Keto and calories counting ? Best plans ? Help

Is there any particular reason you want to keto/low carb if it's so impractical to your lifestyle? Why not just calorie count, that way you can eat exactly as your family eats for the most part.

I think starting keto, the idea of starting keto, is harder than actually doing it. I played with the idea for close to a year, whle continuing to try moderation, before I actually tried it. Within a week I was kicking myself for not having done it earlier.

Keto is usually under 30g of carbs per day with most people seeming to start at about 20g. For most people that is about 5-10% of your calories. For me, I was set at 1420 kcal per day (at 190lbs and 5'8") and that was 18g of carbs per day. I usually ate 1500kcal and my carbs wereusuallyunder 20g; I lost 2-3 lbs per day doing that.

You'll need to calculate your TDEE and from there you can set your macros. Most set protein at a moderate rate. Often 15-25%. I used 20%.

TDEE calculators:
http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
http://www.ruled.me/keto-calculator/

When I started I cut out foods slowly for about 2 weeks, and then jumped in. I cut foods in this order:

• Sugars - table sugar, syrups, molasses, honey, agave; I cut foods based on sugar like candies and soda pop, and all foods with added sugars (like bacon or yogurt - buy it without any added sugars which are often ingredients ending in "ose" , "itol" or "extrin"
• Refined grains - I skipped all flours and starches so baked goods were gone unless made with almond or coconut flour
• Whole grains like oats, rice, and corn are loaded with starch which turns to glucose (sugar) in your blood
• Starchy root vegetables like potatoes, turnips, carrots, onions and yams are very limited
• Fruit - I skip high GI tropical fruit like mangos and bananas or dates and figs. I also skip dried fruits like raisens. I severely limit temperate fruits like apples, peaches, nectarines, plums and oranges, and I do eat some berries

I eat the same meals as others, I just change it a bit. A steak, potatoes and salad will still include the same steak but I might add a bt of butter and not trim the fat, and my salad has no croutons, some seeds, and probably no tomatoes.

A luch of tuna salad sandwich would just have the tuna with mayo and celery in a bowl - no bread. Others like to use lettuce as a wrap instead.

Chilli would have no beans, more meat and veggies.

For christmas dinner I ate turkey (brown eat and skin), a bit of gravy, brussle sprout casserole, salad, roasted veggies, and a tiny bit of cranberries (that I made with stevia and minimal sugar). For dessert I made sugar free coffee cheesecake, pumpkin cheese cake, whipped cream and a bunch of squares and cookies - I just ate 1 slice of cheese cake.

Breakfasts are usually eggs, bacon or sausages, maybe fried veggies or just a cup of coffee with some cream or coconut oil whipped in.

Join the Low Carber Daily MFP group for more help. Good luck.

Thanks @esjones12
And here is the group I mentioned: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

I'm new to keto diet. I'll check out the groups I need motivation and support.