The easy answer is this, stop eating carbs and focus on fats and protein.  There are, however, a few things to be aware of so you are successful.  First off, Ketosis will not happen immediately, it usually takes a couple days.  In this time period your body is going through changes and you might feel a little icky, this is sometimes called the “Keto flu”.  It varies from person to person, but don’t worry it goes away in no time.  During this period it is absolutely imperative you stick to the process!  My husband likes to say, “There is no such thing as being half pregnant”, same with Keto. 

In those first couple of days you are retraining your body from what it has always done (burn carbs for energy) to do something different (burn fat for energy).  It will resist! That is why it takes a couple days, and here’s why you have to be all in.  Let’s say you just spent 2 days eating fats for the body to use once it retrains itself, but then decide a bag of chips won’t hurt.  Your body is going to immediately dive into those carbs (it’s what it’s always done) and store the fats you’ve been eating!  So, all in please! Don’t sabotage yourself.

Lets talk apps !

Another key to success is getting a good carb counter app, at least at first. This will save you the headache of doing math, and be a huge help with meal planning. When figuring your carbohydrates, fiber always gets subtracted to give you your net carb count. Your goal everyday should be no more than 20 net carbohydrates in a day, and they add up pretty quick. You would be surprised how many carbs are in some foods we think are healthy for the Keto diet. Take a carrot for example: One carrot = 12 carbs – 3.6 grams of fiber, for a net carb count of 8.4! 3 carrots in a day puts you over your limit, let’s go with broccoli instead (4 carbs – 3g fiber=1 net carb). A good carb counter will automatically do this math for you. This will help you plan foods before you eat them and help you be successful losing weight with the Keto way of eating. We use Carb Manager