Lazy Keto For Beginners – What Is Lazy Keto? Low Carb Food List Guide and easy meal plan and recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts and snacks.

Lazy Keto For Beginners

This lazy keto for beginners guide will give you all the tips and meal ideas to start a low-carb lifestyle without the stress.

The ultra low carbohydrate diet can be followed in a number of different ways, including a traditional ketogenic diet or standard keto diet, clean keto, lazy keto or a dirty keto diet. 

In this blog post I’m going to focus on the lazy keto approach, which I find to be one of the easiest ways for starting keto, especially for keto beginners who are new to the unique way of eating.  

What Is The Lazy Keto Diet?

In short, Lazy Keto is following the low carb and high fat Ketogenic Diet, but without counting or tracking calories, exact carb intake or macros that you usually would on a traditional keto diet.

Instead, you fill your plate (and day) with low carb, high fat foods and meals that naturally see you consuming low enough carbs in your daily carb count to help you transition into Ketosis. (And stay there!)

The best way to check whether what you’re doing is working is to measure your ketones using Keto Strips. (Here are Keto Strips on Amazon for you.)

Can You Still Lose Weight Doing Lazy Keto?

You absolutely can still lose weight while following a lazy keto meal plan instead of a strict keto diet, and also be able to enjoy a whole host of overall health benefits.

By learning about the low-carb diet friendly foods you can and can’t have, you can simply eat all the permitted foods, and stay far away from those that aren’t keto friendly.

Keto Foods List

So, what foods are keto friendly? I try to include as many whole foods in my diet as possible, but there are also a number of keto fast food options for those of you who need to follow a low-carbohydrate diet while on the road. 

Here’s a concise list of food choices for you that are all naturally low in net carbs so that you can enjoy the many benefits of lazy keto and be able to achieve your own personal health and weight loss goals.

Low Carb Vegetables –  I aim for a serve of low carb vegetables with each meal, so that I get enough nutrients while also keeping my carbohydrate intake as low as possible.

These are my go to low carb vegetables  that I usually include on my grocery list:

• Mushrooms
• Spinach
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Zucchini
• Cucumber
• Radish
• Onion
• Garlic
• Red Pepper

Dairy – full fat dairy are nutrient-dense foods that play an important role in helping you feel fuller, are generally low in grams of carbs and make meals more exciting to your taste buds on a low carb type of diet. I enjoy all kinds of cheese, cream, sour cream and cream cheese regularly with meals.

Healthy Fats –  coconut oil, olive oil and avocado make up some of the healthy fats you can enjoy on keto that are easy to find at the grocery store and can be used in all kinds of lazy keto recipes.

Eggs – I start most days with eggs of some sort, whether that’s fried, scrambled or hard-boiled eggs,  and have happily enjoyed a couple of eggs a day though my keto journey as a brilliant, budget friendly protein source.

Protein – tuna, beef, salmon, chicken and other meat can be consumed on keto for your protein intake. You can also keep a keto protein powder in your pantry that makes a great option if you struggle to consume as much protein as you need. 

If you’re wanting to follow keto on a budget, check out my full ALDI Keto Shopping List for a great way to shop for healthy food that doesn’t cost a fortune.

Foods To Avoid – if your aim it to get into a metabolic state of ketosis, then your best bet is to avoid foods that contain sugar and high amounts of carbs including food items such as bread, whole grains, sugary baked goods, sugar, starchy vegetables such as potatoes, chips, crisps, crackers, pizza and pasta. 

Lazy Keto Meals

Now that you have an idea of what foods are low carb and keto friendly, here are some lazy keto meal ideas to help you with meal planning for your weight loss journey.

Breakfast Ideas – enjoy eggs any way with a side of vegetables and healthy fats in the form of cheese, avocado or sour cream. (Here are 7 easy keto breakfast ideas.)

There are also loads of ideas for a Keto Breakfast Without Eggs, such as homemade keto granola, yogurt, a smoothie or even breakfast cookies.

Lunch Ideas – for lunch, I tend to have a salad of some description, with some my favorites being a tuna salad or the above pictured steak salad.

Start with a bed of greens such as spinach, then add a keto friendly protein like tuna, steak, egg or any leftover meat you like and then add in some healthy fats in the form or olive oil, avocado or sour cream.

Dinner Ideas – you can easily adapt plenty of dinner favorites into low carb, keto friendly meals.

We enjoy tuna broccoli casserole, cheesy cauliflower rice, an indulgent steak dinner, cheesy chicken bake or even the above pictured keto friendly Spaghetti Bolognese.

Dessert Ideas – I enjoy desserts regularly while following a Lazy Keto lifestyle. Some of my favorite low carb high-fat diet go to desserts are hot chocolate, chocolate mousse and the above pictured strawberry mousse.

Snack Ideas – for lazy keto snacks go for vegetables like cucumber or celery, a handful of nuts (like keto candied walnuts) or berries, salami, pork rinds or cheese. (Here are 17 Keto Snacks On The Go Ideas.)

More Keto Lifestyle Inspiration

7 Day Keto Meal Plan

ALDI Keto Shopping List

Low Carb Vs Keto

Disclaimer – this post is meant for informational post only and should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health professional before making any dietary changes.

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