I'm so glad that I found this group! I love reading through all of your posts and trying to get to know some of you and your victories as well as your "tests". I started back on MFP on 3/18 and began just wanting to try to give up sugar. Then I ran across an article in a magazine about a Keto Diet.... So I actually didn't start doing keto until March 20 - (Wow, I just realized it's been 1 month already! So I've officially lost 10.2 lbs my first 4 weeks.

I love that I'm not bloated and uncomfortable after meals... I'm not sleepy in the afternoons... I'm not starving all of the time.... and when I watch my macros closely, I have no problem staying around 1430 cals per day (and I'm not counting cals at all - just carbs, fat, protein).

I know I'm late to the party, but I hope you'll let me join this challenge for April!
(I have been keeping track of my weight loss on my calendar, so here are my numbers below).
My goal is to lose 3 more lbs in April and end the month hopefully down a total of 6 lbs. for April.

WE CAN DO THIS!! (My SW on 3/18/18 was 223.4)

Sunday 04/01 - 216.8
Sunday 04/08 - 214.0
Sunday 04/15 - 213.2
Sunday 04/22
Sunday 04/29

@rae1388 I don't look at % at all. For a long time I was just tracking carb grams, but my protein wasn't where it needed to be. Now I mostly track protein 100-120g minumum, and carbs around 40g (25net). I let fat fall where ever it wants to as long as I'm not going over my daily calorie goal. Sometimes I fall at around 1400 calories, other days it's 800-1000. Depends on how lean my meat is for the day and if I cooked stuff in butter.

@NikkiJRM Thanks for sharing your history. I think I'm also going to try a higher protein and carb intake and see how my results go.

I have been very focused on fat, so much so that I eat cream cheese to boost my calories or fat intake which is currently set at 117g for a 1389 calorie diet. My protein is set to around 65g and I wonder if that's too low. Today I intentionally ate carbs in the form of pastry for the first time in 7 weeks, but generally, my carbs are very low at 20g net. My metabolism is very sluggish (I also haven't started exercising yet) and I'm ready to try higher protein to see if that helps. But wondering if a higher protein is for people doing HIIT. Any feedback is welcome, and I think needed....

@eggfooyamyam There are several keto-friendly macro calculators you can use so it's not a guessing game. My scale says I'm at around 117lbs lean muscle, so I try to get around 100g protein to ensure I'm not losing muscle. I lost about 6 lean lbs between October and March. Since I've increased my protein (kept calories the same) my lean mass has stayed the same, but I've continued losing fat. At my current height & weight the calculator has me set at 93g protein, 25g net carbs and 86g fat. It works out to 30/8/62 at 1250 calories. This is just me and it works for me, for now. That may change. What was working for me 6 months ago isn't working now.

https://ketogains.com/ketogains-calculator/

@NikkiJRM The calculator you linked to gave me very different results than the one I was using from Ruled Me. I'm going to try it, Thanks!

Whose working out? How often? What do you do? How did/does it change your Macros? How do you find the time? Etc...

I keep very busy some days. I walk often. But, with the exception of one attempt to start running, I have yet to start "Working Out". When I do get a window to do it I'm so happy to have alone time I just sit and watch Keto videos or a show.

i lift regular and also do endurance sports, male, 6.0‘, 174 lb

i started with 0.8 gr / lean lb... and i really tried not to do over with protein. WAY to less

i tried with 1.0 / 1.2... still not enough (i tried all of them for 3-4 weeks)

1.5 gr / lean lb and lowering my fat intake seems to work for me at maintainance or call it recomp. (thats around 230 gr of protein)

carbs are around 20 - 25 gr / day and fat i eat sometimes to reach my goal, if i eat less fat, it seems no problem at all. just hungry next day...

edit: my wife is doing same sports, and she had similar troubles with protein as i had

eggfooyamyam wrote: »

@NikkiJRM The calculator you linked to gave me very different results than the one I was using from Ruled Me. I'm going to try it, Thanks!

Whose working out? How often? What do you do? How did/does it change your Macros? How do you find the time? Etc...

I keep very busy some days. I walk often. But, with the exception of one attempt to start running, I have yet to start "Working Out". When I do get a window to do it I'm so happy to have alone time I just sit and watch Keto videos or a show.

@eggfooyamyam I am obsessed with Zumba. I do it about 3 times a week, and then I walk or sometimes play Just Sweat(Just Dance) for like 20 minutes. Haha. I just try to do some kind of workout of some kind everyday to get my steps in. I will even jog in place while watching TV. I might eat a little more the days I do a lot, but otherwise I don't typically change my macros.

SW: 256.4 1/06/2018

4/01/2018 222
4/08/2018 221
4/15/2018 218
4/21/2018 218

What in the heck. April is not turning out like I want to. Either I’m started to put on some muscle or not. Gotta start measuring myself cuz I had to make a hole in my belt and that is starting to feel loose. Maybe 214 is achievable.

I wonder, I’m doing OMAD. Should I be eating all the protein and fat amounts or is it good if I stay under? I wonder if not eating my daily amount is hindering my weight lose. Thoughts?

mznik114 wrote: »

**Happy Dance** Getting better and better at pushing forward! This week I was faced with a work birthday party with my FAVORITE cake! I cannot believe I didn't indulge. Later in the week I was faced with pizza...again...my FAVORITE! I'm so glad I chose to say no and turn my attention to something else! Not sure that it will ever get easier...but one day at a time!

@mznik114 That's so awesome that you stayed strong and turned away from PIZZA and CAKE! I know that wasn't easy. Way to go!

shizzlebeef wrote: »

SW: 256.4 1/06/2018

4/01/2018 222
4/08/2018 221
4/15/2018 218
4/21/2018 218

What in the heck. April is not turning out like I want to. Either I’m started to put on some muscle or not. Gotta start measuring myself cuz I had to make a hole in my belt and that is starting to feel loose. Maybe 214 is achievable.

I wonder, I’m doing OMAD. Should I be eating all the protein and fat amounts or is it good if I stay under? I wonder if not eating my daily amount is hindering my weight lose. Thoughts?

@shizzlebeef I don't know anything about OMAD personally, but I've heard that regardless of how many times you eat a day you still should try to hit your calorie and macro goals.
I think it's better to see your pants feeling looser and having to tighten your belt, than the # on the scale. That's awesome! You should be happy about that. Unless you have a scale that is checking your fat & muscle % and are keeping up with those numbers, (I have one and watch them but don't 100% trust that it's completely accurate,) but just because your total weight didn't go down, doesn't mean that you didn't lose body fat. Way to go! I definitely think that is a win.

Keto week 15 was not good for me. What I should say is KetoISH week 15 was not good for me. By ketoish, I mean high fat and high sugar (Not a good combo). I didn’t just over indulge in keto food, I caved to plain old sugar. Two nonketo (NK) luncheons and two NK dinners kind of set the stage for my bad week. I could have faired fine if I just managed those 4 occasions better but I didn’t.

Instead I used the old, I’ve blown it already - I might as well write off the rest of the day, excuse to indulge in other NK things. Results – for the only the second time in my 15 weeks of keto I gained weight. No worries though! I’m back on the real deal keto trail with no distractions in the for seeable future.

Here’s another thing I’ve noticed happens to me on ketoISH days/weeks. I have cravings that I struggle to fight off. When I’m keto clean I don’t seem to have cravings. When I do cave it seems to lead to another caving, then another, then another…….. I’m not trying to make excuses, but I think 4 NK eating events in one week overwhelmed the good habits I’ve been trying to build with keto. It has shown me that my old bad habits are out there just waiting for a crack in my keto plan to rush back in.

This week I gained 2.0 pounds putting me back to 166.4lbs and under 39 lbs lost again. I’m NOT going to set outcome (weight or BF%) goals for the rest of April or May. Instead my goals will be performance (keto clean or tracking) goals. That way my goals will be on me to accomplish, instead of me hoping the scale will have an outcome I desire. If you don’t play you can’t win! That said, my goal is to eat Keto Clean and track every day until May.

@shizzlebeef I read recently that your body can only absorb so much protein from each meal. I'm not sure what it does with the rest after it's absorbed what it can but that's something I'm still looking into. If you're strength training you can fuel yourself pre & post workout to ensure your muscles are getting the protein needed to build. More lean muscle means more calorie burning. Maybe try something new and see if it works. If not you can go back to OMAD, or do OMAD on rest days.