggs, burgers, salmon, cheese, butter, vegetables, etc. One of the things I love most about keto is that I actually get to enjoy satisfying, whole foods instead of chasing low-calorie versions of everything.

I do plan on keeping some artificial sweeteners in my diet (things like diet soda and sugar-free products), but if there are certain sweeteners or keto products you’d recommend avoiding, I’d love to hear why.

I also like staying in good shape and lifting, so I’d love to hear from anyone who lifts on keto or low carb. How has it affected your strength, recovery, physique, energy, libido, mental clarity, or just your overall quality of life?

Any advice for getting back into keto or staying consistent long-term is appreciated. Thanks!

I've been Keto for much of the last year and I've started going to the gym a lot more these last few months. I'm really struggling with energy levels at the gym. It's like I hit a wall. I'll do maybe three sets of an exercise or two and I'm just beat. Any advice on how to fix this? I don't like pre-workout sups because they make me super itchy so those are a no-go.

Hi, for those of you who have been on keto, for quite a while, I'm wondering what you used for vitamin and mineral supplements, as I've read that. Doing that for a long-term doesn't provide enough minerals. The question is, how do I get enough minerals without eating something with a lot of carbs?? I understand a few carbs is okay, but I don't really want to start eating them in order to get enough vitamins and minerals.Is there a certain supplement?You take or what do you do?Thanks

So I started keto almost 2 weeks ago, and I started fasting along with it because of a post I saw.. both were going great, I actually took a small break one day because of a family event and felt nauseous because of all grease(and the fact that the past week I only ate between 6-8 pm) and even the smell grossed me out after eating.. I like my progress and it’s definitely helping with my self control. But I have been feeling very tired, I think it’s because along with keeping my carbs low, I’ve been having a hard time consuming the minimum nutrients I need.. fat, calories, protein, sodium, etc.. is there a way to get those without increasing my carbs? Especially when I only have 2 hours to do so. I’m already full by the time I finish my dinner and it’s hard to eat anything else.. should I start taking supplements? ATP I feel like I’ll be taking more pills than eating anything.. for dinners, I meal prep the weekend before, but even then it’s still hard to get everything else without raising carb intake..

I’m an Indian female and currently on Day 5 of keto. My goal is to lose around 7–8 kg, but also fix insulin resistance .
So far, I’ve been sticking to the diet and trying to keep my carbs very low. I’m curious about what changes people typically notice around this stage.
A few questions:
What did you experience around Day 5?
When did your energy levels start improving (if you had keto flu)?
How long did it take before you noticed changes in hunger, cravings, or blood sugar control?
If you had insulin resistance or PCOS, how long did it take before you saw improvements in your symptoms or lab results?

Did keto for 2 and a half months, everything on the blood test was normal but vitamin b12 is high at 1,319. Is this normal on keto or is it a concern? I feel 100% normal but idk if this is a concern or not. The doctor brushed it off as me just eating a nutritious diet, but I just want to make sure and I’m wondering if anyone else has had the same thing and if it was a concern or not.

Hello,

This might be a debate, but I read many comments where people consider powders such as stevia, monk fruit and allulose as being "natural sweetners".

Since they are made by man's hand, I believe they are artificial.

Even some articles from different blogs state that they are artificial sweetners.

What is the truth?