Help, advice, something!!! New to Keto and am gaining weight
tlblanksfit
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Hello Low Carb Family,
I am in need of some advice or reassurance. I started the keto diet on Monday 18 April 2016. Tuesday my weight was the same; Wednesday - Friday I had a 0.6 loss each day, but I started gaining after that. Saturday I had a 0.8 gain, Sunday I had a full pound gain, and this morning I woke up to a 0.6 gain; a total gain of 2.4 pounds in 3 days.
As far as I can tell I am doing things right. I tested my blood ketones on Wednesday and it read 3.2. I tested them again last night and it read 2.6 so I believe I am in the fat burning mode.
I know this is the first week and am wondering if this is something anyone else has experienced or if there is something I should be adjusting to get back to losing.
I did notice on the days that i gained, that I did not eat breakfast so I am made sure I ate something this morning.
Please feel free to check out my food logs and offer any advice you can.
I am not looking for a quick fix and I know Keto is not that. I am aiming for a lifestyle here and just want to make sure I am starting it off right.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give,
-Tracey
I am in need of some advice or reassurance. I started the keto diet on Monday 18 April 2016. Tuesday my weight was the same; Wednesday - Friday I had a 0.6 loss each day, but I started gaining after that. Saturday I had a 0.8 gain, Sunday I had a full pound gain, and this morning I woke up to a 0.6 gain; a total gain of 2.4 pounds in 3 days.
As far as I can tell I am doing things right. I tested my blood ketones on Wednesday and it read 3.2. I tested them again last night and it read 2.6 so I believe I am in the fat burning mode.
I know this is the first week and am wondering if this is something anyone else has experienced or if there is something I should be adjusting to get back to losing.
I did notice on the days that i gained, that I did not eat breakfast so I am made sure I ate something this morning.
Please feel free to check out my food logs and offer any advice you can.
I am not looking for a quick fix and I know Keto is not that. I am aiming for a lifestyle here and just want to make sure I am starting it off right.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give,
-Tracey
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Hi Tracey,
I am going through the same thing. I've also been working out (although today I'm not because my knee is really in pain). I'm also getting really frustrated because I feel like I'm not being successful and I'm logging things.
I'll be following this post to see what advice you get.
Thanks!
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Are you working out in some way? Is it new?
I haven't looked at your diary yet so I don't have advice there. I can tell you that I don't believe not eating breakfast had anything to do with it. So just handle that however you want. If you're not a breakfast person, there's no reason to purposely eat at that time.
Do you have any metabolic disfunction or chronic health issues to consider?
Where are you in your monthly cycle?
There's no way you've gained over 2 pounds of fat in 3 days so you can certainly put that concern to rest. Water and gut contents will be the explanation I imagine.3 -
I don't really see anything that jumps out at me in your diary. Though I would get rid of the American cheese since it's mostly vegetable oil, which is highly inflammatory. Actually the couple dinners at restaurants probable exposed you to vegetable oil too.
I see butter in your diary too, is that actual real butter made from cream or a margarine? I'm just asking because every now and then someone uses margarine and calls it butter because well, we all did at one point in time right? I know several people that literally have no idea they aren't the same thing.
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I suggest tightening up on your food entries. Just a couple things I noticed in your diary: the cabbage entry is in milliliters which to my thinking, milliliter is a liquid measurement. I may learn something new with posting this but I believe cabbage (as a solid versus liquid) should be in either ounces or grams. Unless it is pureed? You have entries for chicken legs/wings and I believe a turkey leg. Your entry indicates these are "medium" or something to that nature. I have seen some huge differences in size of chickens and turkeys and this usually creates differences in sizes of chicken/turkey legs. Ounces or grams would be a more reliable measure. Last but not least, is your cauliflower (casserole, I think it was) entry of 1 serving. Is this a recipe you built and measured so you know what was in it by proportion thus what a "serving" is, or is it an entry from the database? If the latter, how would you know the "serving" size?
