@AnaVerasGettingFit

Since they say you should stop and recalculate everything, plus take a metabolism break every time you lose 5-10% of your body weight, mark that as your goal. For every 10% lost, they suggest focusing on maintenance for 3-6 months to allow your metabolism to reset to a new "standard" value...so your body won't be tempted to yo-yo back up to the highest weight.


(Our body likes to stay static, but it wants all those new fat cells we made to be full, it wants maximum capacity, but that doesn't work for me, and I'm sure it doesn't for you, either. So we have to smack it around and get it to accept the new reality. We won't ever want to get that fat again...but it is stubborn, so we have to prove ourselves every so often.) As an example here, my heaviest medically recorded weight is 319. In 2015, I got down to 240, but my thyroid sputtered and stalled, and I'm back up in the 270's. This seems to be where I stayed static for a long time, as my body doesn't try to push me back to 319, but I have to work to get back below the 270's...


I don't have a scale goal number. I'm probably at least 100 pounds from where I want to be, but my overall goal is whole body health...not a number on the scale. That is a worthless measure for me. I have NO idea what that will look like since I've been Morbidly Obese over a decade... There is no point of reference for this for me.

So that being said. My current weight is about 275. 5% is about 14 pounds. 10% is obviously about 28 pounds. So my current goal is that. Reevaluation is necessary at EVERY TURN. Otherwise, to continue on with something that isn't working or working well is insanity.

Break it down. The only picture right now is a small piece. The big picture is HEALTH. Not weight. Because believe me, at 5'4" I could weigh 175 and be muscular, stacked, and healthy - and I would weight 140 (technically healthy BMI) and be skinny fat, have bad glucose, cholesterol, or whatever... Which do you think is the better option? For me, it is 1000% the bigger weight, because it is healthier.

Just some perspective from an old fart.

Julene64 wrote: »

Hello everyone, I'm a 1-month old LCHF follower who has recently gone keto. Just joined the group today, looking for safe havens here on MFP where I can hang out with other LC and keto folks. I've lost 18 lbs in the month that I've been eating this way and I am loving it! No more hunger or cravings and I'm feeling great. I do need to work on my electrolytes and fiber, though. I've found that both of those can be very difficult to get enough of with this WOE. Other than that, I'm really happy with the way things are going and am looking forward to an awesome year.

@Julene64 - Just an FYI, most folks on keto or low carb find that they don't need fiber. (Not all, mind you, but most.) Fats replace the fiber in the poo process, providing natural lubrication, instead of the fiber irritating the colon, etc. to force it to create lubrication. Many folks go less often and less volume, because the delay in dispensing the solid waste allows for a more complete absorption of nutrients and fluids back into the body.

So basically, you may go less often, you may have lower volume, but generally the only worry here should be if you get uncomfortable, have difficulties going when you do go, or your waste is very firm/compact when you go, etc.

Some folks, even with IBS and such, find that they do worlds better dropping even veggie fibers from their diet. It's all about experimenting to find what works best for you.