Ketogenic Diet - How many carbs do you eat?

I try to stay below 75 and I agree that it has helped me lose weight. I started reducing carbs because I am pre-diabetic. I have also noticed my face is not bloated and my hair is not as thin as before.

looking for advice

I'm 41yrs old 5'5" 125lbs my ideal weight which was 2 yrs ago was 115lbs. This is the weight that I mentally and physically felt happy healthy and energetic. I miss that feeling. I am NOT comfortable in my skin right now.

I believe I gained the extra 10lbs over the last 2 years due to stress. 2 yrs ago I had more muscle and I was totally ripped. I'm guessing my body composition changed from muscle to fat as I lost a lot of muscle and strength.

I have been paleo for 6 years. I have many food intolerances such as dairy wheat flax soy etc. I don't eat sugar unless its an occasional fruit or starchy veg. I stared a ketogenic diet 2 weeks ago i use MFP to track everything as I'm not really sure what I should be eating.
MFP goals
Calories 2000
carbs 50g total (not net) 10%
protien 75g 15%
fat 167g 75%

I typically eat more than 2000 caloies a day, it usually ends up at around 2500 and some days Im still hungry. I'm having a hard time keeping my protein under 100g per day as I love meat, fish and seafood. For fats I eat a lot of avocados, mct oil, full fat goat cheese, full fat goat yogurt, homemade pork rinds, walnuts pecans, almonds, nut butter, coconut milk and coconut oil. my carbs come from salads which i love and eat almost daily.

I have only tried the keto sticks to test for ketosis. sad to say but i'm not in ketosis (

As for exercise. my job is very physical, I'm a letter carrier and I typically walk 15kilometers everyday carrying up to 50lbs at a time. I also try to attend hot yoga 4 to 6 times per week and lift weight 3 to 4 times per week.

Do I eat too much? or not enough? If i eat too much I don't know how I can eat less and still handle all the walking that I do for work and then still try to attend yoga and weightlifting which are my stress relievers.

Any advice would be appreciated

thanks

I eat between 40 and 60 carbs a day and my ketostix always show moderate ketones. That's the third from the highest amount of ketones. I probably am losing 2 to 3 pounds a week

I count carbs differently: I limit carbs from fruit, dairy, treats, nuts, olives, avocado, etc to 10g per day
For veggies (induction type veggies), I have unlimited carbs (which doesn't always add up to much) according to my hunger.

Usually I'm around 20-50 total depending on availability of veggies.

I also track protein grams to avoid gluconeogenesis.

I prefer to "carb cycle" while in ketosis - I have days of heavy veg consumption (all three meals healthy oils and plants). I have days of higher fat/lower veg consumption. The heavy veg takes me to a medium pink ketostix, the heavy fat/low veg makes it dark purple. I feel best changing this every two-three days. I think my system prefers heavy keto for limiting cravings and energy. It seems to need a "clean out" with a bunch of fiber after two days of that!

btw....let the ones that are against this diet be against this diet. If everyone went into ketosis, all the pigs and cows would be eaten at a faster rate than they can reproduce, and crickets would be the meal of necessity once the population forces the pigs and cows into extinction! So, SHHH