Ok Great thank you, ill have a look at those! Do you yourself drink any minerals (besides the magnesium) to keep yourself feeling energized? It's weird that I have never actually felt low on fuel in the past, this time I have had quite a few days where I felt incredibly tired.
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How do you know you are struggling to keep your electrolytes in check?
Just be careful with potassium. There is a reason you cannot buy potassium supplements that contain more than 100mg of potassium in them - daily requirement is 4700mg. The reason is, overdosing potassium is dangerous.
Magnesium is safe, but you can cause diarrhea if you take too much of it in the wrong form. Chelated forms are less likely to give you the runs. Magnesium oxide, the cheap stuff - take too much and you'll know all about it.
With that said, I'm surprised you would be having issues with electrolytes. What do you eat? You don't need to do much to get the potassium you need.
I figured I am not keeping up with electrolytes due to eating less then before. When I have gone this route in the past, I didn't weigh my food, I just ate the correct foods as I felt I needed them. Weight loss was very slow but I felt good physically and emotionally.
This time around I am trying to track what I eat to lower the calorie intake, and it is quite alot less then what I ate before. I felt fine for the first two weeks ish and then I had a sort of massive crash. I had no energy, could hardly keep my eyes open and no strength. My anxiety (I am suffering from mental health issues that I am also working on) also increased dramatically and I was almost unable to eat anything, it just made me throw it up again.
I posted this on reddit and got alot of responses of people saying this is very much inline with not having enough electrolytes. I took their advise and substituted what I could (cerebros low salt) and drank about two teaspoons of it with water over the course of the day. After that I started feeling much better and was able to stomach food again.
So I am now looking at adding the magnesium to see if that also improves things for me.
This time around I am trying to track what I eat to lower the calorie intake, and it is quite alot less then what I ate before. I felt fine for the first two weeks ish and then I had a sort of massive crash. I had no energy, could hardly keep my eyes open and no strength. My anxiety (I am suffering from mental health issues that I am also working on) also increased dramatically and I was almost unable to eat anything, it just made me throw it up again.
I posted this on reddit and got alot of responses of people saying this is very much inline with not having enough electrolytes. I took their advise and substituted what I could (cerebros low salt) and drank about two teaspoons of it with water over the course of the day. After that I started feeling much better and was able to stomach food again.
So I am now looking at adding the magnesium to see if that also improves things for me.
APoc184
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I also have the lethargic feeling when I am strict Keto. Combined with real intense workouts.
The low salt mixture along with slow release magnesium works really well.
When I am not working out too much or a little more flexible on the diet I don't feel the need for them.
The low salt mixture along with slow release magnesium works really well.
When I am not working out too much or a little more flexible on the diet I don't feel the need for them.
Kosmik
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Try a morning shake. I find it gives you everything you may need to help yourself along. I use the NPL weight loss one but I see they also now have a keto one which is very low in carbs, pricey in comparison though.
APoc184
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I do Intermitttent Fasting along with the keto so morning shake won't work.
Lawnchairman
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Do they not make that housebrand with the cheapest chinese ingredients?
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I need some quick recipes for meal prep sunday. I just started and found it saves me a lot on lunch costs and may help me to get an intermittent fasting routine in order. But I am running out of ideas. So far I have tried these recipes below. Just so we are clear, I hate cooking.
Week 1:
300g chicken fillet strips browned with onions. Threw in a pack of Mcain mexican vegetables and Rice Mate which is basically rice and small pack of breyani spice. Cooked in 600ml water for 20 minutes and Bob's your uncle, lunch packs for 5 days. I found it to be very tasty but the portions maybe just too small.
Week 2:
300g chicken fillet strips browned with onions. Added a pack of random frozen veggies and a tablespoon on Rajah mild & flavorful and 300g rice. Cooked for 20 minutes but did not taste quite right. Added a tablespoon of Rajah Medium and again I am your uncle with a week of lunch packs. Not so flavorful this time and very spicy but a lot better than garage pies.
Week 3:
300g chicken fillet strips browned with onions. Random veggies and a can of mushrooms. 350g rice/water and a pack of Knorr Thai green curry. Very tasty IMO and not too spicy at all.
I feel like I have depleted my cooking skills which is basically heating up food for hobos. Any tips and tricks for easy meal preps?
Week 1:
300g chicken fillet strips browned with onions. Threw in a pack of Mcain mexican vegetables and Rice Mate which is basically rice and small pack of breyani spice. Cooked in 600ml water for 20 minutes and Bob's your uncle, lunch packs for 5 days. I found it to be very tasty but the portions maybe just too small.
Week 2:
300g chicken fillet strips browned with onions. Added a pack of random frozen veggies and a tablespoon on Rajah mild & flavorful and 300g rice. Cooked for 20 minutes but did not taste quite right. Added a tablespoon of Rajah Medium and again I am your uncle with a week of lunch packs. Not so flavorful this time and very spicy but a lot better than garage pies.
Week 3:
300g chicken fillet strips browned with onions. Random veggies and a can of mushrooms. 350g rice/water and a pack of Knorr Thai green curry. Very tasty IMO and not too spicy at all.
I feel like I have depleted my cooking skills which is basically heating up food for hobos. Any tips and tricks for easy meal preps?
Slow cooker and stewing beef or potjiekos.
Takes 4 to 8 hours to cook, but you’re involved for about 20 minutes.
grok
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Dude just YouTube meal prep, thousands of quick easy recipes from bodybuilders who might look good, but let's face it isn't usually known for slaving in their kitchens..
Kosmik
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Are there any other good low carb beers. Castle lite is getting boring.
Tried this: https://www.devilspeak.beer/devils-peak-lite/ and really enjoy it but its hard to find sometimes.
Dont trust Stellbrau
Tried this: https://www.devilspeak.beer/devils-peak-lite/ and really enjoy it but its hard to find sometimes.
Dont trust Stellbrau
PoppieChoffel
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Made these cheddar "biscuits" (American scones, essentially) the other day for us and served with some leftover mushroom gravy and pork steak and they were pretty good. I used dessicated coconut for the flour and they turned out great. My dough was rather runny so spooned the mixture into silicon cupcake molds.
PoppieChoffel
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I slow-cooked a whole lot of oxtail yesterday, so I'm making these to go with it. Yummy!
PoppieChoffel
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PoppieChoffel
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Pinwheels yesterday and pizza today, both using an adaptation of the fathead dough
2 cups mozzarella (230g)
3 tbsp cream cheese (45g)
1 tbsp psillium husk
3/4 cup sunflower seed flour
1 tbsp mixed herbs
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 egg
Pinwheels filling was spinach, seasonings, mushrooms, cream cheese. Pizza topped with a homemade tomato base, mix of mozzarella and cheddar, cherry tomatoes, red onion, slow fried garlic cloves and finished off with fresh basil after it came out of the oven.
2 cups mozzarella (230g)
3 tbsp cream cheese (45g)
1 tbsp psillium husk
3/4 cup sunflower seed flour
1 tbsp mixed herbs
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 egg
Pinwheels filling was spinach, seasonings, mushrooms, cream cheese. Pizza topped with a homemade tomato base, mix of mozzarella and cheddar, cherry tomatoes, red onion, slow fried garlic cloves and finished off with fresh basil after it came out of the oven.
PoppieChoffel
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Pizza again! 