Ketogenic Diet 7-Day Meal Plan
A lot of people have been asking me what a goodketo diet menu would look like. I'm happy to share this 7-Day Ketosis menu with you. If you'd like to find more Keto Recipes to custom your own, take a look at myKetogenic Dietrecipesdatabase.
Also for more information about what are the best foods to eat on a Ketogenic Diet Plan, have a look at myKetogenic Diet Food List.
Fore more information about what you need to know before you start this diet plan and how to avoid side effects, take a look at myKetogenic Diet Guide(you'll get detailedinformation about what is Ketosis and what it does to your body).
Keep in mind that everybody has different needs, you'll also have to adjust your plan as you lose weight since your needs will change.
To find out how many calories you need daily use this tool : Daily Calorie Intake Calculator.
This will give you the amount of calories you need to maintain your weight, lose 1-2 pounds per week or gain 1-2 pounds per week.
Female in good shape :
For me (female), to use the Daily Calorie Intake Calculator,I would enter 120 pounds, then since I'm 5'6" I would enter 66 inches (5 feet x 12 inches / feet + 6 inches = 60 + 6 = 66), then I would enter 29 years oldfemaleand exercise 3-5x per week.
This gives me 2085 Calories a day.
Male in good shape :
For my boyfriend, to use the Daily Calorie Intake Calculator,I would enter175 pounds, then since he's 5'9" I would enter69 inches(5 feet x 12 inches / feet + 6 inches = 60+ 9 = 69), then I would enter36 years old maleandexercise 6-7x per week.
This would give him 4425 Calories a day.
You can skip this step my just usingtheDaily Calorie Intake Calculator.Ok so here's how it works.
To burn 1 pound of fat you need to burn 3500 calories.
Me and my boyfriend both want to lose 2 pounds a week at this point.
Female (29 years old, 120 pounds, active) :
2775 Calories a day (maintenance) - 1000 calories (deficit) = 1775 calories a day.
Male (36 years old, 175 pounds, very active) :
4425 Calories a day (maintenance) - 1000 calories (deficit) = 3425 calories a day.
Keep in mind that this doesn't work for everyone, it's just a guide line, not an exact science.
Weight your self at the beginning of the week and at the end of the week. If you lost more than 2 pounds, add 10% to your calories for the next week. If you lost less than 2 pounds, reduce your calories by 10%.
I found that 1500 calories works better for me. My boyfriend is fine with 3400 calories.
Getting the right amount of proteins is key to the Ketogenic diet!
Eating too much protein can throw you off Ketosis as eating to much carbs would!
Since it is recommended to have between 10% and 35% of proteins in your diet, I like to aim for the middle at 22.5%. Having more proteins on a diet will reduce muscle loss. On the other hand, having too much proteins will throw you out of ketosis since it will turn into glucose.
So to have an idea of how many proteins you need, use theKeto Calculator.
Myriam : (120 pounds, 66 inches, 29 years old, female, active) = 117 grams of proteins daily
Dan : (175 pounds, 69 inches, 36 years old, male, very active) = 173 grams of proteins daily
As stated in my Ketogenic Diet Introduction Guide, it is best to keep your carbohydrates around 5% but this is not easy to achieve.
1 gram of carbohydrate is 4 calories
For me, 5% of 1500 calories is 75 calories for carbs. 75 calories / 4 calories per gram of carb = 18.75 grams of carbs daily.
I don't obsess over it, I round it up to 20 grams of carbs daily.
These are really net carbs. This means you can deduce 1 gram of carb per gram of fiber that you eat.
Raspberries for example contains the most fibers you can find in fruits, so they're a good choice.
For my boyfriend, 5% of 3400 calories is 170 calories for carbs. 170 / 4 = 42.5 grams of carbs daily.
He rounds it up to 40 grams.
To do so, you can use my Keto Calculator :
These macros are based on the book "The Ketogenic Diet - A Complete Guide For The Dieter And The Practitioner".
Once you know how much carbs and proteins you need, you can deduce the amount of fat you need.
calories total - calories from carbs - calories from proteins = calories from fat
grams of fat = calories from fat devided by 9.
Example of a 1500 calorie plan :
Example of a 3400 calorie plan :
As a rule of thumb you can keep your macros around : 75% Fats, 25% Protein, and 5% Carbs. If you are active, you can bear with upping the carbs a bit, but when you are doing a strictly low carb diet, you might now be able to push yourself to exercise as hard depending on how your react to it.
If you want some tips and tools to help you easily count your calories during the day, use my guide :
How do I count my calories to burn fat?
The macros are provided in all these recipes. Some of them have more carbs than others so just and match them to get to your daily needs
Also, take a look at my Ketogenic Diet Food Listis color coded to help you make your own menu! It also links to detailed nutritional value of all ingredients.
If I'm going to have carbs during the day, I try to have them for breakfast. Note that the smoothies are a bit higher in carbs. Don't eat the fruits with your omelet if they don't fit your macros but raspberries are loaded with fibers so they will bring your net carbs down.
For lunch, I like to keep everything fast and easy. Most of the time I'll go with a spinach salad as spinach have more fibers than lettuce and you need your greens. It also won't get soggy like lettuce would in your lunch.
For dinner I like good spices to make things a bit more exotics and tasty. I also like to keep my carbs low.
Check these5 Ketogenic Diet Snacks!
Keto Deviled Eggs
I like to insert bacon slices between meals to fill the fat needs if needed. It makes it easy!
Check out Ketogenic Diet Recipes database :
There is something on the market callKeto Sticks, you will have to urinate on it in order to find out the amount ofKetones(fat fragments) that's in you. Yes, that means that you're peeingfat!
Let me know what is you favorite Keto Recipe in the comments below!
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Ketogenic Diet Meal Plan - 7-Day Menu - My Dream Shape!
