Keto Success Stories & Experiments

100 Days of Keto (Chow) Day 52

This entry is part 58 of 107 in the series 100 Days of Keto Chow

I received my “Baseline” blood test results back yesterday. If you’re interested you can see ALL of the results I’ve gotten from ALL of my experiments on https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s04vZU7XzmHtIzkx3U8LV-iLlNYuiMVeIzAYWhX8tlE

So let’s see what they say… Last year, about this same time, I had just done a week of liquid coconut oil in my shakes, and then finished up the experiment by replacing all of my fat with candy. I’m not going to be doing that again! =) Anyhow, My LDL Particle count is a little higher than I’d like it to be at 1062, but if I wanted to hack that down I got it to 567 with the coconut oil. My HDL is also lower than I’d like at 45 and my triglycerides are far higher than I’d like at 160. On the other hand, my fasting insulin is down to 7.2 and my HbA1c is steady at 4.9. Overall the only stuff I’m at all concerned about are the HDL (which is about average for my previous tests) and my trigs (which I like to be below 100, still better than the 200 I got doing the candy).

https://youtu.be/xPJHARrwQHY

These test results are after 44 days of doing only Keto Chow, mostly with heavy cream, but also routinely using MCT oil – which tends to confound lipid panels quite a bit. Hence why I’m doing ONLY heavy cream for this week and next week. I’m getting another blood test today, should get those results sometime next week.

In un-related news, Miriam and I are meeting a friend for dinner tonight. It’s at a steak-house which would be perfect any other time that I’m not doing a crazy nutrition experiment, I think I’ll just tell everyone I’m fasting and leave it at that =)

By |2019-02-22T08:28:42-07:00February 22nd, 2019|Categories: 100 Days of Keto Chow, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

100 Days of Keto (Chow) Day 51

This entry is part 57 of 107 in the series 100 Days of Keto Chow

I’m on Day 51 of 100 where I’m eating ONLY Keto Chow for all 3 meals every day. Why am I doing this? A couple of reasons =)

  1. I wanted to lose weight and possibly win my city’s weight loss challenge (I’m in 8th place as of last week)
  2. I wanted to prove a point. I represent that Keto Chow is nutritionally complete. I think that if you’re going to claim something like that, you should have some sort of proof. Who better to have fun with such an experiment than me? To the best of my knowledge, the only similar thing that has ever been attempted in the keto world is when the founders of Nui ate their Keto Kookies for 7 days. Not complete nutrition but it was a start! =)
  3. I wanted to do some intense science by changing the type of fat that I’m using in my 3 shakes every day.
    1. Starting February 15, I switched to ONLY using Heavy Cream. I’m currently doing 100ml per shake of 40% fat Darigold.
    2. March 1, I’ll switch to ONLY avocado oil for the fat in my shakes, that’ll run for 2 weeks.
    3. March 15, I’ll start using Avocado Oil with a tablespoon of MCT Oil in my shakes, that’ll run for 2 weeks.
    4. March 29, I’m planning on switching to Butter. This will require me to be doing the savory flavors of Keto Chow that are meant to be mixed and consumed hot. This will also run for 2 weeks and will be the final portion of the experiment.
    5. Every Friday I’m getting a blood test, on Wednesday r Thursday of the following week I should be getting the results of the tests. I’m checking my lipids and several other biomarkers. I’m also checking my blood ketones every day.

https://youtu.be/6ZPPCuLmjFQ

Anyhow. Today I had a “shower thought” – because I’m currently using heavy cream for my fat source, I’m essentially getting ALL of my calories from dairy right now. The protein is from milk protein isolate, the fat is from heavy cream, the little carbs I’m getting are also from the milk protein. It’s like I’m drinking milk that has had the sugar removed and vitamins and minerals added. I am subsisting on the byproducts of rangeland carbon sequestration and grass fermentation by ruminants. Cool!

