Going Keto!

Hi beautiful people :)

I gained about 8 kilos on the past year, didn't have time to workout due to work and ate everything i could while at the office :(

I want to try the Keto diet and i wanted to get some help/advise!

If anyone has had success or not with this, i'm interested in all stories and tips!

Your help will be appreciated <3

Thank you and love to all!
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  • LilMamaz707
    LilMamaz707 Posts: 9 Member
    Hi! I too am beginning my keto diet this year. I have bought a few books and looked online for information on it. Hopefully it seems simple enough :) Feel free to add me
  • joeboland
    joeboland Posts: 205 Member
    You can lose "weight" on a keto diet, yes - but to either believe or claim that it's a magical panacea of "lose only fat while doing nothing!" is a fool's errand.

    Caveat: I'm not a keto dieter, simply because it's not for me. That being said, any keto-er I've known who's been serious about health and fitness will tell you that your body simply will not maintain its musculature in the absence of exercise (ideally some form of resistance training), no matter what diet or protocol you're following. That's what lands people in "skinny-fat jail". There is no diet on the face of this Earth that will replace exercise.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    cdlee05mfp wrote: »
    I've done keto and it works extremely well and i can tell you that it absolutely does NOT rely on a calorie deficit to lose weight, in fact i was eating MORE calories then normal and the pounds were melting off. Here's my few pointers about it:

    Nope - now way. Every single weight loss plan....EVERY ONE relies on a calorie deficit. If you truely are the exception to this you need to be studied by medical professionals.

    Your body is burning fat! Of course it is. Keto dieters ingest lots of fat, so ingested fat becomes fuel.

    If you are eating at a deficit your body is not storing fat......that's the same whether you are ingesting fat or ingesting carbs. If you are eating at a surplus you are gaining weight.
  • CourtneyUT
    CourtneyUT Posts: 48 Member
    I tried keto but ultimately found it to be another fad that I couldn't keep up with. It's a tough diet to stick to because there are so many foods you cannot eat. I am much happier now just counting calories and not restricting any foods. I eat what I want and still lose weight and there's no stress. I think any diet that restricts certain foods is a diet many people can't stick to long term. When I was on keto, if I craved something sweet and caved in, then the "diet" was blown, my body was thrown out of ketosis and I felt like a failure. But now when I crave something like that, I eat it, make it fit with my calories, and move on. No stress.
  • cdlee05mfp
    cdlee05mfp Posts: 1,139 Member
    But if your TDEE is 2000, and you consume 4000 calories of "keto" food every day, you WILL gain weight. It's physically impossible not to. [/quote]

    I totally agree with this. My tip for someone starting keto is because it's obviously a very high fat/low carb diet is to focus on where your macros line up. Eventually there will be some days at calorie deficit and some with calorie surplus due to suppressed appetite. I believe that in the beginning of keto especially (and i'm sharing only my experience) it is more beneficial to focus on your macros then count calories. That does NOT mean automatically eating 4000 calories everyday but I do think on keto it's better to eat until you feel satiated. Quitting carbs AND feeling hungry at the same time is a very easy way to fall off and in turn just binge on everything in sight.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    cdlee05mfp wrote: »
    Here's a few keto resources I've liked that are also free:
    Diet Doctor (online for recipes)
    Ketogenic Diet Food & Recipes (on Facebook)
    Thomas DeLauer (on Facebook or online)
    Keto Talks w/Jimmy Moore (if you like podcasts)

    Some resources on CICO and what fad diets are:
    MFP forums...this is also free, lol.

    It's so hard to do keto and MFP forums because every time i read through them i end up having to bring my popcorn and it throws me out of ketosis.

    There are lots of people doing keto on MFP. They just understand that regardless of what way of eating you subscribe to, the very basic laws of energy and physics show that you have to eat less calories than you burn to lose weight. CICO isn't a diet, it's a shorthand for the equation for energy balance in the body.

    OP, keto can work very well for those who are satiated by fat and not satiated by carbs. I know several people who easily stick to their calorie goal eating keto or low carb. I actually don't find fat filling - I tend to overeat stuff like nuts, chicken thighs, cheese, etc that's pretty much how I gained weight - and feel much better eating a moderate carb/high fiber diet, so it wouldn't be a good fit for me.

    There is also a Low Carb group here where you can find more people who eat that way, it's usually one of the links on the right hand side on the forum home page.
  • dinadyna21
    dinadyna21 Posts: 403 Member
    edited January 2018
    I tried Keto at first, had some success but then my weight loss stalled. When I didn't see success I gave up and gained all the weight back because I honestly love carbs and I hated giving them up. Once I learned about CICO I understood why I gained, I was eating too much.
    Follow Keto if it's sustainable for you, by sustainable I mean that you can see yourself doing it for the rest of your life. Ultimately even when you do get to goal weight you're gonna be maintaining your goal weight. Which will be really hard to do if you don't like the way you eat.
  • Ohhhtayyyy
    Ohhhtayyyy Posts: 49 Member
    I’ve just started Keto to! Still trying to get used to it!
  • symatthews
    symatthews Posts: 4 Member
    I say try it. If keto is right for you it will come naturally. There is no one size fits all approach to lifestyle. I was vegan for years and felt great. However, my lifestyle changed and I was struggling majorly sustaining. Now I eat a high fat diet... similar to keto but less strict. I can’t do strict. I’m feeling pretty good. Healthfulpursuit.com has been very helpful. Plus, the Healthful Pursuit podcast. Good luck!!
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    edited January 2018
    ketofire51 wrote: »
    For more insight as to why low carb (keto) works, read :The Obesity Code" by Dr. Jason Fung. He proposes that weight loss is hormonal and not tied up in the science of thermodynamics (CICO -calories in/calories out).

    Certainly there are those so addicted to carbs that keto could never work for them, so I get why they may choose the CICO routine.

    For me, keto helped me beat T2 diabetes, reduce bodyfat, lower cholesterol and triglycerides, and along with Intermittent Fasting, is helping me lose weight without the resulting loose skin, as well as many other benefits touted by research.

    As said before, to each their own. Good luck!

    :huh: I'm not "addicted" to carbs. I feel much better when I eat a diet of @ 50-60% carbs. My bloodwork is excellent and I'm a healthy weight. Most traditional cultures have moderate carb diets. Check out the Blue Zones - unusually high rates of healthy centenarians and they eat moderate to high carb plant based diets. I don't understand why people need to believe there is "one true way" to eat and anyone who doesn't is either ignorant, addicted, or doesn't care.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    The main benefit for me when i did keto was that it reduced my appetite/cravings which made losing weight a hell of a lot less stressful and easier!
    I still counted every single calorie, but instead of struggling to eat less, i had to make an effort to eat enough. I only did it for 4mths, so have no idea if the appetite suppressing effects would have stayed with me.

    Also, try and get your fats in with whole foods, adding copious amounts of oils and butters (low volume-high calorie) etc can easily create a surplus and you'll be gaining instead of losing.
  • ketofire51
    ketofire51 Posts: 102 Member
    edited January 2018

    :huh: I'm not "addicted" to carbs. I feel much better when I eat a diet of @ 50-60% carbs. My bloodwork is excellent and I'm a healthy weight. Most traditional cultures have moderate carb diets. Check out the Blue Zones - unusually high rates of healthy centenarians and they eat moderate to high carb plant based diets. I don't understand why people need to believe there is "one true way" to eat and anyone who doesn't is either ignorant, addicted, or doesn't care. [/quote]



    Maybe addicted is too strong a word.....with that said, I do believe there is more than one way to accomplish a goal. Sorry if I offended you or any others.