To Baconslave and all keto people

katfourty

Hi,
I am new. You can call me AllAbtBacon! I am 54 yr 5"4' abt 163 lb, postmenopause female and I want to weigh 133 lb. Abt 4 years ago I got down to 142 lb for my daughters wedding with 2 mo 15 g carb 1200 cal diet and hot yoga.

I am looking for motivation and encouragement which I can give also.

I have 4 kids , 3 grandkids and want to enjoy my empty nest in the next few years. I gained with Covid and menopause.

Happy to have Keto buddies.
I am probably still in keto flu land and getting dizzy this week but electrolyting a lot.

Thanks

MacLowCarbing

Hi, I'm new to the forums (not to MFP tools though).

Also 54, close to being post-menopause, also doing low carb/keto (in the form of 'dirty/lazy keto').

Doesn't look like the keto or low carb groups are very active, and doesn't seem the regular boards have many people interested in low carb. I'm here if you want a buddy.

~Mac

rileysowner

My experience is that currently pretty much all the groups are not very active. I can see that since unless one checks if there are new posts in the group they will go un-noticed. Welcome.

rileysowner

I should add that I agree that in the forums I see the same trend. I do Keto because of specific health needs. I was losing weight only counting calories just fine, but due to health concerns I switched to Keto which has basically solved them. In that time my rate of weight loss has not changed, but I can say I feel fuller on a Keto diet than I did just counting calories.

MacLowCarbing

rileysowner wrote: »

I should add that I agree that in the forums I see the same trend. I do Keto because of specific health needs. I was losing weight only counting calories just fine, but due to health concerns I switched to Keto which has basically solved them. In that time my rate of weight loss has not changed, but I can say I feel fuller on a Keto diet than I did just counting calories.

Me too, counting carbs instead of calories and kicking the habit of high-carb foods & added sugars has really made the difference in satiety and sustainability. I don't worry so much about calories anymore because I rarely even reach my 1500 per day calorie max. Usually these days, 1000-1200 calories are more than filling, and it's really nice.

I don't follow any subscribed keto plan myself, I just stay low carb (5-10%), hovering somewhere between "ketovore" (the fruit-eating carnivores) and "ketorranean" (the Mediterranean dieters on the lower carb end).

On the regular forums there are a few people who get a bit triggered if I mention things like humans don't actually need to eat grains at all, or that fat isn't actually bad for humans. I don't go around preaching to people that they should follow a low-carb diet; in fact I believe no diet is one-size-fits-all, but occasionally someone new comes in and asks about low-carbing specifically, or is also diabetic or talks about carb addictions or hating veggies or never being satiated, and after 20 posts of people saying we all should eat a carefully calculated balance of produce, whole grains and low-fat options, I feel compelled to mention there are alternative opinions.

I usually get some snippy answers or lectures about the virtues of fiber. Seems there is a preferred narrative and some people definitely don't like it if you politely disagree with the idea that it works for everyone.

rileysowner

MacLowCarbing wrote: »

rileysowner wrote: »

I should add that I agree that in the forums I see the same trend. I do Keto because of specific health needs. I was losing weight only counting calories just fine, but due to health concerns I switched to Keto which has basically solved them. In that time my rate of weight loss has not changed, but I can say I feel fuller on a Keto diet than I did just counting calories.

On the regular forums there are a few people who get a bit triggered if I mention things like humans don't actually need to eat grains at all, or that fat isn't actually bad for humans. I don't go around preaching to people that they should follow a low-carb diet; in fact I believe no diet is one-size-fits-all, but occasionally someone new comes in and asks about low-carbing specifically, or is also diabetic or talks about carb addictions or hating veggies or never being satiated, and after 20 posts of people saying we all should eat a carefully calculated balance of produce, whole grains and low-fat options, I feel compelled to mention there are alternative opinions.

I usually get some snippy answers or lectures about the virtues of fiber. Seems there is a preferred narrative and some people definitely don't like it if you politely disagree with the idea that it works for everyone.

I see the same thing. If a person wants to eat vegan, apparently that is fine, but if you do low-carb/keto/carnivore you a most certainly going to die from some deficiency. I also find it interesting that an increasing amount of randomized trials are showing significant value in going to a higher fat low or very low carb diet especially for those who have metabolic health related issues. As for me, I have not felt as good as I currently do for a long time, so I will stick with dirty keto since it not only makes me feel good, but is a way of eating I find satisfying.

MacLowCarbing

rileysowner wrote: »

I see the same thing. If a person wants to eat vegan, apparently that is fine, but if you do low-carb/keto/carnivore you a most certainly going to die from some deficiency. I also find it interesting that an increasing amount of randomized trials are showing significant value in going to a higher fat low or very low carb diet especially for those who have metabolic health related issues. As for me, I have not felt as good as I currently do for a long time, so I will stick with dirty keto since it not only makes me feel good, but is a way of eating I find satisfying.

Oh so true, the more I've looked into the actual science supporting low fat, whole grains, plant-based, low meat/very low red meat diets, it is so easy to see how poorly they were conducted and how easy it is to poke holes in the data.

They're trying to suppress the growing data about the benefits of fats & meats but at some point the flood gate will break. Takes societies, businesses, governments, and institutions decades to turn around and stop following the status quo.