Higher protein is for building muscle. More fat/less carbs for losing weight. Use a chart to find out how much protein you need to maintain muscle, because lazy body will use energy from muscle tissue (protein) to make glucose before using fat. Don't really understand all the chemistry involved, but seems to be easier to convert protein than fat to glucose, which is fuel.

Also, if you are stalled adding more protein is definitely not going to help you. if you eat too much protein your liver will change the protein into glucose through a process called gluconeogenesis. The glucose created from the protein will spike your insulin and potentially throw you out of ketosis. You need to increase your fat if anything. Ratios for optimum ketosis are typically 75% fat, 20% protein and 5% carbs. Try adjusting your settings accordingly in MFP. Also try this keto calculator. It has different suggestions designed for ketosis rather than calorie restriction. ruled.me/keto-calculator/

Yeah, I agree with the pp, I'd scale back calories. It doesn't matter if you are in ketosis if you don't have a deficit in regards to weight loss. Good luck!

I had a nice long post, but I accidentally hit the back button.

The short version of it. Like DittoDan said, I live by the philosophy of "when in doubt, lower your carbs even more." I have a feeling your calories will automatically lower when you do that. I do eat ridiculous amounts, but I am losing very slowly and am very close to my goal weight. When I was heavier, I was eating less. My hunger rose as my weight fell. They're finding a comfortable place to meet.

I would suggest lowering the carbs. "But, I am already in keto," I can hear you arguing. I don't think that means you've always found the level of carb intake you need to maintain to lose weight.

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blown your calories out of the water

I went back a whole month and that continues to occur.

OP, this is not a stall.

Right. A stall is when you keep to your plan how you are supposed to and still don't lose weight for 4-6 weeks or more. Going over on carbs and calories consistently is not staying on-plan. It's overindulging.

Consistently stay under carbs and calories. If you don't lose in over a month THEN it's a stall.

Enter your height, weight, and such in a keto calculator like this:
http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
I recommend 20g net carbs
1-1.5 g of protein per kg of ideal bodyweight
And no more than a 20-25% deficit under Fat to Your Liking. And I would say that 25% is pushing it a little hard.

That should be a good guide. Follow it 100% for 4-6 weeks. See if that doesn't do it for you.
But remember that as you lose weight, you will need to re-input your new stats every few months as the lower your body weight, the fewer calories the body needs to run.

Also, diet/macro changes can take a few weeks to bear all their fruit. Wait the full month to make any more macro/calorie changes. If you constantly change things up, you'll never figure out what is causing a problem. Isolate any tweaks by weeks of consistency with them.

I've lost 87lbs. This is how:
Correct macros/calories + Consistency + Time = Success

HTH.