Do I have to eat just fat?

touchdry wrote: »

WOW that was a quick response ... thanks cmriverside. The answer to your question is a bit complicated ... but, I am suffering from fybromyalgia, and I have been unofficially advised by a nutritionist to go Keto to stop eating inflammatory carbs. I think I have reached ketosis (I certainly feel amazing keto or no!) and am trying to maintain whatever is going on inside. I am quite happy to eat fat bombs, cheese, fullproof coffee, roast lamb ... (slurp!) but the question remains ... how on earth does one do this incredible juggling act to stay keto?

Plan your meals better: more butter and oil with meals, more fatty cuts of meat, heavy cream in coffee, more cheddar, pecans for snacks...etc. By planning your meals better you won't have that big of a gap. If you're 87 short, what is your allowance? What have you eaten to have used all of your other macros but not enough fat? For what it's worth, fat is not exactly necessary to hit, it's just a calorie filler. You could afford to eat more protein and have to deal with less fat.

touchdry wrote: »

Thank you NovusDies ... I do realize what you are saying, and I am trying to be relaxed about it all. This is amazing fun, with cooking up delicious meals whilst juggling the macro's. So, perhaps if I find my calories low I should eat cheese, meat, and eggs ... no problem. I do not want to lose any more weight so I will not punish myself, but rather go for the calories. Unfortunately, because I feel like I can take on the World, I want to exercise ... but that means actually burning up cals ... which appears to also mean I have to eat more fatty, meaty food! Is that right?

That is correct. If you want to maintain your weight and you exercise you will need to eat back some of the calories you burn (usually 50 to 75 percent since calories burned in exercise are often over estimated).

There's a huge low carb group that can help you out. Sorry, I can't post the link.

touchdry wrote: »

Thanks for the link cmriverside ... unfortunately, it does not appear to be working.

go to "Groups" (top of page) Click on Low-Carber forum. It should be near the top of the list of Popular Groups, on the right side of that page.

Look up recipes for "fat bomb" desserts, or start adding coconut oil and butter to your coffee and tea. Use more fat when you cook, as well.

Honestly, I couldn't stick with keto and now the thought of eating that much fat is really unappealing to me... but if you want to stick it out, you'll definitely need to get used to adding in a lot more fats throughout the day!

touchdry wrote: »

... yer ... but what am I saying that is so offensive ... and to whom?

I suspect that the frequency and length of your posts when combined with the relative new nature of your account triggered an automatic spam guard within the forum software.

Your attempts to follow up and ask further questions further with additional short comments convinced the automated guard to reinforce the limits.

So, try slowing down and putting a bit more content/context into your comments.

A Mod will probably be along presently to return you to green light status.

I've been keto for most of a few years. I approach my macros this way:

Carbs is a ceiling that I try to stay under. Those who have metabolic or health issues will need to be stricter about that than others. As a rule, most will be in ketosis somewhere under 20-50g of carbs.

Protein is a goal to meet or exceed and is usually moderate, meaning 15-35%. Steve Phinney, a LCHF/keto researcher gives his macros as a moderate example. He sticks with 150g or 21% of about 2800 kcal total. If he was trying to lose, that percentage would be higher. If he ate 1800 kcal a day, then 150g protein would be 33% of his total. Extra protein is not usually a problem unless you need high ketones for a health issue (most have to hit 200+ g for it to really lower ketones) or you are a diabetic who finds moderate/higher protein is negatively affecting their blood glucose.

Fat fills in the rest. On a hungry day, that could be 1800 kcal (200g) or so. On a not hungry day, it may be only 500kcal (~ 55g) or so. On hungry days, eat fattier foods and on less hungry days, go with leaner meats and fewer pure fats like butter or olive oil or cheese.

Do join the Low Carber Daily of Keto groups. Lots of recipe and food idea threads in there.