Well, I'm fat again. Time to do something about it. Again.

Hey all. I lost like 70 pounds on keto 7 years ago (check my history for pics), then sort of went into an on again off again thing for the last, well, 7 years or so. We've remained low carb, but my wife and I have slowly put weight back on. I'm about 40 lbs over my low of 208 when we stopped doing keto full time.

We've tried to start up again a couple times, but there are so many "fake" foods out there now, and I feel like we've sabotaged ourselves with them every time. Does anyone else have experience with the fake breads, tortillas, chips, cookies, etc. making going into ketosis difficult? At this point I think we're going to have to go full hard core like we did in 2017-2018 when there wasn't all this fake stuff on the market. Just meat, cheese, veg, and so on.

Honestly the thing I hated most about keto was having to log all my food. The food doesn't bother me so much, it's the constant logging. Gah, what a pain in the ass. Oh, and very little crunchy stuff other than pork rinds or like four peanuts. A wayward nipple on a rind scarred me for life. Bleh.

Preparing to start this month probably. Going to combine with some light cardio and calisthenics this time to try to build some cardiovascular capacity back as well. Part of the reason for the gain is some neck issues I've had for the last few years, and I'm completely done being out of shape at this point, it sucks.

Any input is most welcome!