Thanks OtherJen, good perspective!
I had a small serving of brown rice along with my sausage and vegetables for lunch...it was heavenly, I missed that. I'll try sticking with the small amounts of starch plan for a while longer and see what happens.
Yum. Brown rice is so good.
Hey, this is working out great! With the addition of the brown rice, potato, and winter squash (max about 1/2 cup cooked daily which shouldn't be more than 30 or so net carbs), on top of the prebiotic powder (mixed into some kefir or yogurt) plus a few tiger nuts daily, my digestion is working much better. It turns out I had to cut down on the dairy a bit in addition to increasing the soluble fiber.
Vegetables for whatever reason don't seem to help - because the fiber they contain is mostly the insoluble type and that was only making the problem worse. (btw thank you for the tip about milk thistle...will have to try that if I run into problems again.)
And it seems my weight loss is back on track, too:
Jan 7 138 lbs (unchanged since before Thanksgiving)
Last Sunday 137.4
This morning 136.6(!!)
No calorie counting, no fasting, no going hungry (in fact I feel pleasantly stuffed after meals) and no particular exercise routine outside of some yoga on weekends and walking to work (1 mile each way) during the week. Lazy keto initially (after spending a couple of weeks tracking carbs and figuring out how to make it work) now modified to something like 50-70 net carbs daily, with no sugar and no grains apart from the brown rice.
Making meat loaf with liver today. 1 lb of ground beef mixed with 8 oz of chicken livers whirred through a blender to liquify (I know, a bit yucky but easier than chopping). I use almond flour, eggs, and a bit of xanthan gum in place of bread crumbs, and I DON'T drain the beef fat - that is grass fed Omega3 goodness that I paid a lot for!!! Top with Heinz no sugar ketchup and sour cream. And broccoli plus a bit of potato (both buttered). Small bowl of raspberries and cream for dessert along with those tiger nuts. Breakfast was coffee with cream and coconut oil (mixed up with a hand frother), 2 eggs with onion and tomatillo & goat cheese, and a slice of bacon. No need for lunch except for a mug of salted homemade bone broth.
Gotta love keto...well I suppose this isn't technically keto now, but it certainly is low carb with most of the carbs coming from "safe starches" that are cooked in advance then socked into the fridge. I don't know how seriously to take that resistant starch bit, but if I can lose weight with them then presumably they're not driving up insulin levels or triggering fat storage.
