Keto vs LCHF
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When I first began LCHF I was at 100gm a day. My original goal was weight loss. I felt so good at 100 I kept dropping the number and found I felt better the lower I went (fibromyalgia, headaches, cervical dystonia began to resolve!) I still wanted the weight loss, but began to focus on the health benefits I was seeing, making any weight loss a sort of side effect to this woe. I do still have about twenty pounds I want to lose, but know it will come with time. I eat to feel better at this point and find if I get any higher carb foods (including veggies) on a regular basis I begin to have old pains again. This is a motivation I've never found with just weight loss that I wish I could share with others (not the pain, but the motivation!)!!
Success comes when you find your sweet spot (carb level), and stick with it, no matter what that level of low carb is!0 -
In 2010 I lost 25 pounds eating around 120g total carbs per day (15 g total sugar). For various excuses, I fell off and couldn't get myself back into it for years. When I came back in Feb 2015 I went for Keto levels and found it FAR easier to stick with, though the weight loss has been slower. I'm obviously older, and I think I did some damage with regards to insulin resistance in those years of on/off LC eating (and I completely forgot the HF part).
So now I find I do best when I eat between 5 - 15 total grams of carbs per day, get lots of walking in, keep green vegetables to one meal per day, and avoid sweeteners and dairy. But right now I'm experimenting a bit to see what other things might work for me (for reducing inflammation).
Experimenting is useful, but it's completely stopped my losses, and I'm actually up a smattering of pounds from where I was at the end of 2015. If my goal was pure weight loss I'd go right back to where I was and focus on those very low levels of carbs.0 -
Great post @Sunny_Bunny_ . Most humans agree doing drugs is unhealthy but that eating candy is OK. It is good to here your father is forcing himself to eat. I had a friend that starved to death long before cancer would have taken him out directly.0
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Thanks for sharing that @Sunny_Bunny_ . I can relate to hiding candy in the car! I couldn't discipline myself enough until I got bad bloodwork from the doctor...it was almost like I needed to be *ordered* to change my habits by someone outside of my daily life.0
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Well, I started last June on Atkins Induction because of my hubby (who has since quit). It's basically 20g (net) or less. That transitioned to keto when I found out keto was actually a thing. Nowadays..... I tend to net 30 or less most days, but if I go up to 50 or so, I don't really sweat it. I'm losing fairly steadily 2lbs a week at least on average. I was diagnosed type II in January, but since getting super strict again, my BG is now perfect, fasting and non-fasting. I can't wait till the end of the month and see my Dr's face.
I've lost 21 lbs in a month and a half (which some was holiday water weight gain, stupid carbs and glycogen refilling.) I'm hoping to win my dietbet this month too. Only 4 lbs left to go by March 22nd. WOOT! 0
