an intro

I started keto a couple of weeks ago and as a vegetarian I have found that it can be a little bit tricky sometimes to think of different things to make for meals while sticking to my targets. While looking for recipes online I have found that (unsurprisingly) most low carb recipes are meat based...

I enjoy cooking but sometimes I let myself fall into a little bit of a routine eating the same things and eventually I just get a little bit bored of the foods that I'm eating, which in the past and over numerous diets has led to a little bit of cheating here and there and eventually just giving up altogether. This is why I am creating this blog. I want to keep a record of the things that I cook and also try and find some new and interesting things to make.

A little bit about me....

I am 25 and I have always been overweight, ever since I was a little kid. I have also been on diets since I was 7 years old. I have done so many different diets over the last 18 years and while I have had some success after a while I found that they werent working for me. I have taken Duromine and Reductil (apparently reductil has been stopped in Australia in the last few years because its not safe) and while I had initial success, a magic pill doesnt fix things in the long run. I was at the point when I was considering saving and getting a lap band whereas previously the thought of this was a complete last resort.

Then recently my housemate started doing keto, and all I saw was a diet of bacon, bacon and bacon so thought this really isn't something that I can do because if I cant eat those precious carbs like bread, pasta and potatoes then WHAT else is there? On top of that the concept of eating fat after a lifetime of low fat, low calorie thinking just seemed insane. I ended up going online and having a look at Paleo and eventually found myself back at keto and then onto reddit.com/r/vegetarianketo/. And then I began my keto journey.

So yeah thats pretty much how I ended up where I am now.