Jumpstart Your Journey {…or Back to the Basics of your Keto, LCHF, & IF Lifestyle} WEEK 4!

June 22, 2019

We’re coming into the final full week of June. I always find it hard to believe how fast time flies (even faster as I’m getting older, but you know how that feels).

If you recall, I had been slacking a little in my lifestyle. My weight was stable, but my body fat percentage was creeping up. I have one thing to blame . . . NUTS!

I needed to be accountable to myself and you (thank you for those of you that have reached out with encouragement and requests for help)!

            1.         Tracking all food in Carb Manager

            2.         Weekly meal planning menus

            3.         One 36 – 42 hour fast weekly on Tuesdays, 18:6 all other days

            4.         No nuts

            5.         No sugar substitutes

Check, check, check, check, and check!

Back on full “check” status mode this week. I had a very successful fast from Monday evening through Wednesday late morning. 41 hours fasted. It was not difficult this week because I had a really busy day.

Let’s talk about NUTS, though. I still haven’t had any this month­–but, I have to admit, the past two nights I had to do some serious self-talk to stay away from them. Would they hurt my progress this month if I just had one serving? Probably not! BUT, argh, I am so determined to stick to this goal in particular. I truly think nuts were the food item increasing my body fat percentage. Curse you, NUTS! LOL.

Results so far this month? Body fat percentage is still down 1.5% from the start of this month, weight is stable. 

My week was totally derailed, so I will try to do the CarbManager tutorial next week. 

AGAIN, MY GOAL for this upcoming week: up my PROTEIN. I am striving to get my protein to 30% daily WHILE staying in ketosis. If an increase in protein kicks me out of ketosis, well then, I would just scale it back a bit. I am confident it will only help me develop lean tissue and cut my body fat.

If you want to tweak your macronutrients, here’s a few calculators I suggest:

Ruled.Me Ketogenic Calculator

KetoDiet Buddy Easy Macro Calculator

Keto Calculator

MY WEEK 4 MEAL PLAN is ready!

NEW SUBSCRIBERS: Grab Week 4 here (as a bonus, Week 1, 2, & 3 will be sent to you, too!).

CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS: Grab it in the Subscriber Resources with your password.

What was your favorite keto or low-carb meal you made this week? I LOVE to hear your stories–drop a comment below.

What was your favorite keto or low-carb meal you made this week? I LOVE to hear your stories–drop a comment below.

Also, you can catch up with Week 1 here!

Week 2 here.

Week 3 here.

Week 4 here.

Jumpstart June wrap-up here.