I must not be doing this right... keto help pls!!

katiebelleck
katiebelleck Posts: 9 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi -

I must not be doing this right. Set a goal of 1350 cal per day, been keeping to roughly 1300. It's been a solid week of good, classic keto eating - 5% carbs, 20% protein, 75% fat. Some days minor slippage 25% protein, 70% fat but no slips on carbs that's not even been hard huge surprise. Felt a little bit of what might have been keto fluish yesterday, fine today.

No gluten. Have not given up dairy, but I'm not wallowing in it either, can't give it up in coffee but amped up to heavy cream instead of ½ and ½ for the fat content.

Not weighing (too depressing) but no change in how my clothes fit so I'm sure I haven't lost anything. Willing to believe I'm not yet fat-adapted, willing to wait for the magic but I need a time frame to look forward to. I'll start losing in another week? Two weeks?

Any and all help most appreciated thanks SO much!
Katie
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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    You need to give it more time but on the other hand are you sure that you are in a deficit? Fat has a lot of calories.
  • CoffeeNBooze
    CoffeeNBooze Posts: 966 Member
    Yes, give it more time. Also wondering how you are taking data?? You need to weigh your food, especially when just starting a diet so you can best understand portion sizes and get accustomed to portion control. Make sure to log of course. And you said you don't know how much you weigh anyway (which also isn't the best gauge of progress) so... take a deep breath full of patience and give this change the time it deserves. A week is just the first step to new habits.
  • katiebelleck
    katiebelleck Posts: 9 Member
    B-r-e-a-t-h-i-n-g thank you!

    I record *everything* but I've been logging food for years so I no longer weigh/measure.

    I will try to be patient - I certainly feel better. More info required on when/how I will lose weight. Certainly at 1350 calories per day I'm in deficit, no?

    Thanks so much for your kind help!
    Kate
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    katiebelleck wrote: »
    B-r-e-a-t-h-i-n-g thank you!

    I record *everything* but I've been logging food for years so I no longer weigh/measure.

    I will try to be patient - I certainly feel better. More info required on when/how I will lose weight. Certainly at 1350 calories per day I'm in deficit, no?

    Thanks so much for your kind help!
    Kate

    How much of a deficit are you doing? That will determine how much weight you should expect to lose per week. Also keep in mind that water weight fluctuations from day to day and week to week can easily hide or amplify your actual losses.

    Just an fyi, I'm not saying this applies to you, but it is very easy for your portions to grow subtly over time without realizing. Sometimes I get away from weighing my portions for food I eat all the time, but I will test my eyeballing on the food scale every once and awhile and usually find I've started getting overly generous lol!
  • katiebelleck
    katiebelleck Posts: 9 Member
    I don't know how I could possibly eat less... maybe I should cut dairy for s few days and see how that goes. Can mix almond milk w coconut butter for coffee.
  • bluets2011
    bluets2011 Posts: 241 Member
    I feel the same. My 18th day today and no loss. I think the weight will come off when it does. I weigh myself everyday and my food too.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I'd start by weighing yourself. This way you'll have an accurate starting point. It's way too soon to expect your clothes to fit differently.
  • terilou87
    terilou87 Posts: 328 Member
    Agree with everyone else you have to measure all food and be eating a deficite or weight won't be lost. I have been doing keto for 3 weeks,( 2 weeks on here) and have measured and ate a deficite and have lost 18lbs so far but still not a huge difference in how my clothes fit tbh.
  • Wtn_Gurl
    Wtn_Gurl Posts: 396 Member
    katiebelleck wrote: »
    Hi -

    I must not be doing this right. Set a goal of 1350 cal per day, been keeping to roughly 1300. It's been a solid week of good, classic keto eating - 5% carbs, 20% protein, 75% fat. Some days minor slippage 25% protein, 70% fat but no slips on carbs that's not even been hard huge surprise. Felt a little bit of what might have been keto fluish yesterday, fine today.

    No gluten. Have not given up dairy, but I'm not wallowing in it either, can't give it up in coffee but amped up to heavy cream instead of ½ and ½ for the fat content.

    Not weighing (too depressing) but no change in how my clothes fit so I'm sure I haven't lost anything. Willing to believe I'm not yet fat-adapted, willing to wait for the magic but I need a time frame to look forward to. I'll start losing in another week? Two weeks?

    Any and all help most appreciated thanks SO much!
    Katie

    I was doing that keto diet too. when I started adding in the heavy whipping cream, and the extra butter to meet the fat requirements, I was going over my calories. they say you don't need to watch calories, but that is a mistake. Watch your calories, they will stall you. I stalled 4 weeks!!! then went back to lower fat and the scale moved 4 pounds this past week. I even upped my carbs to over 50. lost weight. so watch those calories!!!

