A late keto taco themed meal.

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Yes, very much keto.  Keto isn't bad.  It is labor and time intensive.  The only real way to eat keto is to cook pretty much from scratch, being very cautious about ingredients, and the mass of ingredients by total comparative to the other ingredients volume and in total.  Plus, figuring out which items really are ketogenic, which forms of whichever food are more and less ketogenic.  As an example, dried onion granules are more keto friendly, but don't work in tacos... unless you remember to add them when frying the meat.

But, everything is a tradeoff.  Money, time, cost efficacy, flavor, texture, and many more, all vying for a spot.  Add in flawed preferences tastes that have been developed through life.  And simple preferences.  Trying to beat that into keto shape will take time.  One of my greatest difficulties is my hunger for different.  I need to focus on very simple templates, recipes.  When those are nailed, THEN figure out keto additives or other changes so as to satisfy my wants.  Needs first.

Oh, I am finding that processed, premade, keto foods really aren't good.  Lies or something lost in translation matters not.  That they don't work to help diabetes, or maintain ketosis is the real issue.  You can't really buy your way to ketosis unless you can afford a cook or chef with good intentions and at least half a brain.

Tonight, I started with two cheese shelled tacos.  Quite good but very high in fat and calories.  So, when still hungry, I settled for a taco salad.  No cheese, just meat, lettuce, onions, etc.  Just as delicious, probably half the calories, if not as easy or typically mannered to eat.  I want to get the shells down, but will mostly being just doing taco salads.

I took insuin.  Blood sugar has been oddly high today.  I am hoping food logging will help make more sense of that, as I begin.  We will see.  Anyway.  Everything is back on course.  Three days of taking all medicine, for sure, and on time.  It'll get there.  Dinner was delicious.  And felt right.  I am relearning ho to eat.

At 01:17, it is up to 74° indoors, downstairs.  I forgot to open the cave up.  As I was getting the chilling started, I checked outdoors.  It was down to 62°.  It will cool a lot more.  Hot days are much more tolerable with cool nights.  I ought to open the upstairs as well.  I'll give it all an hour before shutting some or all down, then sleeping.

I would get back to bed now.  I want to get it cooler, so as to shut things down... as much as possible.  If I can get it all to 66° or less, I can shut it all down, so not need to go downstairs until I am definitely waking.  It is so much better to not have to wake twice, or suffer the extreme heat if I miss.  It is worth the small sacrifice risk.

Ah, tomorrow... I need to ask about more duck hens.  If available, perhaps go pick them up.  I won't return the extra drakes.  They will be my first culls.  And I am excited for their sacrifice.  Oh, yes, more hens.  They put out a lot of chicks.  But, hen or drake, all can be eaten.

Good night.