All said FWIW and YMMV (for what it is worth and your mileage may vary) meal timing so far as weight loss, does not matter (as indicated above). Additionally you may be eating more than your think. Tighten up the entries and process with weighing and measuring things. Also be aware that MANY database entries in MFP are incredibly incorrect.
IMO, calories still matter in HF/LC for weight loss. I have lost all my excess weigh (60+ pounds) with 40c/30f/30p but also counting calories. I switched my macros to 10c/70f/20p on April 3 (so am new to HF/LC also) to monitor the effect of high HF/LC on another health concern. Though I initially lost a few pounds (and am surprised you haven't if your macros and calories are accurate in your food diary) the losses stopped in the last 2 weeks which is fine since I was/am at goal weight range. Most importantly: it is my opinion: it is extremely EASY to go well over desired calories when eating HF/LC. At least that is my short term experience. Nearly everything is intentionally a loaded with fats. Butter on veggies (yum), fatty cuts of meat (yum), Heavy whipping cream in coffee (yum). Full fat salad dressings (yum).
Which brings me to my last point: your diary entries for "fat bombs". I love, make and eat them too when I need to increase my fat consumption percentage for the day. I see a few "fat bomb" entries in your food diary. Hopefully these are "fat bombs" you are making/measuring yourself. I love my "fat bombs" made with coconut oil/butter and/or cream cheese but to have a "fat bomb" that is only only "74 calories" is definitely possible but just a "smidge". TINY, little, fat packed, delicious bites.
Others feel free to correct me on my continued focus on calories. I think calories are important for weight loss. HF/LC definitely works for weight loss. Macro percentages are personal preference for desired WOE AND (in my case) eradicating/minimizing another health concerns. Calorie intake does matter.
Yes, I know. Strong 1st post to this group.
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@kpk54 Great point on the cabbage. Milliliters and grams have a 1:1 conversion, so 1mL cabbage = 1g cabbage. Both are accurate weight entries.2
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@tlblanks2015 There are many factors to take into consideration, both with losing and gaining weight. You surely didn't gain a pound overnight. There are other factors, like water weight due to inflammation, either of the muscles or something else, or water weight due to fluctuating hormones. It is normal to fluctuate several pounds in one day. It's likely that you haven't actually lost any weight on LCHF yet, which is also okay.
Stay the course. It WILL balance out!
I went nearly 8 weeks without a pound lost, but continued to lose inches. I suddenly, rapidly, lost the 6lb of water weight that had been masking my scale progress. It's more or less stayed off, although I gained 10lb on my period, which is now creeping back down. I'm currently +1 from my lowest recorded weight. The important bit is that progress moves in a downward trend.
The only thing I would change is ensuring that all diary entries are entered in weight. Chicken legs may vary significantly in weight, for example. As long as you're honest with yourself, you will make positive progress. Hang in there!
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Our bodies go through a lot of healing after sticking to it. The healing can cause water retention that shows as increases on the scale. This will pass with time, but, depending on your health, you may have more unexplained increases in the future. My body has done so much healing over the past year, and I learned to accept these increases, because I've found that I come out better on the other side! Also, if you are exercising, expect the scale to continue the rollercoaster ride, the water retention in sore muscles can show increases on the scale. Just know this isn't a gain of fat, and will eventually drop again!
Don't forget to measure yourself, and take pictures, so you have other forms of measurement besides the scale. For instance, I was up 4 pounds on the scale, but dropped another clothing size this past week! When I measured myself I found I had dropped another 1/2 inch in my waist! These measures will keep you motivated, when the scale doesn't!
