Welcome
Here at Rocky Mountain Baking, we are committed to bringing you only the best low-carb recipes possible. Backed by years of baking experience and a passion for baking, each recipe is developed with the goal of mimicking traditional treats without the carbs and guilt.
They are guaranteed delicious!
Low Carb For The Active Lifestyle
You may have heard the well-circulated myth that carbs are a necessity for weight lifters.
Perhaps you have heard excuses like, “You need carbs to build muscle.” Or “Without carbs, you won’t have energy.”
To me, these excuses are just that. Excuses. Justifications for sweet-tasting lies.
Throughout my fitness journey, I have been on a low-carb diet going on three years, and have been making awesome gains and hitting personal records I never thought possible. I quickly learned, however, that understanding the keto diet and knowing what YOUR body needs is the key to success.
Protein is Necessary
According to research from several sources, a person needs approximately .8 to 1.2 per grams per lean pound of body mass in order to build muscle. For me, I find eating the right amount of protein is very achievable when you focus on protein based breakfasts, (such as eggs and bacon) put protein in your snacks, eat lots of meat, and of course drink protein shakes. When you focus on keeping these things in your diet, and make sure you are getting the energy you need, building muscle while eating low carb or keto is indeed possible.
Calorie Surplus
While protein is necessary to build muscle, you can’t build it on sweat and protein alone. You also need a calorie surplus in order to give you the energy you need. While this is where many people believe carbs come in, you can still eat above your Total Daily Energy Expenditure or TDEE, using fats as your energy source.
Behind the Scenes
Hello! My name is Katrina, and I’m happy you took a moment of your time to read a little bit about me. Baking has always been a passion of mine. I was that person, that person who loved to bake, loved bringing cookies and sweets to any function. A get together? Great! It was another reason to bake something! A job offer at a local bakery meant waking up at 3:30 to bake. I was up for it! Baking was one of the few things that could coax me to get out of bed that early in the morning, and be excited about it.
Years passed, (sadly our local bakery went out of business) and I discovered another passion that inspired me to get out of bed early. Weight lifting. The challenge of another rep or five more pounds excited me, and I became obsessed with it. As I learned more about weight lifting I also began to learn what my body was capable of and how what I put in my body affected how my body worked.
This knowledge combined with frequent headaches from a sugar issue I was beginning to develop pushed me to venture into the world of the low carb/keto diet. I was amazed as I began lifting heavier, running on less sleep, feeling more alert, and just feeling absolutely awesome.
With the switch came a whole new learning curve in the world of baking, and I am excited to be able to share my discoveries whether they be a success or a failure in this new baking journey. When I first decided to start Rocky Mountain Baking I was overwhelmed and was ready to give up. I realized I had so much to learn in the world of low carb baking, and felt so incapable of creating a website to help others with their journey. A wise man then told me “When you started weightlifting, you didn’t just deadlift 300 pounds your first try. Every day was not a success. It was that series of days, one rep at a time, that got you to where you are now.”
It made me realize yes, not every workout are you hitting a personal record. Some days feel like a failure, but if you keep on going failure or success one day you’ll be accomplishing goals you never thought possible. So as I journey into this world of baking, I know not everything I try to make will be a success, but the failure is just as much a part of the process as the success. I hope that both can help you, as you also journey into the world of low carb baking, and together we can create a success we never thought possible.
