Welcome! Nice that your Dr recommended this. Mine did too last March, I swear her one comment to me to eat less carbs, changed my life.

Your macros look good, you might want to move some of the protein over to fat though depending how you feel. I aim for a little higher protein but I'm only at 25%. It's very individual though so if you feel good go with it.

Make sure you read through the launch pad, especially about getting enough sodium, I can't stress that enough, I make this mistake every time and you don't want your electrolytes out of whack, it's not fun.

I know there are many that do fasting or IF along with low carb and they work very well together. I don't have experience with that but @dittodan and @kitnthekat are two that come too kind that can offer more info.

Good luck!

Don't want to up the salt. @wabmester has lots of knowledge on this. Once you start getting low carb flu your electrolytes are already out of balance and you will have lost potassium with the sodium, there is no reason to suffer. Don't fear the sodium, it's going to take some adjustment in mind set, same thing with the fat. It was hard for me in the beginning too, it's so opposite of what we've learned for years.

I don't want you to suffer like I have this week because I didn't up my sodium. And I've been doing this almost a year, I was staying higher carb but once I added exercise in I was producing more ketones and as my body dumped the excess out via urine it took my sodium with it and then potassium. I think I've gotten it back in track when broth and potassium and magnesium supplements, but it's better to avoid the flu all together.

I agree with upping salt a bit before you feel bad. You may be a little tired at first anyways so adding low electrolytes will be no fun.

Just add a cup of salty broth to your day to start with. That might be enough for you.

Welcome ! I'm sorry I didn't see this thread sooner, MFP isn't working very well lately.

Please feel free to add me. I am a long time faster. Fasting becomes very doable and less of a hardship once you are keto adapted. My macros are 5% carbs, 75% fat and 20% protein I think, or it could be 70% fat and 25% protein, but I usually eat 75% fat, some days closer to 80% fat. The fat part takes some getting used to if you have been brainwashed to a low fat way of eating. I think my body is finally feeling like it should, by eating more fat.

My normal eating pattern is one meal per day at 6:00 pm for supper. At first I started skipping lunch, then found I didn't need to eat breakfast either. So I guess that they call me an intermittent faster. But I also really like to have longer fasts from 48 to 72 hours, once or twice weekly. I completed a 71.5 hour fast on Friday. I only ate 5 meals last week total. Feels really good. Eating one meal per day eliminates hunger and I have even energy all day, but fasting for longer than 24 hours keeps me burning fat but also improves mental clarity and function, elevates my mood and totally eliminates cravings to eat. The body and mind get quiet yet energized. I felt like superwoman really.

There is lots of great info and support here. Feel free to ask us anything. Good luck.

I'm IF more now automatically after I've been in ketisis. Just listen to your body and log everything. It is so easy to forget what you did last week when you are trying things out, or wondering if you should tweek your %s, or when you want to kick a stall or plateau.

You are in the right place. LCHF is not a short term diet, it is a lifestyle that you can stay with forever. I have been doing this for 7 months now & shed 72lbs. Totally different to the 3 week stints on many other diets I've tried for the last 40 years.

If you don't reach the fat goal that's ok. You'll just burn that much more from your stored fat.