[johnkpaul]

I think that it depends on how far you go after fat adaptation. Once that happened for me, and I got comfortable with eating straight butter when in a time crunch, things became very very cheap. Butter, sugar free bacon, eggs and spinach are basically all I buy anymore. I have found, personally, that all of my desire for variety was really desire for carbohydrate variety and now I'm totally fine with whatever keto option is cheap, fast and convenient.

[gremlinsinc]

you really eat straight butter? I'm 2 weeks into keto, but that doesn't sound too appetizing lol.

[johnkpaul]

Oh yes, but it sounded horrible to me for many many many months. Once you're fat adapted, food is often just for energy and nothing else. It took me maybe 6 months to even consider not nasty and after a year it became a regular occurrence.

[gremlinsinc]

I'd much rather eat a hamburger or chicken than butter... but I also have a lot of native fat to contend with. A keto nutritionist told me just eat your protein first then any veggies you can get down.. having had VSG I can only eat maybe a 4-6oz steak or burger or chicken and maybe two pickles or stalks of asparagus before I'm full.

When I eat candy/sugar/soda I can eat a lot throughout the day, and get a lot of calories in from sugar... i still eat smaller meals, but the sugar did me in. When I'm in keto, my appetite is non-existent, like ever. I'm hardly ever hungry. I don't produce ghrellin so most hunger is mental for me anyways.