Around 8:30am, I drink a cup of black coffee.
Sometimes two. Sometimes it's cold brew.
Sometimes I add heavy whipping cream. Sometimes I add vanilla stevia and cinnamon.
Usually, though, it looks like this.
Somewhere between 12 and 2, I'll eat lunch.
Lunch for me is always some combination of greens and meat.
Usually I start with a giant bowl of spring greens, tossed in olive oil with salt and pepper.
Usually I'll add a big scoop of sauerkraut to this.
Sometimes I choose romaine lettuce instead.
Sometimes I'll do steamed veggies instead, and I'll add butter to those, instead of olive oil.
Along with this, I'll have steak, bacon, chicken, or fish.
All of the beef I buy is a hundred percent grass-fed and finished.
The bacon and chicken are pastured and organic. The fish is wild-caught.
Once in a while, I'll eat this as leaf tacos instead of as a salad.
Sometimes I exchange the olive oil for dressing.
I usually make a mug of bone broth to go along with the salad.
Sometimes I add butter to this.
And some days, that's it! That's all I eat.
I don't try to push it - if I'm not hungry, I'm not gonna eat.
I'll let myself fast until the next day.
But on many days, I'll eat some dark chocolate after the salad.
Or I'll grab a Zevia or some of this Rebel ice cream.
Since I don't eat a lot of sugar, these 3 things satisfy my mental need for a treat.
I tend to stay away from keto desserts -
keto baked goods and fat bombs -
because they actually spike my craving for the real deal, for real sugar.
If I'm still hungry, I might eat an avocado
or make a mini charcuterie plate for myself.
If it's the weekend, instead of the salad, I'll often make eggs,
and I'll eat this with avocado kimchi and this probiotic sriracha.
I always try to get some fermented food in with my meals -
it helps with digestion.
Sometimes I pan fry salmon with asparagus and lemon.
Occasionally, I eat these foods.
When I'm traveling. I might bring these with me.
I do have some fast food options, and if I'm out at a bar with people,
I'll opt for a burger served on the salad instead of on a bun.
I do not eat almonds, macadamia nuts, grains, legumes, MCT oil,
or any kind of sweeteners besides stevia, erythritol, and monk fruit.
All that stuff kind of makes my digestion not feel great.
It makes me feel sluggish - and so I don't really like to incorporate it into my diet.
Very rarely, I will eat these foods,
but again, they don't make me feel great, and that's my entire goal here.
I do take supplements, though
I don't believe that they're necessary for most people.
With my own body, these are the ones that currently seem to make
visible, palpable differences in how I feel and how my skin looks.
Supplements are completely luxury products, in my opinion.
I try my best to shop local, organic, and in-season,
and lucky for me, where I live, there are a lot of really good farmers' markets,
so if I can, I buy something at the farmers' market.
And if it's not available, I'll buy something at the local co-op
or that giant corporation health food store that everyone knows.
I don't love that, but - uh - I do it.
It's not cheap - this is all expensive. It's a luxury.
However, it feels like an investment.
It's making me happy, I feel healthy, so I treat it as a way to to spend my money
that's an investment in my future and an investment in my happiness.
I don't really splurge a lot on material items, so splurging on food feels okay, I guess.
I also consider each dollar I spend to be a vote for the kinds of foods I want available.
I try to think about that consciously when I'm shopping -
what companies and brands do I want to vote for today?
Again, this is a year into keto -
when I first started, I could not eat that many vegetables.
My gut microbiome was imbalanced, and I didn't have enough
healthy gut microbes to help me digest all these greens.
I also was eating a lot more fat so that I could become fat-adapted,
but slowly over time, I increased the vegetables, decreased fat, and here we are.
So that's it! And let me know what you think.
But let me tell you - I feel amazing! I feel great!
So 'til next time!
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