How long does it take to get into ketosis?

Azuriaz wrote: »

Varies by the person. The first week I'm usually hungrier than usual as my body fights the process. Sometimes I've gone through the extra hungries for almost two weeks, gorging on steak and roast beef. Never did me any harm. I'd just go with it if I were you and eat whatever meat you want until you're full. If eggs don't give you any issues I do find those cut my appetite more than meat, so you can try those, too.

I can have eggs but only once every few days and no more than 2 because I'm mildly allergic, as for meat I don't like it, I'm mostly doing fish, chicken and cheese. Eggs do suppress my appetite, by making me slightly nauseous, but my stomach still growls. I guess I'm going to wait it out for a week or until my sister is no longer grumpy (so she doesn't feel alone in this) then go back to my good old normal way of eating.

Samina1215 wrote: »

For me it was 4 days. Its working like a charm. the only complaint that I have is that I am BORED out of my mind with the food choices. This is a wonderful plan but be prepared for the bland diet as well. Good luck to you and your sister.

I hear you! That's why I'm not planning to do this long term.

kittykarin wrote: »

If you are starving and not get the benefits of reduced cravings, keto may not be for you. For me, if I eat carbs, especially processed, I crave nonstop and cannot get full. You may be the opposite and need carbs to satisfy yourself. Try it a few more days and if it doesn't get better, ditch it! Good luck!

You may be right because all the foods I usually use to effectively stop being hungry when I am are too high carb to work on keto (grains, potatoes, oatmeal, apples..etc), and because I'm motivated by volume which is hard to achieve on keto.

Sarah4fitness wrote: »

Seems like your protein intake is pretty low, as well. I wasn't hungry at ALL as I started my Keto, I was on it about 10 days and experienced little to no hunger.

My protein intake is actually nearly twice my usual intake (it's around 80-100 g now when it's usually 40-80g). I think it may be just an individual thing because the diet I usually thrive on is very high in carbs so when you take them away it's a complete shift in eating. I mean it may be psychological because I can't eat most of what I consider "main food" and what I'm currently using I usually consider an "add on". Or maybe I just have too much glycogen to burn because I have not worked out since I started.