Chew the Fat with Granny Keto: Recent Episodes
Miriam Hatoum
Chew the Fat with Granny Keto features real-life stories of people over 50 who are embracing the transition to a healthier Keto nutritional lifestyle.
In this episode Chris talks about his skiing trip to Telluride, Colorado, and how things changed with how he used to eat when making the trip with his friends to how they ALL ate this time. Chris also noticed differences in his strength and stamina since eating Keto, and he reached his goal weight for the trip. YAY CHRIS!
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Beth Romanski and Michal Ofer are two like-minded health coaches and wellness enthusiasts who are determined to transcend the norm and spread the message that there is never one-size-fits-all when it comes to health. They joined forces to launch the Wellness Warriors Radio podcast to encourage you to forge your own path to finding your health, creating your happiness and doing it YOUR way. Their podcast is your go-to resource for open and candid conversation about the nuances of health and wellness.
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Michal Ofer
Beth Romanksi
Happy Belly Meal Plan
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Nancy Childress, the founder of Keto For Real Life People, is a mother of five and a grandmother of fifteen! Having spent years searching for the answers to overcoming eating disorders and using food for healing, she found her answers in the ketogenic diet. She is a delight to talk to, and we had such a good time during this interview, that I made her promise we would do a Part 2!
Nancy shared with me the Nutritional Yeast Bread recipe that got the Keto community talking! You can find her recipe and many other recipes of my own on Granny's Table.
Nancy uses a “tree link” for all her media information. Visit it here.
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Ride into Liz and Sam’s little slice of Keto heaven. Learn what obstacles Liz had to overcome to be the strong healthy woman pictured here (and looking to complete a sprint triathlon this year). Sam has been — and is — a wonderful partner and support for her Keto journey, and, in fact, is the one who contributed this week’s Granny’s Table recipe, Grilled Peanut Butter Chicken. Sam and Liz travel a lot, mostly by motorcycle, and it was so much fun talking with them this week.
Here is Liz’s podcast on The Keto Woman Podcast, where she was Daisy’s extraordinary woman along with Brenda Zorn.
Sam’s blog: Ridewiththal.blogspot.com.
A fun fact: Sam’s bike is a 2013 Suzuki V-Strom (pictured in a California Redwood). Liz’s current bike is a 2018 Kawasaki KLR650 (identical to the 2013 one pictured in Monument Valley, Utah).
Quote for the weekLiz’s quote: “They said she couldn’t…so she did.”
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Danielle Coonerty and Erika Burke live in Australia and have a fabulous website, Have Butter Will Travel. It was such a pleasure — and a lot of fun — to interview them and learn about their Keto journeys and all the travel they have done (and will be doing).
Recipe: Keto Chili
Website: Have Butter Will Travel
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Quotes for the weekDan: “Focus on finding what works for you.”
Erika: “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” - Thomas Jefferson
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This week, Granny Keto chats with Laura and Will Miner of Miner and Major Keto. This lovely couple from the Florida Keys has successfully done full Keto as a couple. See what got them started and keeps them going!
In this episode Granny Keto works one-on-one with Chris to explain macros. He is planning a ski trip to Telluride and is concerned about skiing at such a high altitude and now that he is used to Keto concepts, he is ready to buckle down and look at his macros. The general percentage of these macros (based on weight and body composition) is 5% total carbs (which usually comes to 20 grams), 20–25% protein (for a guy this comes to 80–100 grams), and then 70–75% fat. This usually figures at a rate of fat being 1.5 to 2 times the grams of protein. In other words, if you are eating 80 grams of protein, your intake of fat will be 120–160 grams. On Chris’ skiing trip he might eat up to three times the fat, or even increase his protein intake so that his body will be nourished as it needs to be; he can probably even go up a bit on the carbs with no effect on his ketosis.
Click here to read the blog post, “Macros in pictures,” for more details.
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In this podcast we talk about Amy and Chris’ recent trip to Edinburgh. They talked about the food and drink there (and had a few good laughs over the dish called haggis — traditionally made in a sheep’s stomach) and what their experience was with balancing food, drink and activity. They also did their assignment and found out that, indeed, Scotch Eggs are a dish from Scotland!
Granny Keto started the episode with some ideas of what to take if you are traveling locally and will have food in the car or can keep food in a fridge at a hotel, and also a few suggestions about what to order at a restaurant.
Click to read the Keto recipe for Scotch Eggs (pictured) on Granny’s Table!
