Hi guys! Realistically, 15 to lose. Did keto back in 2013, made goal, fell off wagon. Back to square 1. Not much has changed w the diet but I am stoked more people do it now. I never felt better than I did with keto. It was a miracle!! And I'm not even diabetic ... My fasting glucose was always in the 90s. So anyway, I'm back.. Week 3. I have to suck down salt like a madman because I bike and sweat A LOT.

Happy to add friends that are commited to keto! I just talked via email to jimmy moore today. If you guys have not listened to the beginning to end if keto talk on podcast, DO IT. It's so informative! Especially if you are new!

I have totally fell off the wagon this week and today was the worst. For some reason and if anyone knows why please tell me. I have been craving subs and Gin...... It's crazy. and I want to do so good these next to weeks cause my sisters are coming down from Maine to visit and I really wanted to be 150 or as close to as possible. I just don't know what happened, I have been doing so well.

Okay strategy for this week is to recreate my initial keto run. By this I mean when I really got going and the pounds were melting off. I know that being closer to my goal weight slows it down, but really it's more than that. My mental attitude has also slowed down and allowed too much slack. I know there is a difference between the weight loss and maintenence phases, but that is different than letting my mindset loosen up. I can be focused as I change the plan. For some reason that I do not understand, I seem to equate less strict guidelines as a "ready, get set, Go!" type of opportunity and i start eating carbs like there's no tomorrow.
So, for this week, I am challenging myself to reconnect with the initial keto commitment and also the excitement - hoping that will bring me back where I want to be.
It ain't easy.

maggiegbrown wrote: »

elize7 I am sure you can do this, not to worry. You know I have always wondered people say all the time it gets harder to lose weight when you are closer to your goal weight, how does your body know what your goal weight is? I could never understand that statement. I am praying for you this week.

@maggiegbrown I don't think it's that your body knows your goal weight specifically, I think that when it gets to a level of having less body fat (and therefore closer to healthier weight goals) that it starts holding on to everything to maintain it's optimum condition - which doesn't always correspond to our own ideals - nor that of the medical profession. Everyone's DNA has different settings that it will try to accomplish...

@JodiSW Ditto for me, too. So mentally tired in the threshold category here! Zzz....

@Maggiegbrown - you're likely losing inches in places you aren't measuring. @Sunny_Bunny_ was shocked to lose in her rib cage.

Also, your body is likely holding on to water in those "emptied" fat cells, until it is absolutely sure you aren't going to refill them, so you'll probably get a whoosh effect, in inches, pounds, or both, down the road...

2 months - almost no scale, but burning that fat.

Hey All! Just stopping by to say Hi! It has been an incredibly stressful week at work and at home. Amzed that I've been sticking to my macros for the most part. Very excited that my lady friend has been doing LCHF for 6 weeks and is getting results that make her happy.

She used to eat a bagel every morning, I found this recipe ketodietapp.com/Blog/post/2014/10/23/Easy-Low-carb-Bagels

which she credits with keeping her on track many days. It probably doesn't hurt that I make them for her.

Ok everyone....I fell off the wagon and now REALLY want to get back on! I feel so much better when I embrace the keto diet. I just find I don't have the time to plan sufficiently to keep it up...lack of planning = looking for last minute lunch or dinner solutions which turns into fast food or a quick spaghetti meal for me and the kids :-/

sweetiebt wrote: »

Ok everyone....I fell off the wagon and now REALLY want to get back on! I feel so much better when I embrace the keto diet. I just find I don't have the time to plan sufficiently to keep it up...lack of planning = looking for last minute lunch or dinner solutions which turns into fast food or a quick spaghetti meal for me and the kids :-/

@sweetiebt - At fast food, my favorite things are bunless burgers, eating just the roast beef at Arby's, taco salad without the shell/beans, Caesar salad without the croutons, any egg/bacon/sausage type of deal (just ditch the carby stuff), etc. Add fatty sauces (mayo, butter, extra dressing, sour cream, guacamole, etc.)

Also, they have stuff at Walmart - like salami, pepperoni, or prosciutto, wrapped around cheese, sliced meats with cheeses (I do these with pickles or mayo or cream cheese in the middle), a premade salad (can buy extra shredded cheese, canned/pouched chunk chicken or tuna, extra dressing, hard boiled eggs in a pack, avocado/guacamole packets, cherry tomatoes, etc.) - just ditch the croutons, package of pork rinds with either ranch dip, French onion dip, guacamole, or just sour cream. In a pinch, the lunchable things with meat, cheese, and nuts. A can of dry roasted macadamia nuts (whole thing can be a "meal" or you can just do a serving. Duke's beef sticks. Bacon jerky. Etc.

I also batch cook, so I almost always have taco meat, ground beef, roasted chicken, or bacon available at home. Nothing quicker than bacon and eggs! Taco meat = taco salads in just a few minutes, ground beef is burger in a bowl or pizza (just cheese, some kind of sauce, meat, and seasonings), chicken dipped in butter or topped with cheese and bacon, etc. And if you absolutely have to, Atkin's has frozen meals in a pinch.

If you have 5-20 minutes, there's really no reason not to pull this off. Eat a pickle or some thawed shrimp or some lunch meat roll ups while you cook, etc. If you make spaghetti, serve the kids theirs with noodles, skip the noodles on yours, add a pat of butter, and some extra cheese and just eat the meaty sauce. It's a little carbier, depending on sauce, but it can be done! Or put the sauce on a pan, smother with cheese and any kind of meat and put in the oven, make a bubbly Italian style dish... Once you skip the carby sides, you'll figure out you fill up quicker on less food.

Thanks Knit! I really like that idea and it seems to be playing out for me now. Can almost feel my body re-keto adapting.
Cutting back on social things is helping. Something I want so badly in my life causes me so much stress. Still going to dance night. I seem to be able to manage that, thankfully.
A "situaton" I am getting ready to address, and maybe let go of, is a long distance frienship. It's starting to feel like a security blanket and may in fact be keeping me from being open to something in the here and now. Because I still feel vulnerable to diet/stress/self sabotage issues I think I will keep this as a back burner issue for the moment. But, I do see that eventually letting go may be one of those painful growing type things that I will have to face.
For now, I'm keto-sailing along, losing
pounds, and loving it.

Had another good keto day. Lost about a half pound. Was happy to have a pretty lazy day, but added in a little extra salt due to feeling a little tired for a couple days. Not sure where I'm going with this post, just trying to wind down without a trip to the kitchen.
Felt a little hungry today, so I added a couple hundred cals of fat. I'll be interested to see how that and the extra salt affects my weigh in for tomorrow.
Feeling good about current progress, and entertaining ideas for future food and body changes in a relaxed way. (Who is this girl? It's like I'm a different person altogether...but in a very good way).