I agree with the above advice on watching closely on your food logging. What I have done with a chicken leg is weigh it before eating, then weigh the bones afterwards, and subtract the difference. That way you're more accurately recording the amounts eaten. Definitely watch the foods already in the MFP database, because many are inaccurate! Using "USDA" before logging each entry can help with accuracy!3 -
Book of Keto 7:1 says:
Scales can be fickle friends - never date twice in the same week.5 -
I have worked out everyday but one. The morning after that day was my first gain so I figured it was because I didn't work out. I worked out the days following and still gained. I am just trying to figure it out.0
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I don't really see anything that jumps out at me in your diary. Though I would get rid of the American cheese since it's mostly vegetable oil, which is highly inflammatory. Actually the couple dinners at restaurants probable exposed you to vegetable oil too.
I see butter in your diary too, is that actual real butter made from cream or a margarine? I'm just asking because every now and then someone uses margarine and calls it butter because well, we all did at one point in time right? I know several people that literally have no idea they aren't the same thing.
I only use Kerry Gold butter.0 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Are you working out in some way? Is it new?
I haven't looked at your diary yet so I don't have advice there. I can tell you that I don't believe not eating breakfast had anything to do with it. So just handle that however you want. If you're not a breakfast person, there's no reason to purposely eat at that time.
Do you have any metabolic disfunction or chronic health issues to consider?
Where are you in your monthly cycle?
There's no way you've gained over 2 pounds of fat in 3 days so you can certainly put that concern to rest. Water and gut contents will be the explanation I imagine.
Thanks for the reply Sunny_Bunny,
I don't have any health issues. I am ending my cycle, and I thought that would affect, but the three days I lost, was the beginning and heaviest days. The gains are coming towards the end. The first gain day my body fat went up 0.2 and has remained there.0 -
I suggest tightening up on your food entries. Just a couple things I noticed in your diary: the cabbage entry is in milliliters which to my thinking, milliliter is a liquid measurement. I may learn something new with posting this but I believe cabbage (as a solid versus liquid) should be in either ounces or grams. Unless it is pureed? You have entries for chicken legs/wings and I believe a turkey leg. Your entry indicates these are "medium" or something to that nature. I have seen some huge differences in size of chickens and turkeys and this usually creates differences in sizes of chicken/turkey legs. Ounces or grams would be a more reliable measure. Last but not least, is your cauliflower (casserole, I think it was) entry of 1 serving. Is this a recipe you built and measured so you know what was in it by proportion thus what a "serving" is, or is it an entry from the database? If the latter, how would you know the "serving" size?
All said FWIW and YMMV (for what it is worth and your mileage may vary) meal timing so far as weight loss, does not matter (as indicated above). Additionally you may be eating more than your think. Tighten up the entries and process with weighing and measuring things. Also be aware that MANY database entries in MFP are incredibly incorrect.
IMO, calories still matter in HF/LC for weight loss. I have lost all my excess weigh (60+ pounds) with 40c/30f/30p but also counting calories. I switched my macros to 10c/70f/20p on April 3 (so am new to HF/LC also) to monitor the effect of high HF/LC on another health concern. Though I initially lost a few pounds (and am surprised you haven't if your macros and calories are accurate in your food diary) the losses stopped in the last 2 weeks which is fine since I was/am at goal weight range. Most importantly: it is my opinion: it is extremely EASY to go well over desired calories when eating HF/LC. At least that is my short term experience. Nearly everything is intentionally a loaded with fats. Butter on veggies (yum), fatty cuts of meat (yum), Heavy whipping cream in coffee (yum). Full fat salad dressings (yum).
Which brings me to my last point: your diary entries for "fat bombs". I love, make and eat them too when I need to increase my fat consumption percentage for the day. I see a few "fat bomb" entries in your food diary. Hopefully these are "fat bombs" you are making/measuring yourself. I love my "fat bombs" made with coconut oil/butter and/or cream cheese but to have a "fat bomb" that is only only "74 calories" is definitely possible but just a "smidge". TINY, little, fat packed, delicious bites.
