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More ramblings (rumblings?) of a madman.

I just read back on last week's post and it was astounding to see how much I've slipped in just one week! Crazy. I haven't been very good this past week. My carb-up/protein hit (with reduced fat...supposedly) went from one dinner plus a breakie to 24 hours, to 48 hours and I think even I had a milky coffee the morning after that. Bloody terrible. It embarrasses me to write this but hey if I'm not gonna post as I say I am and be honest, then I'm not exactly holding myself "accountable, socially" am I?! And that was/is my main goal of this. Anyway I digress. This past week has been shite; slack; not in keto for 3 days of 7; ate dairy about 5 times (which probably means 10 if you count every lick). I have also used the microwave a bit more - it's funny to see how they all connect huh. One straying leads to another and then another..  First I start with not putting my food in the "easydietdiary" diary (GREAT app btw and simpler than myfitnesspal), then little by little things start to get slack until BOOM it's 8 days later and you're having to come clean to whomever is nice enough to be reading this.

BUT...  oh well, I'm human.. we're all human. So just admit it and make better plans for the next 7 days.

Today I weighed in at 88.5 so I've still lost a good 2kg in fat, and when this water drops back out as I enter back into keto (probably by tomorrow) I will no doubt be less than that. SO, all is not lost! I am telling myself this more than anyone because I honestly nearly feel like giving up it's so disheartening. It just sux when you are on a strict regime and you're really in the flow and then you get slack and gain a bit and it feels like you've ruined everything. Well that's how I feel today. BUT, I am writing this and at the same time telling myself to get a grip Katy it's been a week. So yeah. No need to feel sorry for me I'm just venting and re-commiting myself to this and to y'all.

Hope you're all having a great week and making healthy choices when you can. Maybe this week we should all be kind on ourselves. Let's give that a go. <3

Thanks for reading xo

kk xxx

3 Weeks Down, Going Strong.

WEEK 3 DOWN! Sorry for the no-show last week, 'twas our 2 year wedding anni and we went away.

WEIGHT: 87.1   (starting weight 90.9kgs, goal 65.9kgs )
GOAL FOR END OF WEEK 3: 86
TOTAL WEIGHT LOST: 3.8kg in 3 weeks

RESULT: Haven't hit my goal weight but I am tracking nicely and have lost 3.8kg in 3 weeks so that is pretty good. And that's carbing up at the end of Week 2 (yes I know I said I wouldn't but it was my wedding anniversary so we had some drinks and some nibbles and then brunch and dinner the next day.  I have to say I was pretty restrained though - my goal was to do it for 24 hours but it ended up about 26.. ok 27.) I had some dairy too. I know I know I'm such a dick. Overall though, I was very restrained throughout our two nights away.

I think I've come to a realisation/decision that for now, at the start of this lifestyle/diet change, I should aim to eliminate dairy as much as possible but not try to do it like a scientific experiment, aka COMPLETE ELIMINATION. It is just so bloody hard. I go to try my baby's dinner to test the heat and then realise it's got goddamn milk in it or something! You also really have to be a pain when you go out to eat and make sure nothing is cooked in butter etc. I just cant quite be assed with this right now. That can be Step 2. me thinks! My very clever husby suggested this to me a few weeks ago when he scoffed at me for my (possibly dramatic) reaction when I realised I'd just eaten dairy via la baby food, and tried to suggest just this. I didn't agree at the time but I've come to realise that for the first time ever, he may be right.                                             


Hahaha jusssssst kidding baby <3 

But here is why I will, one day, when I can get some self-control, (I can picture myself on that day, the day when I become super-mum, tight little booty, rockin my lycra 3/4 tights and singlet, North Bondi styles, (possibly a scrunchie?), full-face of makeup (did you sweat at the gym? or did you not even go to the gym but you're wearing active wear? which one is worse?!).. and my shiny white Nikes)  HA just kidding, but really when I am in good enough shape to be in "MAINTENANCE MODE" (it's a hallowed place I hear), then I WILL do total elimination of Dairy and see if these dark rings I've rocked under my eyes all my life, are, in fact, "allergy shiners" as they called them in the olden days. Imagine if after an entire lifetime with them, I could get them to disappear.

