Keto diet
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Has anyone used the keto diet?? Have you had a successful experience?? Does it make weight loss easier or make you feel alot better with alot more energy??
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Any diet with a caloric deficit will bring you the same results. In terms of enjoying the diet, that’s subjective. Some hate it, some love it. Find what works for you, but it’s def not a special or miracle diet12
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In the search function look up Keto or Low carb...there are hundreds of posts and threads about it, there is also a discussion group you can join.11
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It didn't make me feel any better, or have more energy, or lose weight any easier.
The food got boring, and limiting my intake of vegetables and fruit made me sad.11 -
I wouldn't say I have more energy, less lethargic maybe. I don't have the 3-4 o'clock slump like I do with higher carbs.3
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I found I freaked out and binged after aggressively cutting carbs. I do better just sticking to a calorie deficit and eating what I like.7
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I found I freaked out and binged after aggressively cutting carbs. I do better just sticking to a calorie deficit and eating what I like.
Are you following me Tami
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its no miracle but it works for me.. I find the food satisfying. calorie deficit I found to be easy but the main thing for me was the energy and mental clarity.5
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I found I freaked out and binged after aggressively cutting carbs. I do better just sticking to a calorie deficit and eating what I like.
Are you following me Tami
Yes, and checking out your butt while I do, @Lois_1989. 1 -
Has anyone used the keto diet?? Have you had a successful experience?? Does it make weight loss easier or make you feel alot better with alot more energy??
I've been on it for 3 months. Went on it to lose 10 lbs, which I achieved around month 2, and am still on it because I don't mind getting a bit smaller and I don't particularly have a desire to eat more than I am right now. I think the foods themselves help you feel more full and they completely erased my cravings. It's like the part of my brain that associates food with comfort has been disconnected--I don't know how else to describe it.
I have great energy levels NOW but the "keto flu" was a real thing for me and lasted at least 2 weeks, during which I alternated between insomnia and weakness, got my period two weeks early and much more heavily and had bad headaches. Also, as a runner, I didn't return to my normal stamina and speed for a few months, though I continued to run, just more slowly and for less than 8 miles. (Only probably matters to people if they are also endurance runners.)
I think it was worth it and a great experience, and now that I've got 3 months under my belt, I'd say those rough 3 weeks were worth it. Those issues did not return.5 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I found I freaked out and binged after aggressively cutting carbs. I do better just sticking to a calorie deficit and eating what I like.
Are you following me Tami
Yes, and checking out your butt while I do, @Lois_1989.
Hahaha I haven’t been lifting recently, so it’s not as good as yours @quiksylver2961 -
I have lost over 50 lbs since January doing Keto. It has been hard, but I find it to be so much easier than calorie counting. 3 years ago when I tried losing weight and just did calorie counting, I was down only 30 lbs by August of that year, also starting in January. The first 2-3 weeks are TOUGH, the cravings are downright awful. But if you can get through it, I think it's worth it.
Choose the WOE that you can keep up with, that's what is most important
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Running_and_Coffee wrote: »Has anyone used the keto diet?? Have you had a successful experience?? Does it make weight loss easier or make you feel alot better with alot more energy??
I've been on it for 3 months. Went on it to lose 10 lbs, which I achieved around month 2, and am still on it because I don't mind getting a bit smaller and I don't particularly have a desire to eat more than I am right now. I think the foods themselves help you feel more full and they completely erased my cravings. It's like the part of my brain that associates food with comfort has been disconnected--I don't know how else to describe it.
I have great energy levels NOW but the "keto flu" was a real thing for me and lasted at least 2 weeks, during which I alternated between insomnia and weakness, got my period two weeks early and much more heavily and had bad headaches. Also, as a runner, I didn't return to my normal stamina and speed for a few months, though I continued to run, just more slowly and for less than 8 miles. (Only probably matters to people if they are also endurance runners.)
I think it was worth it and a great experience, and now that I've got 3 months under my belt, I'd say those rough 3 weeks were worth it. Those issues did not return.
Same! I just told someone the other day that I feel like it changed my brain. My husband went on it with me at the same time and hasn’t gotten nearly as much out of it...but he’s always had a healthy relationship with food to begin with. He doesn’t “need” keto, so it’s not as appealing to him.
