Did you lose weight when you upped your calories?
kiknitwite
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Hi guys, I've been keto for about a month now, and I'm trying to work through the kinks! I'm looking to get to a regular losing state, like 2 pounds a week on average or at least a steady consistent drop.
To sum it up, I started with a fat fast, lost 5 pounds in about 3 days, did a lot of research and decided to make a lifestyle change. Prior to that I was already eating "low carb" for about 3 weeks and had lost about 14 pounds. Since switching to keto, I've lost 5 pounds, in total for a whole month. In fact, I stopped losing and gained 5 pounds over a not so great weekend... I lost 2 of those pounds in one day. I was eating about 1000-1100 calories and I was STRONGLY encouraged by the keto community to up those. I redid my macros and now I'm at 1565 calories, 75% fat, 20% protein and 5% carbs. I regained 2 pounds and then lost those 2 pounds 2 days later. The long and short of it is, my lowest weight over 2 weeks ago was 255, since then I've gone up and down but have never seen that 255 again. My last weight in was Wednesday, about 5 days ago, and I was 258. (Down 2 pounds since upping my calories). I used to weigh in everyday and I was told to NOT weight for 2 weeks. So I gave my friend my scale and I'm not weighing in until August 5th.
My questions for you guys is, has anyone one else had this issue and then up their calories and then start losing consistently? I'm really trying to get out of feeling like I'm racing, I'd be ok with a steady loss, because everyone's body is different. I'm disappointed because I've never seen that HUGE beginning drop like others...
To sum it up, I started with a fat fast, lost 5 pounds in about 3 days, did a lot of research and decided to make a lifestyle change. Prior to that I was already eating "low carb" for about 3 weeks and had lost about 14 pounds. Since switching to keto, I've lost 5 pounds, in total for a whole month. In fact, I stopped losing and gained 5 pounds over a not so great weekend... I lost 2 of those pounds in one day. I was eating about 1000-1100 calories and I was STRONGLY encouraged by the keto community to up those. I redid my macros and now I'm at 1565 calories, 75% fat, 20% protein and 5% carbs. I regained 2 pounds and then lost those 2 pounds 2 days later. The long and short of it is, my lowest weight over 2 weeks ago was 255, since then I've gone up and down but have never seen that 255 again. My last weight in was Wednesday, about 5 days ago, and I was 258. (Down 2 pounds since upping my calories). I used to weigh in everyday and I was told to NOT weight for 2 weeks. So I gave my friend my scale and I'm not weighing in until August 5th.
My questions for you guys is, has anyone one else had this issue and then up their calories and then start losing consistently? I'm really trying to get out of feeling like I'm racing, I'd be ok with a steady loss, because everyone's body is different. I'm disappointed because I've never seen that HUGE beginning drop like others...
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I've been doing Keto for about a month. In that time, I initially lost about 5 lbs, and I'm well aware it was water weight. Since then, I've mostly gained... similar to you. My next move is to track more precisely. By this I mean, measure everything... which kinda sucks. However, I know I'm in Ketosis, my next deduction is that I'm eating too many calories. Also, I don't know your exercise plan, but I've started lifting more, which I'm also factoring into my gain/not losing weight. These are my personal observations, but I hope they help you too!0
