Keto curiosity.

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I think my mother may be becoming curious about my food choices.  A recipe book would help her a lot at the start.  But once she sees what and how, she would be vastly superior at keto than I.  Her cooking and baking skills are superior, her instincts are top-notch, she just knows how to swing flavors, protein, fats, and carbs.  Her only problem, and we have all been there, is her wrongly embedded fear of fats.  She should know better, having been a farm girl where they ate everything we are now told we weren't supposed to eat, and how old all of her siblings have lived.

Not a gripe.  They did a hell of a job browbeating especially women into using sugar, crisco, margarine, and even carbs and starches.  They inverted the real food chart, for the economy, not biological needs, and for the wealthy against everyone else.  Actually it even favored the medical field incorrectly.  At least doctors aren't pushing brands of cigarettes, if opioids they are pushing are worse.  Hmm?  Never mind.

Point is, she is curious, but has built-in biases.  I have advised that if she goes that way, she really has to stay away from carbs and starches.  If carbs are bad, double dosing with fats is far worse.  You really have to quit carbs if you go with more fat.  Oh, and food will lose it's luster.  That can be a bit disheartening.  I found a good video about food ideas.  She isn't as into higher-fat keto, but the idea is there.  And, to lose and keep weight off, portion control is required.  -  By the way, I finally found a keto calculator I sort of trust.  After some tinkering, my magic number for solid weight loss... assuming I begin exercising... would be between 2,200 and 2,400 calories, several hundred less if I remain less active.  Here is the vid.

(Don't skinny hate at her (mom :P), she was bigger than some people we know to start.)

She asked about beans.  Not good, I suggested.  Starch and carbs aren't preferred in any volume.  Of course, as I was looking, I ran into possible exceptions... I will have to test these things, but...  It would mean cold bean or potato... or rice and other grains cooked and chilled... might really be useful.  The glucometer and willingness to take some risks might add some things back.  If dosage will always remain the limit to all food which is all poison at some level.  Ugh.

Blood sugar has remained high.  I was bad yesterday.  It has finally broken below 200, if just at 193.  I am being light on the plate and deft about it as well.  Not as bad as it could be.  Though when deeper in ketosis my body has completely ignored a bad choice.  I'm getting there.

Later.