BTW it's an interesting concept also, that despite them being one of the things about myself that I'm most self-conscious about, I'm STILL not motivated enough to be able to be 100% strictly off dairy. That is so fkd. Even rats could be trained to do that I reckon! That just shows you the depth of my chocolate and latte addiction. And did I mention butter?! [insert drool emoji].

So here I am at the end of Week 3. I have been extremely slack with putting my food into my food diary. I have done almost no exercise since Week 1. I haven't been to the gym! I haven't even been filling in my graphs and charts that I made! Well, not all of them (yes I am a total Excel geek, you wouldn't read about it). HOWEVER...

I HAVE been extremely strict and compliant to the Bulletproof diet. I have been in ketosis constantly bar the 26 hours at the end of Week 2. I was back in within 24 hours of my carb-up too. The ketostick has been purple the whole time. I have restrained from microwaving almost completely. I have had very very little dairy and no milk. Actually that's a lie I had a latte with my sister (don't worry I already got in trouble for it :) and I had a latte on my trip away. That's it though. I've been intermittent fasting from 8pm to 12pm the next day pretty much every day. The cheats would be that I sometimes have some nut butter after 8 (or a Fat Bomb, which I'm allowed and which are YUM. Well I'm allowed them before 8pm. I made these Fat Bombs which taste EXACTLY like a Summer Roll. Like exacatackaly the same. I'll post the recipe on my Facebook page. Come join me there if you haven't already:   https://www.facebook.com/ketogenickaty/?ref=bookmarks) and occasionally I've eaten before 12.. only a couple of days though.

RESULTS:  My appetite has reduced DRAMATICALLY. I can easily get through to dinner without snacking and sometimes aren't even hungry for dinner. My eyes look clearer and brighter and more colourful. My skin on my hands has cleared up (contact dermatitis which is just slight pealing) - this was very mild to start with but still it has pretty much disappeared. My knees are less sore (just realised this today) and I think I have more energy. I definitely am not craving sweet stuff and being strictly keto is going easily at this time. I have stopped logging my food because I am eating the same things every day so I know Im coming in at the right number of carbs, and cals doesnt matter too much on keto. I'm a little bit hungry all the time so I know I'm running at a calorie deficit. I am making friends with hunger :) . It's quite empowering actually. When I say this I just mean I am comfortable with seeing and treating food as fuel and just eating the two prescribed meals. I've been telling the little craving voices to go away and I think they have started to leave. This has to be my number one reason why I like doing keto. It's just so easy to stick to for me. I mean, Bacon Eggs and Avo salad for breakfast every day? Maybe add some pinenuts..haloumi if you eat dairy.. Does that sound hard to you?!  Rissoles or yummy salmon with salad and dressing and some seeds and nuts and steamed veges for dinner..  A delicious healthy guilt-free Summer Roll bite for dessert.... Mmmmm mmmmmmm.

So my goal for the end of Week 4 is to hit 86kg. I reckon I can do it. The other morning I was 86.7 but then on official weigh-in day it had gone up to 87.1 just to be annoying I think. So I reckon 86 is a realistic target. Plan is to be Bulletproof, do the fasting and the two meals. No microwaving, little to no dairy and at least a couple of walks around the pond! As you can see I've decided to not do the 25kg to 0kg thing - it was too confusing! plus I just wanna be real with y'all. I figure if you guys are still reading now down here deep down on this page then maybe you are trying to relate and it is easier when you can compare real statistics with your own. xxx ... That reminds me of when I was first starting out on my bigtime gym and fatloss mish, I joined Bodyspace at bodybuilding.com (great site by the way) so I could have public liability as I was working on a superyacht (yes Below Deck is 100% accurate). Annnnyway, I would troll through pages and pages of transformations, putting in all my parameters to try and find women of my age and height and body shape (Apple) (most people are Pears it seems) and see how my humungous stomach could ever look ripped (I urge you to try this for motivation!). Well literally after pages and pages of scrolling, I found ONE account of this chick with exactly the same stats as me and she had transformed into this UNBELIEVABLY hot body and documented it the whole way. It was so rad to see how she shrunk and morphed and how her huge tummy button got tiny and vertical (a long-term goal of mine and my sister's and Kim Kardashian's interestingly enough) and how she just shaped up as the fat got used up and her muscles got built. Man she was so fat and then so hot. FASCINATING. And that was such a huge motivation for me. Guess that's why "Before and After" shots are such a good marketing technique huh?