By |2019-02-21T09:34:55-07:00February 21st, 2019|Categories: 100 Days of Keto Chow, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Beverly’s Week 7 (Week 1 of Science)

This entry is part 8 of 16 in the series 100 Days of Keto Chow - Beverly's Experience

Hello Keto Chow blog readers.  TODAY IS DAY 50!  Even though these 50 days have been really quite easy for me, I am excited to be at this point in the journey.  Up until now, I have not been fond of knowing what day I am on.  There were too many days ahead – I just couldn’t deal with it in that sense.  I would rather just think of it as an indefinite lifestyle decision.  As I told my sweet husband when we did our liquid diet together over a year ago (with no anticipated end date), “This is life!”  I said it all the time (eyes rolling, even at myself).  It just is what it is.  Deal with it.  Move along.  I have a dry sense of humor and a practical approach to life so this is just how I am.

This week is still technically Week 1 of the Science Phase (this Week 1 ends Thursday night – the weekly starting point is now Friday morning instead of Wednesday morning).  Since the fat source for the first two weeks is heavy whipping cream, everything in my diet and life is same-same as it has been the past 6+ weeks!  I am still doing 1200 calories per day, still drinking my three shakes between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. each day, and still going to yoga classes three times a week.  The only thing that is different for me during Week 1 and Week 2 of the Science Phase is a standing appointment for a blood draw first thing every Friday morning.  Then there is the looming dread of Weeks 3 through 6 where I will be using oil(s) as my fat source.  I am not looking forward to that because I really love the way that Keto Chow shakes taste when they are made with heavy whipping cream!

I said I would not be sharing charts anymore – but I have to!  I have something important to show you.  Check out how my weight loss has like been these 7 weeks to see what true weight loss looks like (it is NOT linear):


This whole time since January 2, I have been trying to not expect weight loss because my weight was already “acceptable” and because I had never tested the 1200-calorie daily limit to see if I could lose on that amount.  But look what is happening – I am losing weight!  I have lost 12.6 pounds in 7 weeks!  If you look at the numbers closely, it almost looks like my body held onto the weight I was at for over five weeks before finally giving up and deciding to start losing again.  Who would have guessed?!  Not me!  (There are four blank days because I did not weigh myself when I went to visit one of my sisters.)

My weekly average chart interests me (and surprises me) also.  It is not at all what I expected would happen.  I was quite content to see a weekly loss of less than 1 pound per week.  Yet here I am with a total loss of 12.6 pounds and an average of 1.8 pounds per week – crazy!


I am anticipating that my weight will stall again right where it is and bounce around like it did in the beginning for a few weeks.  But I could be wrong again.  I can’t wait to see what happens these next 50 days!

100 Days of Keto (Chow) Day 50

This entry is part 56 of 107 in the series 100 Days of Keto Chow

Halfway! I am officially 50% done with my 100 days of eating nothing but Keto Chow. Honestly, it’s really been quite easy. It’s been a drag when I was cooking amazing Keto food for my family but other than that, I’m not bored with what I’m eating, not suffering any debilitating problems, the only real issue I’ve had the entire time was that I needed to take a probiotic when I switched to eating Keto Chow for all my meals to get things happy in my tummy. My first blood test of the experiment should be available for me to look at tomorrow afternoon. I suspect it will say that I am alive, my triglycerides are low, my HDL is normal, and my LDL will be quite high, not that LDL being high matters.

https://youtu.be/_lZ3dhHVWp4

We did our Facebook live last night, had some technical issues but it was great to hear from Taffiny. I think I have a solution for the technical issues so this won’t be a problem in the future, looks like https://www.golightstream.com/ is the answer. We have the Blender Bottles with the new Keto Chow logo on them up on the site, that does mean that the $1 Blender Bottle party is over =( We do still have some of the old ones but they’re now $6.50 each (which is still a really good price)

By |2019-02-20T09:07:23-07:00February 20th, 2019|Categories: 100 Days of Keto Chow, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

100 Days of Keto (Chow) Day 49

This entry is part 55 of 107 in the series 100 Days of Keto Chow

Oh man, we are so close to the half-way point! As of today I’m down 25.4lbs, my blood ketone levels were on the low side last night at 1.9mmol/L but today they are up to 2.3mmol/L (not that that really matters, still cool though). I’m still really enjoying the “just heavy cream” part of the current section, it’s really yummy.

https://youtu.be/7yzHtXs44g8

Spent all morning moving Miriam’s computer, we’re going to put Steve up front to handle walk-in customers now. I need to put up a bunch of recipes on the site today, especially since we’re going to be having Taffiny (the lady that made many of the recipes on our site) as a guest on the Facebook live we are doing tonight. Be sure to join us at 7:30 pm Mountain time!

