BrianTheElder
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HiThat doesn't seem a lot to me, and the balance doesn't seem right.
It looks like a bit too much protein and not nearly enough fat.
I'll try and table it up but this may not look right.
The target for nutritional ketosis is 80% fat, 15% protein and 5% carbs
Ah! Here I made a fairly long diversion because 80/15/5 is quoted all over the place but I am having trouble confirming if it is 80/15/5 by weight or 80/15/5 by calorific value. I think it must be based on weight because all the food labelling is in percentages of a 100 gram portion. Please correct me if I am wrong.
In reverse order by weight assuming you are eating 20 grams of carbs per day:
5% carbs is 20 grams so 100% is (20 * 20) 400 grams food (or at least macro nutrients) in total. This figure used to derive the others.
15% (of 400 grams) protein is 60 grams of protein so close to your figure
80% (of 400 grams) fat is 320 grams of fat so nowhere near your figure of 150 grams.
So your fat is way, way low on the 80/15/5 scale by weight.
I read that you are drinking cream to up your fats and kill the hunger. That sounds good. Eating cheese (if you like it) will also up your fats. Add cheese to meat dishes; cheese & bacon burger rocks.
Hard core (which I tried once and may again) is drinking a good quality extra virgin olive oil. 100% of the right kind of fat. Some people love it, I found I could tolerate it but haven't found it "moreish".
I eat 150g fat, 60g protein, 20g carbs per day.
In calorie terms, this is 1350 calories, 240 calories, 80 calories, total 1670 calories.
In % calorie terms, thus 81%, 14%, 5%.
As it happens, I also take fibre into account, so my %s are more like 80% fat, 15% protein, 5% carbs. I think you will find that's pretty standard for a ketogenic diet.
I have no problem eating the 80% fat, my problem is always keeping below 15% protein (60g). I just keep well below the carbs.