AdamR wrote:I've tried a Keto / low carb - high fat diet before with good success but I wasn't doing much exercise at the time
I'm going to try this again to shift some excess weight but i'm also spending 6-8 hrs a day, 2-3 times a week walking hills this time.
Before trying keto I'd just have a couple of cheese & ham rolls & maybe a flapjack or haribo. However, on keto I can't live off just pepperami, cheese & smoked sausage when i'm walking, as tasty as those are. (I don't like jerky or biltong).
Does anyone else follow this diet & do lots of walking? What do you eat?
So, I did a keto diet a couple of years ago. I found it to be very good to drop weight but not sure its a long term sustainable change but it definitely changes the way I eat long term. Once I had gotten in to the ketogenic state my energy levels were good, or at least didn't feel any different.
I struggled to start with for food to take to the hills with me but managed to find quite a good few, decently high calorie, low carb replacements which weren't overly expensive. That and a lot of nuts and cheese for snacks were really quite helpful.
I'd be happy to update with some links to what I used if you wanted them?
I wouldn't worry to much about taking some higher carb snacks for energy if you think you need them. You might knock yourself out of your ketogenic state but because you've already done the hard work to get you there initially so you'll get back in to that quick (just be prepared for the inevitable gut change for a day or so and the potential "keto-flu" feelings)
Lastly, be prepared for your weight to fluctuate a bit during this, this is mostly water weight though as when those carbs come back in they store more water. (Apologies if this is information you already know).
I've since sort of changed my diet to a kind of keto one as it's a hard one to sustain. I still eat much less carbs than any other proteins or fats, but I keep them low and try and have at least one starchy carb a day, but I am doing a lot more training these days (weight training and cardio) so I feel I need them as I don't think Keto is sustainable for a highly active lifestyle.