Mascots

October 17, 2014October 19, 2014 / adampaulgarner / 2 Comments

Mark Sisson at Mark’s Daily Apple http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ has his Grok…

Dr Andreas Eenfeldt at Diet Doctor https://www.dietdoctor.com/ has an inexplicably attractive self-styled cartoon-avatar with a frying-pan and broccoli…

Abel James at Fat-Burning Man http://fatburningman.com/ has the definitive Cheshire-Cat grin and a torso (everywhere)…

It seems that in the ketogenic community, you are no-one unless you have a mascot. ‘Country Walks in Ketosis’ is therefore jumping on this band-wagon! Introducing… ‘Keto-Kat’!

Sad, I know; but he is over-weight, needs to move to a LCHF diet (watch this space, subject to research on feline dietary-requirements) and is one of the three main protagonists in this blog.

Introductions done, now for a picture (yes, I am ashamed of this; but not enough to stop me doing it!)…

Lamb Burgers with Halloumi & Baked Mushrooms

October 17, 2014November 1, 2014 / adampaulgarner / Leave a comment

One of the nice things about having a blog is sharing the things you love. In my case; cooking.

Without further ado; last night’s ketogenic dinner: lamb burgers and halloumi with baked mushrooms and a green salad.

Very simple. Take lamb mince, add finely chopped onion, garlic and chilli. Season to within an inch of its life. No further.

Top the mushrooms with some butter, chopped herbs (in this case Greek basil) and season. Into the oven they go.

Mix the lamb mince with the above ingredients and form into burgers with your hands. Despite years of trying, they never end up the same size.

Seal the burgers in a pan until browned on both sides. Lift out and then brown the halloumi. Stack this on top with grace and poise. They can then join the mushrooms in the oven for 10 minutes. Hopefully everything will be ready together.

Anything you like can go into the salad. We had romaine lettuce, gouda, olives and poached eggs.

Hey presto – a low carb meal! Hopefully LCHF…

If you’ve landed on this site thinking ketosis is a place, you’re wrong. It’s a state; and one that many of us would love to live in!

October 17, 2014December 6, 2014 / adampaulgarner / 4 Comments

What on earth am I on about?

Picture a house of three: one type-1 diabetic, one carb-intolerant who needs to shift a couple of stone; and a spoilt Burmese cat. Our solution to two out of three is ketosis.

This blog charts the road to weight-loss and blood-sugar stability through our adoption of a ketogenic diet.

Why the country walks? A walk every morning is part of the weight-loss plan, plus it was on one of those walks that I decided to jot all this down in a blog. Add to this, where we live is particularly beautiful! A few nice pictures will help intersperse my ramblings on food, bathroom-scales and blood-glucose with something a little easier on the eye.

So in a nutshell, I’ll chart my weight to see if this works, and post some ketogenic recipes along the way (click here). We’ll share any diabetic learnings as we go, and maybe a year down the line we shall have learnt something.

Wish us luck!