(Part 2) Top products from r/ketochow

1. I use the following, in order of preference: butter (4tbsp), heavy whipping cream (1/3 cup), avocado oil (1/4 cup). All are great but butter is aweome.
   
2. If you order the weekly special (10% off) and grab 4 bags (5% off) you'll get both discounts. There are coupons out there occasionally as well. Without coupons it works out to 84 servings at $2.69 cents before your fat/oil source. If you go with Baja Precious avocado oil from Amazon, with subscribe and save it works out to $0.55 per serving. That's $9.70/day if you do 3 shakes. Now Ultra Omega 3 works out to $0.23 per day bring you to $9.93 per day.
   
3. Immersion blender is the way to go. I spent the first month using shaker/blender bottles. It's slow and doesn't always fully mix. Immersion blenders are super easy to clean and it takes me about 3 minutes (or less) to fully clean with hot water and dish soap.
   
   I use a gallon pitcher, add (1.5 cups avocado oil or 2 cups of Darigold heavy whipping cream or 24 tablespoons of melted Kerrygold Irish Grass Fed salted butter), 6 scoops of ketochow, fill it 3/4 of the way full with water, give it 60 seconds with the immersion blender, let it sit for 2 minutes, and do another 60 seconds with the immersion blender. Then it goes into 6 bottles which is good for 2 days worth. I usually do 3 pitchers for 18 total servings, or 6 days.
   
   I normally don't need anything else to get me through the day, but I keep extra stuff in the refrigerator if do need a snack, or I'll replace one of my Ketochow servings with a combo of bacon, eggs, cheese, and veggies.
   
   I am lazy AF so I also regularly visit Costco and buy bags of Babybel cheese minis (regular, white cheddar, and light), packages of Kirkland precooked bacon, and boxes of Kirkland peeled hard boiled eggs. I also buy cauliflower, broccoli, and avocados for snacks. I'll occasionally grab a few rotisserie chickens, cut them in half while they're still warm, and refrigerate them, and have half as a meal when I'm craving something more substantial than Ketochow. 350f for 30 minutes heats them up perfectly.
   
   I recommend https://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/ to figure out your macros and deficits and cronometer.com to track your dailies.
   
   I've lost 31 pounds in just under 3 months eating mostly just 3 ketochow servings a day with a few supplements (omega 3, magnesium, fiber capsules). Started at 210 and I'm now 179 (46m, 5'10", goal weight 170, possibly 160).
   
   The only downside I've encountered is having to buy a bunch of sealed bottles (and having to wash them).

I can tell you from personal experience that Torani syrups was a game-changer for me. I use Rich Chocolate keto chow almost exclusively (and love it as it is, but wanted more variety), so anything that goes with chocolate has been awesome.

I started with sugar-free Vanilla, Caramel and Raspberry syrups. All of them are awesome (Caramel is my new daily "breakfast" shake and Raspberry is my "lunch shake"), and because they work so well, I just ordered Orange, Black Cherry and Peppermint. The Peppermint works very well and the Black Cherry is subtle without being overwhelming. For measure, I'm using two pumps per 28oz Blender Bottle.

Pumps I use: here

Syrups I use:

Vanilla - Caramel - Raspberry

Peppermint - Black Cherry - Orange

Also, it really helps to let the shakes sit overnight in the fridge before consuming to ease up on the saltiness. That seems to "mellow" them quite a bit for me. Pull one out after chilling overnight, pump your Torani into it, shake shake shake and enjoy.

As always, your mileage may vary, but I've had great success with the Torani syrups. How I didn't think of this months ago, I dunno, but I wish I had!

Note that Hydroflask bottles DO work with any wide-mouth cap such as Nalgene bottle caps, including my absolute favorite, the CapCap (it even has a fun name!). However, you do need O Rings like these to prevent leaking since it's about a 99% fit. I like these caps better because the opening is much bigger, especially if you like your KC a little thicker.

i have this 2 QT (64 oz) Stanley thermos and like it a lot. its huge so a little unwieldy and hard to clean, but keeps stuff hot or cold well with a huge capacity.
i use it for an electrolyte soup thing i drink during fasting though.