Others feel free to correct me on my continued focus on calories. I think calories are important for weight loss. HF/LC definitely works for weight loss. Macro percentages are personal preference for desired WOE AND (in my case) eradicating/minimizing another health concerns. Calorie intake does matter.
Yes, I know. Strong 1st post to this group.
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Hi kpk54,
Thanks for your reply,
I wanted to put grams, but they didn't have grams as an option so I used the milliliters because they were the same when I went to convert the grams to milliliters.
I inputted the cauliflower casserole recipe in myself and measured it to 4 servings.
I have been weighing about 95% of my meals to the gram and am entering them where available. I used the milliliter option for items that didn't have grams.
I did make my own fat bombs from recipes I found online.
I agree with you on the calories. I have just reduced my calories from 1400 to 1350.0 -
Thanks every for the replies and advice,
I am definitely going to stick to the plan. I will be sure to log everything as exact as I can. I am just on my second week and am sure my body is adjusting and trying to figure out what is going on, so I am just going to continue and see how it goes.2 -
tlblanks2015 wrote: »Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Are you working out in some way? Is it new?
I haven't looked at your diary yet so I don't have advice there. I can tell you that I don't believe not eating breakfast had anything to do with it. So just handle that however you want. If you're not a breakfast person, there's no reason to purposely eat at that time.
Do you have any metabolic disfunction or chronic health issues to consider?
Where are you in your monthly cycle?
There's no way you've gained over 2 pounds of fat in 3 days so you can certainly put that concern to rest. Water and gut contents will be the explanation I imagine.
Thanks for the reply Sunny_Bunny,
I don't have any health issues. I am ending my cycle, and I thought that would affect, but the three days I lost, was the beginning and heaviest days. The gains are coming towards the end. The first gain day my body fat went up 0.2 and has remained there.
My gains always seem to come afterward too.
The body fat measures on those scales is crazy inaccurate! I use one of that kind too and what I do it record weight, body fat, skeletal muscle every day about the same time (upon waking and before eating) and then I do the math to get the average.
For weight I use a phone app called Happy Scale for IOS, Android has a similar one too called Libra. You enter your weight daily and it shows you your average weight.
Here's a screen capture of mine.
On the very left is my daily scale weight and the larger blue number is my average.
The daily weight can vary a lot. Even the average weight goes up sometimes.
On this, I actually hit my all time lowest average weight right in the middle of TOM and then started trending an increase immediately afterward. This pretty much happens every month, except I usually just maintain during TOM. I got a surprise in showing that loss this time. That wasn't typical.
I definitely think taking measurements and pictures like others said is a great idea. That got me through about 6 months where I only lost about 5 or 6 pounds the entire time and I didn't think I was really making progress. But my photos really looked different! I was shocked to see how much smaller I actually was on one set of photos with only a 4 pound difference that took me 5 months to get!
It's absolutely not uncommon to get smaller while the scale is playing games.2 -
tlblanks2015 wrote: »I have worked out everyday but one. The morning after that day was my first gain so I figured it was because I didn't work out. I worked out the days following and still gained. I am just trying to figure it out.
The body heals when resting. It's why delayed onset muscle soreness sets in in the days after a workout.
The gain did not come from not working out. I also don't think it's from the amount of calories you're eating. Unless you're on the bottom end of 5 feet, that's not too much, and might even be too little if you're exercising.
Have a look at the Launch Pad, particularly the article about the scale. It will provide some insight for you.
@kpk54 While you have a lot of good points, it's actually harder than most people think to overeat calories on LCHF, as long as they listen to their hunger cues. I definitely recommend tracking for a while, to see how your hunger cues line up, but generally speaking, most people find they have more trouble eating enough food, because of the satiating effect of the fat/protein combo. It sounds counterintuitive, but it's true.3 -
Sunny_Bunny,
I will definitely try out the app you recommended.0 -
I was stuck at 262lbs for about 2 weeks. It was frustrating but I was also taking my body measurements. I saw a drop in those so I knew the weight had to be water weight. There is alot of really good advice in the posts above mine. Find what works for you and tweak it to your taste. Keep up the good work!1
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If working out is new its water gain from that and will go away in a few days... You can almost bet if you have a sore muscle you will have water gain2
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I just thought I would share with you that I've done yard work the past 2 days and I can feel it in body today! The scale is reflecting the inflammation just as I expected it would. I am up about 2.5 pounds today, which kicked my average weight up 0.2.
It's just part of the normal healing process which is also true of other healing the body may be doing. Sometimes we experience long stretches of no loss that makes no sense, but I bet there are all sorts of healing processes going on during those times. It's worth waiting it out.
My daughter had very uncontrolled Type 1 Diabetes and had dropped down to under 100 pounds. On her 5'5" frame, she looked terribly sick. She started Keto in late January at 125lbs, and has put on 35 pounds since then. But, she brought her A1c down from >14 to 7 in that time and has reversed insulin resistance and lowered insulin usage from over 120 units a day to about 35. She's not overeating because she has felt very satisfied by the high fat food. There's simply no way she's eaten enough extra calories to gain that much that fast. Her body has tons of healing to do. I believe that regardless of calories, if we eat the right foods, our bodies will do whatever it needs to do to get healthy. If losing weight fits into that plan, then great! If gaining weight is necessary to get healthy, that's ok too.
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I just thought I would share with you that I've done yard work the past 2 days and I can feel it in body today! The scale is reflecting the inflammation just as I expected it would. I am up about 2.5 pounds today, which kicked my average weight up 0.2.
It's just part of the normal healing process which is also true of other healing the body may be doing. Sometimes we experience long stretches of no loss that makes no sense, but I bet there are all sorts of healing processes going on during those times. It's worth waiting it out.
My daughter had very uncontrolled Type 1 Diabetes and had dropped down to under 100 pounds. On her 5'5" frame, she looked terribly sick. She started Keto in late January at 125lbs, and has put on 35 pounds since then. But, she brought her A1c down from >14 to 7 in that time and has reversed insulin resistance and lowered insulin usage from over 120 units a day to about 35. She's not overeating because she has felt very satisfied by the high fat food. There's simply no way she's eaten enough extra calories to gain that much that fast. Her body has tons of healing to do. I believe that regardless of calories, if we eat the right foods, our bodies will do whatever it needs to do to get healthy. If losing weight fits into that plan, then great! If gaining weight is necessary to get healthy, that's ok too.
I can hardly believe her A1c has plummeted do dramatically. !! Hooray !! for the both of you!2 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I just thought I would share with you that I've done yard work the past 2 days and I can feel it in body today! The scale is reflecting the inflammation just as I expected it would. I am up about 2.5 pounds today, which kicked my average weight up 0.2.
It's just part of the normal healing process which is also true of other healing the body may be doing. Sometimes we experience long stretches of no loss that makes no sense, but I bet there are all sorts of healing processes going on during those times. It's worth waiting it out.
My daughter had very uncontrolled Type 1 Diabetes and had dropped down to under 100 pounds. On her 5'5" frame, she looked terribly sick. She started Keto in late January at 125lbs, and has put on 35 pounds since then. But, she brought her A1c down from >14 to 7 in that time and has reversed insulin resistance and lowered insulin usage from over 120 units a day to about 35. She's not overeating because she has felt very satisfied by the high fat food. There's simply no way she's eaten enough extra calories to gain that much that fast. Her body has tons of healing to do. I believe that regardless of calories, if we eat the right foods, our bodies will do whatever it needs to do to get healthy. If losing weight fits into that plan, then great! If gaining weight is necessary to get healthy, that's ok too.
I can hardly believe her A1c has plummeted do dramatically. !! Hooray !! for the both of you!
