My 14 day keto diet experiment - day 2

My Keto Diet Experiment – Day 2

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Oh hello day 2! If you’re new here, I’m blogging my way through a two week experiment called the 14 day keto diet experiment where I’m attempting the keto diet and sticking to 25 net carbs or less each day.

Day 2 Of My 14 Day Keto Diet Experiment

Day two consisted of a busy day at work, a lunchtime workout and some pretty similar eats as yesterday.

What I Ate

Breakfast

Same breakfast as yesterday. I woke up at 7:15am and had hard boiled eggs around 10am when I started to feel hungry.

Lunch

My lunch consisted of a homemade salad including:

I have a feeling I’ll be eating this same salad almost every day of my 14 day experiment.

Dinner

For dinner I made a bowl of Mexican chicken cheesy goodness. Typically I make this dip and well…use it as a dip with chips and corn and beans mixed in. With keto, I had to remove the corn and beans and didn’t have anything keto friendly that I could use as my dippers so I just ate the dip as is with no chips.

My mexican cheesy dip dinner just consisted of:

  • Shredded chicken
  • Sour Cream
  • Shredded Cheese
  • Salsa
  • Cholula Hot Sauce – I seriously put this on almost EVERYTHING!

The keto chicken dip wasn’t bad at all but I’m not sure I can do that every night. I am definitely on the hunt for more easy keto dinner recipes at this point.

Other

I snacked on Sunflower seeds after lunch. I love how I can have 1/4 cup of them for only 2 grams of carbs. Yummm.

I didn’t have any diet coke again today. WHOAH who am I? That’s two days in a row with no soda and only a cup of coffee in the morning and good old H20 throughout the rest of the day.

I also had a string cheese later on after dinner which is only 1 g of net carbs each. Perfect snack idea.

I did get an upset stomach in the middle of the day. I’m not sure if that’s due to the new diet, something I ate, the lack of diet sodas? I have heard that many people who start the keto diet will get the “keto flu” so it could have been partially that. My stomach ache only lasted about an hour so it wasn’t really that big of a deal.

The “Keto flu” often occurs when starting on a keto diet as your body reacts to the recent changes to your diet and lack of carbs. This will often result in some to feel some of the symptoms below:

  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Constipation
  • Diarrhea
  • Headache
  • Irritability
  • Weakness
  • Muscle cramps
  • Dizziness
  • Poor concentration
  • Stomach pain
  • Muscle soreness
  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Sugar cravings

The Keto flu won’t happen with everyone on the Keto diet, so don’t be scared away from the diet because of the horror stories you’ve heard. I have heard that the effects of the keto flu could take up to a week until you start to feel better.

Workout

I went to the gym for a simple 20 minute elliptical workout at lunch followed by a very brief lift session for chest, shoulders and triceps. The whole workout was only about 35 minutes. I felt great though. Full of energy and motivation still on day two. It also probably helped that I slept like a rock last night!

Calories Burned during workout: 275 Calories

Macros / Nutrition

As mentioned above, my goal is to stick to 25 net calories or less each day. When I say “net carbs” that means grams of carbs minus grams of fiber = net carbs. My macros ended up looking like this at the end of the day. I’m not trying to hit any fat/fiber/protein goals, just strictly keeping an eye on my net carbs being under 25 at this point.

  • Net Carbs: 19g
  • Fiber: 6g
  • Fat: 63g
  • Protein: 90g

Whoah! I was way under my 25g limit for the day. I’m actually pretty darn shocked that I wasn’t acting like a total b*$!* on that low of carbs! I can see it catching up to me though so I’ll need to try to get closer to 25 tomorrow for my sanity, and yes my poor husband too!

My Current Measurements / Weight

Ewww the worst part has arrived. This is when I shamelessly tell you my weight and pretend like it never happened.

  • Starting Weight: 158.8 lbs
  • Today’s Weight: 157.6lbs
  • Weight Lost on Keto Diet: 1.2lbs in 1 day!

Well look at that! I lost 1.2 lbs on my first day of the keto diet. I am not dumb though, I understand that after a long unhealthy weekend and close to no water consumption the weekend before, it’s easy to get back on track and lose some initial weight. I’m excited about this but definitely not patting myself on the back too hard since it’s only day 2 and that’s mostly just weekend/water weight.

I probably won’t weigh myself every day because that’s just not healthy, but who knows, maybe I will. Only time will tell. That’s the fun part of blogging a live experiment, you never know what will happen.

I do have a minor unhealthy obsession with my scale though. It’s just so tempting to step on it and it doesn’t hurt that I have one of the coolest scales around.

Overall Thoughts

Overall my second day went easier than I had imagined. The diet was pretty similar to yesterday’s and was pretty tasty. My energy level remained high throughout the day.

Bring on day three of my 14 day keto diet experiment!!!

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