  • katiebelleck
    katiebelleck Posts: 9 Member
    wait - what? not necessarily lose weight on keto?
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    katiebelleck wrote: »
    wait - what? not necessarily lose weight on keto?

    I'm not sure if you're being serious or sarcastic...

  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    katiebelleck wrote: »
    wait - what? not necessarily lose weight on keto?

    It doesn't matter what way of eating you choose to follow. You need to eat less calories than you burn. Whether you are eating keto, low carb, vegetarian, Mediterranean, standard american diet, whatever - if you eat too many calories you gain weight. If you eat at a deficit you lose weight.
  • Wtn_Gurl
    Wtn_Gurl Posts: 396 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    katiebelleck wrote: »
    wait - what? not necessarily lose weight on keto?

    It doesn't matter what way of eating you choose to follow. You need to eat less calories than you burn. Whether you are eating keto, low carb, vegetarian, Mediterranean, standard american diet, whatever - if you eat too many calories you gain weight. If you eat at a deficit you lose weight.

    ye found that out, mad at my wasted 4 weeks thinking I was going to lose weight if I just kept on doing what I was doing.

  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    Wtn_Gurl wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    katiebelleck wrote: »
    wait - what? not necessarily lose weight on keto?

    It doesn't matter what way of eating you choose to follow. You need to eat less calories than you burn. Whether you are eating keto, low carb, vegetarian, Mediterranean, standard american diet, whatever - if you eat too many calories you gain weight. If you eat at a deficit you lose weight.

    ye found that out, mad at my wasted 4 weeks thinking I was going to lose weight if I just kept on doing what I was doing.

    It wasnt a waste it was a learning experience. a lot of people think that if they eat keto they will turn into fat burning machines(body fat) and lose all this fat and weight,and that they can eat as much as they want because keto.

    They dont understand that its the fat they consume that is being used for fuel not all their body fat.so they figure that their body will run a special way on it and that they dont need to cut calories.Little do these people know it doesnt work that way.You figured it out the hard way,but you did figure it out.Some give up because they figure it didnt work for them and cant understand why they lost so much in the first week or two and why its now slowing down or stalling.
  • Duchy82
    Duchy82 Posts: 560 Member
    On average it took around 18lbs of weightloss to see a drop in clothes size for me so if you want to see results fast you are going to have to step on the scale. Can't advise on keto I'm afraid. Good luck.
  • Rosyone
    Rosyone Posts: 74 Member
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    ...from what I have read/heard that if your protein is too high it can keep you from entering ketosis/kick you out of it once in. but I dont think 25% would do that.

    You enter ketosis on the Stillman diet, which is an ultra-high protein diet that severely restricts both carbohydrates and fat.

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  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    Rosyone wrote: »
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    ...from what I have read/heard that if your protein is too high it can keep you from entering ketosis/kick you out of it once in. but I dont think 25% would do that.

    You enter ketosis on the Stillman diet, which is an ultra-high protein diet that severely restricts both carbohydrates and fat.

    hopefully you arent on that diet,which is not a good diet to be on. you need some fats and some carbs,fats are essential for hormones to function properly not to mention it restricts almost everything but protein which is not healthy,even taking a multivitamin doesnt mean it will help prevent malnutrition or other issues, and its a very low calorie diet so of course you will lose weight(dangerously so in many cases). its a load of crap is what it is. even if it puts you into ketosis,its dangerous for other reasons. also the claims it makes about detoxing,boosting metabolism and so on is a crock.
  • katiebelleck
    katiebelleck Posts: 9 Member
    Ok then I'm just confused. If keto isn't better for weight loss what's the point? Can't believe bacon is healthier than apples. Also pretty sure that 1350 calories per day gives me a deficit. Will be patient and keep going. Much less coffee, much more water.
  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    katiebelleck wrote: »
    Ok then I'm just confused. If keto isn't better for weight loss what's the point? Can't believe bacon is healthier than apples. Also pretty sure that 1350 calories per day gives me a deficit. Will be patient and keep going. Much less coffee, much more water.

    What keto can do, as I understand things, is create an appetite suppression effect. When this happens, you will probably be eating fewer calories.

    But ultimately, yes. Fewer calories need to go in than out. :D
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    edited May 2017
    If it has only been a week you probably wont lose more than a few pounds so you wouldnt likely feel a difference in your clothes - that can actually take a couple months even. Use a scale.
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