I do endurance sports like running and biking. I’m finding a huge dip in stamina doing keto. My recovery time has increased a lot and even doing Pilates I’m getting muscle cramping. Anyone else experience this?

Hi all, sorry if this has been mentioned before but my partner is veggie and I’m getting back on the Keto train, and I just happened to check the macros for the vegan meatballs I got him from Aldi UK and they’re 2.3g carbs for 4 meatballs, which I thought was very good! Just thought I’d put it on here for anyone interested!

tl;dr: What are your favorite pre-packaged or incredibly easy recipes?

Background: I injured my back two years ago and gained 60 lbs on a freezer meal diet. I’m doing better-ish but still have very limited energy (I also have fibromyalgia and CFS). I lost 30 lbs earlier this year on keto, and I’ve been a vegetarian for the past 16 years, so as you already know, it takes effort and creativity! But it’s the best I’ve ever felt. Then I got an apartment with my brother in May, and he can eat ANYTHING and stay thin. I have no self-control when carbs are in my home. I also eat my feelings. Today I hit my maximum weight again 😔

I work a desk job but still feel exhausted at the end of the day. Realistically, I need very easy recipes/snacks or I won’t eat well. Any suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!! ♥️ I really want to get back to healthy habits.

I love berries, nuts/nut butters, peppers, tofu, paneer sautées/curries, no-rice burrito bowls, Greek vegetable salads, and air fryer omelettes. I try to eat as much real food as I can, but I do enjoy a little pre-packaged guacamole on a toasted keto bagel or an occasional sugar-free chocolate. I’m interested in trying an overnight oats (but not oats) kind of thing and open to new ideas.

What are your lazy go-tos?

Hi friends! I’ve been vegetarian for about 2-3 years now and I want to go keto. I eat a lot of recipes with beans but those are not keto… (ex. Soup, bean enchiladas, substitute for taco meat, etc.) I find a lot of recipes have beans or chickpeas

What can I use to replace beans and still get protein/hardiness?!

Thank you so much!

Disclaimer: I am not requesting medical advice.

I recently started eating a high protein, low carb diet that included a lot of ground, red meat. Prior to this dietary change, my (bad) LDL cholesterol was at 2/3 end of good range. Since I started eating a lot of ground beef and bison, my LDL climbed about 70 points to dangerous levels. Has anyone else had this experience? What can I eat that won’t contribute to bad cholesterol while maintaining a healthy weight? Are there any non-soy vegetarian keto foods I can add that boost HDL (good) cholesterol? I am allergic to soy and cannot eat processed foods.

Well, I'm taking the plunge. People always wince when I say I'm trying a keto diet as a veggie but here we are and I'm out to prove them all wrong. (Anyone else feel weird consuming all this fat when we've been told our whole lives that it's the enemy?)

Anyway, question in the title, how much cheese are you all eating on the regular? Should I be careful? Any general keto advice is also very welcome as I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.

Thank you :)

I’m curious—what ingredients do you always keep stocked in your kitchen? For me, it’s usually eggs, onions, and pasta. I love seeing what others use as their go-to items for quick meals, especially when you’re short on time or ideas. Anyone have some staple ingredients they rely on?

I recently found out I has Cushings Syndrome. My Endocrinologist started me on a keto diet to reverse some of the effects. I've been doing well but I am going to a camping music festival soon. My question is, what would you pack in an ice chest to eat? And what pantry foods would you pack? There will be vegetarian and vegan food stalls so that's helpful but who knows how much. Help me do my best! I know it will be tought but I want to give myself a fighting chance.

Thanks in advance

Benefits and notes

Below is a recipe that I hope will be helpful.

Fermentation helps to reduce the carbohydrates in nuts and seeds.

Blending and fermenting also reduces anti-nutrients so you can absorb nutrients better and makes everything easier to digest.

Provides good probiotics and fiber to the intestines.

I started off eating regular seeds and nuts. After developing this and also eating psyllium husk, the bathroom situation has improved 400%.

Make any modifications you want, but make sure you are familiar enough with fermentation safety to do so safely.