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This episode begins with Granny Keto explaining some of the concepts of a well-grounded Ketogenic diet, with an example of a meal with perfect ratios of protein to fat, which can, believe it or not, be a little harder sometimes to put into practice than limiting carbs. The episode also covers the Granny Keto Transitions Program™. She also fixed the mixup regarding Shirataki Noodles and Shitake mushrooms!
Chris and Amy talk about their first week on the Transitions program, and Chris — ever the adventurous eater and cook — talked about some of his new recipes. They are both going to Edinburgh for New Year’s and we talked a bit about traveling with Keto, enjoying the native foods and where we might pick up when they return.
Quotes for the week:
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston S. Churchill
“JUST DO IT” - Nike, Inc.
“Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you.” – Frank Ocean
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In this episode Amy and Chris, who are following Granny Keto Transitions Program™, talk about their first week’s experience. Chris talks about his experience cooking Keto and using his Instant Pot. A discussion ensues on consumption of carbs and how it relates to Keto/Low Carb/Standard American Diet differences and how couples doing different eating plans can co-exist at the table! We got to talking about holiday eating and food cravings versus emotional cravings and what happens when you go off Keto: physical consequences and learning not to slash the other three tires because one is flat!
Ice cream recipes and books: Check out The Keto Ice Cream Scoop by Carrie Brown.
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In this episode I introduce Amy and Chris, who are following Granny Keto Transitions Program™ along with another friend, Jonathan Miller, who got me started on podcasting. Amy is going to stay a while at Step One, as her primary goal is to cut out sugar. Chris is traveling all the way to Keto. They talk about their WHYS for wanting to be on the program, as well as any particular challenges they expect to face on their journey, and how they can support each other at the different Steps.
Here is a list of sugars that you should look for on your labels. We also talked sugars in yogurt and bacon.
Quotes for the week:
Begin now to be what you will be hereafter. - Saint Jerome
A goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot. - Joe Vitale
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only person you should try to be better than is who you were yesterday. - Attributed to dozens of people!
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on. - Robert Frost
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Welcome! This is the first episode of Chewing the Fat with Granny Keto. Miriam Hatoum, also known as "Granny Keto," is a wife, mother, and grandmother of two — and also a lifelong dieter. For years she was scolded by doctors and was never believed to be following diet advice — a horrible cycle that started when she was just 13 years old! Listening to Gary Taubes’s Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It, was her lightbulb moment, when for the first time she realized that the food itself was keeping her fat all these years and it was not her fault. She began Keto that day and never looked back. As a certified nutritional coach, she addresses the needs and concerns of older men, women and couples who are either doing Keto or are working on steps towards Keto through her Granny Keto Transitions Program™.
Through her website, YouTube channel and personal coaching, she offers help to navigate the waters of starting a Ketogenic diet.
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Granny Keto YouTube Video: Amira
Blog post: A Mug and a Spoon
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Granny Keto’s Chew the Fat is a very unique podcast in the Keto community. I’m Miriam Hatoum (“Granny Keto”) and I’ll speak to the older (but better!) crowd who have unique health needs and unique family and work issues. This age group (generally the over-50 crowd, but even younger people can learn things from this podcast) has its own WHYs for following the Ketogenic way of eating. Your WHY might be eliminating joint pain, reversing Type 2 diabetes, eliminating the need for medication, learning what can be done to reverse or slow the path of dementia or Alzheimer’s, finding mental focus and energy, or just downright feeling better!
We in this age group are at a new season in our lives — or soon to come upon it — and our needs or upcoming needs might be different. Are you traveling and eating out more? Are you looking ahead to (or in) retirement? Are you sandwiched in between adult children and elderly parents? Are you facing down joint replacement? Have you had heart issues? Are you perfectly healthy with no problems and you want it to stay that way?
Join me as I address all these issues and more. But, really unique to this podcast (other than speaking to the over-50 crowd) is that I’ll be following individuals or couples through their Keto journeys, at whatever stage they are, but mostly people new to Keto. The guests might start by preparing their kitchens for Keto, starting at Step One of my Keto Transitions Program, with the elimination of sugar and baked goods. Some might go no further than that and some might go all the way to Ketogenic eating. It will be interesting to follow guests who are couples who individually may go to a different step of Transitions.
Every week, in addition to having interviews with guests starting and following Keto, I’ll discuss topics of interest to you and sharing what’s happening in my own Keto life. I’m also looking forward to having guest interviews with successful people in the Keto community.
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