Anyway that is enough from me and bubby is crying! See y'all next week!

Yours in health, happiness and impending hotness,

Katy xxx

Happy 1st Mother's Day to Me :o)

WEEK 1 DOWN! was it easy? Yes, surprisingly so.

WEIGHT: 22.6 .  (starting weight 25, goal 0 )
GOAL: 22.5
RESULT: DOH!!!!!

Well! I missed it by 100 grams. That's pretty rough huh. I would have fasted a few hours and re-weighed but it's Mother's Day and I didn't have time. Happy Mother's Day to all y'all out there, and happy first Mother's Day to me! 'Twas a lovely day and I got spoiled rotten by my lovely hubby and my beautiful kidlets.

Luckily for me I based my reward on compliance and not on the scale so I still get my reward of a (9 month overdue) eyebrow shape and tint because I adhered to the Bulletproof and Keto Diet, To. A. T. for the past week; had less than 30g net carbs/day; and did 3x Morning walks. Yay.  TICK.  Can I get a "hell yeah!"????!!!

So I'm pretty much 2.5kg down after the first week. Sounds a lot right? Well it is but it is actually mostly just water weight. Every carb molecule in your body holds a water molecule, so when you drop out the carbs you drop out the water, hence the big drop when you start a keto diet. The key now is to hold it. Thus, my weightloss (fatloss) target for this week will be just 1 kilogram. Hold it off, plus shred a little more (only because I have a lot to shred).  So here's my behaviour summary for the week:

• Microwave - Used 3x for myself; 4x for baby
• This is a huge improvement and definitely took some effort and forward planning
• Morning Walk - Managed to do the 3, but wasn't very motivated to go. Only really went in order to get the reward. Hoping this will vastly improve over the coming weeks.
• Antihistamine - Took daily up until Day 6. Haven't had any Day 6 or 7. Hayfever is an apparent indication of my Dairy intolerance, according to my Doctor.
• Fasting - Having a BP Coffee (or 2) and nothing else in the morning, was hard on days 1 and 2 but since then has been pretty easy. Obviously easier when you get to sleep in because it uses up more of the hours. It's a little harder when you are up at 6 with the baby and can't eat until 12. I haven't eaten before 12pm all week though.
• Most days I fasted 8pm until 12pm. Some days (Day 1,2,6,7) I ate a fat bomb after that. It is soooo different to actually fast versus "pretend to fast" (but actually allow yourself mouthfuls of food). lol. My labrador brain always convinced me I was fasting but actually I was NOT.

It will be so interesting to see my results once I actually stick properly to a diet and not try and think I know better. Please help me stay strict! Leave me a comment if you're reading this and feel inspired. I'd love to know if I'm helping someone else - it will help me stay strong. <3

Sooooo.... It is now Sunday (and Mother's Day) and I have had 2.5 glasses of bubbly which will be my only carbs for the day. I said I wouldn't drink until 3 weeks in but I forgot about my first Mother's Day!!! So obbbbviously I just HAD to have a drink (or two). But never fear, young grasshopper.. I am counting every sip and this will NOT be a carb-up. 

The thing that amazes me most about keto is the power it gives you (if you are a sugar addict especially). It's like someone just turns off the cravings switch in your head and all of a sudden you're not at the mercy of those dastardly little bumps on your tongue. It's really quite amazing.