So I think it really depends on how a given person eats, and what they want. Personally I don’t see the point of doing keto temporarily; any reduced-calorie diet will give you the same results, and there are simpler ones out there. If keto is right for you, you’re probably going to need to stick with it to keep benefiting—I know I will.3 -
I absolutely love it. I too find myself not nearly as hungry as I normally am. I have my Bulletproof coffee in the morning and it starts my day off right. That coffee alone carries me through my morning from 0530 until lunch at 1145. It seems a lot easier to be on a deficit when your on keto vs not. Give it a try and friend people on keto to see their food diaries and get ideas.3
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What are your favorite food, if you feel really deprived without bread, pasta, fruit ect, then do not do keto, making yourself miserable is not gonna help you lose weight. If you don't feel too strongly about carb rich food, then why not give it a try, it is easier to cut calorie when you cut-out a food group and protein & fat help to lower your appetite. It didn't not give me more energy but keep a constant energy level which make me feel good throughout the day.
I don't follow straight keto, just a relative low carb diet, so I ate as much vegetable as I like. I don't eat any starchy food, very little fruit, don't worry too much if the sauce has some sugar if I eat out, occasionally enjoy fried food with bit breading. This is relatively easy to follow, not very restrictive, so for me I felt like this can be a long-term solution.1 -
I'm a few years into it. It works very well for me: improved my health, clarity and makes weight management much easier for me.
The only way to know if it will work for you is to try it. 6 -
I have lost over 50 lbs since January doing Keto. It has been hard, but I find it to be so much easier than calorie counting. 3 years ago when I tried losing weight and just did calorie counting, I was down only 30 lbs by August of that year, also starting in January. The first 2-3 weeks are TOUGH, the cravings are downright awful. But if you can get through it, I think it's worth it.
Choose the WOE that you can keep up with, that's what is most important.
even if you didnt count calories your body did. you still have to be in a deficit to lose even with keto.sad but true
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Well, I am leaning toward going keto. I have tried the other way and I just end up battling food cravings and yoyoing. It wasn't satisfying because I wasn't getting enough protein. My good friend was doing a modified vegetarian diet with low protein and low fat. She had to go off because she started losing her hair by the handfuls. I am willing to try keto and see if it works better for me.1
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I've been doing keto for about a month and a half with a regular low cal diet for a week or two before that. I am down almost 27 pounds and feel great. I eat a lot of greens, meat, cheese, nuts and berries. I have a stash of sugar free goodies if I have the urge, and I use zucchini noodles or squash noodles with my spaghetti. I usually stick to 30 carbs or less, today I was about 15.2
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ljashley1952 wrote: »Well, I am leaning toward going keto. I have tried the other way and I just end up battling food cravings and yoyoing. It wasn't satisfying because I wasn't getting enough protein. My good friend was doing a modified vegetarian diet with low protein and low fat. She had to go off because she started losing her hair by the handfuls. I am willing to try keto and see if it works better for me.
Yikes! Yeah you definitely need protein and contrary to what you have been told, your body needs healthy fats as well! But protein is the very absolute last thing you should cut out! You need to slap whoever told her to do that.0 -
Has anyone used the keto diet?? Have you had a successful experience?? Does it make weight loss easier or make you feel alot better with alot more energy??Has anyone used the keto diet?? Have you had a successful experience?? Does it make weight loss easier or make you feel alot better with alot more energy??
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I tried for 3 weeks after hitting a plateau on traditional low fat and didn’t lose any faster. I also had digestion problems with all the fat. Dr advice go back to low fat and walk more.0
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I started Keto on 4/9/18 and have lost 24 lbs (in 36 days). Still have a long way to go, but I feel great!! I breezed through the keto flu with lots of water. My sugar/carb cravings are gone. I find keto easier to follow now that the cravings are gone. There is lots of information and food ideas online. I've watched a lot of YouTube videos of other people that are on Keto and it's nice to see how others are following this WOE.2
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If you can go the rest of your life without bread..pasta..fruit then Im sure it xan work. For me its not realistic and I know I couldn't sustain it.3
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KETO IS MAGIC!!!
No. No it's not. in fact it's quite hard to do it properly, and not sustainable for the majority of people. You have no meal prep, starving out at a restaurant with your friends, you feel like you have to order, so you do, what do you get? how are you absolutely sure about the nutritional facts if they aren't labeled? It can be done, its not easy. You have to measure ketones, too much is bad. This isn't a diet where cheating on it can be done regularly, unless your cyclic. You are changing systems, constantly measuring and being aware. If you have all these habits and can do it, then it's great. If you can go without carbs in your life, if you can meal prep, if you do everything right, eventually it will become natural and a second language. Just because someone claims they lost 10 lbs in a week doesnt mean its magic. I take 6 pound poops, which to me, is more magical. To me, keto works great i've lost 40 some pounds, and my overall life is much better. Its more hectic so I consume lots of caffeine but thats another point. But just because I can doesnt mean you can. I only can because it works for me. If it doesnt work for you that okay. Keto isnt a last line of defense or the first. Its just a way of eating thats works well with me. Now if you want to try, go ahead. But if you fail and you fail pretty easily, than itll be tough. Keto was actually made for cognitive function and treatment, not fat loss. I dont do it for the fat loss. I'm with Mark Bell in the war on carbs. But that's me. Doesn't mean its for everyone.
Find what works for you, don't fall into the short cut trap. Work hard, be disciplined, you'll succeed.5 -
NickyGee2015 wrote: »KETO IS MAGIC!!!
No. No it's not. in fact it's quite hard to do it properly, and not sustainable for the majority of people. You have no meal prep, starving out at a restaurant with your friends, you feel like you have to order, so you do, what do you get? how are you absolutely sure about the nutritional facts if they aren't labeled? It can be done, its not easy. You have to measure ketones, too much is bad. This isn't a diet where cheating on it can be done regularly, unless your cyclic. You are changing systems, constantly measuring and being aware. If you have all these habits and can do it, then it's great. If you can go without carbs in your life, if you can meal prep, if you do everything right, eventually it will become natural and a second language. Just because someone claims they lost 10 lbs in a week doesnt mean its magic. I take 6 pound poops, which to me, is more magical. To me, keto works great i've lost 40 some pounds, and my overall life is much better. Its more hectic so I consume lots of caffeine but thats another point. But just because I can doesnt mean you can. I only can because it works for me. If it doesnt work for you that okay. Keto isnt a last line of defense or the first. Its just a way of eating thats works well with me. Now if you want to try, go ahead. But if you fail and you fail pretty easily, than itll be tough. Keto was actually made for cognitive function and treatment, not fat loss. I dont do it for the fat loss. I'm with Mark Bell in the war on carbs. But that's me. Doesn't mean its for everyone.
Find what works for you, don't fall into the short cut trap. Work hard, be disciplined, you'll succeed.
Someone on a ketogenic diet does not actually have to measure ketones unless on a medically required ketogenic diet - like for epilepsy as you mentioned. Most people can know they are ketogenic is they eat fewer than 50g of carbs. Those inactive individuals with insulin resistance may need to go a bit lower, and active healthy people can often go higher.
If ketones in urine is measured using ketostix, it can be very unreliable because it is just the excess ketones - those tend to decline as time goes on. After 3 years, I barely test in ketosis even when I eat almost no carbs.
It is almost impossible to get ketone levels that are too high unless you are a T2D (or a few extreme situations like a binging, chronic alcoholic).1 -
NickyGee2015 wrote: »KETO IS MAGIC!!!
No. No it's not. in fact it's quite hard to do it properly, and not sustainable for the majority of people. You have no meal prep, starving out at a restaurant with your friends, you feel like you have to order, so you do, what do you get? how are you absolutely sure about the nutritional facts if they aren't labeled? It can be done, its not easy. You have to measure ketones, too much is bad. This isn't a diet where cheating on it can be done regularly, unless your cyclic. You are changing systems, constantly measuring and being aware. If you have all these habits and can do it, then it's great. If you can go without carbs in your life, if you can meal prep, if you do everything right, eventually it will become natural and a second language. Just because someone claims they lost 10 lbs in a week doesnt mean its magic. I take 6 pound poops, which to me, is more magical. To me, keto works great i've lost 40 some pounds, and my overall life is much better. Its more hectic so I consume lots of caffeine but thats another point. But just because I can doesnt mean you can. I only can because it works for me. If it doesnt work for you that okay. Keto isnt a last line of defense or the first. Its just a way of eating thats works well with me. Now if you want to try, go ahead. But if you fail and you fail pretty easily, than itll be tough. Keto was actually made for cognitive function and treatment, not fat loss. I dont do it for the fat loss. I'm with Mark Bell in the war on carbs. But that's me. Doesn't mean its for everyone.
Find what works for you, don't fall into the short cut trap. Work hard, be disciplined, you'll succeed.
Someone on a ketogenic diet does not actually have to measure ketones unless on a medically required ketogenic diet - like for epilepsy as you mentioned. Most people can know they are ketogenic is they eat fewer than 50g of carbs. Those inactive individuals with insulin resistance may need to go a bit lower, and active healthy people can often go higher.
If ketones in urine is measured using ketostix, it can be very unreliable because it is just the excess ketones - those tend to decline as time goes on. After 3 years, I barely test in ketosis even when I eat almost no carbs.
