Monday marked a week of trying out a keto diet.

I’ve lost 11 lbs and 2” off my middle (where I have the most to lose). I’m feeling pretty good too. I’ve noticed more mental clarity and energy. I haven’t noticed any of the “ketosis flu” symptoms many people talk about, that might be because I focused on keeping my salt intake a bit higher than expected and drink a lot of water. A whole lot of water.

At the same time as the diet changes I’ve changed my caffiene consumption as well and the improvement to my sleep has been amazing. After a few days of experimentation I’ve found stopping any caffiene by 5pm lets me get to sleep faster and sleep more throughout the night. Before I’d drink caffiene (usually coke zero) through the evening, even right up until bedtime.

Challenges so far with keto have been limiting carbs, that took about 3 days to really wrap my head around and then putting attention into making sure I get decent nutrients (you know like vitamins n’ minerals).

What’s really made the whole experiment possible is using myfitnesspal, this app (both the website and the iOS application) are easy to use and really help trying to keep track of macros (protein, carbs and fat)