Put weight back on. No idea how help!!!
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Make sure you're measuring yourself correctly also, as weight can be misleading at times. I say this because, when you do keto we get what's called the woosh effect from time to time (you spike up in weight a bit, only to lose a bunch all of a sudden.)
Also, I notice this happens more during that time of the month (I gain a bunch in water weight, only to lose it quickly when the time passes.)
Or, alternatively when I have a moderately carby day (days like the one I've had today lol.) Flax bread is like candy to me - oh how I love it. Usually, the weight goes away after a day or two following the event so long as I behave myself.
Delicious Delicious flax bread >.<
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embersdream wrote: »embersdream wrote: »I have zero idea why I've put weight back on . My macros look textbook perfect now. I'm about to give up if I don't see more results .
Ember, how much do you weigh? I weigh around 257ish lbs (18.36 stone or 116.6 kg) and my daily goal is 1400 calories. I see your goal is around that. Are you as heavy as I am? If not, you probably need to scale your calories back at least 200 ~ maybe 400 and you will start to see results.
Otherwise, what you are doing now, proves to be maintenance. I have no scientific basis for what I think about the online "calculators", but I think they are for more "active" people. When I plugged in my numbers (on several occasions as my weight changed) the numbers they gave me (20% deficit and I followed) resulted in ZERO weight loss, I didn't gain or lose.
I am so sedentary, that I am almost in a coma. If you have ever watched the movie, "The Matrix" I would be one of those people in the pods (LOL!). I will soon get a "Fitbit" (device that measures your activity, steps, etc) and it will probably show that I take about 100 steps a day (if that).
One last thing, if you are Keto adapted, then I highly suggest you do a 24 hour water fast. I think I suggested this to you before, I can't remember if you tried it or not?
I hope this helps,
Dan the Man from Michigan
yes!!!! i re did my calculator and subsequently dropped the calories. was way too high, was wondering why i was feeling so damn full!!! i have slipped out of ketosis i am sure , so am going to try the tweeked version of my diet and exercise more( limited mobility at the moment and am awaiting surgery) i weigh i think its about 176 and am 170 cm so yep , was at 1400 and dropped it back to about 1295 but it said i can drop down to 793 if i want so what i am going to do is do one day at 1250 and one day at about 800 and switch it around and keep my body guessing a bit , see if it works. If it does i shall report back! i have just been a bit desperate because i need to drop a certain amoount of weight prior to surgery as i will be completely immobile for a few months after that.
I weigh about 242 right now and lose consistently about 10lbs per month on 1200-1350 cals (my goal is set at 1351 cals in fact). I get 70-75% of my cals from fat, 20-25% from protein and 3-5% from carbs (I have my macros set in grams, but it works out to be roughly the above).
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ok yep i am 179 pounds . so ive reset to 1295 as per recommendation and it said if i want to go down to 798 i can, i am guessing thats if u want a semi "fast" which i think i will do soon to see how it goes, although i am scared of going into starvation mode.0
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sljohnson1207 wrote: »ASMR videos on youtube
Love seeing random ASMR references on the interwebs
Yesssssssssss.
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sljohnson1207 wrote: »How high is your stress level right now about this particular subject, and also overall?
I hear stress in your posts. I may be wrong, and if so, correct me.
Stress and/or lack of sleep can seriously stall weight loss efforts due to the hormone cortisol. If you are stressed out, try to relax a bit, and see if that helps.
Deep breathing/meditation
Yoga class (gentle ones)
Spa music listening
ASMR videos on youtube
Book a massage and/or facial
Sauna/steam room
Definitely agree. I've been watching Stephanie "the business" person on youtube. She says stress has a huge impact on whether you even become keto adapted. She has been in a state of ketosis for 5 years. She rambles a lot in her videos but she has some EXCELLENT information, and she certainly is inspirational.0 -
awesome . yep . looking closer at that0
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no idea about the appeal of ASMR though , not tried them but have tried binaural beats0
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Don't go too low with your calories. What will happen once you hit maintenance? You won't be able to eat much without gaining. You don't want your body to get used to eating too little and screw up your metabolism. I am 5'7" and weight 190. When I am not exercising, my total burn is about 1900 calories per day. So I eat around 1500 (give or take) and lose consistently. You may definitely want to invest in a FitBit or something similar to get a better idea on how much you are actually burning.0
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embersdream wrote: »no idea about the appeal of ASMR though , not tried them but have tried binaural beats
If you don't actually get ASMR (like you don't get the physical tingling sensation) then its probably going to be pretty darn weird. A lot of the roleplay and "personal attention" type videos are just completely odd to me. But the whispering, oh man. That stuff puts me to sleep. Whispering and tapping, I have like 200 vids in this playlist, some favorites I go to frequently, but they are almost all of that variety. Even within that narrow category though I find I'm picky. I actually have a pretty strong preference for languages that I can't understand, though a few English speakers work really really well for me too. Some are "too engaging" though and I find I want to listen to what they're saying closely and then I can't sleep.
