Limewater wrote:Keto is terrible if you are trying to actually work out. Please don't do keto. There are certain situations where keto is advisable, but you aren't in any of them. If you are preparing for an ultramarathon you might want to do keto for a little bit at the end of your training and then re-introduce carbs right before the race. If you are a bodybuilder at the end of contest prep then you might want to do keto. Or, if you are morbidly obese and desperately need to drop some weight, give it a shot. Otherwise, it's just not a good diet if you are trying to be healthy and trying to be physically active.
What about trying to get rid of belly fat? That seems to be my most major problem area. At the widest section my stomach has a 45" diameter. With a keto diet and an increased focus on exercise how much could I shrink that by in a month?
I'm mostly gung-ho on trying keto since it seems like a diet that wouldn't involve removing too many food items from my diet. Basically just removing carbs and throwing in protein.
Limewater wrote:If you are trying to be healthy and active, then I would recommend a more plant-based diet that still features a lot of carbohydrates but has fewer processed foods and not too much meat. That sort of thing is a "real" diet and something you can sustain for years, versus something you expect to quit. You can get there slowly and won't feel like it's a program you are on that you will be tempted to quit if you deviate from it.
Most plant-based alternatives to many of my favorite meat-based foods are either more expensive or just aren't that good. I tried plant-based beef-style jerky (can't recall the brand) and while the taste was great, the texture and mouth feel was leathery.
Limewater wrote:Do you like peanuts?
Do you drink milk?
What vegetables do you like?
What cooking equipment do you have at home?
In order:
Yes, but I prefer peanut butter. I know the store-bought stuff is loaded with sugar, but I know how to make peanut butter at home.
Yes, but usually paired with cookies or cereal.
Assuming potatoes don't count and that the tomatoes in pizza sauce counts as fruit... none.
As a pizza fan (pepperoni or GTFO), would cauliflower crust pizza count? If so, would mashed cauliflower count as a vegetable if it replaces mashed potatoes?
But when I make chicken soup, I swap out the egg noodles for tri-color rotini which iirc counts as a vegetable. But I know that such a substitution would still lean more towards a grain-based product than a vegetable-based one.
I assume that if I went the smoothies route I could just toss in a vegetable with a mild enough flavor that could be overpowered by something like berries or citrus fruits.
Microwave, slow cooker, pizza maker, air fryer that doubles as a toaster oven, an actual toaster oven, a waffle maker and a Magic Bullet blender.
Limewater wrote:Regarding those dumbbells, it is nice that it appears you can adjust the weight quickly, but you are going to find very quickly that 15lbs is not much weight at all and you will be extremely limited in what you can do with them. This will, however, give you the opportunity to go very slowly and take your time learning proper form on dumbbell weight-lifting movements.
Thankfully that was the intent. I figure if I get ready to move on to something bigger I can upgrade and sell the old ones.
