Daily check-in for keto friends... volume 3
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@xDaniDragonflyx must be true confession moment. I had a 5 ounce banana in my yogurt just now for lunch. It was pretty tasty and will fit my carbs for the day. I usually buy only one or two at a time because my husband doesn't like them over ripe. He ate the other one a couple days ago and this one was still sitting around and beyond the point where he would eat it so I did. It was tasty! I know they're carb heavy but since I don't strive for ketosis, don't seem to have any food sensitivities and am not diabetic that I'm aware of, I rather enjoyed it. It might be only the 2nd banana I've eaten in 2 years. No biggie. My dinner is planned and it all fits.
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xDaniDragonflyx wrote: »Yeah, I just ate 4 cookies with my morning tea... lol! I'm planning on cheeseburgers for dinner so I'm not too worried. And they were good! ^_^
I dont miss sweet and crunchy, just salty and crunchy... peanuts are a vice of mine1 -
13 days in... think it's going well, not really sure. Feel good and not hungry and crappy carbs completely removed.
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h4power.... I like that graphic! Is there an app for that?0
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elize7, Kpk54 is right I am using the website not the app, guess it has a few more options on the desktop version.
Here's my daily carb's... spot the day I had a drink
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That’s neat. I had no idea the webinar that feature.0
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Hello! I'm new here! Not new to attempting weightloss though. I've attempted low carb before and started last year. Between January-March, I dropped 20 lbs. At my weight level at the time (317) that was way too low and I knew I was overeating but was afraid to drop my calories. I then had a mental health crisis, finally got a correct diagnosis, and got put on meds which caused weight gain. By December, my mental health was better (and still is) than it had been since I was a pre-teen but my self esteem had plummeted because I was 330! I switched to a new psychiatrist who immediately saw the correlation and switched me to a weight neutral med. I also switched doctors and had a full hormone panel done (I'm a female) to make sure nothing else was impeding my journey. I even started talks about weightloss surgery. Even though my insurance covered most of it, it wasn't and still isn't financially feasible to drop $3k on it so I just let it fall from my mind.
I literally woke up in May said I can do this.
I finally feel ready to tackle the beast of obesity head on. I've been tracking calories since middle of May and jumped into keto on May 30th after binging in Vegas for 4 days.
I'm down 11 lbs in that time frame. Most of it within the past few days which I know is the keto water weight drop. Overall, I'm down to 316. That's the lowest I've been since March of 2017.
The biggest thing I've noticed is the drop in calories and not feeling hungry. I went from easily eating 3000 calories a day to my recent drop of 1500. I've also lost 3 inches off of my waist and hips. I really hope I can stick with it this time.
My family is incredibly supportive. A few weeks prior to my wake up, my hubs switched to a mostly vegetarian lifestyle and he's my biggest cheerleader. We go to the gym together and I track my steps.
Hopefully this group will be a great source of support as well.4 -
@CynfulHedonist firstly change your name, you ain't sinful you is human!! Secondly and seriously well done. I'm sure you can do it and how wonderful to have the support from those closest to you. You won't need surgery, you do need what you are doing and it will work.
We obviously have times we go off track a bit (I had one last night!) but essentially the difference here seems to be that the majority of us accept that, say we have done it and get back to it. We don't think I've eaten X therefore I've failed, we think I've eaten X, damn that water weight gain and go straight back to low carb/Keto. It's not the falling off the wagon that gets you it's the thinking you've failed mindset and that's what leads to failure. So good luck and we're on your side!0 -
I posted this in the June monthly challenge thread but I’m copying it here as well for the accountability...
I went into the Christmas holidays in the 160’s aiming for the 130’s. After my Christmas crash and burn, I committed to getting back on track in January and I was in the low 170s... I managed to get back to the mid 160’s and life continued to happen with stress at work, a husband and kids who resist my keto efforts but don’t cook or grocery shop, and then, an untimely death in the family just sent me spiraling downward...
...or should I say upward? I’m currently approaching my all time high somewhere in the 180’s (I haven’t been on the scale since I first saw 182 a few weeks ago and now I am too afraid to look)...
