Keto??

Protein will be your bff! Stock up on a lot of beef jerky for snacks, meat, fish, and veggies. Try a lot of different flavours so you don’t get bored as well. For example one night pair your brócoli and chicken dish with asian flavours and a pinch of soy sauce! Another night, try spicy food! Good luck!!

Great post kommodevaran! I might add, think of food as different drugs for your health. It's important to take the right doses. I follow to some extent the ZONE DIET which works well with MYFITNESSPAL.

kommodevaran wrote: »

To lose weight, you have to eat less and/or move more. It's that simple, but it's not necessarily easy, because you have to do it, not just try, and do it for real, not just think you are, and do it consistently, so you can't cheat or forget, and for a long time, so it has to make you happy, every day, and you will regain unless it's the lifestyle, and not just the weightloss, that makes you happy.

How you go about it to lose weight, is of relatively little importance, but contrary to common belief, and indeed intuition, big and ambitious changes are not as effective as simple but coherent adjustments over time, to habits, attitudes and environment.

What matters is that the changes you implement, are easy for you to stick to, and that you stick to them. If they aren't, and you don't, it's not a lifestyle change, it's just another diet, and you will regain as surely as there will be a new day tomorrow. Don't go on a diet. Make a lifestyle change, just like you said. Keto may or may not be a good match for you.

Fabulous! So perfectly expressed.

I've been on the keto diet and so far I've lost 38lbs. If you do decide to do it I wish you the best. First 3days will be rough but after that your body will adapt to no sugar. Good luck on what ever you choose to do.

Keto since July 21st for me, and I've lost 25 lbs. I LOVE it because I'm never hungry and still get to eat great food.

Hello and welcome! I suggest you check out the following main low carb daily forum group here in MFP. It's where most of us Ketophiles tend to hang out:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/discussions/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

I'm only doing low carb at the moment and am pondering whether to do keto....

Low carb is quite an adjustment in your way of eating, so be sure you are mentally ready and prepared for that before you start. Otherwise, simple calorie restriction will also give you weight loss. I would seriously consider if keto is definitely what you want, or if low carb would be sufficient.

My advice, number 1: when people tell you to increase your salt intake DO AS THEY SAY! Seriously, they're not joking. Make sure you keep your sodium levels up - you want a MINIMUM of 3000mg sodium per day. I'll often make a drink of hot water and a stock cube in the evening to hit my sodium intake. Other people do it by adding plenty of salt to all of their meals throughout the day.

Start by clearing out your cupboards of high carb foods such as pasta, rice, grains, potatoes, bread etc etc and restocking with plenty of low carb foods. Don't forget to include plenty of snacks so that if you do get hungry you have a low carb snack ready to go (it's tricky finding a low carb snack in most vending machines!).

Then for the first week or so, log all of your food, but concentrate only on keeping your carbs below whichever level you have set (I assume when you say keto, you mean <50g/day, or possibly <20gday) and your sodium levels high enough - don't worry about calories/fat/protein etc. This will get you into the habit of logging (making sure you weigh your food, buy a food scale if you don't already have one) and will be quite eye opening in terms of learning which foods are truly "low carb".

Once you've got a handle on low carbing, then is the time to start tweaking the rest of your food intake. Is your protein intake sufficient? What is your typical calorie intake? Do you need to reduce your calories? Since you are wanting to lose weight, then only use enough fat in your meals to stop yourself getting hungry - don't be seduced by the promise of "fat bombs" and start piling cheese and cream on everything in sight. You need some fat, and by all means use it for cooking, sauces etc but don't go overboard - you want to be encouraging your body to burn YOUR fat reserves, not the fat you've added to your dinner

I absolutely adore this way of eating and am only considering keto because of other health issues I think ma benefit from eating that way. Otherwise, I'd very happily stick with low carb and be able to eat all my veggies and some fruits.

Just one tip... make sure you understand it properly before starting. A lot of people seem to misunderstand or abuse Keto, and don't end out with enough nutrients as a result. I do high fat, moderate protein, low carb. This doesn't mean I don't have plenty of veg. It means I have the right kinds of veg. When I've shifted another stone I will be increasing the carbs slowly until I reach a point I am steadily maintaining my weight.