Rate of weight loss on keto

hippygirl325

For those of you who have already been losing or lost a significant amount of weight (50+ lbs) on keto, what was your average loss per week/month? Mine definitely seems to be faster than when I was just calorie counting. I'm wondering how much of a slow down I might anticipate in the future.

radiii

70 pounds in 12 months. Highly variable though, and slowed greatly whenever I ramp up my exercise. Lost 40 pounds in my first 6 months with zero exercise, joined a gym, seriously ramped up the exercise, stalled for like 3 weeks completely while I adjusted, and dealt with being way more hungry from the increased activity. Since then its been inconsistent, at times though its inconsistent because I'm working on improving so many things at once in my life that there's just no way my diet will stay perfect. But I've done well enough that I'm 100% sure I'm gonna lose all the weight (just 30 more to go!) and that I may go over on calories, but I'm not going to go crazy with carbs, so its ok if its slower

strawmama

For when I stuck/stick to it, I average about 4-5 pounds down a month. It's nowhere near linear though. Some weeks the scale goes up followed by a whoosh. I use the Libra app on my phone to track trends and such. It's easier to see that way when you weigh every day.

JPW1990

How long were you doing straight CICO and how long have you been on keto? No matter what method you use, you'll lose more at the very beginning, then it slows down, and the rate at which you lose mainly depends on 2 things - how many calories you eat and how much water you retain. Things like your hormones, exercise or just too much salt cause water retention, and that's going to fluctuate through the week no matter what you do. The part you can control is the calories, and that's true whether you're doing keto or not. The advantage from keto is not being hungry and losing your carb cravings, so it's much easier to stay at the lower calories.

I've gained and lost on keto, the rate varies like with anything else. I've lost 20lbs since the first week of January, and now I'm in a water stall. It hasn't budged all week, even though I know I've been at a deficit every day.

Kiwi_Billings

I am down 75 lbs since June 2014. It has been pretty steady, I weigh in every 10 days to check progress, and have been trace to moderate on ketones thru the whole time. Stay with it, with little menu diversions and you will pick up your pace of weight loss again soon. I do water aerobics with water weights or laps 3x's per week for exercise. I feel a whole lot better!

x_Minerva_x

My first year of keto I went from 220 to 160. There were times when I stalled out, and times when I lost quick, and when I monitored my weight it always would fluctuate 5-10 pounds or so. I found measurement to be the best way to track.

This go around, I am not tracking as much. I am still picking my life back up, and sorting things out. However, my clothes are fitting much looser, and I am only about a month and 10 days back in.

I will NEVER break keto again, and realize that no matter how much I stall, or what life tosses at me it's worth it to keep it together.

hippygirl325

MAYBE the initial weight loss was just more dramatic than before with CICO (pretty similar amount of cals/day, actually probably even lower than this time). I did that for about 3 1/2 months and lost 35 lbs, so about 10 a month. It's been not even a full two months that I've been on keto and lost 30, so pretty big difference! This week and last week I've been losing 3 lbs per week, and I've also been eating less calories (due to less hunger) for those past couple weeks, higher fat, and lower carbs than usual. I adjusted my calories after I hit 255 to a 20% deficit again which put me at 1837, but I've only been eating around 14-1600 most days. Keto definitely does wonders for the appetite, and that amount of calories is really what I should ultimately be eating for like the rest of my life anyway, wanting to be 145 at goal. Honestly I just think keto is doing a lot better for my body than any other way of eating. Guess we'll see.

Nicole9187

I started Keto 09/16/13 and lost 67lbs by June 29th 2014. Then I basically stopped/started/stopped/started until a month ago when I re-started (I got engaged, we bought a house, I moved an hour away). In the beginning I lost 10lbs a month for the first 3 months, then I started working out and I would lose on average 5lbs a month but my inches lost were very high. I also felt like I lost more on KETO than calorie counting. I remember being on weight watchers and I think in 7 months I lost 24 pounds and I remember fighting to lose every pound. I find this WOE much simpler for the most part.