Ingredients and materials

Blender

1-gallon jug (ideally 2 jugs, 1 for the sauce and 1 to keep water in for easy access)

Water

Vitamin C tablets for dechlorination, to allow fermentation (not as important if using peppers with vitamin C)

6 Jalapenos or 9 serranos (optional)

Pumpkin seeds-2 cups

Sunflower seeds- 2 cups

Peanuts- 2 cups

Kombucha- 1 cup (I make my own, using 12.5g sugar per cup which goes down as it ferments. If you are trying to limit carbs extremely, you may want to use older kombucha or wait 2 days before eating this sauce).

Procedure

Measure 2 cups each of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and peanuts into a bowl (or you can measure directly into blender 2 cups per batch).

Blend in 3 batches, each with 2 jalapenos, 2 cups seeds, 1/3 cup inoculant, ¼ vitamin C tablet, and enough water to make 4 cups total.

This makes about 16 servings of 12.5g protein (6 fluid oz each).

Pour each batch into a 1-gallon jug. Shake well. Leave the lid loose and keep at room temperature for at least 24 hours. I have kept it at room temp for up to 4 days and it’s fine. Probably would be good for much longer. You can refrigerate after fermentation to thicken if desired.

Shake before each use. I like to mix about 2oz in with food and pour about 4oz on top.

I'm not technically doing the full keto diet but I am type 1 diabetic so use lots of keto recipes for low carb/sugar ideas as it helps massively with blood glucose level control! I have just started a training programme and am struggling to hit the protein goals so wondered if anyone had any recipes or ideas for high protein snacks? It seems like most high protein bars etc. contain soooo much sugar!! Also I'm in the UK so when googling recipes it's coming up with ingredients that I have no idea where to start looking for them. So can anyone give me any basic recipe, high protein, low carb/sugar, vegetarian snacks? Or am I asking the impossible?!

New to this sub, so I apologize if this is absolutely redundant but I have scrolled through a lot of posts and taken some pointers here and there, but what are some of everyone's staples for low carb veg?

Snacks, meals, ingredients, recipes, any of your favorites- I'm open to anything as I've mostly been doing a lot of quick or processed things and I'm definitely beginning to feel it; I always feel bloated and tired lately and would love some ideas while I compile my grocery order and begin to get back into working out (I was down with a fractured ankle for the better part of this year and am finally ready/able to get moving again and now that I'm healed I really want to fuel my body correctly and not feel so sluggish from months of being stuck off my feet feeling like a loaf! 😭).

I appreciate it and thank you so much in advance!

Edit to preface: I don't have any food allergies.

Hi, I am wondering if any of you have been in remission or have reached therapeutic benefits from the vegeterian keto diet for bipolar or schizophrenia. I myself have bipolar with psychotic tendencies, otherwise known as schizoaffective disorder bipolar type. I was on the keto diet(animal based) and it was like going through an awakening. I stopped feeling paranoid. Lost 55 pounds. Went down on my medication from 15mg to 5mg(and looking to go down to 2.5 and eventually stop it) with no psychotic symptoms or depression, nothing. I was feeling so positive and started doing what I love which is taking walks in nature/outside, getting sunlight and even started meditating again and doing pranayama. My concentration and motivation shot up to where I could study 8 hours a day like nothing whereas before 2 hours felt excruciating and made me want to die. I even was looking to get back to work and stopped having a fear of getting out of the house and going alone to public places. However, amidst that awakening I started to be back in tune with my spirituality and decided to stop eating meat which is really important to me. So here are my questions.

TLDR; keto diet led to remission in schizoaffective disorder (mix between schizophrenia and bipolar) symptoms, decided to switch to vegeterian for spiritual reasons

1. What amount of daily net carbs is theurapetic/effective for bipolar and schizophrenia?
2. Do you guys think animal based was one of the factors I was feeling good?
3. If you do use keto diet as therapy, how many carbs do you eat per day personally?
4. How long does it take to feel the benefits of vegeterian keto after stopping meat consumption(regular keto)?
5. Do any of you have increased energy levels after going vegeterian keto?
6. Do you guys eat eggs? What kind of vegeterian are you?

I came up with the following meal meal. It has about 3500cal considering my activity level and I really tried to meet all my dietary needs of vitamins and minerals. I was tracking them on my app until they were 100% or I consumed the minimum required of each nutrient.

