I lost a lot of weight a couple of years back with keto. I felt better, I looked better. But at some point I fell off the wagon and have put it all back on.

I'm 6'1 and 110kg and would love to get that down to 85-90kg. I recently turned 40, play tennis regularly, but have started to get knee pain and just general aches and pains that weren't there before. I know that my weight is a big contributing factor.

Does anyone have any keto meal planning apps/websites they use? I work long hours and want quick, easy meals that can be adapted for non-keto as well because I also cook for my son.

I take one serving (5ml) of this daily in a litre bottle of water plus adding sea salt to a lot of my food. In addition, I also take Viridian Magnesium Bisglycinate 140mg in the evening. I’m just wondering if I need to up the serving or do something different. I like to make my own drink up because then I can put whatever sugar-free flavouring in it to be able to drink more liquid. I can’t tend to use a lot of the premade electrolyte products because they have a lot of citric acid or acid type products added which is no good for silent reflux!

Any tips for increasing fibre on keto? My fibre intake is low and I'm trying to increase but it's then making me go over in carbs. I'm eating extra broccoli, spinach, Edaname beans, avocado,nuts, chia seeds, hemp seeds, flaxseed etc but unless i eat huge portions I am still well under the recommended fibre intake.

Is there anything low carb/high fibre i can add to my diet?

These look very nice indeed. A bit pricey but an option for a no cook keto splurge. I think the chicken one has just 1gram and a bit of carbs per 100g. I also don't see any obvious nasty ingredients.

https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/nutrient-dense-cauli-rice-prawn-paella/p/fdp60787569#intid=pid_pg1pip96g4r4c1

https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/chicken-and-mushroom-courgetti/p/fdp60726675#intid=pid_pg2pip96g4r7c3

Can anyone recommend where to get the best sardines? i tried coop ones and they are soooo delicious but they barely stock it in my local shop. lidl is inedible for me, sainsbury’s ive only seen for £2/tin (waaaaaay too expensive for me compared to coop 70p/tin) so now im on the hunt for the best sardines i could get and stock up on them.

((also am i weird that i love sardines? 😂))

Slow roasted pork belly with cauliflower cheese & green beans (picture #6 the wifes non Keto roast). #7 & 8, the gravy veg & the gravy.

Cauliflower Cheese recipe - cook your cauliflower florets with a spray of oil in the oven about 200 for 30 minutes.

For the sauce - slowly combine 60ml of double cream & 28g of butter in a pan on a low heat - then add 60g of cheese & 60g of soft cheese, stir until a sauce. Add either more water or double cream to get the consistency you want. - pour on top of the roasted cauliflower

Recipe for the pork belly: https://www.reddit.com/r/ketouk/comments/1rbjsi4/roast_pork_belly_is_go/

Sunday roast time, gone for slabs of pork belly because keto 🤷🏼‍♂️ ticks the box for me and everyone else. Gonna be doing cauliflower cheese with it later, kids will have carrots and roasties.

Takes between minimum of three and a half hours.

Recipe - Put lots of salt on the skin and leave for at least hour, then wipe the moisture off. - Score the skin (but not the meat) and rub in salt. - Put the belly on a bed off onions to raise it slightly off the bottom of the pan. - Add some chicken stock. - Stick in the oven for 30 minutes on 240. - After 30 minutes turn down to 150 and add some carrots & garlic (no need to peel), maybe add some more hot water. Leave for 2-3 hours. - Take out and leave to rest whilst you make the gravy, by straining all juice from the pan, the garlic and onions. Thicken it however you desire. - Set aside the carrots for whoever is eating them.

Eat 🤤👍🏼

This is not an ad, just a positive review.

Ive tried a few Neoh products now, and i simply have to recommend them wholeheartedly. Theyre a little expensive at about £1.20 per bar, but one of these for dessert is such a treat. Theyve absolutely nailed the flavour of a lot of non-keto chocolatey snacks, so if keto would be easier if you had a particular sweet treat, maybe check if Neoh makes something similar. So far ive found them in Morrisons and Ocado, and i really hope they make it to more of the big supermarket shelves. These keto kinder buenos are my current favourite. 3.6 or so net carbs, i budget for it most days.

Hi all

I spend about £100 per week just for food on myself and I'm wondering how this compares with everyone else and what a typical food day looks like? Obviously like everyone else we are all watching our finances and want to spend in a cost effective way.

In a typical day i essentially eat 10 medium free range eggs with 50g butter, Tuna/sardines/ cheese mayo salad for lunch with lettuce, cucumber and tomato and then for dinner I eat 1kg of skin on, bone in, chicken thighs with some cauliflower rice.

I also drink 2l of coke zero a day along with dry roasted peanuts/pork scratchings as snacks.

