Surviving Keto Flu

I've been out and severely under the weather. I've chalked it up to keto flu and it sucked. I'm going into my 3rd week on the ketogenic diet and mentally I'm at a 7 right now. In the morning, while enjoying my bulletproof coffee, I'm more like an 8. I'm alert and awake. I'm a little more energetic while my body processes those big fat calories. 

Around Wednesday night I started to feel really bad. Super lethargic, nauseous,  and I started to get a really bad headache at work. In talking with Freeze, he told me to not care about my calorie count if it meant keeping my blood sugar up. So, I've been ignoring those pesky calories and eating enough to keep my body going. I guess I crashed out on Wednesday during the day and I wasn't sure if I was coming down with the flu, having problems with the diet, or maybe I was just sick.

That night I had my fiance pick up a rotisserie chicken from the store and I made a quick and easy chicken soup (recipe coming soon!) that was warm on my tummy and soothing. I went to bed feeling a little bit better,

Thursday wasn't any better. I got through the day just snacking. I drank part of my coffee before killing my Powerade all before 10am. I switched over to water before lunch, ate half of my left over soup and then the nausea started again. My fiance wanted to go to our favorite bar for dinner and I felt up for some company and was happy at the thought of my favorite buffalo wings for dinner. I decided to stick to just plain diet coke instead of drinking, keep it simple on my stomach. About half way through our time there I got so nausea that I thought I was going to be sick. I told him I felt as bad as I did and he got food to go, then we left for home.

We stopped by the grocery store on the way home and I picked up a jar of Better Than Bullion beef base and a ton of Powerade to help get my electrolytes back up. I drank a cup of the broth when I got home and that ease the stomach issues a bit. I went to bed still feeling like shit.

Friday I woke up and felt even worse. UGH!!!! I hate being sick. I packed my bullion and a big Powerade, made my normal coffee and went to work. About 2 hours into my day, I didn't finish my coffee, drank about 1/2 the Powerade and dranks a 16 oz. cup of broth, I still felt like crap. I asked my boss if I could leave early, came home and watched My Little Ponies and napped.

I browsed the internet for keto flu symptoms while I was home and thought that maybe that's what I had going on. I even consulted with Freeze and both of us were rather puzzled by my strange condition. So, mister wanted sushi and I know that they place we frequent had hibachi. Maybe a super protein meal is what I needed. We went and I ate until I thought I was going to fall out in the floor. I came home feeling perfectly normal. I was just hungry!! 

So - what I've learned - I really have to be careful and watch my potassium, magnesium, and sodium intake. I'm rather happy I survived keto flu in one piece!

Keto Buffalo Chicken Tenders

This is one of my favorite recipes even before I started the keto diet. I'm not a fan of breaded and fried buffalo chicken and I stumbled upon Skinny Taste Buffalo Chicken Strips and modified it to my own liking. This is my own recipe because I don't think the recipe Skinny Taste features makes enough seasoning to coat the chicken. Also, I add veggie oil to help the coating stick to the chicken.


Get yo shit!
2 TBSPs veggie oil - split in half
1/8 tsp black pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp cayenne
2 chicken breasts (obviously there are only 2 people in my house so we only make enough for 2 people).
1/2 Cup Texas Pete (you can use Franks or whatever, I grew up in Winston Salem, NC so Texas Pete is the only buffalo sauce in my opinion.)

Put 1 TBSP veggie oil in your frying pan. Put the other one in a big bowl along with the black pepper, garlic, paprika, and cayenne. Cut your chicken breasts into strips and add them into the bowl. Mix well, coating chicken well. You can let the coating sit if you want, it does't real matter and it all depends on how spicy to you like your chicken.

Heat your frying pan on medium/high heat. Add your chicken to the frying pan and let it cook through. In a separate bowl measure out your buffalo sauce. When chicken is finished cooking, add to buffalo sauce and toss well until all tenders are covered.

I like eating my tenders over a salad, my mister likes to eat them as a meal. To each their own! These so great with a nice blue cheese or ranch dipping sauce and most only have 1-2gms of garbs per 2 TBSPs.

Here's the breakdown for 1 whole chicken breast: 380 cal per serving - Total Fat 20.1g - 512.2mg of Potassium - 12.8 gm Carbs - 0.5g Fiber - Protein 48.2 g

I hope y'all like this one since it's such a fav of mine! Drop a comment if you do!!

The Broth of the Gods

So you are on Keto; but you are finding it super hard to get your potassium and maybe your sodium. 

That's ok: let Freeze introduce you to the broth of the gods, and it only takes me about 45 seconds to make!

The 2 Products I use are Superior Touch Better Than Bouillon Beef Base 8oz(227g) and

No Salt Salt Substitute, 11-Ounce Can

I try to drink this twice a day, doing a tsp of Better Than Bouillon and 1/2 tsp of NoSalt.

If you are like me, you may not have a lot of time on your hands! That's cool :) This Keurig gets used 3 times per day. My morning bullet proof coffee; then my 2 Broth of the Gods!

This is just a quicker way to get hot water then putting it on a pot or even microwaving. 

I measure out half a tsp of NoSalt and throw it in mug. then I scoop a tsp of the Better Than Bouillon and place in the mug, and run the largest size on my Keurig.

The results is this amazing, warm cup of yumminess.

For those interested in the nutritional information:

The above is just for one of these mugs worth in a day. If you want, add more NoSalt but I think the perfect balance of flavor happens at the 1/2 tsp mark.

Experiment with this and try it out. I was having heart flutters and other symptoms; I attributed them to lack of electrolytes and potassium. Since starting this broth about 2 weeks ago I have had 0 issues!

Enjoy! (Also the links in this blog lead you to the products to order, if you would like)

-Freeze