My plan is to go back to the basics for the rest of this week and get on the scale on Sunday... if I don’t come back next week to post my stats, someone please call me out. I have no support in real life so I need all of the cyber help I can get!1 -
Hi, new here and just 11 days in, trying to go keto but finding it really hard to get more fat than protein, cutting the carbs out has been easy for me, less than 50g a day no problem. Not looking to lose a lot of weight but just reduce body fat %..
@h4power Welcome! I have done a lot of research over the past few months and have seen that many people get much better progress without as much fat intake - doing lower fat versions of keto (they lose more body fat when they eat more protein than fat). I know that everyone is different and there are so many factors, including how much body fat you need to lose so I am not trying to offend anyone who swears by high fat keto.
My opinion now is that although fat intake is very important (for satiety, nutrient absorption, etc), you don't want (or need) as much dietary fat when you have body fat to lose.
A perfect example is @Sunny_Bunny_ 's progress picture post on page 23 of this thread. She had great results increasing protein and decreasing fat.
Just some things to look into!
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KristinLeeD wrote: »Hi, new here and just 11 days in, trying to go keto but finding it really hard to get more fat than protein, cutting the carbs out has been easy for me, less than 50g a day no problem. Not looking to lose a lot of weight but just reduce body fat %..
@h4power Welcome! I have done a lot of research over the past few months and have seen that many people get much better progress without as much fat intake - doing lower fat versions of keto (they lose more body fat when they eat more protein than fat). I know that everyone is different and there are so many factors, including how much body fat you need to lose so I am not trying to offend anyone who swears by high fat keto.
My opinion now is that although fat intake is very important (for satiety, nutrient absorption, etc), you don't want (or need) as much dietary fat when you have body fat to lose.
A perfect example is @Sunny_Bunny_ 's progress picture post on page 23 of this thread. She had great results increasing protein and decreasing fat.
Just some things to look into!
Thanks Krisitin, I feel I am eating a healthy diet and processed carbs have been removed completely, thats encouraging to hear that it isn't so black and white. I will stick to what I am doing and see the results for myself.0 -
another day down, dont feel hungry, don't know if I have lost any fat because I'm not checking
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I'm wondering if anyone else struggles with this or if this is a weird 'cravings' thing I have:
I think about food, CONSTANTLY. Even when I'm not hungry. I like looking at cooking shows, cookbooks, and websites featuring keto foods, and looking at them, I can imagine eating them and my mouth starts to salivate and it almost makes me feel like I'm hungry. And I know that I'm not.
Am I food obsessed? Or what is this? I feel so abbynormal and I can't even explain it very well, but yeah, I think about food all the time and when I'm going to eat next.1 -
@xDaniDragonflyx I use to think about food constantly but since Keto I definitely don't think about it like I use to. I immediately looked at your food diary because I thought too many carbs and/or not enough protein would be the cause of your food obsession, but your numbers/diary look great!!! I did read about a study that said imagining you are eating your favorite desserts actually curbed cravings. Maybe allow yourself a full on visualization of eating your favorite foods and see if that doesn't help. But no, you are not abnormal!!1
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xDaniDragonflyx wrote: »I'm wondering if anyone else struggles with this or if this is a weird 'cravings' thing I have:
I think about food, CONSTANTLY. Even when I'm not hungry. I like looking at cooking shows, cookbooks, and websites featuring keto foods, and looking at them, I can imagine eating them and my mouth starts to salivate and it almost makes me feel like I'm hungry. And I know that I'm not.
Am I food obsessed? Or what is this? I feel so abbynormal and I can't even explain it very well, but yeah, I think about food all the time and when I'm going to eat next.
Try taking some salt.
Low sodium is a common issue on keto and it will make you feel hungry.2 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »xDaniDragonflyx wrote: »I'm wondering if anyone else struggles with this or if this is a weird 'cravings' thing I have:
I think about food, CONSTANTLY. Even when I'm not hungry. I like looking at cooking shows, cookbooks, and websites featuring keto foods, and looking at them, I can imagine eating them and my mouth starts to salivate and it almost makes me feel like I'm hungry. And I know that I'm not.
