Starving on Keto!

thelittleinu
thelittleinu Posts: 6 Member
edited November 12 in Health and Weight Loss
When I first started the ketogenic diet about 2 months ago, I groaned at the thought of having to eat another snack/meal AGAIN. I was never hungry. Now, for the past month or so, I'm ridiculously hungry. Hungry in my throat and in my stomach and mouth. I don't want to go over my calorie goal, but it is so uncomfortable feeling this empty all the time! Drinking tea or eating raw vegetables like celery and broccoli make me hungrier, and meat doesn't really help either. What am I doing wrong?
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  • saintspoon
    saintspoon Posts: 242 Member
    Sorry but I'm sure I'm not the only one... what is this ketogenic diet please?
  • roachhaley
    roachhaley Posts: 978 Member
    Can you open your diary to the public? youre probably depriving yourself.
  • nomoreplaying
    nomoreplaying Posts: 36
    i've heard people speak of keto, but yes tell us what it is. i just tried richard simmons food mover blast off and i was so hungry my body was shaking
  • Michelle650
    Michelle650 Posts: 218
    Simple as, your not eating enough! Please open your diary so I can see if I can help with your hunger!
  • stephenatl09
    stephenatl09 Posts: 186 Member
    It's a very low carb diet. Atkins is a keto diet. You eat very low carb which puts your body into ketosis which forces your body to burn fat for fuel as opposed to burning carbs.
  • toque88
    toque88 Posts: 113 Member
    It's a high - fat diet, which means you don't feel full, like when you eat meat or veggies. But, you reach your calorie count faster. I would switch diets.
  • thelittleinu
    thelittleinu Posts: 6 Member
    I just made my diary public. I'm supposed to eat 1200 calories a day but I usually go over. Also I'm 5'1" and 122 lbs if that helps anything.

    The keto diet is a high-protein, extremely low-carb diet that requires you to eat every 2.5-3 hours. After depriving yourself dramatically of carbs in the first stage, your body goes into ketosis and ketones are detectable by strips in your urine. Then, supposedly, fat burns and muscle is not lost because you're eating so much protein.
  • nikki91950
    nikki91950 Posts: 647
    are you eating no carbs at all, or a little bit?

    if none, maybe add in a little bit. it might help fill you up without completely negating the whole concept of the keto diet.
  • Dayna154
    Dayna154 Posts: 910 Member
    I am on a low carb diet and dont often feel hungry at all never starving like you are.. send me a add message and you can look at my food diary and see. I am doing 20% carb 40% good fats and 40% good protiens.. and Im doing 1200 calories and I do on occassion go over but not often..
  • Marll
    Marll Posts: 904 Member
    Your problem is that you are trying to stick to a calorie goal that MFP sets (I'm assuming) and eating Keto. This will not work. One of the beauties about eating ketogenically is that you don't really need to restrict calories. I've lost most of my weight (2x over) eating close to 1000cal more a day than MFP would recommend for my size.

    If you are still hungry eat some meat and cheese! Eat some nuts, eat more vegtables...just don't go over your prescribed carbs for the day and you'll be fine.

    I've consumed as much as 8000 calories in a day and lost 2lbs for the week, with the rest of the week averaging 2500-3500 cals a day, all while sitting at a desk job and not exercising. Calories in vs. calories out isn't total bull****, but certainly only one way to skin the cat.

    Fact of the matter is that if you are hungry you need to eat more, 'nuff said.
  • thelittleinu
    thelittleinu Posts: 6 Member
    The only carbs I get are from vegetables, I think. I don't eat any sugar, bread, rice, pasta, cereal, or starchy vegetables.
  • 10KEyes
    10KEyes Posts: 250 Member
    It's a high - fat diet, which means you don't feel full, like when you eat meat or veggies.

    No, fat will make you feel satisfied faster and longer. Eating fat and protein will make one feel satisfied far longer. Fat has a higher caloric value and takes longer to burn off.

    I am sure there is another reason to her starving all the time.
  • onedayillbeamilf
    onedayillbeamilf Posts: 966 Member
    i've heard people speak of keto, but yes tell us what it is. i just tried richard simmons food mover blast off and i was so hungry my body was shaking

    I remember the food mover!!!
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    You don't need to open your diary. You are starving because YOU ARE STARVING!

    Eat some food.
  • 10KEyes
    10KEyes Posts: 250 Member
    The only carbs I get are from vegetables, I think. I don't eat any sugar, bread, rice, pasta, cereal, or starchy vegetables.

    eat more. simple.

