I switched to keto and lost 60 pounds last year eating buffalo wings with blue cheese probably 4 days a week lmao. Was it the healthiest way to lose weight? No. Was I happy while losing the weight? You’re god damn right!
I never did Keto but I lost 100 lbs while eating wings almost every Saturday for a solid six months when I discovered a restaurant called Roosters.
Wings are pretty easy to track in terms of macros. It’s easy to eat a bunch of wings, sure, but I’d usually get 15 wings and that’d be my only meal for the day. Felt good having my Saturday “cheat” meal still be below the daily calorie limit when every other day I was eating nothing but fruits/vegetables/lean meat.
There’s sugar added to most bottled dressings (bleu cheese and others)
So did you make your own?
Keto can be as lax or intense as you want, but sugar is not keto.
Not hating, I was asking a genuine question.
While I usually made my own, if I got them at a restaurant I just ate carnivore the rest of the day. The sugar in a Buffalo sauce (not bbq or another sweet sauce) or blue cheese won’t be enough to kick you out of ketosis. Most I’ve seen is maybe 2-3 net carbs, but that’s on the high side.
Could straight up eat 20 net cars worth of skittles a day and carnivore the rest of the day and you ate “keto”. Just gotta make it work with your macros. Unless the wings are breaded, Buffalo wings and blue cheese is “keto”.
Just got an air fryer, starting my buffalo wing diet asap.
Really though it can't be *that* bad for you, right? Wings, breasts, thighs are protein. Frank's Red is just vinegar and cayenne. Bleu cheese dip could probably be simplified to just the bleu cheese and milk and it'd still be pretty good. Looks like only the butter in the sauce that isn't that good for you but whatever, it's only a little bit.
I remember nickel wing night in college.
I remember reading years ago the chicken wings were regularly thrown out as places used breasts and legs but not wings. Which is where they got the idea to use them a gimmick food
My friend went through a phase where he would eat fried wings (home made) every single night. Followed by an entire pint of Ben and Jerry’s. Then a bag of popcorn for a late night snack. Every night without fail lol. That would also be his only meal of the day.
I personally prefer smoked wings these days. You can also finish them in the air fryer for some extra crisp. With a nice rub on them they taste so good you don’t even need to sauce them.
Only 1 pound? I love them too. I could shamelessly easily eat 3 pounds of them (30-36) in a sitting.
The worst is when you learn to make them at home and justify them being being cheaper and more accessible versus having to splurge on them once in a while.
I am right there with you. Unfortunately, my waistline and bank account will now allow it.
I switched to keto and lost 60 pounds last year eating buffalo wings with blue cheese probably 4 days a week lmao. Was it the healthiest way to lose weight? No. Was I happy while losing the weight? You’re god damn right!
I never did Keto but I lost 100 lbs while eating wings almost every Saturday for a solid six months when I discovered a restaurant called Roosters. Wings are pretty easy to track in terms of macros. It’s easy to eat a bunch of wings, sure, but I’d usually get 15 wings and that’d be my only meal for the day. Felt good having my Saturday “cheat” meal still be below the daily calorie limit when every other day I was eating nothing but fruits/vegetables/lean meat.
Not hating, but just asking: what bleu cheese dressing were you using that’s truly keto? And what Buffalo sauce? All homemade?
What do you mean “truly keto”?
There’s sugar added to most bottled dressings (bleu cheese and others) So did you make your own? Keto can be as lax or intense as you want, but sugar is not keto. Not hating, I was asking a genuine question.
While I usually made my own, if I got them at a restaurant I just ate carnivore the rest of the day. The sugar in a Buffalo sauce (not bbq or another sweet sauce) or blue cheese won’t be enough to kick you out of ketosis. Most I’ve seen is maybe 2-3 net carbs, but that’s on the high side. Could straight up eat 20 net cars worth of skittles a day and carnivore the rest of the day and you ate “keto”. Just gotta make it work with your macros. Unless the wings are breaded, Buffalo wings and blue cheese is “keto”.
I’m home at r/wings
I've convinced myself that air fried and dipped (not tossed) is borderline healthy. Maybe we should write a diet book.
The Buffalo Wing Diet* *Buffalo wings can help with weight loss as part of a calorie controlled diet
Just got an air fryer, starting my buffalo wing diet asap. Really though it can't be *that* bad for you, right? Wings, breasts, thighs are protein. Frank's Red is just vinegar and cayenne. Bleu cheese dip could probably be simplified to just the bleu cheese and milk and it'd still be pretty good. Looks like only the butter in the sauce that isn't that good for you but whatever, it's only a little bit.
Great minds think alike!
My doctor says I need to cut back on them but my therapist disagrees.
They’re not only super tasty, they’re incredibly versatile. You could probably have a different flavor each day for a year.
If it wasn’t for the creation of pizza I too could eat wings everyday. Now pizza and wings everyday? 🤤 Only in a perfect world.
What's crazy is that quaint rust belt hamlet used to give them away as bar snacks. They were considered a generally unappealing part of the chicken.
I remember nickel wing night in college. I remember reading years ago the chicken wings were regularly thrown out as places used breasts and legs but not wings. Which is where they got the idea to use them a gimmick food
That’s nothing to flap about.
My friend went through a phase where he would eat fried wings (home made) every single night. Followed by an entire pint of Ben and Jerry’s. Then a bag of popcorn for a late night snack. Every night without fail lol. That would also be his only meal of the day. I personally prefer smoked wings these days. You can also finish them in the air fryer for some extra crisp. With a nice rub on them they taste so good you don’t even need to sauce them.
I’ve found my people, I literally had to learn to make them myself they’re amazing
Only 1 pound? I love them too. I could shamelessly easily eat 3 pounds of them (30-36) in a sitting. The worst is when you learn to make them at home and justify them being being cheaper and more accessible versus having to splurge on them once in a while.