Hi All
I’m post menopausal, with a non alcoholic fatty liver, insomnia and recurrent, complicated UTI and with about 40lbs to lose.
I would really like to get a grip on my health before it degrades further.
I’m quite happy to fast and have no problems doing OMAD once I get into a routine.
I have lost weight doing keto in the past but could not sustain that way of eating given my lifestyle (lots of travel).
My question is can I eat low carb sporadically? As in try my best to eat low carb while home but eat what I’m able when traveling etc? Would it affect my hormones? Anything else internally? Weight loss? Does anyone does this? How was your experience?
I’ll appreciate any insight into this please. Thank you!
Anecdotally, it takes me four days to start ketosis based on my blood glucose and ketone strips. Depending on how often you’re traveling, eating keto sporadically would actually be worse for you than just continuing your current diet.
Keto is a high fat diet. It takes a little bit for your body to become fat-adapted. If you’re constantly tearing your body out of ketosis with carbs, then all you’re doing is eating a high-fat/high-carb diet. You’ll probably just end up gaining even more weight than otherwise.
Again, this will depend on how often you’re traveling!