Majority of readers have heard about Atkins so they know about low carb. Keto is a step up from low carb. It is more strict. It has more requirements. Low carb is basically just keeping your carbs low whereas a Keto diet has requirements for the protein, fat, and carbohydrates for the day. When on Keto, you are trying to keep your carbs below 20 grams a day. Some need to follow a ketogenic diet for their health and they have to be more strict than others.
I do low carb based on net carbs versus total carbs. This is a personal preference and works differently for each. I know that some HAVE to do it based on total carbs based on certain health issues. Net carbs means subtracting dietary fiber and sugar alcohols from the total carbs to get a net amount of carbs. This is because dietary fiber and sugar alcohols are not digested and just go right through you. If you see something like Erythritol under the carbs, those are sugar alcohols and can be subtracted from the total.
When doing low carb/Keto, going out to a restaurant is really difficult if you don’t plan ahead. Everywhere you go has buns, chips, breading, rice, and grains. If you want to succeed, you definitely need to try and plan ahead before going to a restaurant. Check out the menu online and see how you can tweak it.
Chipotle was something that I was not ready to give up. It is filling and really good at the same time. I did a lot of research to find out what how I could order low carb Chipotle AND I DID! I noticed after eating this that I did not feel as uncomfortably full as I did before when it was filled with rice and beans. It was just as much bulk because of the extra everything that was added but I did not feel bloated.
For somebody that has never low carbed before, this might sound really fatty but it has perfect macros!
Order a salad so that the romaine lettuce is on the bottom.
-Romaine Lettuce
-Chicken
-Steak
-Fresh Tomato Salsa
-Cheese (Extra Cheese)
-Guacamole
-No on the Vinaigrette
If you like sour cream, by all means get it! It will add to your fat, which will make the macros even better. Also if you want double meat like I ordered, it won’t really change your carbs, just your fat and protein. The steak has 1 carb but it also has 1 fiber so it is nothing.
Ordering like this has macros like 43grams of fat, 62grams of protein, and 13grams of carbohydrates(9.5grams of dietary fiber) so 4.5grams net carbs!
The Carb Killers are rice, beans, corn salsa and obviously the tortillas and chips. Keep those out and you should be great!
If you are interested in starting the keto way of eating checkout this Keto Beginners Guide. It gives great information when starting out and has lots of meal and food ideas!
Here is a Keto weekly meal plan as well that is balanced and ready to go!
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