#keto update

behold my concoction of keto ice cream ＼(-_____-;)／

 i know, it doesn’t look at all appetizing but i’m just glad it turned out so much better for a first try. and it is quite tasty as well.

so i stumbled upon this keto ice cream recipe and when i finished watching the video my first thought was “OMG THAT WAS SO SIMPLE imma go head out and buy some heavy cream and flavorings right now!”, so i immediately went to the supermarket and surveyed the price of these ingredients, they are definitely quite pricey for the money i have, instead of buying heavy cream i bought the cheaper alternative all purpose cream instead. i could not find any strawberry extract like shown in the video so i settled with liquid strawberry flavoring. actual strawberries is definitely thrown out of the window, they are way above my price point.

i for some reason thought that since i don’t have any other fruit to substitute the strawberry, what if i put pureed cucumber instead? so that’s what i did, i chopped them fine enough and grind them in mortar and pestle. 

i began mixing the prepared ingredients, all purpose cream, strawberry flavoring and cucumber, when i tasted it, it was quite bitter from the flavoring! so i had to put a little bit of erythritol in it and the taste was just perfect after.

i also put some cocoa powder and bits of sugar free chocolate in because why not? lol

my keto haul lol

i find it very challenging to find low sugar/no sugar chocolate in my town is so when i found this i felt so happy. it has 12g carb (minus 2 dietary fiber) for the whole bar! it it has no sugar but it does has maltitol as a sweetener substitute tho, which is quite high in glycemic index list. so i mostly just eat this if i have super craving of sweets and i limit it like 2 pieces per day.

so i also bought almond milk to to substitute dairy milk which i used to love so much. honestly milk was my comfort food and i could finish a whole carton in one sitting. it almost felt like an addiction. i figure the reason why is because the amount of sugar in those milk contained so it was just like any other carbs-full food that makes you want to eat more and more. i decided to give almond milk a try and honestly i love it. it has  10g of carb per 400ml but i always like to dilute 100ml of it in some plain water (pls don’t judge i love drinking milk that way lol)

Keto Update 3 (July 16th - August 10th)

Although I haven t posted in about a month the reason why is because my periods lasts about a month. During all that time it is impossible to properly weight yourself because you get SO BLOATED. Anyway so I haven’t made too much of a process! I’m almost off my period so I should get back to progress

Foodwise, I stuck to Keto/lowcarb, ate some more shirataki Alfredo and chicken pasta, chicken noodle soup, some parmesan chips I found on campus, burgers (without the bun), and homemade pizza using low carb flatbread :) Coffee is amazing to have too as long as you avoid all sugar carbs (I use stevia as a sweetner)

I got my period and because of that got super bloated so I haven't been able properly weight myself.

Experiencing keto flu like bad today with like a minor headache, the runs, and laziness but I’m downing water, powerade zero (for those electrolytes) and I’m going to make a chicken soup later. I might down a cup of salt water too...

This carb withdrawal sucks though. I’ve been thinking about bread and french fries all day!! lol Gotta go get some cauliflower to make some “tater” tots later next week. 

I was supposed to workout today but I’m not feeling it as of now. I might go later if I get a little energy back in me. 

It's been a while since my last update because I went for a trip to my home country for a whole month.

When I left I weighed 134 lbs, when I came back I weighed 139 lbs. I gained ~5 pounds and that's okay, as a matter of fact I thought I gained a lot more than that because I didn't eat keto food nor "healthy" food when I was there. I did, however, didn't eat a lot. I ate of tortillas, fried chicken, ice cream, brownies, cake and a lot of carbs but kept my calories kinda low, I didn't track them so I wouldn't know for sure, but I'm guessing that was it since I didn't gain a lot of weight.

I did retain A LOT of water. My feet and face were very swollen. When I came back (2 weeks ago), around two days later, I went back to keto and started drinking a lot of water, I went down to 133.4 lbs the week I started. Meaning that I weight less than what I weighed when I left for my trip a month and a half ago. I've cheated a few times, but I've tried to get back into ketosis for good like before but i'm stuck in 133.4.

This week I'm going to do a fat fast, then an egg fast to reach the 120s! Then I'll keep eating normal again.