Ketones.. how they help with Ketosis which accelerates burning of body fat.

This is a great Vlog of fat burning,  fat adaption, and preparing body to deplete glycogen stores so essential to the process.  So many out there disregard macros and the caloric deficit that is needed. They consume higher than normal fat without the realization, that your body will first, burn off the excess exogenous fat.  If it is always supplied, with an excess  a stalling or plateau will be created for fat loss.   Protein is needed, as well as good carbs that generally are kept below a minimum, of 20-30 a day.   Another consideration is the amount of daily caloric quotas, that even a single gram of fat will contribute to total for the day.  In macros and using grams,  125 g p = 500 cal. 50 c carbs = 200. 125 g fat -= 1125 calories.     How do ketones help?      They help with the        hunger hormones ghrelin and leptin, reducing cravings for the sugary foods, and imo a higher desire for good  “Natural foods”.  This is in addition to creating an environment where ketosis is easily attainable, instead of the long drawn out process of liver production of ketones. If time is compressed, or low energy it’s great!  Another Ketonesmeme tool to use and is enhanced, is intermittent fasting and workouts.  This is one of the mentors, I follow and utilize his information to guide my own plan of fat loss.   https://www.facebook.com/coachrobdeboer/videos/10216554319193790/?t=0

Warrior Pride

Arlee, Montana high school basketball team…  you can be a catalyst for change no matter your circumstances…..  I thought these young men deserve to be seen not only on the reservations and reserves of the USA and Canada… but the general population as a whole.  Share and spread make them realize their own potential!!    https://www.facebook.com/ArleeWarriorBasketball/videos/963987443764499/?t=0

The detox, why is important?

I am speaking on a liver detox, removing the excess fats, heavy metals, crud…..   that helps reset the adrenal glands.  Hormones have more to do with fat loss, and fat gain than we’ve previously realized.   What is the best way to do this? Intermittent fasting….  In glycogenolysis, glycogen stored in the liver and muscles, is converted first to glucose-1- phosphate and then into glucose-6-phosphate. Two hormones which control glycogenolysis are a peptide, glucagon from the pancreas and epinephrine from the adrenal glands.   Getting out the excess allows for your body to become fat adapted, you consume just enough fats that your metabolic furnace kickstarts. Eating a ratio of fats, proteins and carbs.. allows you to enter ketosis and produce ketones which assist in the conversion of your own excess fat to energy.    Energy increases, mental clarity, and overall efficient running of the body ensues,  helps control spikes in insulin and other hormones that are contributors to disease.  Not to be confused with Ketogenic Acidosis vastly different outcomes and contributors.     To be added to my fb group Ketones Konversations, for this and much more info add me here:   https://www.facebook.com/shaneh2

I laughed…..

I love to laugh, from a slight snort, to the rare deep bellow from deep inside.  Next to exercise,  it is  the most common thing i use to create endorphins.  I am rarely serious, even if i don’t say anything I look for things to brighten my day.  greg olsen  How many have that one friend, who laughs like flipper the seal?  A snort here and there?  The silent laugher?  Where drawing a breath is impossible and you think you  have to call 911.    The cackler who like the Star Wars character Salacious Crumb…  all you can do is point a finger and continue to roll on the floor gasping and using the Staccato machine gun chuckles.   Find people who you can  make you laugh,  take yourself a little less seriously and watch the Cortisol release.    Get red-faced it is healthy and fun!   Like these two:  https://youtu.be/-KU-o5HZGTk  Anyone got any good jokes to share?

An outdoorsman’s perspective

DSCN0945Fair warning,  I live off the land as much as possible.  I live in an area where we are fortunate to not only raise our own food, in the form of vegetables and fruits, but we are allowed to pursue big game, upland game and waterfowl.  Recently I was able to accompany my cousin on a once in a lifetime moose hunt here in my home state of Idaho.   There is nothing more rewarding than knowing what, when and how your food is taken care of naturally.  No processed dies, sugars, preservatives.

It is the cleanest of eating.  We were able  to harvest the above pictured Bull.  It will fill the freezers of 4 families this winter.  This is especially important in a  inter mountain state where the wages are not as high, in comparison to other regions.   It allows us to be able to offset the cost of store-bought cuts of  meat.  If you follow my blog, you would find that i try to follow the ketogenic diet as close as possible.  High in proteins, fats and vegetables with moderate to low carbs.   Back to the story, a full grown bull moose of the Shiras subspecies which we have  is the smallest of moose subspecies.  However the average bull will stand 6 ft high at the shoulder and about 900 lbs.  It requires a tremendous amount of energy to clean, haul, and process.   But in my opinion there is no finer game meat upon the north american continent with Antelope, and Mountain Sheep being comparable.   Why a blog post?  I am still in awe of the experience, the fruitless miles walked through thick brushy bottoms full of wild rose bushes and red willow.  Frustrating warm spell, blisters on feet, cramped hip flexors from stepping over all the downed timber and muddy potholes.  It was a great experience we shared with his 5 year old son, chances are we will never again get the opportunity to hunt a bull moose again in our home state.    We practiced woodlore taught to us by our father’s uncles, grandpa’s.   It is a raw connection to nature without all the needless time spent on devices for entertainment.  Time stopped it was nostalgic for us, and created new memories.

A year and a half in….. from victim to victor.

