Ketosis

The general target seems to be 20g or less.

A few years ago I tried intermittent fasting which seemed promising. I would get really bad headaches and would get hungry to an unacceptable level. I tend to eat a lot of high glycemic load foods so I think the transition was too extreme. I'm going to try doing this a week a month. I may also try the intermittent fasting again after to see if I still get the headache.

Foods

The percent is net carbs, that's what I'm going to pay attention to for now.

• Avacado 2%
• Spinach 1%
• Asparagus 2%
• Fish 0%
• Cheese 0%
• Egg 1%
• Almonds 10%
• Peanuts 7%
• Walnuts 7%
• tomato 4%
• mushrooms 3%
• dark chocolate
• broccoli (4.5%)
• baby corn (2.3%)
• Miso soup (1%)
• Onion 8.3%

Good news, coffee is 0.

Meals

• cheese avocado omelette
• saute mushrooms (with cheese, onion, avocado)
• fish and asparagus
• eggplant parmesean
• stir fry
• Tofu Lard Prik (skip the sugar)

10/18

First attempt, seems to be going ok. I've been eating a large breakfast and then picking at almonds over the day. It may make more sense to try to extend that fast and not eat breakfast, instead making up eggs for lunch. I may attempt a fast at the end of this week, or I may put that off until next month. I started the month pretty high at 209 and dropped quickly to 204 despite a lot of salt and water.

Fasting

Looking at fasting. Start with low carb 2-3 days before. Replacing electrolytes seems to be key, so I'll take both a multi-vitamin and salt (pink himalayan salt is recommended), about 2 tsp. Refeed on spinnach smoothie.