Last week, I decided to start walking every day. I want to get into better shape and feel better health-wise. Honestly, my mother-in-law is a big inspiration. Since losing weight on keto, she walks 10,000 steps every day. She goes out walking most days, and the last...
You’re going into this thinking it’s going to be a scientific piece to start of your week. If that’s not what you’re looking for let’s cut to the chase and answer the questions. Yes and no! Yes, Lactose is sugar, and no, it’s not okay for keto. Now if that’s all you...
This article falls under the keto myths category on the site, but by the end of your read you’ll say it feels more like a rant. A study on keto from 2021 is making the rounds again and has picked up some steam in the mainstream media. The study says that people on...
One of the proposed issues with keto is that it raises your cholesterol. What the heck is that? Is higher levels of cholesterol good or bad? Why does keto affect it? Is it true that keto can harm your heart? In this series, we covered the basics of cholesterol and the...
It’s been a long winter, full of dreary days and cold temperatures. However, days are getting longer and birds are starting to migrate back to our area. It’s March, and that means spring! Mind you, we’ve had more snow so far this month than we have all winter, but...
Before I started keto, I had no idea how much crap I was taking in. I would wake up in the morning, determined to give up sugar that day. The next thing I knew, I’d popped a cookie into my mouth. I didn’t even notice I was doing it. Then I felt like a failure, and...
The two-weeks of resetting the keto clock has ended. Since we got back from our trip of overeating and “over drinking,” I’ve worked to get my body back to feeling the way it should. If you would like to read about the process, feel free to check out the last couple of...
Saturday or “Caturday” as we call it in our house is a good chance to decompress, spend some time with the kitties, do a little prep and get ready for the week ahead with a new keto recipe. We tend to do a meal we are familiar with that is quick and easy so we have...
One of the proposed issues with keto is that it raises your cholesterol. What the heck is that? Is higher levels of cholesterol good or bad? Why does keto affect it? Is it true that keto can harm your heart? In this series, we have looked at the basics of cholesterol...
It’s Plant Power Day today. Plants have a lot of jobs in our lives - pretty ones make us happy, the first blossoms are signs of spring, and plants are an important part of our diet. Okay, carnivores might disagree, but most of us think this is true. But can you have...