How much do you guys spend a month on food?

[Haai]

How many carbs do you guys eat a day.

I'd estimate somewhere between 0 and 75g on a typical day

[24isours]

How many carbs do you guys eat a day. For the past month I've only had a teaspoon of honey, 1-3 pieces of fruit, and the occasional couple of teaspoons of jam or almond butter. I don't think that puts Mr over 100 g at the worst, usually it wasn't that high. For the past 3 days I've been Vlc with today being one teaspoon of honey with my fat. I feel really good after tonights meal: 5 oz suet, 4 oz salmon, 4 oz liver, little honey. I think I'm in ketosis. What do you guys think?

I eat about 1g per day. If you've only been eating 5 oz suet, 4 oz salmon, 4 oz liver, little honey for the past few days you are well on your way. You are most likely in the adaption stage.

[Dr. D]

I kinda feel late in the adaptation stage. Because I've been off adderall for 4 days now and coffee for about 12 I think, and I remember making a conscious decision to severely for carbs when I cut coffee so I didn't have to deal with the constant up and down of blood sugar. I don't know if adderall prevents ketosis but I stopped because I was eating so good that it made me feel worse rather than better.

I guess when I'm keto I'll know right?

[24isours]

I kinda feel late in the adaptation stage. Because I've been off adderall for 4 days now and coffee for about 12 I think, and I remember making a conscious decision to severely for carbs when I cut coffee so I didn't have to deal with the constant up and down of blood sugar. I don't know if adderall prevents ketosis but I stopped because I was eating so good that it made me feel worse rather than better.

I guess when I'm keto I'll know right?

Yes, you will know. A good indicator of being in ketosis would be a sudden loss of 4+ pounds in a week. This would be due to glycogen and water loss. If I change my diet to a carb based one I gain about 8 lbs in 3 days (water weight for the most part). After switching back to a keto diet after those 3 days it takes me about 5 days to drop these 8 lbs. Good for you for dropping the Adderall and coffee! You shouldn't need either one on a ketogenic diet anyway

[24isours]

I'd say those symptoms as well as weight loss (if you are overweight and restricting calories) would be signs. I've noticed after eating too much protein I'd get headaches, joint pain, diarrhea and feel fatigued. After experimenting with protein intake and finding that sweet spot I would notice higher energy, increased stamina/strength, mental clarity, normal bowel movements and an increased tolerance to stress.

Just wanted to make it clear that an initial weight loss of 4+ lbs in a week (water and glycogen loss) is also a great indicator of being in ketosis; whether or not you are restricting calories.

[Iguana]

How much I spend monthly for food ? I don't know... because it varies widely according to the season, what is available at the time and my appetite. I do not count. But overall, I think I don't spend more than when I ate cooked food and probably less if everything is taken into account.

By the way, I live now in Algarve west coast, Portugal. Just moved on the 15th of June, so I've been busy and without Internet connection for a few weeks. 

[Aura]

I mean, I am butchering meat and organs for the dogs here and found out the butcher does not charge us a cent..
Whenever they slaughter an animal, he would put aside (for our dogs) organs and other parts people do not usually buy.
Organs like liver, heart, kidneys sometimes tongue also.
And it is all grass fed. Once I got the whole trachea and it was full of pieces of grass inside.

As I realized it, I thought about you guys.

Is there someone who managed to get meat/organs for free saying it was for the dogs?

Because here, you could live pretty cheap. 

[TylerDurden]

I used to be able to get raw, organic grassfed liver for free.

[primalgirl]

I eat the same thing every day:

200 grams of grass fed ground beef (mixed with organs) @ around 16-17% fat
200 grams of grass fed regular ground beef @ around 16-17% fat
190 grams of grass fed fat trimmings / back fat
I do not eat suet

I want to eat more fat (besides raw butter and raw cream) what is the difference between back fat and suet? and how do you eat it? I see you're eating much more fat than protein yet the mixture above is 16-17% fat mixed in with meat.

[primalgirl]

I want to eat more fat (besides raw butter and raw cream) what is the difference between back fat and suet? and how do you eat it? I see you're eating much more fat than protein yet the mixture above is 16-17% fat mixed in with meat.

I meant how do you prepare it for eating, the 83-84% fat that is not mixed in with the meat.

[24isours]

I prefer fat trimmings and back fat over suet. When I first started the diet I wasn't able to digest suet well so I switched over and wound up just staying away from it. Personally, I find suet to be dry and way less tastier than other fatty parts of the animal as well. The only preparing I do is thawing it in the fridge and then slicing it in chunks before eating.

[eveheart]

I usually cube grassfed beef back fat and eat it. I savor the taste and texture.

P.S. I'm in San Jose.

[raw-al]

(I call it the "lesbian seafood truck" ROFL)

Really, so they are from the island of Lesbos ?

I am told we budget 700 - 750 CAND.

We plan to buy bulk and we are still finding sources, so it should come down in price.

Also we are getting 2 -3 chickens and bees (2 hives) in a few weeks.

We have cherry, peach, fig, raspberries, prune plum, apple and pear trees.

[LePatron7]

I also like the beef fat from muscle meat trimmings. I don't like suet. I think eating beef fat instead of butter significantly brings down the cost of food. I've seen butter selling for $10+/lb, and I pay about $3/lb (includes shipping) for beef fat. I assume both have about the same fat content.

[ys]

I haven't bought anything from Slankers in over a year so recently I looked at their prices and they are way above from what they used to be.  What gives?

Fortunately, I'm getting half a steer every 6 months from Amish for 3.7/lb , and maybe a sheep now and then .  But kind of short on organs.  Burgundy beef has decent prices but their shipping bites.

Anyone got better sources online?