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zoraidadaley wrote: »

Trying to lose 15 lbs. Usually not a problem but I started keto 4 weeks ago and not as successful. Only 5 pounds so far. Very frustrated. I'm ready to give it up and try something else.

Congratulations on losing 5lbs. That's nothing to sneeze at. 1lb a week is a good rate of loss, so in fact you're doing very well even though you don't think you are. Maybe you have to manage your expectations if you see a loss of 5lbs in a month as a failure instead of a success, or you were expecting the weight to drop off quicker because it has in the past, or because you're on keto now.
Loss is loss. The fact that you're not satisfied with yours suggests to me that you have to learn to cultivate some patience.

Perhaps instead of thinking "I only lost five pounds this month, I'm so frustrated, I'm going to give up" (which then might mean you start eating back the 5lbs you lost and then some), try thinking "I lost five whole pounds this month! That means I only have two months to go before I'm at my goal weight!"

Two months is nothing, and if you keep going as you are you may be another 10lbs lighter by mid November, which isn't that far away. Eat at a calorie deficit, keep weighing and logging your food, and try to think of each pound and even ounce lost as a small victory, which will build up over time into a big win for you.

Go to the grocery store and pick up a pound of ground beef. Hold it, look at it and feel it’s weight. Just think that in one week you took that weight and mass OFF of your body. Then do the same with 5 pounds of ground beef. After your done playing this game you may realize that 5 lbs. in a month is pretty darn good.
Looking at a scale a pound is just a teeny little hash line. Doesn’t seem like much until you put it into real life perspective.