Diet Help Please

EncouragementNeeded · June 2018

This is my second day on the keto diet and I'm struggling. Today after breakfast I'm already over my carbs and protein limits for the day, leaving over 900 calories just for fat.

Please give me some words of wisdom on 1. How to balance my meals out? and 2. How do i quit thinking carbs are healthy and fat is bad? I'm so used to eating veggies and thinking they are good for me. 3. Any other tips you would like to share that might help me transition from a high carb diet to this low carb keto way of life?

deannalfisher · June 2018

are you doing keto because you think you need to do it to lose weight? or because you have some medical necessity?

there is nothing wrong with a high carb diet (I eat 3-400g a day and weight stable/losing very slowly)

autumnblade75 · June 2018

Why do Keto if it's so hard? Carbs aren't bad, veggies are definitely good. Why not just cut down on the processed carbs instead? If you want to go full Keto, eventually, maybe you could work your way towards it, instead of jumping in the deep end? Or you could see how it goes if you maybe cut back on bread, pasta, and baked goods - but don't limit the veggies so much?

janejellyroll · June 2018

Vegetables *are* good for you. It isn't like this is some weird misinformation that you have to overcome. In study after study, consumption of vegetables is favorably linked to longer lives and better health outcomes.

When it comes to dieting, the only point of doing keto is if you find it makes it easier for you to hit a calorie deficit (which is what causes weight loss).

If you struggle to eat this way, why bother? Why not just adopt a plan that allows you to eat reasonable amounts of all macronutrients and includes more of the vegetables that you apparently enjoy?

TavistockToad · June 2018

EncouragementNeeded wrote: »

This is my second day on the keto diet and I'm struggling. Today after breakfast I'm already over my carbs and protein limits for the day, leaving over 900 calories just for fat.

Please give me some words of wisdom on 1. How to balance my meals out? and 2. How do i quit thinking carbs are healthy and fat is bad? I'm so used to eating veggies and thinking they are good for me. 3. Any other tips you would like to share that might help me transition from a high carb diet to this low carb keto way of life?

Is there a medical reason you need to eat low carb?

tennisdude2004 · June 2018

EncouragementNeeded wrote: »

This is my second day on the keto diet and I'm struggling. Today after breakfast I'm already over my carbs and protein limits for the day, leaving over 900 calories just for fat.

Please give me some words of wisdom on 1. How to balance my meals out? and 2. How do i quit thinking carbs are healthy and fat is bad? I'm so used to eating veggies and thinking they are good for me. 3. Any other tips you would like to share that might help me transition from a high carb diet to this low carb keto way of life?

The first thing to remember is fat is healthy and isn’t bad. And carbs aren’t bad either.

If you really want to give keto a proper go the best thing to do is plan and prepare, or maybe reduce your carb intake gradually to get to keto levels.

There are some very helpful keto - low carb groups on MFP you should ask these questions of. If you go into the groups and search keto it should pull them up.

Good luck OP.

EncouragementNeeded · June 2018

Thank you for your replies

malibu927 · June 2018

1. Focus on logging and hitting your calorie goal for right now. Once you have that down, you can figure out how to balance everything.
2. No individual macro is healthy or unhealthy barring medical reasons...it's about your overall diet. If you want to do keto go for it, but it isn't necessary for weight loss.

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