DittoDan

If anyone wants a nice spreadsheet to get exact numbers, here is one I made. You input the first (4) cells and it gives the total loss, per week, months on diet, etc.



I just noticed that MFP will not allow excel files to be attached anymore. I can e-mail it, or drop-box it. Just send me a message that you like to have it.

I hope this helps,

Dan the Man from Michigan

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>10 years ago I dropped 60#s on Atkins. I lost that first 40 in the first year without struggle, but it took me another ~18 months to lose the last 20 and I fought tooth-and-nail to get there. The struggle to keep it off was even greater. I regained about 15 before I started running (and, later, cycling) and then still have battled to keep more #s from finding their way back -- running makes me HUNGRY.

hippygirl325

I actually still have that excel file you sent me a while back, Dan. I'm gonna plug my numbers in for fun right now. :P

teresa4757

can you send that to me when you get the chance, hippygirl?

hippygirl325

Well, just to give an update...
Start date: 12/22/14
Starting weight: 275 lbs
Current weight: 235 lbs
Total weight loss: 40 lbs
Days on keto: 67
Weeks on keto: 9.57
Months on keto: 2.21
Average loss per week: 4.18

Hasn't seemed to slow down yet! Crazy. Keto rocks!

nicsflyingcircus

I started losing weight April 18th, 2014. Between then and October 11th, I lost 80lbs straight CICO. Since then, I've lost 60 more lbs on a keto diet. I've gone from a 55.4 BMI to 34.8.

ABrownGrl

I've been losing weight pretty consistently the last two years. Started Keto June 2014 (wasn't consistant though) then January 2015 I decided to actually put in 100% effort. I was tired of feeling like crap after eating carbs and gaining nothing from it but weight! Anyway, Jan 2nd '15 I was 195.6. Today I was 179.0. So 16 pounds in 8 weeks. I'm about 30-35 pounds away from my goal and can tell the weightloss is slowing down. Weightloss aside, I feel better emotionally, mentally, physically. I was a hot mess before I found Keto!

cdn_beaver

Started keto Aug. 2012, lost 62ish pounds the first year. I'm down 105ish total. Less than 20lbs until my goal weight. I found that my weight loss slowed when I stopped logging my food. The scale can remain the same weight while you're still losing fat. This has happened to me often. My clothes will become looser over a season but the number won't change.

Miyak0

I am new to keto and am just ...just getting started with recipes and tracking. I will be tracking with a ketonix. If I just stick to the recipes offered in my keto books I should be good? I am going with suggested low carb rates between 5g and 20g per day. Trying to keep protein in the 30s and filling the rest with fats. Do most of you make a weekly menu or pre cook to stay on plan? Looking forward to weight loss. However, I am a runner and I just gotta run. I enjoy it too much. But then I figure I am going to have to adjust my intake. I could just fill in with avocados and what about Muscle milk?

ABrownGrl

@Miyak0‌

Have you ran your numbers in a keto calculator? It's a great resource to figure out macro ratios with the lifestyle one lives. Being that you are an active runner, you'll want to make sure you're getting enough protein but not too much that you're not in nutritional ketosis. Testing your ketones with the breath stick thing or a blood meter is a sure way to know your levels.

JPW1990

Miyak0 wrote: »

I am new to keto and am just ...just getting started with recipes and tracking. I will be tracking with a ketonix. If I just stick to the recipes offered in my keto books I should be good? I am going with suggested low carb rates between 5g and 20g per day. Trying to keep protein in the 30s and filling the rest with fats. Do most of you make a weekly menu or pre cook to stay on plan? Looking forward to weight loss. However, I am a runner and I just gotta run. I enjoy it too much. But then I figure I am going to have to adjust my intake. I could just fill in with avocados and what about Muscle milk?

