Week 6 Ketovore results.

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Week 6 Ketovore Diet Results: Week of April 20, 2024

Week 6 Ketovore Diet Weight Loss Results:

Weight loss: -7 lbs total (-3 lbs week 6, +3 lbs week 5, -1 lbs week 4, +1 lbs week 3, -4 lbs week 2; -3 lbs week 1)
Waist: -2.5 inch total (-0.5 inches week 6, -0 inches week 5, -0 inches week 4, -0.5 inches week 3, -0.5 inches week 2; -1 inch week 1)
1115 average calories per day. (About the same calories per day than in week 5.)
97 average protein per day. (About 25 more grams protein per day than in week 5.)
73 average fat per day. (About 10 fewer grams fat per day than in week 5.)
19 average carbs per day (high 30, low 14).
Lowering my fat intake for the second week in a row definitely produced results, as my stomach was flatter, I lost 0.5 inches off my waist, and lost 3 lbs.
I still don’t really get hungry, and usually don’t feel like eating anything after my second meal (usually eaten between 3-5 p.m.), which made it easy to keep my calories lower. This is the consistent situation for all 6 weeks so far.
I ate less dairy this week in order to keep the fat lower, again. My primary carb sources were cottage cheese, onions, and spices.
I’m sleeping very hard, and for too long—about 9-10 hours a night. I’m welcoming the good sleep after several years of erratic sleep, but I feel like I’m sleeping too much.
I burned my leg badly so could not exercise at all this week; I estimate I got only about 1,000 steps per day, if that. This continued into week 6. I did not leave my house at all during weeks 5 and 6 because of my burn.

Week 6 Ketovore Diet Macros:

Carbs/Fat/Protein (percentages):

My Fitness Pal “Goal” is set to 5%/65%/30%

4/60/36
6/64/30
7/46/47
8/52/40
8/57/35
9/61/30
6/68/76

Week 6 Ketovore Meal Ideas:

Ketovore Breakfast: I upped my collagen to 3 tbsp, and lowered my heavy cream to 2 tbsp with my coffee each morning. I am not feeling like I need caffeine in the morning, I’m practically drinking two cups of coffee so I can add the collagen and heavy cream. I haven’t ever tried mixing the collagen with water or tea, but I might do that soon, since it’s getting hot in Phoenix and coffee, even at 6 a.m. when it’s still fairly cool, doesn’t hit the spot.

My daily coffee: 2 cups of coffee, 3 Tbsp Great Lakes Collagen Peptides (75 calories, 18 grams protein), and 2 Tbsp heavy cream (100 calories).

My electrolyte drink:

2 tsp Calm magnesium citrate (The orange flavor is the best; the cherry flavor is awful.)
1/4 tsp Himalayan pink salt (I get mine at Winco for about $1/lb in the bulk bins but if you don’t have a Winco: Himalayan Pink Salt on Amazon)
1/4 tsp potassium chloride. I use NuSalt, which is about $1.50 at Winco. (Here’s a 3 pack on Amazon: NuSalt potassium chloride.)
I stir it up in water and let it sit until it looks clear, about 10 minutes.
I started drinking the electrolyte twice a day, which did improve my energy. I’ve been double dosing the electrolyte drink, as well as actually licking Himalayan pink salt periodically throughout the day when I feel a slump. It does work, and the magnesium citrate is definitely helping to keep my digestion regular.

Ketovore Lunches:

Chopped steak and scrambled eggs, egg foo young (bean sprouts and egg mixed and fried, with a beef bone broth and soy sauce gravy), crustless quiche (I finally made it as perfect as a crusted quiche, except a normal, crusted quiche still tastes 100x better, poached eggs to keep the fat low since poached eggs need no cooking fat.
- To make an easy poached egg, put half a cup of water into a small bowl, add the egg, and microwave for 1 minute. You might have to play with the time depending on how strong your microwave is.
Canned tuna mixed with dill pickles, pickle juice, and red onion.

Ketovore Dinners:

Taco Salad, heavy on the meat, light on the “salad”: I like 4 oz browned ground beef with salt and pepper (not taco seasoning), 1 oz of shredded iceberg lettuce or cabbage, 1 oz shredded cheddar, 1 oz sour cream, and lots of homemade hot sauce.
Beef stir fry, heavy on the meat, light on the veg. I add bean sprouts, water chestnuts, and bits of various vegetables I collect in a ziploc bag in the freezer until I get a few cups. Red bell pepper, onion, carrot, cabbage, broccoli, green beans, etc.

Family Ketovore/Carnivore Meal Prep Week 6:

Grilled 8 lbs burgers.
Cooked 4 lbs ground beef for taco meat.
Made carnivore chile.
Made 2 carnivore quiches.
Cooked 1 dozen hardboiled eggs in Instant Pot. 2 minutes pressure, 2 minutes off, release and remove eggs to cool on counter or add cool water to pot if you want to peel them quickly.

Family Ketovore Grocery Budget for Recipes Week 6: