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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    +1 for extra sodium and patience. Unless you have high blood pressure or kidney issues the sodium balances out,
  • arb037
    arb037 Posts: 203 Member
    50 carbs is for those that are keto adapted. Starting out you need to be <20.
    Also while on keto, your electrolytes get depleted. Need to make sure you consume 5000mg sodium daily, as well as potassium and magnesium, if not you may feel lethargic and not well.

    One way to speed up keto adaption is to do a fast 16 hour with a depletion workout in fasted state, then consume 80% fat, 15% protein, 5% carb for a day and you should adapt much quicker than norm.
  • mrsroddy1228
    mrsroddy1228 Posts: 93 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    Never because no cheese cake.

    WIN! :]


    Forget this 'keto' plan - how sustainable is this in the long term? Not very if you're struggling so much now. Eat a calorie deficit (the beauty of this is you can eat what you WANT!) and you'll lose weight

    Ahhh so many conflicting messages. So how many carbs then?!
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    If it were me, I wouldn't even pay attention to them unless you have to for medical reasons.
    Eat at your calorie deficit, you'll lose weight!
  • mrsroddy1228
    mrsroddy1228 Posts: 93 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    If it were me, I wouldn't even pay attention to them unless you have to for medical reasons.
    Eat at your calorie deficit, you'll lose weight!

    Ok thanks, I'll try that. I think I'm getting a little too obsessed with the carb number
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    If it were me, I wouldn't even pay attention to them unless you have to for medical reasons.
    Eat at your calorie deficit, you'll lose weight!

    Ok thanks, I'll try that. I think I'm getting a little too obsessed with the carb number

    Don't beat yourself up - it's very easy to get fixated on one particular idea but it's really about finding what's right for you. The low carb option didn't work for me AT ALL - and now 60% of my daily calories are in fact, carbs and I love it and I lose weight! :]
  • mrsroddy1228
    mrsroddy1228 Posts: 93 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    If it were me, I wouldn't even pay attention to them unless you have to for medical reasons.
    Eat at your calorie deficit, you'll lose weight!

    Ok thanks, I'll try that. I think I'm getting a little too obsessed with the carb number

    Don't beat yourself up - it's very easy to get fixated on one particular idea but it's really about finding what's right for you. The low carb option didn't work for me AT ALL - and now 60% of my daily calories are in fact, carbs and I love it and I lose weight! :]

    Awesome! Low carb isn't for everyone for sure. I upped mine to 100 carbs so hopefully that should help with being so tired and foggy.
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    Probably up protein and fats and be taking a potassium and magnesium supplement you will feel better and drink almost 2 gal of water. bc you are going low carb you need more water.
  • patstar5
    patstar5 Posts: 7 Member
    I try to do 20g or less a day. I don't really count them, I've probably been going over.
    I've also been following wheat belly, do not eat any processed free foods! They are full of starches. You can't really even eat grains on a low carb diet either.
    Weighed this morning and I've finally lost 50 lbs. I hope most of that is fat, having body aches again. I take a trace mineral supplement which contains magnesium and I have 99mg potassium citrate capsules, how many should u be taking a day to avoid aches?
    Also been feeling so tired after a meal... I don't know if I got kicked out of ketosis or what
  • patstar5
    patstar5 Posts: 7 Member
    Does intermittent fasting help? I went 16-24 hours barely eating. Does that help put you into ketosis? Do you actually lose fat fasting? I've lost 4-6 lbs since Wednesday
  • Sunny_Bunny_
    Sunny_Bunny_ Posts: 7,140 Member
    The "Keto flu" can be 100% prevented by getting enough sodium while you're losing the initial water weight. I never had a day of any "flu like", low electrolyte symptom. Most people don't get enough because they don't understand how much is really lost during this time and needs to be replaced.
    How long it takes to become fat adapted depends on how aggressively you cut out carbs and that you stay consistent during that time. Many people will do some kind of fasting to get things going. I didn't, it's really up to you. Just know that 50g total or less is considered ketogenic. But that doesn't mean that more than that wouldn't have you producing ketones.
  • ladipoet
    ladipoet Posts: 4,180 Member
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    Never because no cheese cake.

    Says who? I follow Keto and when I want cheesecake, I eat cheesecake!
  • umayster
    umayster Posts: 651 Member
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    Never because no cheese cake.

    Keto cheesecake is a thing.

  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    If it were me, I wouldn't even pay attention to them unless you have to for medical reasons.
    Eat at your calorie deficit, you'll lose weight!

    Ok thanks, I'll try that. I think I'm getting a little too obsessed with the carb number

    Don't beat yourself up - it's very easy to get fixated on one particular idea but it's really about finding what's right for you. The low carb option didn't work for me AT ALL - and now 60% of my daily calories are in fact, carbs and I love it and I lose weight! :]

    Awesome! Low carb isn't for everyone for sure. I upped mine to 100 carbs so hopefully that should help with being so tired and foggy.

    Good to see! Well done for being open to changing your mind. That shows intelligence.
  • ladipoet
    ladipoet Posts: 4,180 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »

    Awesome! Low carb isn't for everyone for sure. I upped mine to 100 carbs so hopefully that should help with being so tired and foggy.

    Good to see! Well done for being open to changing your mind. That shows intelligence.

    Agreed! Each person's body is a little different so tweaking a way of eating that suits one's needs is the best thing you can do.
  • mrsroddy1228
    mrsroddy1228 Posts: 93 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    If it were me, I wouldn't even pay attention to them unless you have to for medical reasons.
    Eat at your calorie deficit, you'll lose weight!

    Ok thanks, I'll try that. I think I'm getting a little too obsessed with the carb number

    Don't beat yourself up - it's very easy to get fixated on one particular idea but it's really about finding what's right for you. The low carb option didn't work for me AT ALL - and now 60% of my daily calories are in fact, carbs and I love it and I lose weight! :]

    Awesome! Low carb isn't for everyone for sure. I upped mine to 100 carbs so hopefully that should help with being so tired and foggy.

    Good to see! Well done for being open to changing your mind. That shows intelligence.

    Thank you!! I just wanna do what is best for me instead of trying to follow fads ;)
  • mrsroddy1228
    mrsroddy1228 Posts: 93 Member
    ladipoet wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »

    Awesome! Low carb isn't for everyone for sure. I upped mine to 100 carbs so hopefully that should help with being so tired and foggy.

    Good to see! Well done for being open to changing your mind. That shows intelligence.

    Agreed! Each person's body is a little different so tweaking a way of eating that suits one's needs is the best thing you can do.

    Thanks! You're totally right!
  • arb037
    arb037 Posts: 203 Member
    umayster wrote: »
    IsaackGMOON wrote: »
    Never because no cheese cake.

    Keto cheesecake is a thing.

    Keto cheesecake is fantastic!
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    Orphia wrote: »
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    mrsroddy1228 wrote: »
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    If it were me, I wouldn't even pay attention to them unless you have to for medical reasons.
    Eat at your calorie deficit, you'll lose weight!

    Ok thanks, I'll try that. I think I'm getting a little too obsessed with the carb number

    Don't beat yourself up - it's very easy to get fixated on one particular idea but it's really about finding what's right for you. The low carb option didn't work for me AT ALL - and now 60% of my daily calories are in fact, carbs and I love it and I lose weight! :]

    Awesome! Low carb isn't for everyone for sure. I upped mine to 100 carbs so hopefully that should help with being so tired and foggy.

    Good to see! Well done for being open to changing your mind. That shows intelligence.

    Thank you!! I just wanna do what is best for me instead of trying to follow fads ;)

    The ketogenic diet has been around for nearly 100 years and is most def not a "fad".
    IMO those that say "it didn't work for me" never entered into ketosis and gave up too fast. If they didnnt do it for 60-90 days then they didnt do keto.
    With that being said unless you have insulin resistance or problems all you "need" to lose fat is a calorie deficit.


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