Anyone doing a ketogenic diet?

Great results! I'm a keto-er. Just finished my 18th day. Born and raised Texan, myself ;-) I've lost 8.5 lbs in these 2 1/2 weeks, and had my 1st cheat day today... I did Adkins back in college with good results, but in the past 10 years of marriage, 2 babies, and owning a successful home bakery, Ive packed on a good 25 lbs, and I still have 16+ left to lose. Being endomorphic, this way of life is all that really works for me. I'm a beach body coach, used shakeology daily for a year, I run 3 miles a day, have completed multiple rounds of insanity and t25, but slowly the pounds crept on. High fat just works for me. Pain and simple. Not to mention how much better mentally and physically I feel. I jumped into ketosis by day 2, and haven't felt flu-ish at all, till today, actually, and I assume that's from the cheat day carbs.

I've been doing keto diet since mid January. Lost 32lbs so far (most of which was in first month). Enjoying this way of eating.

Great results! I'm a keto-er. Just finished my 18th day. Born and raised Texan, myself ;-) I've lost 8.5 lbs in these 2 1/2 weeks, and had my 1st cheat day today... I did Adkins back in college with good results, but in the past 10 years of marriage, 2 babies, and owning a successful home bakery, Ive packed on a good 25 lbs, and I still have 16+ left to lose. Being endomorphic, this way of life is all that really works for me. I'm a beach body coach, used shakeology daily for a year, I run 3 miles a day, have completed multiple rounds of insanity and t25, but slowly the pounds crept on. High fat just works for me. Pain and simple. Not to mention how much better mentally and physically I feel. I jumped into ketosis by day 2, and haven't felt flu-ish at all, till today, actually, and I assume that's from the cheat day carbs.

Warning: This is a complete thread hijacking...

My wife just started with this shakeology crap. Please tell that there's some inherent value to this approach. It's ridiculously expensive for what you get (IMHO). I can't seem to get her to believe in keto even though my results speak for themselves (down 35 lbs. since I started with only about 10 lbs. left). So what's the "science" behind shakeology? Is there any real sensible basis in that approach.

This sounds interesting!!

I've been low carb / keto since Sept 2012.
There are some great low carb and keto support forums here on MFP. They main forums often take a negative view.

Keto Forum: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/1143-keto
Reddit Keto Forum: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/1494-reddit-keto
Low Carb / High Fat: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/7705-low-carb-high-fat-lifestyle
Low Carber Daily Forum: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-group

For recipes -
DJ Foodie
I Breathe I'm Hungry
All Day I dream About Food
Caveman Keto

Good info on Keto over at reddit:
keto in a nutshell: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aiHSPoto_YqsNTDvL-g60nytMnyH-CJcCbiAx1IEUYM/edit
Keto FAQ: http://www.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/faq

Good Luck!

I definitely won't knock Shakeo. It's a great product, full of amazing super foods. I know a lot of people who have had amazing results with it, I'm just too carb sensitive, and didn't realize it for the year I was downing it for a couple hundred bucks a month. There were a few days at the beginning of going keto where I had enough carbs left at the end of the day I could make half a scoop's worth, (11 carbs), and it would still knock me out of ketosis. I miss it, I feel my body craves it, but it's very much a love/hate relationship. Works for most folks, though!

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Hello,
I am Keke and new to this forum, I am looking for people that are doing a ketogenic diet and/or live a ketogenic lifestyle...
I have even following a ketogenic diet with the local hospital (not for health reasons) and I would like to share my experiences with people on here
I started last month at a weight of 200 lbs and I am down to 176 lbs I still have 40+ lbs to go...
Eventually I would like to start to compete at fitness /bikini competitions.
I used to be 127lbs before I moved to Texas... Well everything is bigger in Texas lmao

Phenomenal results in a short amount of time. Come post on the keto discussion forum.

There's a Keto Forum ?

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1160-keto

Us TEXANS definitely know how to cook ;-)

Just joined and need to lose 50 lbs. Thinking of doing the new Atkins since I am sure I'm addicted to sugar and carbs! I have Shakeology too so it would still be ok to use during induction phase?