Butter. On everything. Whipping cream, cheese, bacon. Mmmm.

Welcome to the group!

You don't need to force the extra calories in. Your body will let you know what it needs, so just keep feeding it good, nutritious foods when you're hungry, and as Sunny_Bunny_ said, don't worry about it when you're not hungry.

That said, there are a bunch of good fat bomb recipes out there, if you feel like a snack now and then.

What other questions do you have?

Hi there! I'm relatively new to Keto (about 2 weeks now) but so far it's been GREAT and I feel so good. I've been reading a lot and am expecting to have to tweak things as i go as I experiment and learn more. To me it looks like your fat is too low though.

From my understanding, the 'general' macro guidelines would be:
5-10% carbs
20-25% protein
65-70% fat

I also have a calorie target of 1200 per day and my target macros are:
10% carbs (30 grams or less) I usually am WAY below this level though, about 15 grams
25% protein (75 grams) I need to be careful not to go over this, it's easy for me to do
65% fat (If I go a bit over this I don't worry about it)
This is what my target is now, if I find I need to tweak along the way I will

As far as exercise, I've been exercising for awhile and plan to maintain my usual routine. I do interval boot camps with my neighbor twice a week. We just follow a youtube video together at this point. We are using Bodyrock, this is my favorite interval bootcamp or HIIT videos yet https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuY1W4AwhhgkB6rsJBtltUA
I also do HIIT on the treadmill at home, only 15-20 min at 8% incline, 1 min sprinting/1 min recovery walk and then weight train on those days (typically 3-4 days a week).
The other days I do a steady state cardio jog on treadmill at 3% incline for about 45 minutes and then do yoga or pilates on those days.

Are you testing ketones using ketostix?

Hope this helps!!!

MamaDreams0510 wrote: »

T
In regards to other questions -
Is keto/LCHF diet a forever change, or do some people add carbs back in after meeting goal? I think this is something I will need to do forever (which is fine! BACON forever!), because of my PCOS and insulin resistance.

At some point we go to a maintenance plan where we may up carbs some but I can't imagine ever eating 200+ carbs a day again. I feel better when I eat fewer. My take away would be to think that LCHF is forever but modified based on our needs at any given point in our life. I need to be 20 or fewer carbs because I want to lose another 40 ish lbs. Maybe in a year I'll need 50 carbs a day to keep my weight stable...who knows today but what I do know is I'll never go back to living off carbs like I used to do.

Welcome aboard! This is a great place to ask questions and feel supported!

The idea that your body will hold on to fat if calories are low is totally false. Your body is designed specifically to use that fat when calories are low.
Now, in a metabolically broken system, like insulin resistance, that person is likely to feel like they are starving to death and for a short period of time (a few hours) may not be able to access the stored fat and the feeling of starving becomes extreme and if the person actually does resist the hunger, they will almost certainly feel faint and sick and convince themselves it's unhealthy. But, once you get to the fat burning point by, hunger is gone because you have an onboard pantry.
It's absolutely safe to allow your body to eat from its pantry. Even for several consecutive days it so choose, such as water fasting, which can actually speed up your metabolism...
We are not smarter than our bodies. If it's saying "not hungry", trust it. When it says "I'm hungry", trust it. Judy make sure that signal is not boredom or a craving.