Tuesday, April 9, 2013

What I used to eat




It struck me this week just how natural this lifestyle has become when I cleared out my cupboards and found three half opened packs of pasta I have bought at various intervals for the Boy because I've forgotten I already had one. Above is a comparison of how I used to eat (left) and what I eat now (right). The boy had pasta, pesto, chicken and bacon with some cheese. I had chicken, bacon, cheese with a side of sauteed cabbage, spinach, onions and broccoli. I wouldn't have swapped it for what I used to eat, mine was tastier, more filling and it included vegetables! 

My progress has slowed a lot recently, but there has never been a point I have gone back completely to eating how I used to. I can count on one hand the number of "normal" meals I've had since October and both times I have regretted it. 

This isn't a diet anymore, this is just how I eat.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Ultimate Keto Revision Pack




Revision season has well and truly hit my household. Handily coinciding with the council digging up our road every day (something about old pipes) meaning I am fleeing to the library at every opportunity. This brought with it a new set of challenges for keto. Primarily what do I eat when Uni has not a single cafe which serves a keto meal for less than £5, I don't have access to a fridge, the library is a million degrees so I don't want to risk packing perishable food, and I prefer snacking when revising anyway. I settled on a snack pot, of easy tasty foods which I can sneak eat during the day out of the gaze of the library wardens but will keep me full and concentrating.

We have:

  1.  Bullet Proof Coffee 
  2.  3 cheese slices turned into cheese crisps
  3.  2 babybels
  4.  25g of raw almonds
  5.  25g chorizo slices
  6.  2.5 Litres of water
  7.  1 stock cube to make soup ( the uni cafes do sell boiling water so I can make a "soup")


Nutritional Information

Calories 513 Kcal
Fat 43g
Protein 26g
Carbs 4g
Fibre 2g

N.B. I haven't included the nutritional info for the stock cube because it varies so massively from brand to brand, normally around 2g carbs and 30 kcals.