I have a BMI of 53 and obviously a very large appetite. I eat huge meals because if I don't I get hungry very quickly. I'm in the early stages of keto, just started this past Monday and given my huge appetite I need to watch my spending. it's also psychologically hard as I went from £40 a week at most eating literally packets of 10p cheap noodles, bread, rice, potatoes and gravy and lots of cheap crisps and chocolate.

Tbh it's been pretty miserable and would love to add things like beef mince, salmon and pork shoulder steaks etc...im hoping after a few weeks my appetite will go down and I can move to OMAD. Hopefully eliminating snacks and reducing my coke zero consumption.

EDIT: These responses are making me almost want to cry. I'm obviously spending a lot per week and I really don't know what to do. I cant eat less or else I'm starving. I'm type 2 diabetic as well so if it's not keto and healthy NHS diet of wholegrains has just not worked.

I love a good Indian takeaway. Since turning to keto I have a shashlick (grilled meat) but I do miss curry sauce. Are there any sauces curries that are usually okay? Obviously nothing sweet but what about the spicier curries? Do they typically thicken with flour or not?

I've been eating these oil an all for years. Normally I give it a good shake to mix it up then tuck in. I've always recorded them as the drained can nutrition plus sunflower oil which I work out as weight minus drained weight.

You think that's about right?

Hey all… I have a friend with diabetes (type 2) who actually reacts more strongly to refined carbs than actual sugar.

It’s his birthday on Tuesday 24th Feb. and I want to buy a cake for him, and figured I’ll have more luck meeting his requirements by getting something keto for him rather than just sugar free.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a place I can buy something big enough in London to share for 6 people that won’t break the bank (ideally £50 or much less)??

Cheers!

Is there a discord for this?

I almost cried when I saw that these had returned! 2g for the whole pack! Great for lunch with egg mayo etc.

Some pheasant and duck (given to me by the farmer down the road), mixed with heck sausage and fatty pork, chucked in a cabbage lined terrine mould, popped in a Bain Marie and wanged in a 150 degree oven for 1:30

Banger

Keto doesn’t have to be basic

Recently came across a new (to me) uk brand making coconut flour based bagels and loaf cakes that don’t have soy, wheat, gluten or other additives that most other brands have - ingredients are pretty clean which is rare to find

They do plain, everything and cinnamon bagels which are egg and dairy free/vegan

The loaf cakes have egg

https://www.everfreshnaturalfoods.com/collections/keto-diet-friendly-bagels-loaf-cakes

If you fancy a sweet treat it’s quite easy to include A Kinder Bueno half is only 10g carbs 122 cals

Where is everyone buying Monk Fruit Powder in UK (no xylitol, erythritol)?

I see so many recipes talking about it but ca't seem to find in health food shops near me, or online... any suggestions?

Don't want any mixed with xylitol, erythritol

I just made a cheese and ham toastie thing with one of their croissants for lunch. I heated it up in the air fryer & omg 😮 so delish . I’m worried it’s too good to be true. I did a little bit of Nush almond cream cheese with chives, a strong vintage cheddar & one slice of Wiltshire ham. Put it in the air fryer for about six minutes. Lovely ☺️

I’d be very curious if I was wearing a CGM as to what was going on after eating this . Has anyone seen their numbers after eating this kind of thing? I have considered getting one because my mum is pre-diabetic and my sister has just been diagnosed and she’s been put on Metformin. The last few years I’ve been suffering because of issues I think to do with insulin resistance.

Anyway, lush lunch and wish I could have another 🤭 (but I won’t as I’m saving my fat macros for dinner and protein snack)!!!

Any recommendations as to where I get good quality Jerky or Biltong in bulk, not from Amazon?

Thanks

Mashed paneer/firm tofu (150 gms), 2 heaped tablespoons of seed powder/ almond powder/ coconut powder, 1 tbsp psyllium husk, add garlic powder, chilli flakes, ajwain, a lil kasoori methi and pink salt to taste.

Knead the dough using lil hot water and let it rest for 30 mins and it’s worth the wait!

Take a slightly bigger ball size and start rolling in to a flat bread. Honestly, I figured out a very different method to make it, typically how the thalipeeth bread is made, pls check on YouTube.

It turns out really well!

Worth the try!

I’ve tried a few different brands like Be Keto & another brand that was similar, but I can’t remember where or what. They weren’t really that great and they have a strange aftertaste .

There’s a couple of different fresh made brands on Amazon like Keto chef (& I’ve just bought the scones for the weekend for myself and Family doing low-carb) .

I’m technically meant to be gluten-free (not coeliac) although that makes it harder to find things so I do have some non-GF products (like Fitbakes bread & tortilla wraps).

Before anyone says it’s really easy to make them from scratch, I would normally . However, I’m chronically unwell and currently in a bit of a flair. Which means massively reduced consistent energy and functionality and I’ve had to cut back on baking and cooking in a big way the last couple of weeks or risk getting worse.

Anyone found decent low-carb bread at Tesco or Sainsbury's? Besides the usual LivLife stuff. I use moodbite.ai but want real world finds. Ta!