So nearly two years ago, I started something….   I live a keto lifestyle, with some cheat meals thrown in here and there.   I eat wild game, and home grown veggies, and fats, some carbs.     This picture is me from a few years ago.   I had some issues with a staph infection that turned into bone infection.   I was bed ridden after surgery and temporary paralysis due to spinal column being infected.    I lost my muscle tone and muscle density.   I lost a brother due to a car accident, he was my hunting partner.  Deep depressive “Stinking Thinking” as we call it in my psychological field of study set in.  I bought into  a victim mentality.    Things just happened no matter what, why try? Who is going to want a broken man?   I am weak now.   Thoughts like this…   I slowly found my footing, I started to be me again.  I had one last hurdle to clear:   I now needed to love and accept myself with unconditional love.   It took a brush with a disordered person, who sought to exploit me, and my good qualities for me to learn this lesson.   I learned that sometimes you can be caught in a spider’s web of addiction to a false love and a person.  This person starts out bearing gifts, decided you are the best thing ever, can’t get enough of you, adore you,  then when they sense that they have their hooks in you.  WHAM!!!  The mask they wore to deceive you comes off, but for most it is too late the chemicals of love have them wrapped like a burrito.   The chase, the wondering why?  What DID i do?  The cycle of abuse has begun.   I too had these thoughts, but sensed that NO no more!   I began the process i described above self love.   I accidentally found the ketogenic lifestyle..  during this I met a couple who indirectly would change my course for one and more specifically the other.  Marci Lock, and Tyson James  Lee.    Tyson had gone through something similar as I had, and recovered to a level I was amazed by.  Check them both out on facebook.  Tyson runs a program called TYFIT.  I started to follow him and listen to his tips.  I was motivated to change.  I did I lost fat, some 80 lbs of it.   I was then introduced to the supplement i now use to maintain and continue  the lifestyle.  I do mild exercise with the Walmart rubber bands,  I walk the mountains, the city I try to get in at least a mile ever day.  About supplement ,info is found in links on this blog.    But the reason for this post,  I hiked about 3 miles yesterday in this steep vertical country chasing elk.  My energy levels when using my own excess body fat for fuel is amazing!!  Inflammation and my gimpy knee that pops because of all that weight I carried  hardly noticed.   I feel like i did in my late 20’s.  Used to be one hike took me  3 hours to climb 700 vertical feet.  I did it yesterday in an hour.   I saw elk all over after the storm.    How do I look now fast forward a year in?  Judge for yourself!   I am on the far left in glasses.      I am happy, I love me, I look good, I enjoy people and being around them more because my internal world is balanced.  It in turns runs the external.  My business is going good, I can’t complain.   3dicsBefore keto

Eating your way to Happy?

How many of us are guilty?  Do you graze on junk food?  or buy that ” Just this once, cake and Ice cream?  It’s worth the endorphin rush right?  What about that hit of sugar?  Yeaah things are good now.  You’ve gotten rid of that unsettled feeling inside right?  Things are not quite as bad as we thought……..   I’ve been there pizza, brownies, Mickey D’s are a rough crowd.   Want some tips to get a better relationship and break the love affair with the scale?  http://bit.ly/2y56CDtclean eats

“The great secret of life is realizing the only thing you can change is You” -Stephen Bartlett

So you’re  tired of bills, kids having problems,  9-5 hours, Emotionally drained?  It is a popular notion in today’s world or a  folks tend to equate the inner reality with events that occur in the outer, or out of body reality.   Look around, are you in debt?  Is it because things cost so much? No, not if you take one moment to introspect and be intellectually honest with yourself.  Or in other words take control and accountability.   The path of least resistance requires of us to only blame the action of  others, the event that appears to be random, Or excuse our own behaviors through rationale.  Here is how I learned through a series of mistakes and successes.   I grew up bored, by schoolwork and the routine it was hard for me to just set and do what I deemed to be nothing.   In high school, I became defiant, I purposely chose to not to my schoolwork I knew I could take and pass the tests.    I had no direction, no goals, and was unmanageable for the adults.  So I had to learn the lessons in life a lot of people learn earlier in life.  I decided to go a two year service religious mission.   While there I began to slowly start to build a foundation of goals, and ambitions.    The first step was to become a chain breaker and attend college and get a degree.  There was a lot of opposition and adversity for me to do both, but I did as I’ve always done.  Dismissed the negative and pushed forward towards something better.  I eventually graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelors of science.   Afterwards I found that my troubles had just begun, due to competing fields of study managing to get their foot into the door of the License and credentials for my home state of Idaho,  my hard earned degree was not recognized and accredited for licensure.   The options given me were to return to school and spend another 4 years taking the very same classes I just had passed.  Or choose as I did was to embark upon another phase of life.   During this time, I became interested in Robert Kiyosaki, and his “Rich Dad Poor Dad”  series.  I was working as an employee and not very happy, from having to clock in and having my creative side squashed by virtue of policy.   I began to study the avenue of becoming a business owner.  Huge learning curve,  many of my flaws came to the surface and while I was able to succeed due to sheer persistence it was not a fun experience.  I learned that was not the answer I was looking for, instead of one employee I turned into 10 with all of the responsibilities of management.   Can you guess who found out I wasn’t as prepared or all knowing as I thought?  🙂   I evolved, I hired professionals to take care of my taxes,  I hired employees to carry the case load, I learned that what I was destined to be was a visionary, creative investor.  It is what I am now.  People still shake their head, make comments that I should value certainty and security over all else.    So long story brought to an end, why share all this with you?   I learned the value of talents,  I had drive and ambition, the harder something is to accomplish the harder I try to succeed.  It is   my belief everyone should listen and take to heart the following:  From business, life mentor Jim Rhone,  http://bit.ly/2gULwDE

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