Things I have learned during 4 years of Keto
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MeghanC1840 wrote: »Wonderful post!! How would you guys begin your Keto profile?? I'm new and not sure I'm doing things correctly?? Thanks in advance!!
@MeghanC1840 I am in the same boat as you after doing Keto since 2014. To me it's a lot like marriage the longer I am married the more that I can see that I am doing it incorrectly. As long as you are not sure you are doing things correctly you will be just fine I expect. Best of success.3 -
After two years on this WOE, I agree with everything except the part about drinking water. To be sure, some recommendations are just silly. On the other hand, if some of us wait until we're thirsty there will be nothing left of us but our bleached bones. My thirst mechanism frequently doesn't kick in until I'm so dehydrated that I'm light headed and weak.8
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mandycat223 wrote: »After two years on this WOE, I agree with everything except the part about drinking water. To be sure, some recommendations are just silly. On the other hand, if some of us wait until we're thirsty there will be nothing left of us but our bleached bones. My thirst mechanism frequently doesn't kick in until I'm so dehydrated that I'm light headed and weak.
Yep. There are plenty of "trust your body" advocates who will tell us not to drink unless we're thirsty, etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
That's great if your system is pretty new and gets regular tune-ups. But like my endo likes to say with an evil glint in his young eye, systems start to misfire as "we" (i.e., I) slip into the antique category.
I have experienced this phenomenon not only first-hand, but also in my 90-yo FIL, who says, matter-of-factly, "I'm never thirsty, and I hate water."
(His kidney, heart, GI, docs and GP all tell him he's dehydrated and command him to drink more fluids, but he has to be prodded like someone being handed a pint of warm cod liver oil and a narrow straw....
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This is a wonderful post thanks for bumping it.
I have finally got my DH to drink the minimum amount of water. Only after a trip to ER and had to have two bags of fluids to rehydrate did he finally stop fighting me about drinking water. The dehydration scared him, he couldn't form a sentence and felt vertigo very badly, thus the trip to ER. I also slip in more herbal teas so he gets more hydration these days.4 -
This is a great post. So many of your insights are spot on. I especially like your comment about this being a WOE and not a diet. Just today, I didn't take a piece of chocolate cake offered at work and someone said "You're being so good". It just struck me different after I read your post. Does someone tell a vegetarian they're "being good" when they don't eat meat? Or some who eats kosher that they're "being good" when they turn down pork? Just some (low carb) food for thought.21
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Wonderful post! Very insightful and inspiring! Thank you!2
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Wonderful post, I really needed this today.
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This was both educational and inspiring. Thanks for sharing your experiences and insight. May I share this with two friends who are on this LCHF journey with me but not on MFP?3
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Love love love this. I started low carb about 2 years ago and had to customize it to fit my body makeup. Not everything works the same for everybody. The past 6 months have been rough for me and I put on over 20lbs. I'm trying to get that determination back to lose it and get healthy again. I needed the refresher. Thanks.5
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So glad this post was bumped. If anyone is questioning every minute detail of what you're currently doing it might serve you well to read the original post. @DietPrada hasn't been around for a while but she is one person I am confident is doing quite well. At least I certainly hope so. I'd say there is a high probability.
Yep still around and sitting at 79.7kg from a start weight of over 120kg. Not losing much at the moment and eating alot less calories than I started with. Goal weight is 70kg but I think it's going to take a while. I still track every day but don't have much time to get on the forums with my new job.
It's been 4 and a half years since I made the change to be healthier, I am pretty confident I'll never go back. I've gained so much. When I started I would do 20 minutes on the treadmill and be red and sweaty and exhausted. I recently joined the gym with no previous exercise and I can do 20 minutes on the rower and 40 minutes on the treadmill without barely breaking a sweat. Pretty sure if I tried to do it carrying a 40 weight it'd kill me though.
I still stand by everything in that original post.16 -
So glad this post was bumped. If anyone is questioning every minute detail of what you're currently doing it might serve you well to read the original post. @DietPrada hasn't been around for a while but she is one person I am confident is doing quite well. At least I certainly hope so. I'd say there is a high probability.
Yep still around and sitting at 79.7kg from a start weight of over 120kg. Not losing much at the moment and eating alot less calories than I started with. Goal weight is 70kg but I think it's going to take a while. I still track every day but don't have much time to get on the forums with my new job.
It's been 4 and a half years since I made the change to be healthier, I am pretty confident I'll never go back. I've gained so much. When I started I would do 20 minutes on the treadmill and be red and sweaty and exhausted. I recently joined the gym with no previous exercise and I can do 20 minutes on the rower and 40 minutes on the treadmill without barely breaking a sweat. Pretty sure if I tried to do it carrying a 40 weight it'd kill me though.
I still stand by everything in that original post.
Thx for your insights - much appreciated.3 -
I wish I'd found keto and this post almost 20 years ago.9
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Three weeks since I switched to the Keto lifestyle and I haven't lost motivation yet, but I am saving this post for when it inevitably happens. Thanks for your insight!4
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Thankful Keto has helped me maintain at 200 range for 2.5 years after being around 250 for years but I never did Keto with weight loss as my objective. I just wanted off the bullet train going to my premature funeral. I do wish I had found Keto 40 years ago but I am not sure I would have been interested yet wish I had heard about it. I was doing Keto by accident when I learned the term. The pain drop from 7-8 levels for decades to 2-3 levels 30 days later was not easy to miss/forget. I call my pain level more like 1 today so I tend to forget I have any pain these days.
@EleanorCrosby welcome to MFP forums and best of success with your health objectives.11 -
Loved your post thanks.2
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Bump!2
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What a great perspective on lchf! At a year in, and struggling to lose, I really appreciate your take on this woe. Thank you!!!2
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I'm newer to Keto but so far it's going well. I loved this post and most is true for my experience. #23 really spoke to me. A lot of people do not understand that part of it and just seeing someone else write it as a truth for them was helpful.
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Great post, thank you for sharing your insight with us all.2