Right?!?!? And for a T1D! Her nurse (a different one than previous) was still asking her to eat 30g carbs per meal even though she's had such improvement and they had to reduce her basal insulin AGAIN! Lol
I mean, why eat 30g? So she can take more insulin? What's the point of that? Oh, right, she told her she needs carbs for energy...
#Facepalm
I expect her to be able to achieve A1C of around 6. We will see! 5 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I just thought I would share with you that I've done yard work the past 2 days and I can feel it in body today! The scale is reflecting the inflammation just as I expected it would. I am up about 2.5 pounds today, which kicked my average weight up 0.2.
It's just part of the normal healing process which is also true of other healing the body may be doing. Sometimes we experience long stretches of no loss that makes no sense, but I bet there are all sorts of healing processes going on during those times. It's worth waiting it out.
My daughter had very uncontrolled Type 1 Diabetes and had dropped down to under 100 pounds. On her 5'5" frame, she looked terribly sick. She started Keto in late January at 125lbs, and has put on 35 pounds since then. But, she brought her A1c down from >14 to 7 in that time and has reversed insulin resistance and lowered insulin usage from over 120 units a day to about 35. She's not overeating because she has felt very satisfied by the high fat food. There's simply no way she's eaten enough extra calories to gain that much that fast. Her body has tons of healing to do. I believe that regardless of calories, if we eat the right foods, our bodies will do whatever it needs to do to get healthy. If losing weight fits into that plan, then great! If gaining weight is necessary to get healthy, that's ok too.
I can hardly believe her A1c has plummeted do dramatically. !! Hooray !! for the both of you!
Right?!?!? And for a T1D! Her nurse (a different one than previous) was still asking her to eat 30g carbs per meal even though she's had such improvement and they had to reduce her basal insulin AGAIN! Lol
I mean, why eat 30g? So she can take more insulin? What's the point of that? Oh, right, she told her she needs carbs for energy...
#Facepalm
I expect her to be able to achieve A1C of around 6. We will see!
Nurses are not trained on that stuff. I would expect better information if you said this was a CDE or an endocrinologist, but I've run into a whole lot of nurses, PA's, and even GP's that didn't understand T1D.2 -
ettaterrell wrote: »If working out is new its water gain from that and will go away in a few days... You can almost bet if you have a sore muscle you will have water gain
I just started working out after a month of not doing anything and I was really sore.0 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I just thought I would share with you that I've done yard work the past 2 days and I can feel it in body today! The scale is reflecting the inflammation just as I expected it would. I am up about 2.5 pounds today, which kicked my average weight up 0.2.
It's just part of the normal healing process which is also true of other healing the body may be doing. Sometimes we experience long stretches of no loss that makes no sense, but I bet there are all sorts of healing processes going on during those times. It's worth waiting it out.
My daughter had very uncontrolled Type 1 Diabetes and had dropped down to under 100 pounds. On her 5'5" frame, she looked terribly sick. She started Keto in late January at 125lbs, and has put on 35 pounds since then. But, she brought her A1c down from >14 to 7 in that time and has reversed insulin resistance and lowered insulin usage from over 120 units a day to about 35. She's not overeating because she has felt very satisfied by the high fat food. There's simply no way she's eaten enough extra calories to gain that much that fast. Her body has tons of healing to do. I believe that regardless of calories, if we eat the right foods, our bodies will do whatever it needs to do to get healthy. If losing weight fits into that plan, then great! If gaining weight is necessary to get healthy, that's ok too.
I can hardly believe her A1c has plummeted do dramatically. !! Hooray !! for the both of you!
Right?!?!? And for a T1D! Her nurse (a different one than previous) was still asking her to eat 30g carbs per meal even though she's had such improvement and they had to reduce her basal insulin AGAIN! Lol
I mean, why eat 30g? So she can take more insulin? What's the point of that? Oh, right, she told her she needs carbs for energy...
#Facepalm
I expect her to be able to achieve A1C of around 6. We will see!