30 sounds really low. I don't think I've ever seen someone, even at sedentary, below the 60s.

kmca1803

Miyako - I think the carb requirement depends on your particular needs and tolerance, and of course, your own particular metabolism. My carbs are between 20 and 40g, with occasional days of even less, and have been for quite a few years now and I do HIIT training and hiking quite happily on that.

I track with a blood ketone monitor occasionally (because I'm a bit of a geek and I like tracking the data!) to keep me on track and prevent carb creep.

I cook for the week - makes it nearly impossible to cheat, makes it easy to organise both budget and time wise, and I don't keep temptation or cheat foods in the house. At the beginning, I didn't carry cash with me to work so I actually couldn't buy something that wasn't on the plan. I often do a slow cooker meal, a casserole, and even salads, etc, in advance and just keep them in containers in the fridge to grab and go. This has been the key to my success!

Good luck with your goals!

Mistizoom

Miyak0 wrote: »

I am new to keto and am just ...just getting started with recipes and tracking. I will be tracking with a ketonix. If I just stick to the recipes offered in my keto books I should be good? I am going with suggested low carb rates between 5g and 20g per day. Trying to keep protein in the 30s and filling the rest with fats. Do most of you make a weekly menu or pre cook to stay on plan? Looking forward to weight loss. However, I am a runner and I just gotta run. I enjoy it too much. But then I figure I am going to have to adjust my intake. I could just fill in with avocados and what about Muscle milk?

I agree with JPW1990, 30 g protein/day is way too low. You will lose muscle eating that low. Use a keto calculator (I use the ankerl keto calculator) to figure out your minimum protein needs. Personally, I aim for 75-100 g/day.

kerrihwilson

Can someone help me ... I do not feel I'm progressing on Keto this last 3 weeks. I have not lost badly any weight - I'm actually going up on the scale now. I am not sedentary - however I do have an office job. I track my food, I drink my water, I work out 4 days a week minimum doing resistance training and a little bit of cardio. ( up to 6 days). I am not lifting heavy weights. Now I did have a good month at the start where the visual is a drastic change - but since then - less change - scale increasing not decreasing .... And I am not pooping! ( this truly sucks ). I'm a fan of food in - waste out ...
-The entire time I have been in ketosis. I have had 1 glass of wine 2 times in the entire month and I did have a little gin and fresca this past weekend. But at no point did I ever go out of ketosis.



This is the 4 week mark and I'm approaching 8 weeks now - and I could really use some advice.


My food and exercise diary is open...

Help! I'm 18 lbs away from my first goal weight - I don't feel like I'll ever get there. I have 2.5 weeks where I can really focus without any planned routine changes ....


Hopeless Keto kid - Kerri

KnitOrMiss

That is a huge about of belly flattened out!!! I am so jealous. Also can tell in your arms and across your chest, and the facial difference is awesome. I always tell people to resize their pictures to make the facial features line up. The distance between your eyes is the same, regardless, etc. Even though the pictures are not both straight on, if you size them to each other relatively, you'll be able to see more difference. How many inches did you lose??

kerrihwilson

Knitormiss - I didn't think the measure myself. I still wear the saw clothes - they just fit a bit better. I should have measured ... I still should measure. Decided today to just count carbs and protein grams and not worr about the fat ... Specifically. No more % watching! I hope this helps me continue.

Mistizoom

kerrihwilson wrote: »

Knitormiss - I didn't think the measure myself. I still wear the saw clothes - they just fit a bit better. I should have measured ... I still should measure. Decided today to just count carbs and protein grams and not worr about the fat ... Specifically. No more % watching! I hope this helps me continue.

Wow, you look great. Scale weight is pretty meaningless when you are gaining muscle and losing fat as you seem to be. I agree that measurements would probably be much more useful to you at this point. Atkins defined a stall as 6 weeks with no pounds or inches lost. Regarding the other issues, do you supplement with magnesium? That could help get things "moving" (make sure it is not a magnesium oxide supplement though, I like magnesium citrate, magnesium malate, or some form of chelated magnesium).