By |2019-02-19T10:06:46-07:00February 19th, 2019|Categories: 100 Days of Keto Chow, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

100 Days of Keto (Chow) Day 48

This entry is part 54 of 107 in the series 100 Days of Keto Chow

Had a fantastic dinner last night – even me =) Everyone else had a bunch of Lasagna. We octupled the recipe – actually had half left over this morning which the kids made short work of that. As for the 100 days of Keto Chow, still going great, I’m in the middle of my “just Heavy Cream” phase, which is delicious. I think I’m currently down 24.5lbs since I started on January 2.

https://youtu.be/zX9kUcEIxf4

Got a ton of crazy stuff to get done today, I migrated the blog to a new host, switched email services for ketochow.xyz and other fun. And by fun, I mean lots of work.

By |2019-02-18T10:29:12-07:00February 18th, 2019|Categories: 100 Days of Keto Chow, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

100 Days of Keto (Chow) Day 47

This entry is part 53 of 107 in the series 100 Days of Keto Chow

Had a fantastic Meet-up yesterday, I think we had over 30 people here. Lots of fun! I drank my Keto Chow =)

 

By |2019-02-18T10:17:52-07:00February 17th, 2019|Categories: 100 Days of Keto Chow, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

100 Days of Keto (Chow) Day 46

This entry is part 52 of 107 in the series 100 Days of Keto Chow

Everything is still going swell here on day 46. I made a bunch of the Keto Chow drop biscuits this afternoon, they’re pretty much freaking awesome. I did taste a little, and spat it into the garbage. Although it does have Keto Chow, it’s also almond flour and eggs and I’m in the science portion of the experiment now so I need to maintain clean variables. Would be absolutely fantastic with some keto sausage gravy!

We’re hosting a keto meet-up here in just a few minutes so I gotta run!

By |2019-02-16T17:10:10-07:00February 16th, 2019|Categories: 100 Days of Keto Chow, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , |2 Comments

100 Days of Keto (Chow) Day 45

This entry is part 51 of 107 in the series 100 Days of Keto Chow

It’s been a crazy morning. First I went and did my first blood draw for the science portion of the 100 day experiment, got another 6L of liquid nitrogen, and then proceeded to have a bunch of intensive business meetings. Didn’t even get my daily video recorded until almost noon!

By |2019-02-15T13:21:26-07:00February 15th, 2019|Categories: Weight Loss, 100 Days of Keto Chow|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

100 Days of Keto (Chow) Day 44

This entry is part 50 of 107 in the series 100 Days of Keto Chow

So close to halfway! =) We’re going to go to Buffalo Wild Wings for Valentine’s Day lunch today. I’ll probably drink my Keto Chow beforehand and just tell the server that I’m fasting, that’s easier than “Well you see, I’m doing this weird experiment where I am only drinking a high-fat ketogenic meal replacement shake for 100 days and I’m currently on day 44 so I can’t eat any of your delicious wings that are deep fried in BEEF FAT and have fewer than 2g of carbs in them, so I’ll just have a drink please.” I told Miriam that I would be quite willing to go out for food but she’s been reticent to do it – something about social conventions and it being weird that I’m not eating. I’m perfectly fine not eating, it’s a lot like doing keto when there’s no viable food available and so you just don’t eat – same thing =). Speaking of beef fat, I did finally get the squares of rendered beef fat that I made from the trimmings off the brisket, cut up and put into the freezer. So I have probably 2-3lbs of those now that I can use for cooking in the future and it was way better than throwing all that away! I’ll probably use some to deep fry chicken wings sometime after April 12.

Only got a kinda half-dinner yesterday, we were doing some short videos to promote Keto Chow and part of it involved drinking some Keto Chow – except I didn’t drink a whole one because I only have my breakfast and lunch ones and the one we were using as a prop was half full. All-in it was a good experience though we were inordinately tired after it was all done. Normally the videos I shoot are just me improvising in front of the camera, these had a bit of a script and took a bunch of takes.

By |2019-02-14T11:27:35-07:00February 14th, 2019|Categories: Weight Loss, 100 Days of Keto Chow|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments