Will I lose more weight by doing a Keto diet?

charliet2010 wrote: »

As opposed to just calorie counting? If not, then what is the advantage?

Yes and no. Weight loss is mostly about intake vs expenditure, but keto can help a lot with that. It suppresses the appetite to the point that many have a bit of trouble eating enough, so if appetite is a big obstacle for you, then it would help you keep your intake where you want it. If carb cravings are a problem for you, then yes, it can help there too. Most people see a dramatic reduction in carb cravings once their body adapts (usually a couple of weeks).

After the initial loss of water weight (up to 10ish pounds) though, it's all about the deficit.

Cico is the same regardless of what diet you choose. PERIOD. Atkins? Cico.. Paleo? Cico. Veganism? Cico.

The only advantage is to those who easily find themselves binging on carb loaded foods.. like myself. I can't eat whatever I want within moderation.. I WILL binge. Keto actually helps me to NOT feel hungry. If you are lucky enough to not have this issue, why do it? Also, I had bad arthritis and inflammation until going low carb.. so apparently sugars and carbs were my trigger. And I was lethargic.. exhausted 24/7 because of hypothyroidism.. This WOE has given me more energy PROBABLY by reducing the inflammation in my body. And it stopped my IBS issues.

If you don't have these issues, eat how you want within a deficit.

Before keto, I'd regularly eat up to 3500 calories a day and would have food on the brain if I ever dipped much lower than 2500 calories. (That was on a high-carb diet.) Now, my typical caloric intake is about 1700 calories. Keto has, effectively, killed the food cravings, and it has made it effortless to eat far less. As a result, I have been losing weight relatively easily without making any changes outside of what I eat. In the last month and a half to two months I have lost about 30 pounds. I drink 80 to 120oz of water and also drink three 20oz keto coffees each day (in reality they are 8oz servings worth of instant coffee in 20oz of water). That is pretty much just coffee with a teaspoon of organic coconut oil, a teaspoon of Kerigold unsalted butter and two zero-calorie sweeteners. I also take a Centrum multivitamin, a magnesium supplement, and a potassium supplement. Besides the weight essentially melting off, I don't have energy crashes anymore, which was something that had plagued me for a while. As far as weight is concerned, there is no way to lose it without a caloric deficit, and even with a low-carb, high-fat diet, you will still be counting calories. There are two significant ways that keto helps someone lose the gut. 1- It gets your body into a mode where it burns fat as fuel rather than glucose which, in turn, cuts blood sugar and insulin spikes. 2 - It curbs appetite for a lot of people, myself included. Being satiated beats willpower every time and keto offers that benefit, IMO.