for ketochow i bring a concentrated mix of 2 or 3 servings in one blender ball container. and i have another container for my coffee.
so i drink the coffee then i pour 1/3 (if it was 3 servings) of the concentrated ketochow mix into my coffee thermos, add more water, shake it up and drink. this is easier for me than bringing 3 blender bottles (or even my giant stanley) plus coffee thermos.

if you want a ~40 oz thermos stanley has a 35 oz and 45oz. I have no experience with the one you linked. good luck

So I've substituted the Kirkland vitamins for this (https://www.amazon.com/All-One-Multiple-Vitamins-2-2-Pound/dp/B000GAP9FK) which is a bit more expensive but the nutrition is roughly the same, except that it has more calcium, D3, and iodine. So I remedied that by taking out the calcium/mag/d3 supplement and adding just a magnesium citrate powder to match the original amount. Etc. Etc. I made sure that I still had sufficient amounts of everything. Another thing with the vitamin is that it has 900% more daily value (of various vitamins) than Kirkland.

/u/chrisbair, can you tell me if I could "overdose"? This vitamin is meant to be used daily but I'm not sure how it works with ketosis. There's certainly nothing missing, I just have an overload of other stuff.

Thanks for the tip! I can get 5lbs of that one for the same price as 3lbs of the Isopure:
https://www.amazon.com/Foods-Whey-Protein-Isolate-Packaging/dp/B0015AQL1Q

Looks like I'll just need to account a bit for…

Calories (1x serving has 110 cal, so reduce my heavy cream and such)

Sodium & Potassium… hmm. Not sure how best to account for that. Is an additional 6% and 12% DV of each a huge deal? (Anyone? I really don't want to go the DIY route. -_- )

1x serving in each of my three KCs would get me an additional 75g of protein, for a daily total of 152, about right in the middle of the Keto Calc's min and max for me. So that's good. (And I can always adjust that down to less than 1x serving.)

I picked up http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B003STEJ4S/ for a scale. Looks like http://www.amazon.com/American-Weigh-Scales-Digital-Pocket/dp/B002SC3LLS/ would be the same basic model for US.

Pretty cheap :)

I bought a 12 qt bain marie and a hand blender. I mix 12 shakes at a time. I will either clean all 12 of my bottles or store the mixing container in the fridge and pour a shake out as needed.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E8BEOS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008ND7KYU/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

FYI this scale is a tiny thing and is great for traveling.

While it's shelf stable (irradiated, I'm assuming), it would need to be refrigerated after opening. So unless you use the whole carton at once it's just as perishable once opened.

Riffing off of your idea, I've seen heavy cream powder before. Not sure if the processing changes the nutritional content, but that's definitely something to look in to. First result on Amazon, for example: https://www.amazon.com/WillPowder-Heavy-Cream-Powder-16-Ounce/dp/B00250UD1Y

I've been fooling around with a device to measure oil w/o a pump. I make varying amounts ketochow between my wife and myself... 4 meals a day between the two of us. This looks like it may be promising.

I also have coming: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000VLZIA

I do all of my mixing by weight, even liquids. The dropper would work better in that situation.

Unfortunately, the one I use doesn't seem to be on Amazon anymore but it's similar to this. Mine holds three blender bottles with slim ice packs along the sides. It's good enough to keep in my air conditioned office, but there's not enough space for sufficient ice if you need to leave the bag in the car in summer.

Yup, DIY is in the title. :)
We use this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0025OUVPI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

I haven't done all KetoChow. Looking at your chart you could sub in some iron. I prefer Douglas Laboratories - Amino-Iron - Highly Absorbable Iron/Amino Acid Supplement - 100 Tablets https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028N408/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_R1cJBbPN06KJJ so that would be a half a pill a day. You've only got 11 lbs to lose. That could go really quick. Do you have a plan to up the KetoChow calories to go more towards say adding some muscle? Maybe adding in avocado oil if you aren't now. I just think there will be a point you need to add some calories when you reach what goal you look good at.

It's prime day! Here's a vacuum flask on sale!

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000FZX93K

Also Protein powder on sale - https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01GTNVRF8

the same thing happened to me over and over again. Another redditor mentioned Now Super Enzymes. I didn't really think it would work but it did! absolutely stopped the incapacitating runs and let me stay on keto. https://www.amazon.com/NOW-Super-Enzymes-180-Tablets/dp/B0013OXKJA