There are lots of opinions out there about whether to bother with ketone test strips. I did, and I love them. They motivate me. They warn me when I'm too far into keto. I learn which foods knock me out of keto. Weeing on a stick is fun.

These are the strips I'm currently using. You don't want to go too dark; you don't want your blood burning its way out of your body... #alien #ketodiet #Ketogenic #ketorecipes

40 minutes of a (challenging) walk could speed up your entry into ketogenesis. I thought only hard exercise would do it, but I can now get into keto in under 48 hours if I do 2 of these walks 🌳

I've done the diet 5 times now. In terms of motivation, I find it much easier to start in the evening. One carb-free evening meal and, come the morning, you've been carb-free for around 18 hours. It's harder to reach for the bread when you're already that invested!

One of the great discoveries on my keto journey has been how prosecco is such a loyal friend. And whiskey - although you have to watch the mixers. 🥃

I've not once slipped out of ketosis when eating this as an evening meal. Salad, Pizza Express salad dressing, steak, a Mexican hot cheese slice, cream cheese dollops, and the ubiquitous chia seeds. Last week I was adding 4 or 5 sun-dried tomatoes, and still maintained ketosis.

I love the keto-excuse not to have to produce garnishes or sides. This little lamb-shank is roasting on a bed of onion, garlic, red wine and bay under a tin foil tent, and in 50 minutes I'm going to sit in the garden gnawing on it like a caveman. #keto #ketorecipes #ketodiet 🐑

Pork belly, roasted in soy sauce, honey (teeny tiny bit!), vinegar, and I would have added ginger if I'd had some. Fun to eat caveman style; had to wash face afterwards. A bit too chewy, if I'm honest, and I was also too impatient to let the glaze thicken into, well, a glaze. 🐖

I’ve been doing Keto on and off for years now, and I’ve only just realised that the key to cooking the top of our ubiquitous omelette is to finish it off in the pan in the oven 🤪