I started my Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet on September 1, 2009. After two months, I stopped compulsive record-keeping and food measurement and made a few other intentional tweaks: fish five times a week instead of seven miminum, more nuts (often two ounces a day—I like nuts and they’re convenient), less salad, more dark chocolate. Otherwise the [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘My KMD Experience’
October 30, 2009
My Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: Day 60 + Zucchini
Weight: 153 lb (69.5 kg) Transgressions: blew it big time! Exercise: 60 minutes horse grooming and trail riding Comments Zucchini In an effort to add variety to my diet, I ate zucchini with my breakfast eggs. Sautéd this summer squash in 50:50 butter and extra virgin olive oil. A small serving of raw zucchini—100 g—provides [...]
October 27, 2009
My Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: Day 57 + Week 8 Recap
Weight: 154 lb Transgressions: Exceeded veggie quota by 4.5 oz Exercise: 90 minutes of horse grooming and trail riding Comments After lunch I was already over my veggie allotment by 4.5 oz. It’s the tomatoes. They’re heavy. Will have to cut back. I disagree with those who say, “You’ll lose your desire for carbs after you’ve [...]
October 26, 2009
My Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: Day 56 + Hidden Carbohydrates + Oysters
Weight: 155 lb Transgressions: Ate oysters instead of fish, and 22 oz salad greens instead of maximum 14 oz Exercise: Four hours of barnyard chores: clearing brush, moving rocks, adjusting fences. Comments My recent cheat day didn’t seem to set me back, other than increasing temporarily my desire for more carbs. I tried the Morton [...]
October 25, 2009
My Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: Day 55
Weight: 155 Transgressions: Pork rinds? Exercise: none Comments Weight not up nearly as much as I feared. Since eating a relatively large amount of carbohydrates on my cheat day yesterday, I have noticed that my cravings for carbs are back. But I haven’t given in. Pork rinds aren’t on the original 7.01 version of the [...]
October 24, 2009
My Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: Day 54 + Potassium Deficiency
Weight: 154 lb Transgressions: TNTC (too numerous to count) Exercise: none Comments The Potassium Problem My current food intake on the Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet appears to be low in potassium, which might have long-term health consequences if followed for many months or years. According to the Linus Pauling Institute’s Micronutrient Information Center, adequate potassium intake apparently decreases blood pressure, [...]
October 23, 2009
My Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet: Day 53
Weight: 153 lb (155 lb two days ago) Transgressions: none Exercise: none Comments I weigh myself first thing in the morning right after emptying my bladder, before getting dressed. Part of my weight being down 2 lb over the last two days likely reflects a degree of dehydration: I slept 12 hours last night. It’s so dry [...]
October 22, 2009
Centrum Multivitamin/Multimineral Supplement
I recommend Centrum for people on the Ketogenic Mediterranean Diet. Since the composition of plain Centrum could change at any time (or be concocted differently in non-U.S. countries), I’m recording the contents of the current U.S. product. Here are the component amounts with “% Daily Values” in parentheses. U.S. government authorities recommend Percent Daily Values for [...]