    I think your overall calories are probably too low. You may have to increase the calorie goal but make the adjustments to the fat and/or protein. Although, even at my 75g goal, I am in a moderate level of keytones using the urine test sticks. So you are probably gonna have to play around with your goals and be sure you eat them each day.
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    if you're starving then eat. if keto isn't working for you then change it.
  • angng
    angng Posts: 137 Member
    Are you on this for a health reason or for weight loss? I did this (high fat keto) for a while for a seizure disorder/migraines and it really helped, but even with THAT I couldn't stick to it. I try to keep my carbs low-ish, but yeah. I can't imagine anyone doing this for weight loss.
  • stephenatl09
    stephenatl09 Posts: 186 Member
    I just looked at your diary and I think you are eating too low fat. Try adding some fat and up your calories somewhat. I think that might help. 1200 calories is awfully low in my opinion for anybody that does any exercise/activity at all.
  • thelittleinu
    thelittleinu Posts: 6 Member
    Are you on this for a health reason or for weight loss? I did this (high fat keto) for a while for a seizure disorder/migraines and it really helped, but even with THAT I couldn't stick to it. I try to keep my carbs low-ish, but yeah. I can't imagine anyone doing this for weight loss.
    I am just doing this for weight loss. It's not too difficult except for being hungry all the time!
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    The only carbs I get are from vegetables, I think. I don't eat any sugar, bread, rice, pasta, cereal, or starchy vegetables.
    lower your carbs to between 75g and 100g. They are too high. You could go lower, but I don't know if it is necessary. Then adjust your protein for your lean body mass, and the fat will be what is left. That should fix it. The carbs are making you crave.

    Did you read her diary? She's eating under 50g carbs per day.
  • Marll
    Marll Posts: 904 Member
    The only carbs I get are from vegetables, I think. I don't eat any sugar, bread, rice, pasta, cereal, or starchy vegetables.

    Looking back a few weeks on your diary I can give you these suggestions:

    Light salad dressing - Stop using that, go full fat. It will taste better and won't have the hidden sugars in them that most "lite" products do.

    Meatless burgers? - Stop eating processed veggie goop. Eat a real burger, you need the fat to succeed on a keto diet

    Fat free cheese - Don't even bother with this stuff, it's highly processed and gives you none of the good aspects of cheese, including the fat

    Balsalmic vinegar - Actually pretty high in sugar/glycemic impact. Avoid it and go for standard oil and vinegar dressings or ranch and ceasar dressings.

    Anything with wheat in it - You have to avoid this for success. Even if it's only occasionally, generally it's too much.
  • stacygayle
    stacygayle Posts: 349 Member
    I eat low carb and I eat 1800 to 2000 calories a day. I have been losing 2-3 pounds per week and I'm usually never hungry. I also drink a lot of water during the day. I could never eat 1200 calories and be able to function. I stay hungry all the time eating 1200 calories so I eat more so I don't stay hungry but I also walk and do other activity throughout the day to keep up the burn so that 1800 calories will work for me. When I wake up in the morning is the only time I'm hungry. I also eat every 3 hours to keep my blood sugar stable. I have hypoglycemia and if I eat simple carbs my blood sugar crashes an hour after eating to around 55 -60 and I feel really bad. That's why I decided to go low carb and my doctor recommended it to me too.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Are you on this for a health reason or for weight loss? I did this (high fat keto) for a while for a seizure disorder/migraines and it really helped, but even with THAT I couldn't stick to it. I try to keep my carbs low-ish, but yeah. I can't imagine anyone doing this for weight loss.
    I am just doing this for weight loss. It's not too difficult except for being hungry all the time!
    Waste of time, honestly. Ketogenic diets don't lose fat any faster than any other diet. You just lose a lot of water weight doing keto.

    Also, at your height and weight, you don't really have that much weight to lose, you have a BMI of 23. You should be focusing on strength training and body recomposition, not weight loss.
  • Marll
    Marll Posts: 904 Member
    Are you on this for a health reason or for weight loss? I did this (high fat keto) for a while for a seizure disorder/migraines and it really helped, but even with THAT I couldn't stick to it. I try to keep my carbs low-ish, but yeah. I can't imagine anyone doing this for weight loss.
    I am just doing this for weight loss. It's not too difficult except for being hungry all the time!
    Waste of time, honestly. Ketogenic diets don't lose fat any faster than any other diet. You just lose a lot of water weight doing keto.

    Also, at your height and weight, you don't really have that much weight to lose, you have a BMI of 23. You should be focusing on strength training and body recomposition, not weight loss.

    I don't agree with your take on ketogenic diets, but I will agree at her height and weight some weight lifting and body sculpting would be more in order than weight loss.
  • angng
    angng Posts: 137 Member
    Okay-- I'm sorry, I'll chime in here, although I almost never, ever come to these threads.

    I have to ask-- what in the world are you thinking? You're looking for ketones in your urine as a GOOD thing? My daughter is a juvenile diabetic, and was in the hospital near death due to diabetic keto-acidosis-- in short, ketones in her urine. Her body couldn't burn sugar, so it turned to fat and muscle to survive.

    When your body burns fat and muscle for fuel instead of sugar LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO, the byproducts are toxic-- ketones. Any person with any sense will tell you that's NOT A GOOD THING.

    You came here for advice. I advise you to abandon this nonsense and eat a sensible freaking diet. 1200 calories in and of itself isn't so bad. But for heaven's sake, not to mention YOUR BODY'S sake, please eat sensibly.

    Ketoacidosis and ketosis are not the same thing. Not that I think that ketogenic diets are generally a good idea for people without some compelling reason to be on one.
  • Marla64
    Marla64 Posts: 23,120 Member
    I didn't mean to imply that she could go into keto-acidosis....simply that ketones in her urine ARE NOT a good thing.

    Losing weight is not worth getting sick over.
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