Am I food obsessed? Or what is this? I feel so abbynormal and I can't even explain it very well, but yeah, I think about food all the time and when I'm going to eat next.
Try taking some salt.
Low sodium is a common issue on keto and it will make you feel hungry.
For me, so much of it is mental and purely habit. I think about food A LOT. Either about how I want it (lol) or how I am feeling good about depriving myself of it!
I agree about the sodium helping though. During those times, if I sit down and have a big bowl of broth, it is pretty amazing how it helps. Sometimes just taking salt on the run helps (I use sole), but there is something about sitting down with the bowl of "soup" that takes a lot of that constant thinking and craving away.
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Yeah, it's not so much that I am hungry. I just always find myself thinking about food. If I preplanned my meal the day before, or earlier in the day, then I sit and think about eating that food all day long. Just thinking. Not like hunger pains in my stomach. It's all in my mind. I don't think I'm explaining this very well. But I feel food obsessed. u_u1
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Lost a lot of weight, probably just as much calorie restriction as anything else... Don't feel hungry though
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Thinking about food alot is also an issue for me. Sometimes it's hunger related, sometimes not. I've very worked on this issue for 40 years. What I find helps is distraction:
Read a book, do my nails, watch a show, clean something. dance, call a friend, facebook, etc, etc, etc.
What this does is temporarily engage the mind elsewhere.
Rinse and repeat. Honestly, I've worked on my issues for so long, with some real progress over time...but this actually works for me in the moment.
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xDaniDragonflyx wrote: »Yeah, it's not so much that I am hungry. I just always find myself thinking about food. If I preplanned my meal the day before, or earlier in the day, then I sit and think about eating that food all day long. Just thinking. Not like hunger pains in my stomach. It's all in my mind. I don't think I'm explaining this very well. But I feel food obsessed. u_u
I'm pretty sure I understand what you are saying. Been there. Like Elize, some of it had to do with hunger and sometimes not.
I think when I changed my thinking regarding the purpose of food, is when the chronic food thoughts ceased. For me food was so often associated with entertainment, comfort, etc. Somewhere along the way, I re-framed food as fuel, necessary for optimal health, etc. I think that was about the time I was reading The Hungry Brain by Stephan Guyenet, PhD.
That expanded into reading many books, many blogs and watching many videos related to many different diets for health. From those I pick and choose what may work best to nourish me based on what I have read and internalized.
I still watch many cooking shows and subscribe to many food magazines. I still enjoy tasty food and love to cook but my purpose for food and eating has changed...and the obsession has subsided. Food is about health and nutrition. I was given only one body in this life and there may not always be a donor for parts. While I've not gone extreme in my thoughts and actions a job high on my list daily, is nourishing my body. I mean, our bodies cannot get food and would die without food. I have to feed my body and choose to nourish it. 2 -
xDaniDragonflyx wrote: »Yeah, it's not so much that I am hungry. I just always find myself thinking about food. If I preplanned my meal the day before, or earlier in the day, then I sit and think about eating that food all day long. Just thinking. Not like hunger pains in my stomach. It's all in my mind. I don't think I'm explaining this very well. But I feel food obsessed. u_u
I'm pretty sure I understand what you are saying. Been there. Like Elize, some of it had to do with hunger and sometimes not. I think when I changed my thinking regarding the purpose of food, is when the chronic food thoughts ceased. For me food was so often associated with entertainment, comfort, etc. Somewhere along the way, I re-framed food as fuel, necessary for optimal health, etc. I think that was about the time I was reading The Hungry Brain by Stephan Guyenet, PhD.
That expanded into reading many books, many blogs and watching many videos related to many different diets for health. From those I pick and choose what may work best to nourish me based on what I have read and internalized.
I still watch many cooking shows and subscribe to many food magazines. I still enjoy tasty food and love to cook but my purpose for food and eating has changed...and the obsession has subsided. Food is about health and nutrition. I was given only one body in this life and there may not always be a donor for parts. While I've not gone extreme in my thoughts and actions a job high on my list daily, is nourishing my body. I mean, our bodies cannot get food and would die without food. I have to feed my body and choose to nourish it.
