Frustrated with no weight loss

k8tspence614

I started a low carb /keto diet about 1 month ago. At first I didn't weigh myself and I've been keeping track of carbs in my head. I was consistently been below 40 g of carbs, often under 30 g carbs. I noticed I'm eating significantly less than usual. I'm familiar with tracking carbs because I had gestational diabetes and i had to be extremely strict to keep blood sugar down. This week I have started tracking carbs and calories on mfp and I am under 30 g carbs yet I'm still not losing any weight, maybe 2 or 3 lbs (hard to say bc I didn't get on a scale until my 2nd week into dieting) I'm at a loss for what to do to move forward. I feel incredibly discouraged and frustrated that I haven't even lost 5lbs and I have been strict. I've had 3 "cheat days"I stuck to the diet I just had wine those days.

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Nony_Mouse

Five lbs is not 'no weight loss'. In fact, it's about the right amount for the rate you should be losing at unless you are significantly overweight.

You also don't mention if you are eating at a calorie deficit. If you're not doing that, then you won't lose weight, no matter how low carb you eat. If you're doing standard keto, ie high fat, your volume of food will be far less, but that doesn't mean your calories are, ie it may seem like you're eating less, but you're not necessarily eating significantly less calorie-wise.

If you weren't tracking calorie intake properly until this week, you really have no idea how much you were eating. People tend to underestimate.

How much wine? It has calories. You can easily wipe out a day's deficit with a few glasses.

But, I think you need to lower your expectations of how fast you are going to lose.

debtay123

Take your time- remember this is a journey - slow and steady really does win the race and keeps us healthy

jemhh

Weigh your solid foods, measure your liquids, and count your calories. Eat in a calorie deficit. That, not low carb eating, leads to weight loss.

lingreg2198

Carbs doesn’t mean a thing. I eat over 160 grams of carbs a day but stay under 1200 cal and have lost 5 pounds in 3.5 weeks (which is a lot considering I started at 120 and am now at 115 at 5’5).

lingreg2198

Actually I eat over 210 grams of carbs a day .

k8tspence614

Possibly underestimating how much calories I was having in a day. However after tracking this week I would expect I was most likely in a deficet before minus the cheat days. I tend to eat the same things for weeks at a time and then get bored and change it up and eat something new for a few weeks. I'll try watching my calories more closely . I successfully lost weight after my first born by calorie counting it was hard to stick to. Now that i know i'm pre disposed to type 2 diabetes I would like to give low carbs diet a try.

Nony_Mouse

k8tspence614 wrote: »

Possibly underestimating how much calories I was having in a day. However after tracking this week I would expect I was most likely in a deficet before minus the cheat days. I tend to eat the same things for weeks at a time and then get bored and change it up and eat something new for a few weeks. I'll try watching my calories more closely . I successfully lost weight after my first born by calorie counting it was hard to stick to. Now that i know i'm pre disposed to type 2 diabetes I would like to give low carbs diet a try.

If you want to do low carb and think that will be sustainable for you, that's fine, but calories are still king.

brightresolve

k8tspence614 wrote: »

...I tend to eat the same things for weeks at a time ... I successfully lost weight after my first born by calorie counting it was hard to stick to. ...

Calorie counting is easier to stick to longterm if you DO eat the same things repeatedly. No matter what those calories are, you have to eat at a deficit so everything else you choose about your food is for your idea of health, not for weight loss. Weight loss is 100% calorie deficit. As folks above have said, weigh measure count log. Then you know where you are and it's 100% under your control, which is WAY more empowering than guessing and getting discouraged.

Believe me, even if this sounds like tough talk to you, I mean it in the kindest way!