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SerendipityFive
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So I hear there is a pill or supplement you can take to put your body into ketosis. Anyone care to share opinions or knowledge about this? I'd be interested in if it actually works safely, and if it does, which products are the best.
I have eaten a low carb diet before and lost weight for two weeks and then it stopped working and I wimped out and ate carbs. I want to change my eating back to low carb but I'm trying to be smarter about it this time.
I have eaten a low carb diet before and lost weight for two weeks and then it stopped working and I wimped out and ate carbs. I want to change my eating back to low carb but I'm trying to be smarter about it this time.
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What do you mean 'it stopped working'?
The only reason it would have stopped working is that you were eating to maintenance and taking in too many calories.
Then, re-adding carbs won't have helped (obviously, as you discovered...)
In my opinion the best way to lose weight, is to stick with it eat correctly and sensibly, and combine willpower.
I really do not for one nanosecond believe there IS a pill (which is healthy and natural) that will miraculously do the work for you.
I'm in keto now, and have been (but for a brief 10-day hiatus) since March of this year.
There are hundreds of people on this forum for whom LCHF/P works.
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Look up Exogenous Ketones. I think that may be what you are asking about. Domenic D'Agostino is one of the researchers who has tested them. He frequently mentions those by Pruvit but also others. They are currently available at least on line. I've not tried them.
I was just reading again today that it is common to stop losing TEMPORARILY after a couple of weeks on keto. Patience is needed with keto and all weight loss. It is best to just stick to your program and find the best way to eat for YOU because after weight loss comes maintenance...never ends.5 -
Unless, of course, you have loads of money to waste (...??!) on something that your body will create naturally and that YOU WANT your body to HAVE to create naturally!!2
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Ketosis isn't what causes weight loss. Calorie deficit does. Ketones benefit many health conditions but what non-medical ketoers need them for is to aid with calorie deficit, which occurs because ketosis can reduce cravings and appetite.
If you keep carbs below 50g, then you will be in ketosis. There is no magic pill. Exogenous ketones are for increasing ketones in the body. Athletes sometimes want this. Those doing Keto for a condition might need it. But it is just a waste of money where weight loss is concerned. Achieve ketosis through diet, to reduce craving and appetite.
What you experienced is called PISS, Post-Induction Stall Syndrome. You've just changed your body's fuel around in a huge way and dumped a lot of water. The hormone levels in your body are changing. The body needs to take stock and evaluate. If you are being consistent and keeping your calorie deficit, it will move eventually. You have to KCKO, Keep Calm and Keto on.
Weight loss is not linear. What that means is, this isn't point-and-click. The body is a complicated machine. The scale will jump around. Its graph won't be a straight line. But over time, the jumpy line will trend downward.
Consistency + Persistence + Time = Success
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@baconslave, a gem.
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Yeah. What she said.0
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My intention is to use ketosis to lose weight. I've lost 100lbs first using weight watchers for a little bit then switched to just mfp and increased my activity. I'm at the point where 1200 or less and running at least two miles a day AND and an aerobic strength training session is the only thing that makes the scale move (even then, it's not really moving much and two slices of pizza causes a five pound gain). From what I'm reading my metabolism is a bit wrecked from the big weight loss.
I'm hoping a low carb diet is going to change things for me, but not too quickly either because I know I'll hit that plateau with nothing left up my sleeves to "throw at it". This seems to be my main problem. I keep hitting that wall but I'm still obese and I have to get the weight off.
So for now, I'm just walking (which kills me, because i want to run) and slowly reducing carbs again. I don't really want a miracle pill, but I do want to know what options there are out there and I'm trying to gather all information.
Thank you all for your wisdom and input!1 -
Even Dominik D'Agostino would tell you that exogenous ketone supplements do not promote fat loss as reflected in his response screen captured here and mentioned in this article.
https://optimisingnutrition.com/2016/08/08/how-to-make-endogenous-ketones-at-home/
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He'd be the 1st to tell you exogenous ketones don't promote fat loss. Oh! That's what he said up there. I often feel bad when he's being interviewed as he seems to get sucked into conversations regarding ketosis for fat loss/weight loss and that is so not why he does his research on ketosis/ketogenic diets.
@susanebeat, kudos on your 100 pound weight loss. I read through you profile. Someone is smiling down on your success.
As mentioned up thread, exogenous ketones are available but not the answer. If you're not doing so already, consider reading in the maintenance forum too. You're not far away! There are many who continue to lose while upping their calories as they try to determine their maintenance. Your collage pic is awesome! 1 -
1200 calories a day is low. If you don't mind me asking @ susanebeat, how tall are you?1
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@ladipoet I'm 5'6". No, it isn't much and isn't anything I could keep up with. My hormone levels/metabolism are a bit off from the loss and I'm trying to get it straightened out now. It's probably not too bad, but I've got to figure out what I need to do to establish maintenance at a level I can work with. Because currently, it's a bit out of whack.
@kpk54 thanks!!
Feel free to friend and follow me on mfp, need all the insights I can get :-)0
