Week 5 keto blues

jonmdelong

Any suggestions and/or motivation for hitting a plateau? I've been really good about tracking my food, watching what I eat, and staying under 20 net carbs...yet I've only lost 3.5 lbs in two weeks, and only 1 lb of it in the last week. It's frustrating to see my progress stall.

Sunny_Bunny_

Have you read the article being discussed in this thread
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10502801/great-article-diet-insulin-resistance-marty-kendall#latest

kpk54

Having lost a pound in the last week means you are losing, so not a plateau.
Having lost 3.5 pounds in two weeks is 1.75 pounds per week so a reasonable pace.
Your profile says 10 pounds in the 1st 3 weeks so the nice rapid pace of 3.33 pounds per week.

You have only 25 pounds (more) to lose per your profile.
Patience is needed.

It is generally only the very obese or those who eat at an unhealthy very low calorie amount (keto or otherwise) who lose the astounding amounts on the cover page of magazines and in advertisements for various products.

You're just getting started. I wouldn't be worrying about insulin resistance at this point.

CoffeeNBooze

You're not in a plateau, you're steadily losing weight. A healthy weight loss is generally 1 lb per week, give or take. Patience!! There will be some weeks where you won't lose anything and some where you lose more.

DietPrada

You haven't stalled. You're losing an average amount of weight, you can't expect any more than that. A stall is 6 weeks of weighing the same - I know, it happens to me often. Keep doing what you're doing and try and have realistic expectations. There are no quick fixes, you are not on a diet, you are making a healthy change to your eating and you need to be able to sustain it for life. There is no going back to the way you were eating before, no end date. Remember, you didn't get fat overnight, you will not get skinny overnight either.

nvmomketo

Ditto the others. You are still doing great! If you are losing close to 2 lbs per week, that means that you are in a 1000 kcal deficit per day! It would be tough to go to alarger caloric deficit. KWIM?

Keep doing what you are doing. It's working!

jonmdelong

Thanks for all the encouraging posts! I kind of just freaked when I stepped on the scale this morning, I was really hoping second number changed lol. I'll definitely keep with it though, I'm in it for the long haul!

Sunny_Bunny_

You should read "There is no such thing as a stall" in the open threads in launch pad.
I wrote it a while back and I still haven't lost any scale weight. Not a single pound in over a year. BUT, I have lost a whole size. I'm actually up several pounds from my lowest weight but physically smaller.
You can actually maintain or acquire lean mass while losing fat on keto. This is very different from losing scale weight week by week due to losing muscle too on a sad low calorie "diet".
The scale is NOT a good reference for fat loss eating this way. Water fluctuates very easily and you don't tend to lose muscle assuming you aren't eating ridiculously low protein like some groups suggest. Don't get me started
Keep calm and keto on!

Cadori

Every 6 weeks or so I have 3 weeks of no scale loss and then a larger loss. Healing our bodies is more than just losing weight...there's all sorts of rebuilding and repair that needs to happen too. Stick with it!!

bowlerae

@jonmdelong keep up the good work. As others have mentioned you are not stalling. Perhaps you're comparing your results to others who report 15+ lbs the first month, a lot of which is from water. Everyone's body is different and remember, if you have less to lose then you are going to lose it slower.