Heath Nutrition Question. Keto/Other Diet

StormiLu

I recently started back up on here and my heath again. 2 half years ago I went ful keto, lost about 26 27 pounds. Went from 199 to 173. Now I am back up to 199. Working out again, I am stuck on going back all keto or just eating more whole foods/Protein. I hear keto is bad but loaded with fat gain it back etc but it did work for me when everything else did not. But now I am ready to work out 4 to 5 days a week. What diet plan/Lifestyle do I go to? Just am not sure.

wunderkindking

I do absolutely nothing but restrict my calories and eat what I want and find satisfying that fits those goals.

Also if you lost with keto and then regained it didn't actually work. Being able to do it forever is the key to maintaining loss.

StormiLu

wunderkindking wrote: »

I do absolutely nothing but restrict my calories and eat what I want and find satisfying that fits those goals.

Also if you lost with keto and then regained it didn't actually work. Being able to do it forever is the key to maintaining loss.

Thanks for the Input, how I saw it. Thanks

heybales

StormiLu wrote: »

I recently started back up on here and my heath again. 2 half years ago I went ful keto, lost about 26 27 pounds. Went from 199 to 173. Now I am back up to 199. Working out again, I am stuck on going back all keto or just eating more whole foods/Protein. I hear keto is bad but loaded with fat gain it back etc but it did work for me when everything else did not. But now I am ready to work out 4 to 5 days a week. What diet plan/Lifestyle do I go to? Just am not sure.

What to go to?

The sustainable for the long term plan.

"Now I am ready to work out 4 to 5 days a week."

That sounds like you had no desire or incentive to workout besides weight loss - so when the goal was reached the workouts stopped. Perhaps do exercise for health and body improvements and extra calorie burn is just an extra bonus. Doing it for different purpose may allow it to continue.

Exercise itself doesn't cause weigh loss (in fact most responses to it are water weight gain) - but it does cause you to burn more, therefore you can eat more compared to no exercise - may make it easier to adhere.

As to weight loss and "everything else did not" work for you - were you trying other fad diets like keto has become, extreme ones perhaps - or actually try something sustainable and reasonable?

Like you didn't gain the 27 lbs fast, are you attempting to lose at faster rate?
That's extreme - hence the reason you ended up in the 80% stat of those that fail to reach or maintain goal weight.

Please listen to the advice of some older ones that spent their life yo-yo dieting it away with a terrible relationship with food and their body.

On the other hand many people make annual or bi-annual weight loss a hobby and appear to enjoy restarting the routines again - perhaps that is you.

Here's a little tidbit if wondering about a change this time. You'll notice both are merely methods - you must still eat less than you burn. By reasonable amount or plan on likely bad responses. 500 cal deficit off total daily burned.

https://youtu.be/faDqI5GMM5g

callsitlikeiseeit

my best friend did keto and lost weight.

like you, she stopped and ... gained it back.

Then she decided to do it the same way I lost (and kept off) my weight. eat what i want, as long as it fits in my calories.

And shes lost most of that weight and feels it will be easier to maintain. I will say she also combines it with Noom and she does not weigh her food, but she is very cognizant of portion sizes. So not quite as detail oriented as I am or probably the majority of us on MFP are. But for now, she is being successful, and I am pretty sure if she runs into issues where she stops losing she would come to me and say 'hey, how do I do this thing you do...'

Finding what works for you, and what you can maintain, even after you have lost the weight, is the key to success.

AnnPT77

Like others who've commented, I lost weight fine just by counting calories, eating foods I like (at age 59-60, hypothyroid (but treated), after previous decades of staying overweight to obese). I lost nearly a third of my body weight, well over 50 pounds, in a bit less than a year, obese to healthy, 183 to mid-120s at 5'5". I've stayed at a healthy weight for 5+ years since the same way (now 65).

I ate pretty much the same foods while losing as I did when obese, just in different portion sizes, proportions, or frequencies. (I'm sure some that weren't that important to me have dropped to a frequency of "never", but I can't think of any offhand.) I was already a reasonably healthy eater, had been vegetarian for over 40 years by then, so I'm not suggesting nutrition is unimportant for health.

I didn't materially change my exercise routine to lose weight, just generally kept on doing the same things I'd been doing before. (I was already very active while obese (and stayed obese nonetheless!), so I didn't feel any health-related need to increase exercise.) I have found that being at a healthy weight makes activity easier and more fun, so I suspect I may do more of it these days, but there's nothing forced in the picture.

I'd never consider keto personally. (Keto vegetarian sounds difficult and unpleasant to me, though I know it's theoretically possible . . . and it's just not necessary for me, so why would I? I tried low carb years back, BTW, and it made me miserable, personally. I'm not - wasn't when fat - diabetic or insulin resistant.)

Keto is a great way of eating for some people, and to the extent that it controls appetite more easily, or something like that, it can be a great choice . . . for others, not for me. 😉

StormiLu

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Like others who've commented, I lost weight fine just by counting calories, eating foods I like (at age 59-60, hypothyroid (but treated), after previous decades of staying overweight to obese). I lost nearly a third of my body weight, well over 50 pounds, in a bit less than a year, obese to healthy, 183 to mid-120s at 5'5". I've stayed at a healthy weight for 5+ years since the same way (now 65).

I ate pretty much the same foods while losing as I did when obese, just in different portion sizes, proportions, or frequencies. (I'm sure some that weren't that important to me have dropped to a frequency of "never", but I can't think of any offhand.) I was already a reasonably healthy eater, had been vegetarian for over 40 years by then, so I'm not suggesting nutrition is unimportant for health.

I didn't materially change my exercise routine to lose weight, just generally kept on doing the same things I'd been doing before. (I was already very active while obese (and stayed obese nonetheless!), so I didn't feel any health-related need to increase exercise.) I have found that being at a healthy weight makes activity easier and more fun, so I suspect I may do more of it these days, but there's nothing forced in the picture.

I'd never consider keto personally. (Keto vegetarian sounds difficult and unpleasant to me, though I know it's theoretically possible . . . and it's just not necessary for me, so why would I? I tried low carb years back, BTW, and it made me miserable, personally. I'm not - wasn't when fat - diabetic or insulin resistant.)

Keto is a great way of eating for some people, and to the extent that it controls appetite more easily, or something like that, it can be a great choice . . . for others, not for me. 😉

Yeah that is what I did before keto and before I got pregnant and seem to be working 5 years ago. I'll give it try but this time with more exercise.

cmriverside

I'm going to touch on the "more exercise" bit.

Weight loss is about how much you eat for the amount of activity you do. Exercise in and of itself is not going to cause weight loss. So if you feel like you can keep up with a lot of exercise, that's good but not strictly necessary.

I lost 80 pounds 13 years ago and really it's mostly about tracking food for me. I eat all the same foods I always ate, but in smaller portions and the "expensive" treats like fried chicken or ice cream have become far less frequent.

Have you ever logged food on this site? Myfitnesspal's method is to eat more on exercise days, so your weight loss is not dependent on hitting an exercise schedule. Here's the explanation:
https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032625391-How-does-MyFitnessPal-calculate-my-initial-goals-


...and here's a good How To Log thread:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1

kshama2001

StormiLu

kshama2001 wrote: »

Thanks for this, Really appreciate it.