KETO WHAT DID I THINK?

🧐As part of our gym MAKE A CHANGE CHALLENGE I decided to try KETO!

🔸Some of you may ask what’s KETO - it’s an extreme diet with very low carbs - consider 1 banana is your limit of carbs per day!  AN EXTREME version of ATKINS DIET OF OLD!

🔸OR MAY ASK WHY?  I’ve had many discuss KETO whilst I’ve been a trainer for 14 years & although I disagree with diets, I believe we should be heading toward KETO and away from processed foods.

🙂I BELIEVE IN HIGHER HEALTHY FATS, PROTEIN, LOWER CARB (NOT AS EXTREME LOW AS KETO)

😝WHAT DID I THINK!  It was extremely challenging, no milk in my coffee, no toast, no fruits (as most of the fruits on KETO are berries), very limited vegetables (lots of cauliflower, broccoli) & to achieve KETOSIS you must be on task everyday!

🔸Any extreme diet will mean losing weight BECAUSE YOUR CUTTING OUT THE CRAP - for me not so much - but if you’ve a poor diet with lots of flour, sugar, alcohol, fizzy & processed foods then this can be life changing even more so if your heading towards DIABETES!

😊KETO has been shown to help those heading on the TYPE 2 DIABETES PATH!

🔸I missed my mandarins, pineapple and other fruits for vitamins & minerals & also KETO CAN MAKE YOU CONSTIPATED.

🔸I ate more EGGS and this isn’t a problem unless your cholesterol is high (yes EGGS aren’t the cause of HIGH CHOLESTEROL but you need to watch how many)!

🔸I ate lots more cheese & bacon as made egg cups for breakfast (plus a sneaky keto toast & pic’s peanut butter, missed it too much) & you do get tired of cheese & bacon.

🔸I missed the variety of vegetables, lovely chickpea salads too.

🤪Going out was a nightmare!

🔸Here’s an article that shares a great point of view https://www.nutritionandlife.co.nz/blog/keto-diet-weight-loss

😊BUT FINALLY DON’T DIET - just eat whole real foods as much as you can, don’t drink excessively, drink water & EXERCISE!

😊Enjoy LIFE and do be as NUTRITIOUSLY HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE! 80/20