Looking for an example CKD meal day...

[RobertFontaine]

I'm thinking about giving this a try but frankly <20 grams of carbs
is kind of a challenge.

I generally use skim milk with my protein shakes but it looks like that's out. Hell there's 3.9 grams of carb in a serving of my shake.
3 shakes and I'm up to 12 grams of carbs. ack only 8 more to go.

Someone want to give me a couple of clues?

 

[Cut]

You can make your protein shakes with water instead of milk. A word of advice though. It WILL taste like shit for a while before you'll (hopefully) get used to it.

 

[tuc biscuit]

red meat, cheeses (check the carbs on these), eggs, bacon, pork, chicken with skin, oils, nuts, sour cream, guacamole, pork rinds, string cheese, fatty fish to name a few, also check out www.c-k-d.com

 

[Mr.X]

I'm thinking about giving this a try but frankly <20 grams of carbs
is kind of a challenge.

I generally use skim milk with my protein shakes but it looks like that's out. Hell there's 3.9 grams of carb in a serving of my shake.
3 shakes and I'm up to 12 grams of carbs. ack only 8 more to go.

Someone want to give me a couple of clues?

No milk, and try to stay away from dairy products: cheese would probably be your only option in low-quantities.

Lookf or 20-30g carbs per day, less then 6 g carbs per meal.

Mr.X

 

[audiophyle]

is the 20-30g carbs per day necessary on a ckd? Or would it be preferable to try to get as close to 0 carbs as possible?

 

[ZKaudio]

yes keep them as low as possible but try to get some fiber in there

 

[Mr.X]

is the 20-30g carbs per day necessary on a ckd? Or would it be preferable to try to get as close to 0 carbs as possible?

It's not possible to take in 0 carbs; actually you need about 20-30g carbs for brain functions and the rest can be mostly ketones.

Mr.X

 

[KWKSLVR]

I'll give you an example of mine. Now, fiber isn't an issue for me for some reason. The only time I have problems are with abrupt changes in diet. Here's what I eat in a typical day and it comes out to about 2000 cals (pardon my weird tastes)

Meal 1:
4 strips of medium cut bacon
4 Eggs, scrambled
2-3 slices of cheese (cheese eggs are the bomb digity)

Meal 2:
George Forman-cooked Chicken Breast
1 cup of broccoli w/ 1 slice of cheese

Meal 3:
Chicken Wings
@$$ load of ranch dressing
1 cup of green beans

It works great for me. If I get the munchies or just want something for my mouth to do I just munch on shelled sunflower seeds. They are high in sodium, but this doesn't seem to affect me all that much.

 

[mrzap]

1 - Eggs and Flax Oil
2 - Chicken and Olive Oil
3 - Tuna and Safflower Mayo
4 - Sardines and Macadamia nuts
5 - Burger patty with mayo and a teaspoon of Psllium husk fiber