My oh so wise sister wrote a great post this week, about her trials and tribulations as a dieter and woman and mother and about the sugar monster living inside her. I thought it was very true so thought I'd repost it. I think we can mostly all relate to this...

What is it that you wish you weren’t?

Lazy, shy, a procrastinator, an addict of something...

I wish I wasn’t a godamn sugar addict/emotional eater! Who are these people that JUST eat for nutrition, I think they’re aliens it’s that foreign to me 👽👽👽

If I could have a genie grant me some wishes one would for sure be to not use food as an emotional buffer whether it be boredom, frustration or just plain lazy eating patterns grrr so annoying.

About 5 years ago I lost 20kg, kept it off and totally changed my approach to food but it took Consistent Effort, so what I want to know is all these skinny people do you naturally have not eat crap super powers? Come on share the secret haha

Anyway so back to my story, I was going good and basically had my demons in check and then I got PREGNANT and creeeeeeeeaaak (key turning noise), that demon prison door opened and out they came in full force and totally mowed me down aghhhhh I was freeeee to eat lollies again yesss!

Noooooo! It’s a full battle of wits going on now, Sugar demon vs Sarah’s I should know better angel. Those angels are far too weak, they need to lift bro, get stronger. Sugar demons are powerful and sneaky, ain’t no match for them!

So a year and a bit on that Sugar Demon has set up camp quite nicely thank you, he reclines back on his lazy boy and directs me towards the sugar isle, or maybe the flavoured milk section of the shop, meh take ya pick there’s lots to choose from 👅

So now I need to break free from his evil mits, I would chop his hands off if I could see them, then there’d be no more pointing to the fridge when I’m not even hungry...rahhhh take that No Hands, he’s clever though he’d just use his foot to point, gonna take more than that!

Any super heroes out there, your skills are needed, you can live with me and help fight my battle cos I’m not doing that well alone.

Hmmmm....I need a solid plan of attack, ideas?

Well, my friend (and sister), I have a Plan of Attack for you and it's called... wait for it...








KETO








I know, genius right?!!!

This week I will aim to lose 1kg. I will complete 3+ morning walks and follow strict adherence to my diet, 7 out of 7 days. My reward is a Pedicure (I legit look like I have cat claws, if a cat painted its toenails coral). I will remain strictly dairy free so as to monitor the hayfever response. I will abstain from the microwave as much as possible for all family members. I will do one or more weights session.

Have a great week everybody.

Yours in health, happiness and impending hotness,
Katy xxx

Katy Had A Baby

GOAL: My Best Friend's Wedding, October 5th 2019

Hey guys, it is with great trepidation that I sit here deciding to blog once again to the world. My circumstances have changed.. I am with child. And by that I mean I have had a child! So now I have to get the baby weight off.. which brings me back to you all. I have been reading back on my posts and feel ashamed that I just vanished into thin air - what a croc! I stopped blogging. I also stopped keto, had an ankle operation and then got into wedding shape without using keto until the very end (where I used it to SHRED (...sorry Ty if you're reading this :o) ) and got into a shape I was happy with. The reason I didn't do keto was cos I was scared of a rebound. Well the rebound occurred anyway!

Now I've had a baby and gained a shitload of weight and need to lose.. wait for it.. 25 KGS! Yup that's right. So I've decided to do keto. This time around I am going to take a different approach because I have realised what I've been doing very very wrong.

DAIRY.

I'm not allowed it. My two amazing Integrative Drs and my clinical nutritionist say I don't tolerate it and it is causing huge systemic inflammation (hence all my hayfever and life-long dark circles under my eyes). They told me this years ago but I think I'm a bit thick. So I've come to the realisation that every time I've done the keto diet, I've been eating HUGE quantities of the one thing that is like Kryptonite to me! How crazy is that?! No wonder I always rebound off it! Imagine my results if I do a "Well-formulated Keto Plan" without dairy?! Well that is why we are here people! That is why I have decided to come back and blog.

This time around I'm not gonna bother with the comparison table etc. It took too long to do and stood in the way of me wanting to blog (told you I was lazy). So I'm gonna set goals and stuff I'm just not gonna have a layout template, if you will. 

