5 steps to a successful keto diet - Mr Skinny Pants
If you want to learn the steps to a successful keto diet, you’ll need to spend some time educating yourself. That can be a daunting task with all of the seemingly conflicting information out there. Below we share my 5 steps to a successful keto diet.
1. Learn
Keto-Friendly & Non-Keto Food
If you’re going
to be low carb or keto, you’ll need to understand which foods, ingredients, and
beverages are keto-friendly.
You’ll need to
come up with a list of Keto-Friendly foods that suit your tastes.
And here we
have sorted out it for you.
2. Calculate
Your Carbs for Success
Limiting carb
intake is the key to getting into ketosis. It will also help regulate your
blood sugar giving you sustained energy. The number of carbs to stay under for
you to stay in Ketosis will vary but in most cases, it will need to be less
than 50 grams.
So you’ll need
to understand how to calculate net carbs.
How do you
calculate net carbs?
There are just 2
values to focus on: Total Carbohydrate & Dietary Fiber
To find the net
carb content of any food item. Just subtract the number of grams of Dietary
Fiber from the number of grams of Total Carbohydrate.
The net carb the equation will look like this:
Total Carbs –
Fiber = Net Carbs
You won’t have
to do this forever…. Just till you start to understand things.
3. Keto Snacks
are a Key to Success
If you have
easily accessible, carb-rich food that you can eat within the next 60 seconds.
Then, you can blow your diet fast!
Let’s make sure
we safeguard against that! Here is an easy trick.
Make sure you
have an obscene amount of Keto Snacks on hand at all times!
See a Top 20 Keto snack list as this will give you a
great place to start!
4. Master Real
Life – Keto on the Go
If your food is
set at home, you’ve got snacks for those weak moments, then you’ll need to
master eating Keto at Restaurants and even Fast Food chains so your routine
won’t get tripped up during real life.
Here are some
go-to meals you can find at almost any restaurant:
Breakfast – Look
for eggs, omelets, and breakfast meats. Eggs are a fantastic source of
protein and fats with minimal carbs. Breakfast meats like bacon and sausage are
great keto options as well. This might help too; it’s my Top Low Carb Fast Food
Breakfasts.
Lunch – Stick
with meat, low carb vegetables, and/or salad. I like to keep my lunches pretty
light, so a juicy chicken breast on top of a bed of greens is always a favorite.
(Be careful about the salad as it out for vinaigrette to be safe). Don’t be
afraid to ask for some extra butter or bacon on the side.
Dinner – Order
some quality meat with low carb vegetables or salad on the side. Steak and
broccoli, hamburger without the bun, or a seared chicken breast is a great meal
for keto dieters.
5. Manage
Plateaus with Calories
Keeping your
carbs low should allow you to lose a couple of pounds per week on a keto diet.
Just restricting carbs triggers weight loss in most people.
What do we do
when we hit a weight loss plateau?
The basic is to
calculate the calories in, calories out equation as a best practice. You don’t
need to become an expert on calories; it’s just good to have a basic
understanding of them.
The Takeaway:
Learning Keto
can be frustrating. But, we are pretty much sure that taking it step by step
will let you achieve your goal in time and these 5 steps are a great starting
point.
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