25 yo female w/ over 100 lbs to lose trying keto!

Some people can stick to a keto diet, but most find it far too restrictive. There are groups on here that you can connect with. In the end the successful people have generally just found a way to eat less of what they normally eat and get active doing something they actually enjoy. Often they simply include more lean meat, fruits and vegetables while still fitting yummy treats into their calories. Good luck!

OP, usmcmp is right, eliminating carbs can be hard, it can get to the point where you feel like carbs are in everything.

Carbs are in fruit, they are in vegetables, they are in the common known ones like pasta, breads and grains. I'm not saying don't do it, I think trying it is a very eye opening and educational experience. Some people do incredibly well with it, but if you can't make a go of it, don't beat yourself up too badly and quit everything. Just tweak your system where it's failing if you can't make it work that's all.

Good luck.

RoseyDgirl wrote: »

carb free treats? ... are really limited to cheese and meat.

low carb treats that will keep you in ketosis? maybe some veggies will fall into that catagory.

The word treat usually means savory or sweet though... and then that means looking at cooking, possibly using cocoa? or stevia? ...

I don't think there's many treats for keto folks. More, they eat lots of meat, dairy, and their 20-50 grams of veggies - all cooked in good quality fats so that they can feel satiated.

Bacon. That's a carb-free treat.

hippygirl325 wrote: »

Ok, I see the hate towards keto going through the other posts on it. lol I have done my research and considered the impact as well as going off of the experiences of others who have done it. How do I find specific groups? I see where you can browse, but can you actually search for keywords?

They've taken the search function out, so browsing is all you have right now, but here are the three big groups. You'll find a much better signal to noise ratio in one of them than you will in the general forums.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1143-keto
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-group
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1494-reddit-keto

I've also sent you a friend request, since we have similar stats and goals.

RoseyDgirl wrote: »

I am not in ketosis, but I do try to limit my carbs to 100 g. - I make a protein shake that goes with one of the vitamins I take - and, I like to add a peice of fruit to flavor it. In Ketosis, you wouldn't be eating fruit because one peice would be just about all the carbs you'd be allowed for the day.
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A lot of people can follow the Keto low carb lifestyle and do well with it. If you are able to keep to such a strict lifestyle, go for it. However, if you can lose weight without being so strict? Why give up so much?

Because going keto isn't always just about losing weight, or having to track calories for the rest of one's life. While some people may be able to stop tracking and keep the weight off following the "everything in moderation," some people can't, and find it easier to just limit certain kinds of foods as opposed to amounts of foods. Other people find health benefits from a ketogenic diet that are independent of weight loss (and perhaps the OP has seen such accounts and has something in the back of her mind, but hasn't mentioned it).

Some people may have been "successful" in the sense that they lost weight, but were miserable doing so with the "everything in moderation" method, and want something that they could sustain so they don't gain all the weight back after losing it. Some people are more successful with the structure a ketogenic framework can provide.

That said, most people who do follow keto have found that they don't particularly miss fruit, as they revel in (and prefer) the ability to eat full fat everything. So, instead of doing things like skipping the mayo on their burger, or eating salad without cheese/dressing, trading whole milk for skim, or eating half a dozen snack-sized "meals" that they don't find satisfying, they skip the bread and keep the mayo, keep the full-fat dressing and cheese, trade the whole milk for cream, and eat 2-3 large meals that they find more satisfying. Fruit then becomes a tasty treat -- berries and heavy cream are a common favorite dessert, and the sweeter fruits tend to taste overly sweet to the point of unpleasantness (but since you can get all the nutrients found in fruit from vegetables and animal products, it's not an issue).

So, while some people may be content with getting 50% of their calories from carbs and sugar, a lot of people can't do it (or can do it, but are miserable in the process). If the OP is one such person who doesn't really thrive on a high-carb diet, then a low-carb, high-fat diet may be exactly what she needs. Yes, it ultimately comes down to consuming fewer calories than you burn, but a ketogenic diet is a perfectly viable way of achieving that, and may be a better way for a given person than a diet based on a higher amount of carbs and lower amount of fats.