No Question I'm in Ketosis

This morning my pee test was dark pink. The scale said I weigh 186. I guess this is it.

I had a couple false starts and the scale didn't move off 190, which was depressing, to say the least. I did an almost 24 hour fast-23 hr and my pee test the next morning was light pink.

I had spaghetti with Garhett for his birthday dinner (that's what he asked for), followed by a 26 hr fast and that's where I am today. 

I've long thought that if I stopped eating, my metabolism would shut off completely and I would gain weight. A Keto fast is different because you're allowed a few things I didn't expect: powdered greens, beef bone broth, electrolytes. I had bone broth with a cube of beef broth for added salt-that's another thing I'm not used to. I added cumin, spanish paprika and ancho chile seasoning, it was delicious.

This isn't going to be hard at all.

By the way I've added a lot of recipes to my Pinterest, like this Coriander-Roasted Broccoli which I will have with a 4 oz hamburger patty and a couple strips of bacon. 3dbc45e151bc979c123e1c647b2cff67 page https://www.pinterest.com/MacieBoughton/_saved/ some are from Food and Wine.com and I've made a few tweaks.

Speaking of tweaks, I'm going lighter with protein than Drew is saying in his book: Complete Keto. He doesn't say anything about male/female portions, so I'm guesstimating.

And I just bought Zero Carb bread on Amazon so I can make french toast for breakfast!

Keto, it is

I'm fully committed to Keto. I liked Slimfast shakes even though they didn't help me lose weight. I still weigh 190. At least I didn't gain weight. I bought a book, Complete Keto by Drew Manning. It was recommended by Chris Emmons, a Eureka firefighter I met at his Dad's funeral last year. I noticed Chris following Keto on his FB page and reached out to get help getting started.

It helps, having people in your corner. Hopefully, I will find a whole community.

This morning I'm having spinach eggs with goat cheese for breakfast. I'll have steak and bacon brussels sprouts with cheese for lunch. I've found numerous recipes on Pinterest to get this thing off the ground. I also found some meal replacement shakes on Drew Manning's website. Amazon was good for a few things: Monkfruit for sweetness, Electrolyte Powder, Ketosis test strips, avocado oil mayonaise. I'm sure there will be more.

I'm all in.

I'm well stocked with Monkfruit and almond flour, coconut flour so I'm going to give a stab to pancakes tomorrow morning.