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How To Use The MyFitnessPal App On Your Mobile Device

June 25, 2018 By John Leave a Comment

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Disclosure: We received no compensation from MyFitnessPal or Under Armour for this post.

In a previous post, I showed you how to use the MyFitnessPal app to calculate your daily food consumption for a ketogenic diet. For Barbara and me, this app has been absolutely essential to our keto diet success story.

However, shortly after publishing that post, I realized that most of our friends probably use their mobile devices a lot more than a laptop. Unfortunately, the screenshots I used in that tutorial were from my laptop.

So, in order for you to experience the same keto diet success that Barbara and I have had, I thought it would be helpful if I put together a tutorial on how to use the MyFitnessPal (MFP) app on your handheld device too. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fitness, Wellness Tagged With: DIET, FITNESS, HOW TO CALCULATE MACROS, KETO, KETOGENIC, KETOSIS, LOW CARB, LOW-CARB HEALTHY FAT, MYFITNESSPAL MOBILE APP, Our Keto Journey, WEIGHT LOSS, wellness

Our Keto Journey Part 5: Important Tweaks We Made For Keto Success

June 11, 2018 By John Leave a Comment

In previous posts, Barbara and I have talked about our goals and successes with the ketogenic diet. In my last post, I showed you the simple strategy we use to configure our macros for the diet. 

You’re now familiar with what a keto diet is and how ketosis affects your body. You’ve established why you want to go keto (e.g.. weight loss, help in treating a specific health condition, or enhanced physical performance). And you’ve solved the mystery of macro calculation.

So now you’re ready to dive right into the keto diet, right? Well, not so fast. Slow down a bit.

You’re not going to just jump into a lake without knowing something about the depth of the water or its temperature. So it is with the keto diet. Even after knowing what your daily macronutrients should be, there are still several other important things about the Keto diet that you need to know.

You might have heard some of the horror stories from people who’ve tried keto. Some report that they experienced the dreaded “keto flu”. Others complain that their strength training suffered horribly, some are hungry all the time, and others complain that they just can’t find good keto recipes.

In this post, I’ll show you how Barbara and I avoided most of the problems associated with the ketogenic diet and how we quickly corrected a very annoying unexpected problem. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fitness, Wellness Tagged With: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, BRAIN FOG, DIET, EPILEPSY, FITNESS, KETO, KETOGENIC, KETOSIS, LOW CARB, LOW-CARB HEALTHY FAT, Our Keto Journey, PARKINSON'S DISEASE, WEIGHT LOSS, wellness

Our Keto Journey Part 4: How We Calculate Our Keto Diet Macros

May 28, 2018 By John Leave a Comment

beef, liver, onions, bacon, paleo, gluten free, quick easy recipe

In this fourth post in our series Our Ketogenic Diet Journey, I’ll give you a behind the curtains peek at how Barbara and I configured our ketogenic diet.

The keto diet with its amazing health benefits is finally becoming mainstream. More and more people are turning to the diet as an effective weight loss strategy and as an important means to help in the management of a variety of health problems.

However, a common criticism of the diet is that it’s extremely hard to configure and follow. I read on forums all the time people asking questions like: how many carbs can I eat? What should my maximum protein intake be? I’m eating a high-fat diet so why am I not losing weight?

People want to follow the diet. And they want the health benefits it confers, but they think it’s too complicated to follow and get right. But it doesn’t have to be. In this post, I’ll show you why. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fitness, Wellness Tagged With: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, EPILEPSY, HOW TO CALCULATE MACROS, INSULIN RESISTANCE, KETO, KETOGENIC, KETOSIS, LOW CARB, LOW-CARB HEALTHY FAT, MCT OIL, OBESITY, Our Keto Journey, PARKINSON'S, type 2 diabetes, WEIGHT LOSS

Our Keto Journey Part 2: Getting Rid Of Stubborn Pounds And Guarding Against Alzheimer’s

April 30, 2018 By Barbara Leave a Comment

In the first post in this series, John presented a 5,000-foot view of what a ketogenic diet looks like. If you’re completely unfamiliar with a keto diet, we suggest you read that post first. In this post today, I’ll share why I went keto. In the next post, John will be sharing his story.

The important takeaway in these next two posts is that not everyone goes on a keto diet for the same reasons. Some go on it to treat a specific illness while some go on it because it may have the potential to prevent certain diseases. Others go on it because they want to lose a lot of weight quickly, some believe it’s a healthy way of eating, and others are seeking enhanced sports performance.

Let me tell you why I decided to go keto and why you may want to consider it too.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fitness, Wellness Tagged With: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, EPILEPSY, INSULIN RESISTANCE, KETO, KETOGENIC, KETOSIS, LOW CARB, LOW-CARB HEALTHY FAT, MCT OIL, OBESITY, Our Keto Journey, PARKINSON'S, type 2 diabetes, WEIGHT LOSS

Hi! I’m John. Welcome to the Progressing Pilgrim. I’m 60 years young and I’ve created this blog to share the health, fitness and spiritual strategies that have turned my life around. If you’re looking to become a healthier (physically and spiritually) version of yourself you’ve come to the right place. Eat Well. Lift Heavy. Soli Deo Gloria! Read more…

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