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The Best Nuts for Keto: Low Carb Nuts, Seeds & What to Avoid

The Best Nuts for Keto: Low Carb Nuts, Seeds & What to Avoid

Nuts are known for their vitamin, mineral, fiber, and healthy fat content. What is often overlooked, however, is how many carbs they add to the diet. Since nuts are designed by nature to provide nourishment for a new plant, each one comes with some net carbs in the form of starches and sugars. This is why it is crucial to consider the carb counts of each nut before you incorporate them into your keto lifestyle. To give you a better idea of the best nuts for keto, let's take a look at carbs ...

The Best & Worst Keto Oils for Cooking, Drizzling, and What to Avoid

The Best & Worst Keto Oils for Cooking, Drizzling, and What to Avoid

All plant-based oils have zero carbs and protein, making them the purest source of fat you can have on the keto diet. However, this doesn’t mean that everything in the cooking oil aisle can be considered as a good "keto oil" for your low-carb lifestyle. Though you can lose fat on keto regardless of what fats you consume, the oils you use will play a crucial role in ensuring optimal health, wellbeing, and sustained ketosis. Since fat will be your primary source of energy, choosing the right ...

Mexican Food on the Keto Diet & Lifestyle

Mexican Food on the Keto Diet & Lifestyle

One of the most rewarding food journeys starts when we skip the tortillas, rice, and beans and dive deeper into the rich world of keto-friendly Mexican cuisine. From the Americanized versions of Tex-Mex, Cal-Mex, and New Mexico-style to authentic metropolitan and coastal Mexican cuisines,  you will find plenty of dishes that are full of flavor and low in carbs. However, it is crucial to be aware of what to eat and avoid before you try to satisfy your craving for these rich and fulfilling ...

Veronica Has Lost Over 80 Pounds on Keto

Veronica Has Lost Over 80 Pounds on Keto

I started exercising and "dieting" at the beginning of Feb 2015. Starting weight right around 270 lbs. 21 Day Fix, T25, Turbo Fire. Hyped! Lost 36 pounds over the year. Great, great feeling. 2016. Gained a few back. Still exercising. Started running. Pretty much nothing else happened weight, size-wise the entire year. Bring on 2017. Started year around 240 lbs. Saw 1 Instagram post about losing 8 lbs in a week on this keto way of eating. Never heard of it. Researched and jumped in head, feet, ...

Kasey Lost Over 80 Lbs and Finally Feels Alive

Kasey Lost Over 80 Lbs and Finally Feels Alive

I’ve always been the fat kid and have struggled with my weight my entire life. It wasn't until I started to get really serious with Crossfit and a lower-carbohydrate existence that I started to actually transform not just my body, but my mindset as well. I remember in 2007, I stepped on the scale at over 260lbs. I remember talking with my wife about joining some cardio-kickboxing class that was going to cost FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS for 10 weeks (that seemed like a lot to pre-Crossfit me?). I did ...

Elena Has Lost Over 80 Pounds on Keto

Elena Has Lost Over 80 Pounds on Keto

Like so many others, I've started over so many more times than I can count. I've tried everything under the sun to lose weight and was successful the year before I got married because I knew it was fast approaching. But I kept my diet super low in carbs and hours and hours at the gym to get there only to gain that weight back after I had my girls (within 3 years). After that, I would yo-yo diet. This time was different, my 9-year-old received a letter from her school saying she had to be ...

Tracie Lost Over 100 Pounds on Keto

Tracie Lost Over 100 Pounds on Keto

I’m Tracie J I’m 41 years old and live in Eastern NC with my husband of 21 years. I’m originally from upstate NY and have 3 younger sisters. They are MUCH younger, the baby was born when I was 18. Growing up I had a lot of responsibility, caring for my siblings, several house renovations, helping around the house while my parents owned and operated several auto body shops. I grew up very fast, seeing a lot of drugs and domestic violence at a young age. Fast forward, I met my husband in ...

Karla and Juan Carlos Lost Over 100 Lbs Together!

Karla and Juan Carlos Lost Over 100 Lbs Together!

Hello my dear fellow keto community. My name is Karla Ugarte and I am a 45 year old elementary teacher from Hidalgo, Texas. All my life I have been morbidly obese since I was a toddler. I used to be in tons of diets all the time. I took many weight loss medications that only made my problem worse and make me gain more pounds every time I failed. I always felt that nothing would ever work for me and felt very miserable, depressed and tired all the time. After I got married I developed more ...

Elizabeth Lost Over 100 Pounds On a Ketogenic Diet

Elizabeth Lost Over 100 Pounds On a Ketogenic Diet

I started my keto journey in Jan 2016 using Ruled.me as a starting point for help and support. I have since lost 100lbs, cured PCOS symptoms, regulated blood sugar, gotten off all medications, cured my depression, improved sleep and quit smoking. This has totally been a life changer for me and I'm a dedicated ketoer for life! 1. What tactics did you employ to help you get to your goal? What did you find helped you get to your goals best? The biggest thing for me was changing aspects ...

Cheddar and Green Onion Keto Biscuits

Cheddar and Green Onion Keto Biscuits

Sometimes I just want to have a biscuit with my meal, and these cheesy biscuits really hit the spot. They’re worth making just as a side but could also be the base for an impeccable biscuit and gravy meal. Great news for those of you who can’t consume almond flour – these biscuits are made with coconut! The mixture of coconut flour, eggs, cheese, butter, and flavoring – creates the best keto biscuit I’ve ever tried. Yields 6 servings of Cheddar and Green Onion Keto Biscuits The ...