Breakfast:

• 1 bunch spinach

• 4 tbps olive oil

• 5 tbps sunflower seeds

• 1 Avocado

• 8 eggs

Lunch:

• 1 bunch spinach

• 4 tbps olive oil

• 8 eggs

• Tomato and cucumber

Dinner:

• 4 leaves Kale
• 4 tbps olive oil
• 1 container Greek yoghurt
• 5 tbps sunflower seeds

I'd like to eat faster. 8 eggs I take over half an hour to eate, and with the other stuff, an hour can go away with each main meal. Plus, eggs are too filling. 8 make me stuffed and unwilling to eat more. I also want to make it all somewhat more tasty. I intentionally avoid cheese. Yoghurt is the only dairy I'm okay in taking.

My wife is vegetarian and nervous about options, does someone have a 7 day plan they can share so I can buy it and make it for her as a test?

Title says it all! I’m having lots of veggies and tofu but I still seem to be hitting 50+ grams of carbs net per day so I can’t get into ketosis. Looking for tips please :)

Hi, a friend gave me some Macadamia nut flour and after having some, probably too much, I felt sick and bloated. I thought nuts were keto but I see that their carb content is pretty high actually. There are so many keto recipes based on nut flours but I will have to restrict myself to one bite per day... or am I missing something here. The rest of my diet stayed exactly the same.

Hi, does anyone have any suggestions for quick cook or no cook keto vegetarian recipes for one? I don’t like eggs so all I can come up with so far are baked feta, chopped salad, walnuts and olives. I’m in the UK. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Hello, does anyone know of good vegetarian keto meal delivery services in Toronto?

There are good non vegetarian specific meal plan services that have individual vegetarian meals (which are not as helpful) but I've been having a hard time finding keto vegetarian meal plan services in Toronto.

Thanks in advance to all responses!

Hi,

I've been doing low carb for a couple months but went into it gradually. I've been doing under 25g carbs for about 3 weeks (most days closer to 20 than 25).

I am pescetarian.

I don't know if I am in ketosis or not. I started to have some reduction in appetite last week but now it seems to be back. Last week I was staying under 21g carbs again but then because I'm hungrier this week I've been having more (low carb) snacks which end up adding up to 23g carbs. I am able to eat at a bit of a calorie deficit now but I don't have the increased mental clarity or energy other people describe and I struggle particularly between lunch and dinner.

IF does not feel like an option at the moment as I have an active job and start early and without my cup of coffee and 1tbsp cream I would be wrecked. I am open to trying it in about a month when I have some time off to get used to it.

I have seen it suggested to people in this situation to cut out of cur down on a lot of sweeteners and processes food. I have been eating low carb bread as it's an easy work lunch to pack and sugar free jello (I already know about the Ace-K discussion), as well as some quest peanut butter cups on the weekend. None of it has maltitoel but I wonder if it is hindering me from adapting somehow.

I am thinking of cutting out the jello next week and also the bread for a salad.

I eat two hard-boiled eggs at smoko (morning break) and a 'good fat keto bar' but am going to aim to make bars myself so they have simple ingredients and some MTC oil in them.

I don't wanna have eggs again in salad and I usually eat fish with dinner, so I am thinking of a salad with some kind of cheese and then a high protein drink?

My question is for people who do keto and don't eat meat, specifically those who have had better success after cutting out processed foods, do you still supplement your protein at all?

For the purposes of what I am trying, would whey protein isolate be less processed/artificial than other supplements? Some of the specifically keto shakes have good fats in them too, but also a lot of other ingredients.

This idea is very new to me because with keto and everything I've always just approached it as 'if it fits your macros and doesn't have certain sugar alcohols'.

Can anyone recommend a vegetarian or vegan keto meal delivery service available in LA? I don’t have time to cook/meal prep and am looking for alternatives. Thanks!

The pea and chickpea protein powders taste like cardboard to me, and I don't like them in sweet meals like cereal.

So I wonder, what are your favorite hearty recipes/meals with (chick)pea protein and hemp protein powders?

Low carb makes be pretty tired. Cant stand when it’s meal time and I’m tired and starving and I have to spend 20-40 minutes in the kitchen to eat something. Other than protein bars and shakes, what are the most convenient vegetarian keto foods you can think of?