I would say no. I usually eat them, but I've stopped all protein bars/powder while I'm doing keto.
jjeffers1 said:
What's this board's opinion of Quest bars?
Nutrition Label Says
Total Carbs 21g
Fiber 14g
Sugars <1g
Erythritol 3g
Are these good for Keto? The Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ones are pretty tasty.
I'd recommend fasting for at least 16 hours and that should help accelerate the process. I think it varies from person to person, but basically your muscles and liver were at least partially if not fully refilled from the gylcogen. Fasting will cause your body to burn that glycogen as energy therefore emptying glycogen stores and re-entering ketosis. Fasting + some type of activity (HIIT, cardio, weights) should accelerate the process. Probably within a day or 2.BoilerAg10 said:
Typically, how long does it take to get back to keto after a cheat meal? We went out with friends last night and I split a pizza with someone.I assume this is dependent on how quickly a person metabolizes food?
TexasAggie_02 said:
i've been doing keto since feb, and I've gone from a 42" waist, to a 38". I can get into a 36", but its comfortable yet.
Sully said:TexasAggie_02 said:
i've been doing keto since feb, and I've gone from a 42" waist, to a 38". I can get into a 36", but its comfortable yet.
Same here...dropped 18 lbs since Valentine's Day. This is absolutely a sustainable lifestyle shift for the rib & I. She's lost 22 lbs. And now the kiddos are off wheat (eat oat bread and almond flour), milk and most he obvious carbs.
Fat bombs are the bomb.com and Dr. Berg, Thomas DeLauer and Keto Connect make it easy for us to learn and grow.
We are in this for the longhaul!
Guitarsoup said:
For Quest bars (which I always keep a few around) calculate those net carbs a little higher. They don't count sugar alcohol, but you can digest some of it, so count that sugar alcohol as 1/2 as many carbs as it looks like. So 4g sugar alcohol = 2g carbs.
Avoid it for the most part, but in a pinch, it will do.
queso1 said:
I've got a question. I'm seriously thinking about Keto diet but I am training for a 70.3. Normally during long bike rides and bricks I will drink a supplement that gets me through. I'm assuming that has super high carbs. How do I get the nutrients I need?
Also, assuming I am regularly in ketosis through training, what do I do about all the cokes and sugary drinks they hand out during the race? Is that dangerous if I normally train in ketosis?
DeLauer is a bit of a polarizing figure among some of the intelligent keto people I correspond with. He seems to know his stuff, but some folks think he takes some extreme stances just for the shock value and to get discussion going therefore more video views. Kind of a click bait approach even though he is legitimate.Guitarsoup said:
Not going to read this entire thread, but this guy's channel revolves around Keto and he uses a lot of sciency words that I don't understand, so I assume he is legit.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheTdelauer
It's been slooow, but steady. The satiating effect of eating keto actually makes it hard to eat that much. My go-tos have been increasing nuts and finding ways to add butter or heavy cream to just about anything I eat. My lowest weight was 165 flat and this morning, 10 weeks later I weigh 168.5. 3.5 pounds gained but nothing gained in my waist, so i'm happy about that. Been trying to take some pics along the way and it seems like size is being added in the right spots. My neck has increased about a quarter inch... I use the navy fat calculator, so that seems to indicated that lean mass has gone up with very little fat gain.Lt. Joe Bookman said:
I love the nSuns TDEE spreadsheet (love his 5 day LP program also). Simple to use.
How is the weight gain going for you? I'm about a month in to my 'lean bulk' and have put on ~ 2 lbs, which I think is about the track I want to be on. After cutting for nearly a year, it really is a different mindset to force myself to get the calories needed.
Dude, Mexican food is the number 1 vice of mine too, but it's been surprising easy to keto. You've got the bones of it down, focus on a dish that features a large amount of protein and make sure to get a lot of avocado, sour cream, and cheese in there too.Max Power said:
I don't cheat often, but I have figured out the worst thing I can cheat meal with is any kind of bread. No major issues with the occasional potato, rice, even sugar, but bread just makes me feel like total garbage now. We went camping/hiking this weekend and I had a couple of hot dogs and that did more to me than all the miles we did hiking.
Since I don't live in Texas I for better or worse, don't have access to any restaurants that I would consider to be a vice. But I have a wedding back in Houston in a couple of weeks and I'm sort of dreading it for that reason. I have access to nothing in the realm of Mexican/tex-mex that anyone would want to spend their money on and I'm headed back to the belly of the beast. I can try to focus on fajitas and guac, but chips and salsa is always a weakness. Also how many Whataburgers will I pass over the course of the weekend? Several hundred in my estimation.
At least the cheats will be worth it, I miss Texas food as much as I do Texas people.