Nurses are not trained on that stuff. I would expect better information if you said this was a CDE or an endocrinologist, but I've run into a whole lot of nurses, PA's, and even GP's that didn't understand T1D.
I would meet either (or both) of you in a coffee shop near where you live (HWC = my treat!) before I'd take pot luck with someone who's not an independent diabetes pro.
Most everyone else tends to parrot the standard lines. Dogmas often die slow deaths, the coffin lid not closing until the last generation that learned the "old school" paradigm is finally outnumbered. (But maybe social media is helping speed the process along... )
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Sometimes it takes a while to lose weight. I actually gained weight the first month and then started losing on day 44. I was eating when I wasn't hungry. I just couldn't resist all those wonderful fats. But eventually my hunger caught up with my calorie intake. I honestly felt like my body kept checking in to see if I was still going to feed it as much as it wanted. I was so use to calorie restrictions and severe low fat foods.
I'm trying to get my body to tell me when to eat and when not to eat and on day 44, I think it finally believed I was going to feed it.
Something I learned from Weight Watchers is try not to weigh yourself more than once a week. And then always weigh yourself at the same time of day and on the same scale with the same amount of clothes on. Your body can lose and gain as much as 5 lbs a day due to water intake. So just weighing yourself once a week on the same day and time you will probably get the same amount of water retention and food intake. But on the other hand, that app sounds really interesting.
Hang in there, sometimes it takes a while to lose weight, but we slow losers are more likely to keep the weight off.1 -
I'm a nurse and the diabetic nurse at work heard me talking to my colleague about me being on a low carb diet and eating less than 20grams of carbs a day.... She went crazy at me! Especially about the fat and how it's a recipe for a heart attack.... I diplomatically reminded her that I dance (when my hip permits!) and so if I keep my calorie intake at a slight deficit or equal then I am using up the fat and using my own stores so actually it's healthier.... I reminded her of the glycogen role etc...And as I explained the benefits she then changed the subject having said oh yeah but that's only if you cut out the carbs and calories?! Nurse 1-diabetic specialist 0! We advocate low carb diets for the diabetics but not as low as Keto etc. But that's based on the medical guidance but because of the info conflicting healthy heart and cholesterol info. It is a difficult one as there are many benefits but as we can't advocate a high fat diet it becomes a difficult one...
As for the weight gain, I have not lost any since my first loss 3 weeks ago but think I was eating too much protein and with my hip I think that's stopped me loosing. Perseverance is the key! I feel so much better on the low carb with less bloating, that's what matters irrespective of anything! Good luck!1 -
Hello!! I've been following a keto lifestyle for a little over a year now. I've lost a total of 112, the first 50 on low cal, the last 62 on low carb. I've been stuck for the last 2 months...that's my own fault. Anyway did you change your macros on MFP to reflect low carb, moderate protein and high fat? That works as a good guide. Make sure your eating enough fat, don't use too many substitute foods in the beginning, I didn't use any low carb products like Atkins or use almond flour or any other low carb (flour).. Stick to the basics, protein (meats/eggs) fat(butter/heavy cream/cheese) and serving sizes of low carb veggies (usually green). After keeping it simple for a few weeks then add other types of low carb foods. Don't forget water..drink alot of water too!! Hope this helps!!4
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Panda_Poptarts wrote: »@kpk54 Great point on the cabbage. Milliliters and grams have a 1:1 conversion, so 1mL cabbage = 1g cabbage. Both are accurate weight entries.
The conversion from grams to ml is NOT universally 1:1. That conversion only works for water (and things having the same density as water).
One measure I found for cabbage was 1900 ml of cabbage = 908 grams of cabbage (based on a weighed head of cabbage, shredded then measured in a volume-based container)
You can find conversion factors for many common items, but not typically for solids, because of the varying packing densities would make an accurate conversion factor very difficult to determine.4 -
yes but cabbage has basically no calories so don't worry about that.1
