Keto diet!

nicglenday123

Is there anyone out there doing a Keto diet? I've been doing it a week and I love it and would love to see other people's food diaries for inspiration and tips!!

Thanks, N x

aker82

I have done it previously but I wasn't using mfp. It does work. I find snacks are the hardest thing to find which are non carb

troyhaines631

I'm on it. your more then welcome friend me and see what im eating.

nvmomketo

I am too. I've been lazy about logging for the last few weeks, but my diary is open and you are welcome to go back and look at the summer or early fall.

There are some LCHF groups to look into. Reddit Keto, Keto and the Low Carber Daily have many people doing a very low carb diet.

nicglenday123

Thank you so much guys! N x

gettingfitformywedding

I have been keto for 1.5 months! Love it. Feel free to add me!

mikecalm12

Hi, I do keto. Feel free to add me !

ladipoet

I'm a keto lifer too. Feel free to add me. Also, here is a link to the main LCHF forum on MFP where most of us keotfiles hand out:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

courtneywiens

I've been LCHF for a little over a month now. 11 pounds down. Love it!

RodaRose

Keto snacks include: pork rinds, jerky, string cheese, nuts, hard boiled eggs, pepperoni slices, pickles, olives, chicken wings.

Monica_BP

on keto since Oct 9th! feel free to add me:)

ketonai

I have done the keto for two.months. But now with the Christmas time I am just relaxing a bit with everything...including the diet.
BTW, in january I will start again the SKD and my objective is continue with the CKD the whole year.

I really love this diet, and except the first week (keto flu) it is really awesome.

neohdiver

I'm low carb - I supect in ketosis a fair amount of the time, but I don't specifically have that as a goal. My diary is open & complete for around 2 months.

(Down 22+ lbs, and blood glucose in the normal range 90+% of the time.)

kychoie0330

I've been doing keto for a good 2 months. Had some trip up here and there with eating too many carbs on certain days. Friend me if you want to discuss macros ratios or want to encourage each other.

So far down 30 pounds from changing my diet to mostly keto

lodro

boomshakalaka911 wrote: »

No point unless you have cancer. Starves cancer cells

hahaha!

stevencloser

boomshakalaka911 wrote: »

No point unless you have cancer. Starves cancer cells

What.

cbelc2

One should work with a doctor for keto. It can be great for quick weight loss, but it has been known to cause kidney damage in some folks.

lodro

cbelc2 wrote: »

One should work with a doctor for keto. It can be great for quick weight loss, but it has been known to cause kidney damage in some folks.

huh? 3 statements of a questionable nature

nvmomketo

thintribe2014

I'm a keto'r my diary is open and there is no need to to be my friend .. You can peak if it's useful

cassandranken

Me! I don't log my meals though....yet...because I suck. I really ought to start. I'm still losing weight though

cbelc2

My very first dialysis patient was born with genetically small kidneys. They did fine until she went on a high protein very low carb diet to lose weight. Excess must be excreted through the kidneys. The molecules are very large. Please don't take my word for it. Ask your trusted doctor.

Christine_72

cbelc2 wrote: »

My very first dialysis patient was born with genetically small kidneys. They did fine until she went on a high protein very low carb diet to lose weight. Excess must be excreted through the kidneys. The molecules are very large. Please don't take my word for it. Ask your trusted doctor.

Keto isn't a high protein way of eating. I'ts Low carb/high fat/moderate protein

cbelc2

Purposely putting the body into ketoacidosis without being under a doctor's care may not be a healthy solution to weight management. Remember that your poor gall bladder has to handle all that extra fat, too. Why not just balance your diet, eat healthy whole foods, and exercise? ? It's working for me. I lost 4 lbs last week by sticking with my MFP nutrition goals. They are quite balanced.

MKEgal

Since that diet is prescribed by a doctor in order to treat a medical problem,
you should consult with that person (&/or your dietician who's helping with the prescription)
to ask questions about what you should or should not be eating.

If it's just a fad you want to try... check with your doctor anyway,
to make sure you're healthy enough, and it's not going to harm you.

Or you could eat a balanced diet, following the food pyramid / food groups,
with fewer calories than you'd been eating.

*****

Here are some useful posts you would benefit from reading.
If nothing else, spend the time to read sexypants

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10012907/logging-accuracy-consistency-and-youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819925/the-basics-dont-complicate-it/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/872212/youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/833026/important-posts-to-read/p1


Here's a blog post I did about goal setting, including weight, calories, and macros.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-08-setting-goals-667045
There's a link to a calculator from the Baylor College of Medicine which will take into account your age, height,
weight, activity level, etc. to tell you how many calories & how many servings of the food groups you should eat
to maintain that weight. If you put in your healthy goal weight, and eat that much, you should reach it.

MKEgal

Also, is this "keto" something you will be doing the rest of your life?
Is it healthy to live that way?
Because if not, how are you going to learn to eat healthfully & maintain a healthy weight?

lodro

cbelc2 wrote: »

Purposely putting the body into ketoacidosis without being under a doctor's care may not be a healthy solution to weight management. Remember that your poor gall bladder has to handle all that extra fat, too. Why not just balance your diet, eat healthy whole foods, and exercise? ? It's working for me. I lost 4 lbs last week by sticking with my MFP nutrition goals. They are quite balanced.

it's ketoacidosis only if insulin is also high. you've heard a word but don't know its meaning. sigh.

lodro

MKEgal wrote: »

Also, is this "keto" something you will be doing the rest of your life?
Is it healthy to live that way?
Because if not, how are you going to learn to eat healthfully & maintain a healthy weight?

a ketogenic diet _is_ healthy, especially if you're insulin resistant (and that, in these days, is a third to half of the population in western countries)

healthy eating and maintaining a healthy weight and reducing visceral fat in my case happened because of a ketogenic diet, not in spite of it.

cindytw

cbelc2 wrote: »

Purposely putting the body into ketoacidosis without being under a doctor's care may not be a healthy solution to weight management. Remember that your poor gall bladder has to handle all that extra fat, too. Why not just balance your diet, eat healthy whole foods, and exercise? ? It's working for me. I lost 4 lbs last week by sticking with my MFP nutrition goals. They are quite balanced.

I assume from other posts you are a nurse. You should really educate yourself, as ketoacidosis it NOT the same thing as dietary ketosis! Not at all!! And low carb diets do not even have to have high protein. Educate yourself, please!

PS, did the patient know of their condition ahead of time? Of what to do and not?

yarwell

cbelc2 wrote: »

Purposely putting the body into ketoacidosis without being under a doctor's care may not be a healthy solution to weight management. Remember that your poor gall bladder has to handle all that extra fat, too.

A ketogenic diet is nothing to do with Diabetic ketoacidosis. The latter has much higher levels of ketones accompanied by high blood glucose and a lack of insulin. This doesn't happen in ketogenic dieters.

When I went on Atkins my daily grams of fat stayed about the same. The gal bladder is just a balloon, it doesn't have an opinion.

cbelc2

Ok. I looked on WebMd, one of my trusted sources. A Ketogenic diet can become dangerous if ketones build up. It can lead to dehydration and change the chemical composition of the blood. I still say your doctor should be involved.