It is almost impossible to get ketone levels that are too high unless you are a T2D (or a few extreme situations like a binging, chronic alcoholic).
ketostix also only measure 1 type of ketone and that particular ketone decreases in concentration as you become keto adapted "fatdapted" like it? But it doesnt hurt to check because with ketostic because certain random things can kick you out of ketosis. Ususally you'd feel it but to be safe as long as you have a trace you'll be good. On the high note. I don't have any conditions you mentioned and my liver just started over working and produced a concentration of 9mmol/L in my blood, was feeling nauseous so i went to the clinic to be safe. Very rare as I was experimenting with different ratios. Checking isnt required its just cool to physically see and helpful. I test with blood once a week or if i fell like ive been kicked out.1 -
I think keto--as a weight loss plan, not an epilepsy treatment--is totally doable in everyday life. What do you order at a restaurant? How about grilled chicken over salad with some cheese and nuts and olive oil dressing and lemon juice? Might it have some hidden starch or sugar? Sure, but it's likely minimal--and if it's not, it's not going to kill you on occasion.
I bought those keto stix out of curiosity and rarely get a positive on them as I guzzle water all day...doesn't really matter as I am still losing weight and getting 20 net carbs a day on average. I know it's called the keto diet, but I'm pretty certain it's calorie restriction and not ketosis that actually matters here, and the satiating impact of the nutrition is what really drives success, not the fat burning element, which I suspect is over-hyped.5 -
I did keto for a year before returning to a more balanced way of eating. I'll sum up my experience:
Pros:
- Quick whoosh of water weight loss in the first 1-2 weeks
- Flatter stomach due to less bloating
- Less gas
- Stable and gradual hunger levels (no sugar crashes)
- More long-lasting satiety from protein and fat
Cons:
- Missing carbs (#1 con for me)
- Planning restaurant meals and eating with loved ones was difficult and frustrating
- Workouts and running suffered
- Keto flu (first week or two, unpleasant side effects)
- Developed bad relationship with food (eating carbs caused guilt, demonizing a food group)
Ultimately, when I quit keto, I overdid it with all the carbs I desperately missed and ended up regaining all the weight I lost. Since then, I've re-lost the weight with calorie counting and enjoying all foods in moderation. I still follow a general low-carb approach to eating, as I find fat and protein more filling than simple carbs, but this approach has been much healthier and more sustainable for me.5 -
I did keto for a year before returning to a more balanced way of eating. I'll sum up my experience:
Pros:
- Quick whoosh of water weight loss in the first 1-2 weeks
- Flatter stomach due to less bloating
- Less gas
- Stable and gradual hunger levels (no sugar crashes)
- More long-lasting satiety from protein and fat
Cons:
- Missing carbs (#1 con for me)
- Planning restaurant meals and eating with loved ones was difficult and frustrating
- Workouts and running suffered
- Keto flu (first week or two, unpleasant side effects)
- Developed bad relationship with food (eating carbs caused guilt, demonizing a food group)
Ultimately, when I quit keto, I overdid it with all the carbs I desperately missed and ended up regaining all the weight I lost. Since then, I've re-lost the weight with calorie counting and enjoying all foods in moderation. I still follow a general low-carb approach to eating, as I find fat and protein more filling than simple carbs, but this approach has been much healthier and more sustainable for me.
Such an honest and realistic answer. legit love it. I've never had keto flu but it doesnt sound fun, even if it only lasts a few days3 -
NickyGee2015 wrote: »I did keto for a year before returning to a more balanced way of eating. I'll sum up my experience:
Pros:
- Quick whoosh of water weight loss in the first 1-2 weeks
- Flatter stomach due to less bloating
- Less gas
- Stable and gradual hunger levels (no sugar crashes)
- More long-lasting satiety from protein and fat
Cons:
- Missing carbs (#1 con for me)
- Planning restaurant meals and eating with loved ones was difficult and frustrating
- Workouts and running suffered
- Keto flu (first week or two, unpleasant side effects)
- Developed bad relationship with food (eating carbs caused guilt, demonizing a food group)
Ultimately, when I quit keto, I overdid it with all the carbs I desperately missed and ended up regaining all the weight I lost. Since then, I've re-lost the weight with calorie counting and enjoying all foods in moderation. I still follow a general low-carb approach to eating, as I find fat and protein more filling than simple carbs, but this approach has been much healthier and more sustainable for me.
Such an honest and realistic answer. legit love it. I've never had keto flu but it doesnt sound fun, even if it only lasts a few days
Thanks! I think keto can work if you've never really cared much for carbs. But I've always enjoyed eating plenty of fruit, legumes, beans, breads, pastas, rice, etc. So now I aim for around 150g carbs per day so I can enjoy all those things in small portions!2
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