So now I’m being told Keto is the only effective way to lose weight?

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  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    Who's telling you this? Keto is a way of eating that can be helpful in weight management for people who prefer to eat that way.
  • Punksprincess83
    Punksprincess83 Posts: 222 Member
    You can lose weight eating pizza, burgers, mac and cheese and drinking beer too. I lost 50 pounds using only portion control (i eat what i like) with exercise. Do what works for you!

    This 100
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    mikew4242 wrote: »
    Opinions please

    Who is telling you this?
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    mikew4242 wrote: »
    Opinions please

    Nope. Not at all. Got the before and after pics to prove it.
  • lleeann2001
    lleeann2001 Posts: 410 Member
    suziecue25 wrote: »
    I remember a work colleague who wanted to lose a few pounds and said she'd heard of a fabulous new diet where you could eat as much fatty food as you wanted and you'd lose weight, as long as you didn't eat vegetables because they would make you put weight on.......well, she did just that and in no time at all she'd gained 5 pounds.
    It's not what you eat, it's how much lol

    LOL ditto what you said!!
  • Dad_of_3
    Dad_of_3 Posts: 517 Member
    MikePTY wrote: »
    lin_be wrote: »
    Keto has worked for a lot of people! It’s an easy restrictive diet because you can substitute a lot of high carbohydrate foods. And protein and fat are yummy to eat!

    The biggest problem I have with keto is that after you’ve lost your weight and want to eat like you did before, you gain because your body just naturally retains water when eating higher carbohydrates (not fat). And then they tout that carbs are the devil “because they made me gain”. I feel like there’s certainly a lot of fat loss from keto (calorie deficit) but the extra losses are just water.

    This is the big problem with Keto and other restrictive diets. If someone is not going to eat Keto for life, then it is not a very effective long term weight loss solicitation. There are a lot of stories of people losing on Keto, but almost as many of people gaining it back when they stop doing it. So I think for most people, unless they genuinely like the Ketogenic way of eating and feel like they could continue with it long term, it is better to just moderate intake of the foods you like to eat, so you can sustain it better once you lose the weight.

    I agree. I am going to be on a high protein, moderate fat, low carb diet for the rest of my life. It is not even be a diet at this point, it is already a life style.
  • kzshelbi
    kzshelbi Posts: 73 Member
    absolutely not.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Some people enjoy keto and find it an easy way to stick to their calories. Some don't.

    It's certainly not the only effective way to lose weight.
  • Larissa_NY
    Larissa_NY Posts: 495 Member
    Does that fit with your experience of the world? Have you ever seen people you know lose weight without being on keto? Are you aware that people have gained and lost weight for as long as there have been people, and certainly long before the keto diet was a thing? Have you googled "successful weight loss" and looked at information from reputable and credible sources?

    Whoever told you this is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts. If they tell you the sky is purple with green polka dots, you do not have to ask the internet for their opinions on the subject. Sometimes it's okay to just tell people who say something demonstrably wrong that they're talking out their *kitten*.
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