ph balance/ ketogenic diet

Day 4 of my ketogenic diet

I'm determined to give it a good go! Like my recent repost of Burnedbutternut states, we are Sugar sluts! Love it! So true, I don't know if it's a girl thing but the hormones definitely don't work in your favour.

I'm feeling a bit better today, a bit more energy since I hope that most of the carbs and sugars I binged on over the weekend have worked their way out of my system.  A case of why do we do it? Seemed like a good idea at the time! Route of all epic bad ideas.

What was making me nervous was the fact that, even though I had been good the week before I had lost no weight but then when I really give myself a hard Paddington stare, was I 100%? I don't think so.

I have actually been quite good this week, although I think I might be compensating too heavily with the double cream!  The cinema is usually my Achilles heel with all the ice cream and pop corn but hubby and I made some lovely iced coffee and took it along and it really hit the spot.

You take a teaspoon of coffee and mix it in a blender with whole milk and crushed ice and add some double cream.  You can add a teaspoon or two of sweetener, preferably Xylotol if it's still too bitter.

I'm in a routine of having melon, mostly watermelon for breakfast.  It's good for my ph balance, which is currently sitting at 5.5, which is way off the 7 it should be! Always eat melon on its own and give it an hour to digest.

I then pour myself a glass of ph 7.6 bottled water and squeeze in half a lime, this is much more palatable than lemon as I'm far too sweet a person to tolerate sour things ;-p

After doing the school run and Facebook and blogging sucking up an hour of my morning I make a cooked breakfast if I'm hungry, I quite enjoy an omelette as I can add some ph friendly veggies to it

Butter, mushrooms, a handful of Kale, a few tips of asparagus.  add the egg and a bit of grated cheddar. Yum!

I must say I really love the food on this diet, if they threw in a bit of chocolate it would be perfect! lol

For lunch we have our main meal of the day, a huge salad with lots of different mixed leaves, tomato, cucumber, some peppers, avo and then topped with either bacon fried till crispy mixed with tuna and mayo or  with a bit of fish or chicken and add in some bree, haloumi, feta, whatever cheese we have in the fridge for a bit of added fat.

I try and have a glass of water with a table spoon of ACV (apple cider vinegar) 15 minutes before, it's also supposed to help with the ph balance and has a few other health benefits too.

After that lovely big lunch we are seldom hungry at night, something that still doesn't cease to amaze me as my husband was a carb junkie who used to eat all day and his insulin was very efficient in storing it as fat and telling his brain he needed more fuel.

We usually just have a bowl of plain yoghurt (The Onken is the best in terms of low carb/sugar content), some strawberries and mango with a teaspoon of honey drizzled over and a dash of cream (ok, maybe a smidge more than a dash ;-p)

I was very pleased when I jumped on the scale this morning and my weight had come down half a kilo! Doesn't sound like much but for me that was just enough to put a smile on my face and a spring in my step so onward and upward Banting, PH Ketoners!