Still have carb cravings even while in ketosis.

WolverineLean

Anyone else on a ketogenic diet but not really feeling that surge of energy people claim to have once they've been in ketosis for a long period of time? I had been in keto for a week and a half but wasn't really feeling it, and now I usually end up binging on some carbs sometime on the weekend, get knocked out of keto but get back in by the midweek. Would like to stop this annoying cycle of guilt, although I have to say by some miracle I've still been losing an average of 2 pounds a week for the last 10 weeks. Anyone have a relatable experience or any advice?

WolverineLean

Just me then?

LiveForTheWilderness

It requires discipline. After enough time of not eating carbs, I found I didn't crave carbs (been on keto since March 23 and have lost 99 pounds on keto). It takes longer than a week and half of doing the ketogenic diet to fully adapt. More like 3 weeks.

zaxx1953

LiveForTheWilderness wrote: »

It requires discipline. After enough time of not eating carbs, I found I didn't crave carbs (been on keto since March 23 and have lost 99 pounds on keto). It takes long than a week and half of doing the ketogenic diet to fully adapt. More like 3 weeks.

This is what i've heard.

I personally have never tried to go Keto, but I did move from probably something like 500grams of carbs a day to 100g...and maybe 75g for cutting.

nikkitrento

Carbs are not the enemy. The WRONG kind of carbs are. Your body needs carbs to be well balanced and healthy. I get my carbs from veggies - not bread or potatoes. I'm all for doing what works for you, but this diet is very hard to maintain long term.

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RodaRose

GIve it more time. Try three more weeks and see how you feel.

GaleHawkins

nikkitrento wrote: »

Carbs are not the enemy. The WRONG kind of carbs are. Your body needs carbs to be well balanced and healthy. I get my carbs from veggies - not bread or potatoes. I'm all for doing what works for you, but this diet is very hard to maintain long term.

nikkitrento until 6 months ago I too thought carbs are needed to be well balanced and healthy then I learned that was a myth like so many in the world of eating. Why do you find eating low carbs long term hard? After my sugar addiction passed (a couple weeks after going <50 grams of carbs a day) and I replaced them with fats LCHF started to feel as natural as pigging out on carbs but my health was better in all ways.

punchgut

nikkitrento wrote: »

Carbs are not the enemy. The WRONG kind of carbs are. Your body needs carbs to be well balanced and healthy. I get my carbs from veggies - not bread or potatoes. I'm all for doing what works for you, but this diet is very hard to maintain long term.

There is so much miss information about carbohydrates. When you look at food labels there is the total carbohydrate, dietary fiber and sugar. Fiber falls into two camps, soluble and insoluble carbohydrates with the soluble being the one associated with good health. The insoluble is stuff that passes through the intestines and colon untouched. Labels do not tell you which type of fiber they are talking about, but when they label dietary fiber it's usually the insoluble kind (some labels are kind and give you the break down of these types of fiber). Sugar of course gets absorbed right away, as sugar (glucose, fructose, maltose, sucrose, etc.). Then there are the rest of the carbohydrates that make up digestible carbohydrates. These break down to sugar and are absorbed as such. When you look at the label, take the total carbohydrates less the sum of the fiber and sugars. This value is a combination of the digestible carbohydrates and the soluble fiber. What does this mean? Why do we care? Well, if that rest falls into a camp that is almost all soluble fiber (green leafy vegetables, some root vegetables and cabbage family) your gut bacteria will consume this as energy and release a bunch of small chain fatty acids that you absorb as fat and will raise HDL values. If, however, the rest of the carbohydrates fall under the digestible carbohydrate load your stomach acids and enzymes will break this down into directly absorbable sugars.

So, your veggie carbs are actually fat. What OP is talking about is sugar. That definitely is the enemy when being keto or for health. Up the soluble fiber. Get rid of the digestible carbohydrates.

To go keto and have energy all the time, you have to commit. You need to become fat adapted and stay in that area. Bouncing around just keeps your system craving.

hayden_sr

When I started the keto diet a year ago, I did five days on and two days off. That way, if I was having a carb craving, I would eat it and just make that one of my days off. I knew I couldn't go carb crazy on an off day, but after awhile, I didn't NEED two days off. Now, I rarely take one meal off during the week. In any event, I think that helped with the guilt. If I ate mashed potatoes, I'd go "well, today is my Saturday," and start again the next day.

You're completely changing the way you've been used to eating your entire life, if you are in the same boat I was. It takes time, but you can definitely get there! You may not believe me when I tell you this, but eventually, eating something carb heavy will actually make you feel gross