At this point I would like to take a moment to cast your eyes back to my blog, dated 10 Oct 2016, entitled 'Close but no cigar' where I state: 

"And if you wanna know what the celebrities all do to drop weight fast then THIS is their little secret - and it's gonna go mainstream, mark my words...AND when it does you'll know where you read it first."

Well well well.. wasn't I correct?! Now all you see all over FB is Keto this and Keto that. To all of my friends reading this who doubted me that you could lose fat by eating fat.. sucked. Told ya I was right hehe. Saaah ahead of my time on that one :o)

Anyway enough skiting. More about my plan.

For those familiar with the work of The Bulletproof Executive, David Asprey, I am going to take a Bulletproof approach to my new lifestyle (see how I'm not calling it a "diet"?!). I am going to take a lot of care about things I have not worried about in the past. Things that David Asprey feels very strongly about. These are:

1. NOT using the microwave . (This is a biggy for me cos I'm a microwave maniac)
2. Buying grass-fed meat and wild seafood only
3. Choosing low-toxin and low-allergenic food (for me this means total elimination of all DAIRY)
4. Grounding and being outside in bare feet
5. Meditation
6. Getting quality sleep
7. And others that I cannot recall right now

This avoiding toxin business is key to no inflammation and a healthy working body and clean foundation to sit the diet on top of. 

I will also be following the Bulletproof (BP) way of eating, which means starting the day with a Bulletproof Coffee (Dairy-free version), eating two main meals plus a keto dessert every night. I'm hoping incorporating the dessert will stop me craving and binging. I will be doing a cyclical keto diet (CKD) as per the BP method.

I will also continue with the things I know I have to do to be healthy and stay in a 'Well-formulated Keto plan' (i.e NOT being lazy) which is:

1. Drinking lots and lots of quality water
2. Taking the right supplements (and actually remembering to take them)
3. Avoiding Gluten
4. Avoiding Sugar
5. Cooking in the correct oil
6. Choosing free-range eggs only (and not Omega-3 enriched)
7. Logging my food daily to be sure of carbs
8. Meal prep
9. Keeping daily net carbs below 50g, and of course, 
10. BLOGGING here as my means of SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

Exercise will be a mixture of walking with the pram, weights sessions and gym cardio sessions. Once I've dropped some weight and can comfortably sit on a spin bike (and rehabbed my knees somewhat) I will include Spin classes. 

I will slowly make my diet more and more Bulletproof as I go along so as not to overwhelm or bankrupt myself by going out and getting every single supplement and gizmo I can find! Just make a couple of small changes each week, as my wise sister would suggest (hi Sezza!).

I am going to chart the 25 kg weight (fat) loss as if I start at 25kgs and am working towards 0kg. That way it'll be easy to compare results and also I don't have to admit to the world how much I weigh ;0). If you need to know the deets for your own progress comparison, message me and I'll share all.

So without further ado, here's my plan:

Starting Date:      5th May 2019              Starting Weight:    25kg

End Goal Date:   4th October 2019        End Goal Weight:   0kg

This is crazy! My Best Friend's Wedding (a huge motivator for this) is October 5th. That means I have exactly 5 months to lose 25kg.  CAN IT BE DONE?!!! That's just over a kg a week. This will be possible at first cos I have so much to lose, but I'll definitely have to stay Bulletproof to hit it every week. Here's a link for all things BP:  https://blog.bulletproof.com/bulletproof-for-beginners/. If I don't hit my goal by then, I will reset it but for now I'm charging full-steam ahead.

                             

Weight-loss goal for end of Week 1is 2.5kg . This is aggressive because you always drop heaps in first week of keto. There will be no carb-up until end of Week 3.

My prize for strict adherence to diet with NO carb-up and incorporating 3 early morning walks is: An eyebrow tint and shape.

Thanks for reading guys and I will try my very best to blog on time each Saturday. 

Yours in health, happiness and impending hotness,

Katy x