I'm staying at 30 carbs or less per day. Since Nov 1 2014 I'm down 97 pounds.

Since January 1st 2015 I have lost 20lbs. Only the past week has been low carb. I really do feel better throughout the day. I am very lucky because just in the last week I have lost 2 inches from my waist and down one pant size(almost down one more)!!

Since February 19 I have lost 35 lbs. I only sporadically exercise but i really want to do more. I am having some medical issues my doc is trying to figure out but i am losing steadily and almost back to the weight i met my husband..25 pounds more. I WANT to lost 40 to 60 more total...but i have never been a small person so a number won't work for me until i am there.

camtosh wrote: »

Today I was 70.0 kg and 18.6% body fat mass!

Correction: 18.6kg of body fat, not percent.... I misread the Japanese printout But still, that is 11kg of Unsightly Fat gone, so all good! My current fat percentage is 26%.

Question- any other people doing LC but not that low, more around the 50-100 carbs a day? What has been your success so far??

I did that -- and it took me a year to lose 11 kg, so it is slow, but it gets the job done if you stick with it. Look at the chart on my profile, it shows the progress up and down. I did some IF and fat fast days, and they helped kickstart some losses sometimes.

Before Low Carb


This is not even at my heaviest. It's just where I was before low-carb. Somewhere between 87-92 kg (190-200 lbs) in this photo. I don't know for sure. I did gain more before starting low carb. I started at 92.5 kg. My heaviest was around 105 kg (230 pounds).

After Low Carb


This was a few months back, at Epcot. I was around 71-72 kg (156-158 lbs) at that date. My total loss on low carb had been around 22 kg (48 pounds). I'm still trending downwards but not actively trying to lose more.

I started in February 2015, and am down 38 pounds. I still have 42 more to go, but it definitely feels doable. I have been eating under 20g net carbs, mostly from vegetables. I have had some celebration days where I enjoyed dessert, and that was worth it:).
I have so much more energy, that's the main benefit. I am pre-diabetic, so it's great for my numbers!

FIT_Goat wrote: »

nicsflyingcircus wrote: »

I hope this isn't creepy, but looking at your photo, I have such a hard time seeing how you could possibly fall in the overweight category of BMI. Stupid thing.

Yeah, I know. That's why I don't worry too much about it. According to the scale, I am at a 26.7-27.0 in that photo. Of course, keep in mind, that before 1998 the cutoff for being overweight, for men was a BMI of 28. That means, I wouldn't have been considered overweight back then. The cutoff used to be 27 for women, in case anyone is wondering. It's also why getting to 74 kg was my original goal. That put me into the "old" healthy range. It was also below my lightest weight (75 kg) doing a calorie-restricted diet.

Even my doctor, who gave me a little bit of hell about my diet and a big packet of "healthy eating" information prefaced her lecture with, "I am not saying you are fat or that you need to lose any weight, but you could make healthier choices."

It's funny, my husband, who is quite fit (but definitely a carb man), hovers right at the cusp of "overweight" BMI. Looking at him, the idea is very laughable.

Started April 2 at 326, now weighing 297, for 29lbs in 2 months. Also noticed the way my clothes fit, more positive attitude and energy

Bebe6740 wrote: »

This is all amazing stuff!!

One more question- do you all also count calories, and if so what is your calorie intake??

Thanks again,
Marilyn

I do not pay attention to calories. I eat when i am hungry and i eat gow much i want. I only know how much i take in because mfp logs them. Most days i am over 1200 some days i am just not very hungry.

Started Atkins in 2008 at 380, lost 40 pounds. Restarted July 2014 on keto and now I weigh 271.

moonius wrote: »

Started Atkins in 2008 at 380, lost 40 pounds. Restarted July 2014 on keto and now I weigh 271.

Woohoo!!! That's over 100 pounds!

That's freaking awesome.

Bebe6740 wrote: »

This is all amazing stuff!!

One more question- do you all also count calories, and if so what is your calorie intake??

Thanks again,
Marilyn

I use a keto calc. I'm almost 5'10" and I've counted cals since the 3rd month. I'm currently at 1600, but I'm a little more lax about them on weekends.

45 yo, started (again) 27 days ago at 267.4, today I am 250.8. I am not tired when I am on LCHF and off insulin, nor am I hungry all of the time. I lift weights 3x a week, doing 2 minutes of 90% HR cardio in between each exercise. MY BG was 116 this morning, with Met only. I set myself to 1780 calories, 30g carb, 140g fat and about 90g protein, give or take. I weigh and measure everything so that I learn what the correct size is, but I'm not afraid to go over my calories because I am hungry. I've also learned to listen to my body, and when it says "stop eating" I stop, even if there is only 1 bite left.

I originally started in Jan 2014 at 287.8, and my lowest recorded weight, on June 16th, was 227.4. Then I had surgery, recovery and other RL stressors, gave up and regained 40 pounds. Now Im back

I've stopped counting calories but will count again when I hit a plateau. So far I haven't gone more than a week without a change on lbs or inches.