Homemade Keto Fat Bombs!

 

If you eat a keto diet and haven’t tried fat bombs yet, you are missing out!

I finally bought coconut flakes at the grocery store, and naturally decided to experiment and make my own fat bombs! These fat bombs taste just like the Samoa Girl Scout cookies. You know, the ones with the caramel, covered with toasted coconut and chocolate drizzled on top? Those incredible carb-filled beauties. 

Keto, Triathlons, and Some Science

Keto, short for ketogenic diet, is a type of eating that limits carbs and lets fats run with abandon. Carbs are generally kept below 50g total, but true keto-ers keep it around 20g net carbs per day. Protein is kept at a moderate level, depending on your fitness goals. In order to maintain as much muscle as possible, about 1g of protein per pound of body weight should be consumed. And fat, well, you can basically go to town on fat. Avocados, cheese, heavy cream, fatty cuts of meat, fat is what will keep you full, functioning, and sane when you cut those carbs.

Keto: Daily Meal Plan

I’ve been on a Ketogenic diet for about a month now, and I’ve been loving it. I’m obsessed with cheese (as I mentioned in my previous post) and Keto is super cheese-friendly. No carbs, high in fats and protein, cheese makes my world go round. Thinking of making cheese my next #ManCrushMonday. It’s getting serious.

Ketogenic Diet and Triathlon

You can’t outrun a bad diet. I see variations of that phrase everywhere and it’s so true. My diet is constantly an experiment, trying to determine what my body best responds to. I’ve tried Paleo, gluten-free, and If It Fits Your Macros. But, the focus of this post is the Ketogenic diet.

What I Ate – Friday Edition (IIFYM)

With triathlon training, weight lifting, weight losing, and everything in between, nutrition is just as important as the actual workouts. Some would argue it’s more important than the training session. Your body is an engine, and if you don’t put the proper fuel in it, performance will clearly suffer.

Dealing with the Holidays

We all know the struggle. The colossal battle that happens internally when you begrudgingly take yet another cookie from Grandma. The cookies are almost as sweet as she is, and how can you possibly say no after she spent all those hours making them “just for you?”  They taste so good, and it feels good to make others happy.