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I wouldn’t say I’m doing true Keto because getting 20g carbs or less is really not attainable in a healthy way. In reality I’m around 30-50g carbs a day eating whole foods – lots of veggies and meat.
Me personally, I was perfectly fine giving up pizza but the kids wanted some. Eating normal pizza sounds like a great idea, but I’ve always DRASTICALLY overeaten it and always felt terrible afterwards. I kept seeing folks mention fathead pizza so we tried it out 2 weeks ago. We made it again this past weekend and I don’t think we’ll ever eat traditional pizza ever again.
Holy crap! It had the taste and consistency of real homeade pizza crust. My kids think it is even better than normal pizza. It is even easier to make than normal pizza crust, which is just a bonus.
Here is the recipe I use, in my own words because I couldn’t find the same website again at work:
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons Cream Cheese
3/4 cup almond flour
1 egg
Italian seasoning & garlic powder if desired.Melt the mozzarella and cream cheese in the microwave for 60 seconds, stir, and heat another 30 seconds.
Stir up again and add 3/4 cup almond flour. Stir for just a couple seconds and crack in an egg. Stir it all up until it is a dough ball. Optional: add italian seasoning and garlic powder to the dough mix when adding almond flour for taste.
Place parchment paper on a pan, scrape the dough ball into the middle, then cover with more parchment paper. knead the dough out into your pizza shape. I make it thin crust thickness all the way – 1/4″ max but typically thinner than that.
Remove the top layer of parchment and bake at 400F for 8 minutes. Check crust and pop bubbles with a fork. Continue baking for 3-4 minutes.
Remove the crust and top as you see fit.
Place pizza back in oven until cheese melts completely.
You can experiment with the almond flour to get different results. I made one with only 1/3 cup almond flour and it turned out just fine. The only difference was the crust was a bit “doughier”, or soft. Tasted exactly the same and would have even less carbs than the standard recipe.
When we serve this pizza I cut it into 12 pieces instead of 8. You’ll eat 2-4 pieces and that is it, but in reality you are eating 2 pieces at most. It is sooo much more filling, and you won’t feel terrible after eating it like normal pizza.
I cooked up fresh italian sausage and bacon for this past weekend. Let me tell ya, fresh italian sausage blows the frozen crap pizza places use out of the water.
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funny you say 20g carbs is not attainable in a healthy way. i’m reading this blog right now, she eats 0 carbs.
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Oh its totally attainable. People who do keto dirty can do 0 carbs easily. I read a blog about a guy who lost 175 with no exercise and all he ate was 2 bacon wrapped hot dogs every day. Most folks who hold 20g cut out all veggies.
When I started at the beginning of the month I was doing the math on all my meals and developing my go-to foods. I quickly realized that holding to 20g carbs would cut out a ton of foods I know are good for me. Veggies are a staple of my intake now, as is avocado and lower carb nuts. That’s where all of my carbs comes from.
I eat lunch and dinner and if I’m not already bursting at the seams (my appetite and bad food cravings disappeared almost over night), I either make my loaded protein shake or I have yogurt for desert.
Speaking of desert, I combine 1 cup of Fage 5% plain yogurt with 1 scoop of my chocolate protein powder. It mixes super smooth with just a spoon, tastes devilishly divine, and has 8g carbs. My wife has given up ice cream and has switched to this as her favorite desert too. The Fage 5% yogurt is sooooo smooth and creamy. It blows all other yogurts out of the water.
Also, 1 cup of 5% greek yogurt is ALOT of yogurt.
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I’m down 28 lbs since 6/5. I eat 1700-2200 calories a day in 2 meals. I don’t eat until after 12 and I am done eating by 8, most nights by 7. I never suffered keto flu or anything negative. I did start with a 24 hour fast and have intermittent fasted the whole time. Matter of fact, I had the euphoric feeling of being high and super energized for the first 2-3 weeks. Once I became fat adapted about a week ago I thought I had completely kicked out of ketosis because I felt more normal. I miss that high feeling and general lack of appetite. It was pretty cool.
I don’t count calories as I know almost all clean whole foods meal made with my staple ingredients is always between 700-1000 calories. I eat around 100g protein each day and don’t bother counting fat. I make sure to add healthy fats to everything in moderation.
Alot of things seem to be different in my experience than what many people describe feeling. Maybe that is because I don’t stick to 20g carbs. All I know is that it is working.
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There can be downsides to going too low on the carbs. I used to do 20 per day and my cravings for carbs never went away. It can negatively impact your thyroid and other hormones. 50 – 100 is much more doable and, I think, healthier in the long run. I need to get back on the diet but I truly hate it, argh!
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My carb cravings were gone in 48 hours. Maybe that was because of the initial 24 hours fast and continued 16/8 intermittent fasting?
Did you do any fasting last time you tried Keto?
Once I have the sugar and processed carbs out of my system, I become quite in tune with what my body needs and doesn’t like. For instance, my body does NOT want to go hog wild on fats. Adding fat to just add fat is not for me. Then after I read enough about it, it is recommended that obese folks don’t have a minimum fat intake. Just meet daily protein requirement, minimize carbs, and let fat be where it lands as long as you have healthy fats in your diet.
I’ve also found myself turning away from meat protein on some days.
It is nice to be able to trust my gut.
I also now understand I simply cannot go back to eating junk in any way shape or form. Ever. This eating has to be permanent and it absolutely can be. I threw away a 70lb weight loss 2 years ago because I had a cheat week on vacation while working through an injury. I never recovered from that decision, even thought I convinced myself I could. It sucks feeling like a prisoner in your own body that feels incapable to make good decisions. That is what it is like once unhealthy eating takes ahold of me.
I’m 37 and have been fat since I was 9. That’s long enough.
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I do some fasting now. Don’t eat until 2pm most days except for cup of tea (sugar, cream, collagen) in the morning. I recently ditched a major splenda addiction and my health is definitely better for it. Have you read Dr. Fung’s book on Fasting? I once did a 3 day fast and it wasn’t bad at all since I had been doing alternate day fasting at that time.
Seems that no matter what regimen you use your body eventually gets used to it and then it helps to change things up. It’s good to skip most breads anyway since all of the glyphosate residue found in conventional grains. So scary what they are doing to the food supply. Good luck on your diet!
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Yes I’ve read it. Very enlightening book.
I joined their facebook group and quit a couple days later. Some people take his words, twist them, and develop SERIOUS eating disorders. It was like a pissing contest, who can go without eating the longest to wear as a badge of honor. Sheesh!The Fat Burning Man podcast is good too. He has interviews with alot of great doctors and researchers.
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