Your explanation helped me a lot, thanks for sharing! I'll look into The Hungry Brain and try to find something to occupy my time/brain like was suggested. My job doesn't require many brain cells, so I find myself thinking a lot more than actually focusing on the work. And I usually just go to food. And while I do try to keep myself busy with other things like my bujo, and because I'm not allowed to read while on calls, I just end up sitting here thinking about random crap. Guess I just need to retrain my thoughts. ^_^2 -
Date on (last month 05/08) then .. 06/03 .. 06/04 .. 06/05 .. 06/06 .. 06/07 .. 06/08 .. 06/09
Weight. (last month 178.5) then .. 171.0 .. 170.5 .. 170.0 .. 169.9 .. 169.5 .. 169.0 .. 168.00 ..
Okay, it's official. This is working. I'm losing weight. And so fast! At this rate it feels like it may only take moments to reach my goal of 145#
So grateful for all your support here. You may not see it, but I check in every day for inspiration. Haven't gone completely keto, but carbs are low and cravings are gone. Thank you.
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First time checking in after first successful week of Keto. I am loving it so far. I haven’t craved anything and thought I would when my son had a cookie or french fries-but they didn’t look remotely tempting. This is a good sign I would say. Now that I found this post I will be checking in every day hopefully. Support is wonderful!!5
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Hi All!2
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1 week to go for my first month, feeling positive. Not trying to lose much weight but trying to build better eating habits.
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skctilidie wrote: »June goal...185. I’m hopeful to be able to beat that, but the calendar is packed full and I’m not sure how much exercise I’ll get in, plus we have several big birthday celebrations all in the latter half of June.
I don’t know what my body is doing this week, but I hit my June goal today! Looking forward to Sunday’s weigh-in, as I’m somehow down 2.1 pounds since this past Sunday.
Today is my 60th day since starting keto (though for the last week or two, I’ve been allowing myself to experiment with more carbs, up to about 50 some days while still under 20 on other days) and I’m down 21.8 pounds in that short bit of time. I couldn’t be more pleased. Now the trick will be to continue to lose or to at least maintain through the second half of the month and all the scheduled birthday celebrations and weekends spent at soccer tournaments.5 -
Ive been Keto for 5 months I'm down 28 pounds its not quick but that's ok. Im less hungry, very little cravings, the afternoon munchy habit is gone. My daughter (16) is also down 30 lbs. which makes me very happy. She's gained self esteem and confidence. Keto on!6
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@skctilidie you're not the 1st to indicate that upping carbs helped with weight loss. I don't have a scientific reason for that but will suggest that perhaps keeping under 20 was just too much stress perhaps raising cortisol which can deter weight loss. Dunno.
I know for myself raising carbs from 20 to 50 just made things easier and overall more pleasant with a higher variety of foods. Neither had an impact on weight loss since all my keto experience has been at maintenance.
@loserlee123 that is awesome about you daughter's increased confidence/self esteem. It is important for all and particularly awesome/important for a 16 year old.
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@skctilidie you're not the 1st to indicate that upping carbs helped with weight loss. I don't have a scientific reason for that but will suggest that perhaps keeping under 20 was just too much stress perhaps raising cortisol which can deter weight loss. Dunno.
I know for myself raising carbs from 20 to 50 just made things easier and overall more pleasant with a higher variety of foods. Neither had an impact on weight loss since all my keto experience has been at maintenance.
@loserlee123 that is awesome about you daughter's increased confidence/self esteem. It is important for all and particularly awesome/important for a 16 year old.
That’s interesting! Mine still haven’t been consistently over 20 and I don't think i was finding it stressful to stay under, but who knows. In my case, this last week and a half I’ve just indulged kids who were begging to go out for rolled ice cream twice and have had a bit of fun with the silly Snickers bar selfies that are
the thing on the chit chat forum’s selfie threads. Some days have been 15-20 net carbs and some have been more like 40-50.
I’m currently losing without feeling hungry/wanting to eat more than an average of 1300 calories or so and not having any cravings, so I guess I’ll keep being relaxed about it and see what happens. If progress stops, I can always get more strict again, right?
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