Any sort of relaxing thing to help though is what matters. For me personally, I find things like "guided meditation/relaxation" videos distracting. The mindless rambling of an ASMR whisper vid though, bam, out like a light.
I should point out that I'm specifically talking about strategies I use to sleep, not general/overall stress management. I only listen to this stuff at bedtime, personally.
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Good lord, even 1300 seems pushing it for how low you'd want to go. This isn't a race!0
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Do what the calc says calorie wise and don't drop lower until you lose 10lb and need to readjust. You should recalculate your goal every 10-15 lb. The body just needs less to run on as your weight drops. Going too little however and rushing it, is no bueno. All that will get you is a damaged metabolism and will hamper future weightloss. And make you cranky. Or at least it would me anyway.
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Going too low isn't good, but, some people need to go to low to see results. Just saying we just aren't all the same.
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Good lord, even 1300 seems pushing it for how low you'd want to go. This isn't a race!
I think for the OP it actually is. She's having knee surgery and wants to be as light as possible beforehand. Overall I agree, slow and steady...but I can see her point and why she wants to lose as much as possible. However, I think too many and too frequent "tweaks" will only confuse her more and make it even harder for her to figure out what works best for her.0 -
no its not a race , however I need to lose a certain amount prior to surgery at the end of April, and post surgery it will leave me house bound and unable to do ANYTHING much for 6 weeks. Hence the "race" and i have found anything above around 1300 and i dont lose anything. Possibly due to not exercising since my injury and my metabolism has slowed right down ( which happens to me when i dont work out a lot)Good lord, even 1300 seems pushing it for how low you'd want to go. This isn't a race!
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embersdream wrote: »no idea about the appeal of ASMR though , not tried them but have tried binaural beats
If you don't actually get ASMR (like you don't get the physical tingling sensation) then its probably going to be pretty darn weird. A lot of the roleplay and "personal attention" type videos are just completely odd to me. But the whispering, oh man. That stuff puts me to sleep. Whispering and tapping, I have like 200 vids in this playlist, some favorites I go to frequently, but they are almost all of that variety. Even within that narrow category though I find I'm picky. I actually have a pretty strong preference for languages that I can't understand, though a few English speakers work really really well for me too. Some are "too engaging" though and I find I want to listen to what they're saying closely and then I can't sleep.
Any sort of relaxing thing to help though is what matters. For me personally, I find things like "guided meditation/relaxation" videos distracting. The mindless rambling of an ASMR whisper vid though, bam, out like a light.
I should point out that I'm specifically talking about strategies I use to sleep, not general/overall stress management. I only listen to this stuff at bedtime, personally.
I tried the ASMR thingy. It worked!! nonesensical whispers.
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by the way, with the tweeks i have been doing i have started losing weight again, and just wanted to thank everyone for all the sage advice given. a long way to go and now need to adress this listless muscle fatigue, which, after reading the other post I realise my potassium is really low as is sodium and magnesium, so looking into that , as it stands its just exhausting doing a 15 min stationary bike ride and have to stop for breaks, sooooooo far from the fitness i had this time last year.0
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Good lord, even 1300 seems pushing it for how low you'd want to go. This isn't a race!
I think for the OP it actually is. She's having knee surgery and wants to be as light as possible beforehand. Overall I agree, slow and steady...but I can see her point and why she wants to lose as much as possible. However, I think too many and too frequent "tweaks" will only confuse her more and make it even harder for her to figure out what works best for her.
thanks for that . I think i have it sorted now hopefully ? I think it comes down to finding what works for each person. Im certaintly not starving.0 -
embersdream wrote: »"thanks for that . I think i have it sorted now hopefully ? I think it comes down to finding what works for each person. Im certaintly not starving.
^^^yep, agree^^^
'...in fact, long-term weight management is not driven by calorie counting, but rather by changing the way our body treats the food we eat (i.e., burning fat versus storing fat).
As you’ll hear me say often, obesity is a disorder of inappropriately accumulating fat, not a disorder of eating too many calories...'
~DrPeterAttia:
eatingacademy.com/quick-faq#count-calories
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