@stormywxs288 That's awesome!!! You've been such an inspiration! I agree with you all the way about this not being a diet but a continued path to healthy and vibrant living. I just exited the "obese" BMI range and I'm so proud of myself, and everyone who is part of this group.

Welcome @Mrs_Hoffer, nice progress so far!!!

Last night it just accured to me that I might be focusing on the wrong thing....
When you tract your macros, do you just focus on the % between carbs/fat/protein, or do you actually try to reach the suggested grams per c/f/p? Technically if you are hitting the grams on all of them then you are hitting the % too, but I usually just typically focus on the % over all of them, not going over 15g in carbs, and getting close to my target of about 1200 calories. But that doesn't always mean I am hitting the suggested grams target in fat and protein, although I do try not to go over the suggested amount, but I rarely get to that point because my calorie target kind of keeps that from getting too high.

Has anyone done it both ways? Just focused on the % for a little while and then just focused on hitting the grams target? Did your body react differently to the 2?

Should I switch my focus a little? Or should I keep what I'm doing for now since I've only been on Keto since the end of March to wait to see how my body is really is reacting to what I am doing, and if I get to a point to where I'm not seeing results, then switch my focus to see if that helps?

@rae1388

I think a lot of us get caught in the trap of making this harder than it has to be.

If this are currently working for you, keep on working that aspect, learning more, and only change when you need to change something to keep momentum/progress going...

When we try to fine tune things to boost existing progress, try to do better/faster losses, etc., we often screw up what was actually working!

I dont post my progress update if I've gained since the previous week... I don't need that kinda negativity being recorded LOL! I only wanna see a downward trend

@rae1388
I never even thought about tracking the %... I didn't even know that I could switch views on MFP until this week and then I was like, what good is that for? I don't even know what my macros look like as a %, but that is something to think about.

On another note, I'm trying IF today. OMG, I had to keep myself so busy so I wouldn't think about food or being hungry. I drank two bottles of water, and got done all kinds of meal prep stuff (so difficult when hungry), but it has worked out so far. Interested to see my weigh in on Sunday. ^_^

I feel lucky to be a guy. I use the MFP calorie calculator set at lightly active and 1 pound a week loss. It tells me my calorie target is currently 1790 per day. I usually use % for macros but I have used grams as well. I also like to use the nutrition tab on my phone version of MFP to see how my menu looks on the pie-chart. For me I hardly ever have to adjust my carbs or protein. However, I find I have to adjust my dietary fat often.

It used to freak me out to add fat because it seemed counter intuitive to add fat to lose weight. However, I’ve gotten over that and have found delicious ways to add dietary fat to meet my macros. Here’s another reason I think I may have guy privilege. Eating only two meals a day I hardly ever even approach my 1790 cals/day. In fact, most days I’m way below and it has resulted in steady weight loss for most of my 15 weeks on keto.

One thing I think we can all agree on is that we are all different. We are experiments of one. And I feel lucky to be a guy who can eat 1790 cals/day and still lose weight.

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stick on in there it will come off, lots of us do this down and up down and up but as long as the trend is down it may take a while but you'll get there

Thanks so much! I'm hanging in there!!