John Goodman (Dan, on 'The Conners') lost 200 pounds

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37. Strict keto is hard.

Some people won't put a piece of fruit in their mouth, but in my opinion if you're eating something nutritious with reasonable carbs and fiber to offset, and not overdoing it, that's still healthy. The (short version) goal of keto is to deprive your body of fast digesting carbs and stay in that state so it will instead learn to pull energy from and burn stored fat.

The happy medium is moderate healthy carbs. I won't eat a whole baked potato still, but I will occasionally eat half of a small one. And I'd choose an apple with 12 carbs over a cookie with zero nutritive value.

It's just being aware of what's in food. For some, a bagel is a healthy breakfast. For someone like you and me, that piece of bread is not worth the whopping 45-50 carbs at once. If you're gonna splurge, healthy vegetables and greens and fruits are the way to go.

I remember one time feeling so naughty for eating two extra brussels sprouts more than the specified serving of six. And the first time I ate an apple after two years it tasted like candy. That would seem ridiculous to people without weight problems.