Ketosis, Low Carb High Fat support

djgray1
djgray1 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Well. I was 320lbs. Went down to 200lbs. Back up to 245lbs. Need help getting started again. I fell off weight loss due to loss in family and job. I forgot how to start this weight loss again. Add me and messege me.

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  • djgray1
    djgray1 Posts: 2 Member
    Ant doing ant of these programs. How many carbs you do a day and do you watch calories. If so how much
  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    edited July 2015
    djgray1 wrote: »
    Ant doing ant of these programs. How many carbs you do a day and do you watch calories. If so how much

    Well if you're looking to lose weight, calorie counting is pretty vital in my eyes.
  • LadyOfTheRaven
    LadyOfTheRaven Posts: 5 Member
    I personally think for this type of lifestyle it is more important to count your macros (fat, protein, carbs). Since you are haut starting out again, I suggest that you do not "stress" yourself on the calories for now and focus on the carb count.

    Personally, I try to stay at 80% fat, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. I try to eat no more than 25g in carbs a day.

    I suggest that you Google "Keto Calculator" to calculate your macros and see where you should be. I find it to be extremely helpful. As you lose weight, you can recalculate to adjust and keep progressing.

    I have lost 80lbs so far since a year ago. I feel great and really support this lifestyle. Keep it up and don't beat yourself up for "getting off the wagon". You can always jump back on!
  • RockstarWilson
    RockstarWilson Posts: 836 Member
    Best way to do it is to just do it. Start with eggs, butter, fatty ground beef, hwc in coffee, a leafy green, some avocados, olives, and full fat buttermilk ranch on your salads. Keep the ingredients list of your meals small, drink lots of water, measure your fasted ketones through a blood glucose/ketone meter, record all the data on yourself to find what works, stay below your tdee and exercise regularly.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    djgray1 wrote: »
    Ant doing ant of these programs. How many carbs you do a day and do you watch calories. If so how much

    If you limit carbs to 20g/day initially then typically your calorie intake drops to around 1300-1500 due to the high fat moderate protein foods and lack of blood sugar swings.

    Base each meal around a 4 Oz's / 113g portion of non-lean meat or oily fish and low carb green veg. Omelettes are good too. Avoid fruit initially. As per Rockstar above basically.
  • Francine_rivas
    Francine_rivas Posts: 77 Member
    LadyOfTheRaven wrote: »
    I personally think for this type of lifestyle it is more important to count your macros (fat, protein, carbs). Since you are haut starting out again, I suggest that you do not "stress" yourself on the calories for now and focus on the carb count.

    Personally, I try to stay at 80% fat, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. I try to eat no more than 25g in carbs a day.

    I suggest that you Google "Keto Calculator" to calculate your macros and see where you should be. I find it to be extremely helpful. As you lose weight, you can recalculate to adjust and keep progressing.

    I have lost 80lbs so far since a year ago. I feel great and really support this lifestyle. Keep it up and don't beat yourself up for "getting off the wagon". You can always jump back on!
    That's terrible! You need carbs for energy! You should be taking in at least 35 percent and if you want less carbs up your protein not fat omg please tell me you're kidding
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    edited July 2015
    Francine_rivas wrote: »
    LadyOfTheRaven wrote: »
    I personally think for this type of lifestyle it is more important to count your macros (fat, protein, carbs). Since you are haut starting out again, I suggest that you do not "stress" yourself on the calories for now and focus on the carb count.

    Personally, I try to stay at 80% fat, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. I try to eat no more than 25g in carbs a day.

    I suggest that you Google "Keto Calculator" to calculate your macros and see where you should be. I find it to be extremely helpful. As you lose weight, you can recalculate to adjust and keep progressing.

    I have lost 80lbs so far since a year ago. I feel great and really support this lifestyle. Keep it up and don't beat yourself up for "getting off the wagon". You can always jump back on!
    That's terrible! You need carbs for energy! You should be taking in at least 35 percent and if you want less carbs up your protein not fat omg please tell me you're kidding

    Google low carb high fat moderate protein. It's very common. And for many, very sustainable.

    Out of curiosity, why are you so opposed to upping fats?
  • RockstarWilson
    RockstarWilson Posts: 836 Member
    edited July 2015
    Francine_rivas wrote: »
    LadyOfTheRaven wrote: »
    I personally think for this type of lifestyle it is more important to count your macros (fat, protein, carbs). Since you are haut starting out again, I suggest that you do not "stress" yourself on the calories for now and focus on the carb count.

    Personally, I try to stay at 80% fat, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. I try to eat no more than 25g in carbs a day.

    I suggest that you Google "Keto Calculator" to calculate your macros and see where you should be. I find it to be extremely helpful. As you lose weight, you can recalculate to adjust and keep progressing.

    I have lost 80lbs so far since a year ago. I feel great and really support this lifestyle. Keep it up and don't beat yourself up for "getting off the wagon". You can always jump back on!
    That's terrible! You need carbs for energy! You should be taking in at least 35 percent and if you want less carbs up your protein not fat omg please tell me you're kidding

    You are uneducated and/or misinformed about the body's needed supply of energy. I would suggest reading up on the liver (the main regulator of energy output due to what it stores and what it can convert or excrete), ketosis, gluconeogenesis, and beta ketone bodies.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Francine_rivas wrote: »
    That's terrible! You need carbs for energy!

    It depends on your activity profile. If you're running 10k a bunch of times a week or lifting hard 3-4 times a week - yeah, you're going to experience significant performance degradation without carbs.

    But if you're only lightly active and lower-intensity when you are active, you can get away with minimal carbs.

  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    My macros are the same at about fat 75%, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. I keep my total carbs to about 20-30g each day; some days are less and others are more. Some people use net carbs (total carbs - fibre) to go by but they often keep net carbs lower (to about 20g).

    I eased into it. For two or so weeks gave up all added sugars and any processed baked goods, and then I reduced foods with naturally occuring carbs and sugars like fruits. When I first went into ketosis I didn't feel very good, but I now feel better than ever.

    Good luck!
  • LadyOfTheRaven
    LadyOfTheRaven Posts: 5 Member
    Francine_rivas wrote: »
    LadyOfTheRaven wrote: »
    I personally think for this type of lifestyle it is more important to count your macros (fat, protein, carbs). Since you are haut starting out again, I suggest that you do not "stress" yourself on the calories for now and focus on the carb count.

    Personally, I try to stay at 80% fat, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. I try to eat no more than 25g in carbs a day.

    I suggest that you Google "Keto Calculator" to calculate your macros and see where you should be. I find it to be extremely helpful. As you lose weight, you can recalculate to adjust and keep progressing.

    I have lost 80lbs so far since a year ago. I feel great and really support this lifestyle. Keep it up and don't beat yourself up for "getting off the wagon". You can always jump back on!
    That's terrible! You need carbs for energy! You should be taking in at least 35 percent and if you want less carbs up your protein not fat omg please tell me you're kidding

    This thread is about a low carb/high fat diet, so no, I am not kidding. Initially if someone is not aware of how the liver processes and that fat can be used as a source of energy versus sugar/carbs, it does sounds terrible!

    If you are curious, and as you can see from others that have said the same, I would suggest reading about low carb eating and how using fat as energy is very effective. Your body does not need to use carbs for energy if you do it right... And it isn't that hard IMO.
  • mcpostelle
    mcpostelle Posts: 418 Member
    I eat vLCHF with 80% fats, 20% protein, and 0% carbs. Works excellent for me. I feel tons better on vLCHF. :star:
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