Keto newbie: Weight gain with intermediate fasting
BeautifulHalfMermaid
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Has anyone else experienced these gains? Or am I doing it wrong? Or should I continue the remainder of the week like this? I'm trying to keep it simple with meat, veggies, and nuts with plenty of water almost a gallon for now. Thanks in advance
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Are u monitoring your calorie intake. I've never done keto, so I don't know the rules1
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Yes I've weighed and logged all food portions. Intake 1200 sometimes less.0
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Neither keto or intermittent fasting are weight loss tools, except that they may make it easier for you to stick to your calorie goal more easily. Calorie goal is what is important for weight loss.
Keto is high fat, moderate protein and low carb. Not sure how you're achieving that unless you're eating really fatty meat and lots of nuts.
How much weight have you "gained" and in how long? When do you weigh yourself?
Do you account for every calorific thing that goes in your mouth - cooking oils, drinks etc? Are you using accurate database entries?5 -
The scale fluctuates between 2-3 lbs, I try to weigh myself every few days. Im eating Salmon, chicken, asparagus, spring mix, egg whites, almonds, avacado, almond butter, pork rinds, roasted turkey deli meat and cheese for the most part of my meal prep. I take mct oil daily. Oh I did have halo tops icecream earlier this week.1
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Do you weigh and log all of those things?
2-3 lbs is within the range of normal fluctuations imo, how long have you been around the sane weight?1 -
Yes. I'm measuring 4oz portions. I've been stuck at same weight for 2weeks. I was eating 6 meals every 2.5 hours but I cut it down to 3. Maybe that's the cause for the stale. Or not eating back the calories I burn after fasted cardio 3x a week.0
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BeautifulHalfMermaid wrote: »Yes. I'm measuring 4oz portions. I've been stuck at same weight for 2weeks. I was eating 6 meals every 2.5 hours but I cut it down to 3. Maybe that's the cause for the stale. Or not eating back the calories I burn after fasted cardio 3x a week.
You are not staying the same weight due to meal frequency. Meal frequency is irrelevant. If you are not eating exercise calories, you are creating a bigger deficit so would be losing.
You eat 4 oz portions of every food mentioned? I'm guessing not... I'm also guessing you have logging issues and you're eating more than you think. You need to weigh every solid/semi-solid , and measure every liquid. Check all your database entries for accuracy.4 -
Don't weigh chicken or nuts in ounces. Grams and a digital scale are your friend. These foods are very calorie-dense.
You need to watch this about calorie-counting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
then read the Most Helpful Posts
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help-must-reads3 -
I will log more efficient over the next week and see if that is where my error is occurring. Thanks for the tips, I will update this on Monday if the scale budges a little bit lol1
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I noted two things. The protein your eating in keto is harder to digest and can stay with you for longer making a short term weight gain. I have done keto and Atkins a few times once 15 years ago very successfully, and i always go through a short period of weight gain in the beginning. The other thing i noted was the icecream. One tiny amount of sugar is the kiss of death for a no-low carb diet such as keto. If you are eating higher amounts of fat and then have even the smallest amount of sugar it will reduce your ketogenic state and wont burn off the fat. Eliminate all types of sugar.9
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Are you drinking solé water, or doing something to get more sodium, potassium, and magnesium? This is essential for keto. I'd also suggest going to 2-3 meals per day with your macros split evenly between them. I do high protein/moderate fat keto, and I get leg cramps and Charlie horses if I forget to drink my solé water, but I've noticed the weight drops a little faster when I'm drinking regularly, too.1
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@jayney777 I had the impression sugar alcohol in halo top ice cream doesn't spike blood sugar insulin. I went to the groceru store yesterday to get Quest bars as recommended but those have more sugar than the icecream and atkins bars.
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@spacecase76 I use pink Himalayan salt on everything. Im drinking spring water my the jug w/ lemon, some days a gallon other days half a gallon. I have drank bcaa in my water as well. Where do you purchase the solé water?1
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@Orphia that link is very helpful thank you!1
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BeautifulHalfMermaid wrote: »@spacecase76 I use pink Himalayan salt on everything. Im drinking spring water my the jug w/ lemon, some days a gallon other days half a gallon. I have drank bcaa in my water as well. Where do you purchase the solé water?
I make it myself. This is how I make mine. https://wellnessmama.com/12158/make-sole/1 -
@BeautifulHalfMermaid It still has organic cane sugar in it and that is still sugar just not refined and full of toxins. Its hard, but there can be absolutely no natural sugar (even fructose) consumed when eating high fat foods like pork rind, cheese and nuts. Stay with stevia and other artlificial sweetners.3
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Sugar, sugar alcohol, solé whatever water is irrelevant to weight loss. It's calories in vs calories out. The OP is either eating more than she thinks or overestimating the amount of calories being burned. Or *kitten*, both.6
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Lost 1.8 lbs since posting this.1
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@gamerbabe14 The calculations have me at 1300 intake to shed 1.5lbs a week. Im not over eating but you maybe on to something with the calories out. Im using my fitbit and I am never sure how accurate it is.0
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@jayney777 what about the Atkins bars or quest bars? No?0
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