Anyone doing a keto diet?

LaJauna

I love it, you friends make me laugh. Laughing is good.

Internal aerobics. The only aerobics I practice, by the way!

LaJauna

FAT, FAT, OMG don't you know you need to eat wheat or your brain will shrink up and you will die a horrible death?

Shhhh...don't attract them to this thread. They smell sarcasm. :bigsmile:

Yeah and it smells like fresh, uncured bacon. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


I am beginning to think their just jealous of us.

I think they are hungry!

operadiva222

Bump to read later - VERY interested on starting a keto diet. Not sure how I will handle that much meat, and eating lots of fat makes me gag...so I'll be reading all of this later to determine if it will be right for me! thanks for all the helpful posts.

robertf57

It is amazing (and entertaining) how much incorrect dogma (read fat bashing)is routinely repeated. Have a nice (fat) day!

Grokette

It is amazing (and entertaining) how much incorrect dogma (read fat bashing)is routinely repeated. Have a nice (fat) day!

It gives me a headache.............

I have the progress in my profile pics to show what 3 months of high fat, moderate protein and low carb have done for me...........If all I have lost is water weight then I am mostly water and hardly no fat, LOL

stevemcknight

Well, I'm sad to report to you all that I ate some saturated fat the other day, and now I'm dead.

Love you all - eat your bread people.

sighed -

Steve's dead body.

tmaksparkie

If saturated fats kill then I also am a dead.

Grokette love the new pics, and that's right it works and I feel good more energy I don't now what to do with it.

bri_rick

MFP newbie here, glad there are some keto people!

Grokette

MFP newbie here, glad there are some keto people!

There are more like us than you think................ :bigsmile:

Welcome aboard, we are on a wild ride!!

sunsetseven

I am not sure if anyone else is still looking at this thread. I started my Keto Diet Aug 1st and have dropped 10 LBS. I would like maybe another 5-8 gone...I have started back to the gym last week and ramping my weight endurance. Still keeping to about 700 cals during the week and I splurge a lil more on the weekends but no more than 1200 cals. This week I am adding more veggies but still keeping carb count under 30g.

Quiing

Feels good to see more keto dieters! Let's be friends

xiadu02

I started my Dr. assisted Keto Diet yesterday. I have tons of energy and I'm feeling just fine. It's all about balance. I will be sure to chime in to let everyone know how it's going. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Nanadena

Watch out what kind of fat you eat, saturated fat like in coconut oil or in animal fat is in large amounts not too good, it can make you choleserol go up and is bad for your arteries and not too healthy for your body, even if you loose weight.
Try to get more unsaturated fat out of, e.g. Olive oil, fish (lika salmon or tuna) or avocado.

Saturated fat is not bad for you..............Saturated fat is very necessary in generous quantities for a lot of essential body functions, especially brain function.

Here is some educational reading for you :flowerforyou:

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http://trusted.md/blog/vreni_gurd/2007/04/06/saturated_fat_the_misunderstood_nutrient#axzz0zknkn0yT

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/nutrition/saturated_fat.htm

http://www.preventionisbest.com/site/saturatedfat.html

http://www.health-report.co.uk/saturated_fats_health_benefits.htm

chemimangia

I just started doing keto a week ago. I am finding it very hard to eat enough calories. The first week they told me "don't count the calories, just count the carbs." At the end of the week I looked back at my food log and counted the calories - I was eating 900 to 1,000 calories each day. Not good. Now I know to add more butter and I am learning what other types of fat to add to bring up the calorie count.

sunsetseven

I just started doing keto a week ago. I am finding it very hard to eat enough calories. The first week they told me "don't count the calories, just count the carbs." At the end of the week I looked back at my food log and counted the calories - I was eating 900 to 1,000 calories each day. Not good. Now I know to add more butter and I am learning what other types of fat to add to bring up the calorie count.

Remember 1 gram of fat is 9 calories. I am having trouble figuring how to add enough fats as I have been trained that fats are bad for so many years...but I am getting there. Butter has alot of salt. Use oils to cook your food, add nuts to you diet...almonds are really good- just make sure they are not salted or coated with sweet stuff.

Also 30-50 grams of carbs or less to stay in ketosis...this is what I keep seeing.

I have been experimenting with this since Aug 1st and found it a very positive experience.

rooboi85

Yay for some more Keto's!!

Add me as a friend!

I have tried Keto a few times but never last more than I few weeks, I hit my goal weight of around 72kg's and about 2.5 weeks in then I have the biggest carb cravings!

The Dr has told me I need to focus on making this diet work as I have digestive issues that resolve themselves when I minimise on the carbs.

The issue I have is i binge on carbs - I do the time being good - I lost heaps of weight this year and then I have a bad day and eat to excess on stupid carbs namely, chips, crisps, chocolate, ice cream, cookies etc... to the point I'll go out and buy them in excess and eat stuff that I don't actually like!

Anyways - first day on Keto here I come again...