Keto, Low Fat, or Plain Old Calorie Counting?

writermindi

After several surgeries and copious steroids, my weight is creeping back up. I decided to get serious and have been trying Keto for the last week but feel like garbage. Due to health issues and allergies, I can’t eat things like nuts, seafood, fibrous veggies, or soy. It is making it very difficult to eat enough low carb to get my calories. Just counting calories, avoiding bread and sugar most of the time, is where I’m at right now. Does anyone have any tips?

SuzySunshine99

Calories are all that matter for weight loss. It doesn't matter what you eat, as long as you are hitting your calorie goal. How you get there is up to you, assuming you are meeting your basic nutritional needs. You don't have to eliminate any food groups.

mmapags

It all comes down to calories in being less than calories out not matter what diet modality you employ. What will you find most sustainable? I pretty much eat the same as I ever did (with a little more focus on protein). I just eat less calories.

The research has show pretty much no difference or metabolic advantage to any one dietary method (an insignificantly slight advantage to low fat but negligible). It all come down to calorie restriction in the end. It's sounds like keto is not very sustainable for you.

If you are counting calories now and it's working, focus there. BTW, there is not need to avoid bread and sugar unless they are foods you can't moderate or they crowd out protein or otherwise unbalance your overall diet. There are no gimmicks or tricks.

psuLemon

If you have a lot of restrictions, following a diet with more restrictions is going to increase the failure rates. My biggest tip, on top of the above, is focus on whole foods, increase protein and fiber where you can, and figure out what foods keep you full the longest. If something makes you hungry or doesn't fill you up than limit it.

cmriverside

Agree with everyone else. Calories are King.


When I was in weight-loss mode I cut back on carbs. If I kept it at about 1500 calories and 100-125g carbs, that seemed to work best for me. Focus on adding a vegetable to every meal and snack. I was usually at about 40C/40F/20P

Countrymade

I have been on and off dieting. Lifetime WW member but not one of those diets were sustainable. I have been gluten free since 2012 but still had stomach issues. After much research I started Keto (Proper Human Diet) and lost the weight I tried so hard to do with other diets and failed. I am now living and maintaining on the Keto way of eating and never felt better. It does matter what you eat and calories aren't a big deal. Anyone interested in this way of eating go to YouTube: Dr Ken Berry Keto 101. He also has a ton of videos out there to help you. They also have a Facebook Live every Monday night at 8 EST. I learned so much from him. Keto on for life.

Lillymoo01

Countrymade wrote: »

I have been on and off dieting. Lifetime WW member but not one of those diets were sustainable. I have been gluten free since 2012 but still had stomach issues. After much research I started Keto (Proper Human Diet) and lost the weight I tried so hard to do with other diets and failed. I am now living and maintaining on the Keto way of eating and never felt better. It does matter what you eat and calories aren't a big deal. Anyone interested in this way of eating go to YouTube: Dr Ken Berry Keto 101. He also has a ton of videos out there to help you. They also have a Facebook Live every Monday night at 8 EST. I learned so much from him. Keto on for life.

Calories are a HUGE deal. If not people would not lose, gain and maintain on keto. You would simply continue to lose weight instead!

KrissFlavored

Countrymade wrote: »

I have been on and off dieting. Lifetime WW member but not one of those diets were sustainable. I have been gluten free since 2012 but still had stomach issues. After much research I started Keto (Proper Human Diet) and lost the weight I tried so hard to do with other diets and failed. I am now living and maintaining on the Keto way of eating and never felt better. It does matter what you eat and calories aren't a big deal. Anyone interested in this way of eating go to YouTube: Dr Ken Berry Keto 101. He also has a ton of videos out there to help you. They also have a Facebook Live every Monday night at 8 EST. I learned so much from him. Keto on for life.

And if you call now, you can get this classic keto jello mould, a $20 value, free.

psuLemon

Countrymade wrote: »

I have been on and off dieting. Lifetime WW member but not one of those diets were sustainable. I have been gluten free since 2012 but still had stomach issues. After much research I started Keto (Proper Human Diet) and lost the weight I tried so hard to do with other diets and failed. I am now living and maintaining on the Keto way of eating and never felt better. It does matter what you eat and calories aren't a big deal. Anyone interested in this way of eating go to YouTube: Dr Ken Berry Keto 101. He also has a ton of videos out there to help you. They also have a Facebook Live every Monday night at 8 EST. I learned so much from him. Keto on for life.

Keto isn't the proper human diet, regardless of his current tagline. If you research human diets, they greatly vary based on location and access to foods. Dr. Berry's wife doesn't even do keto. He does because of his Norwegian heritage which is why he believes keto, and moreso carnivore is beneficial to him. His wife tends to incorporate much more veggies and fruits in her diet. I forget where but her heritage is from somewhere closer to the equator.

While he really pushes to get rid of grains (which have been around for tens of thousands of years, and processed foods (which i think we can agree that minimizing process foods is a good thing) in favor of nutrient dense whole foods.

My ultimate issue and why I stopped following him was his solution for everything was just do keto or carnivore. He used to suggest starting with less restrictive diets like paleo (which can eliminate a lot of trigger foods), then move to an AIP or keto diet, and then carnivore. I would say, it's good to see that he still works with patients. I so find that commendable.

MeganD1704

psuLemon wrote: »

If you have a lot of restrictions, following a diet with more restrictions is going to increase the failure rates. My biggest tip, on top of the above, is focus on whole foods, increase protein and fiber where you can, and figure out what foods keep you full the longest. If something makes you hungry or doesn't fill you up than limit it.

This,
I was keto for a year, dropped 40 lbs, went on my honeymoon, ate off plan and was never able to get back on. My mind started to view it as restrictive- which it was- and I wouldn't do it. I gained all the weight back nearly. Now i am here- calories in vs calories out and am slowly dropping again but can still enjoy what I want. My personal advice is restrictions don't work long term.