Keto Diet

@frenchen I have been eating Keto for four years now. Clearly that are non keto eaters that really do not like the idea of this Way Of Eating but like myself many on MFP are positive about their n=1 (their personal experience eat the Keto WOE) trial of eating less than 50 grams of carbs daily.

In my case my first 30 days was the hardest and the first year had it bumps.

I did it for general pain manage personally. It started working to decrease my 40 years of high pain levels in the first 30 days and I think that was key for me these last 1460 days of eating keto. While I have maintained a 50 pound weight loss for the past three years Keto has helped my general health markers improve year by year. 40 years of IBS went away in the first 180 days and has not returned. A1C last round of lab work came in at 5.1 and a fasting BG level of 92. I now can walk as long as I wish and some lost physical abilities have been recovered.

Personally I do not see the general public doing the Keto WOE just to lose weight. While I find it very easy and fun to do the Keto WOE the first two weeks was truly hellish but keep in mind I was 63 and very unhealthy plus carbs had a tight grasp on what I had put in my mouth the prior 40 years.

Four years later I am still learning so much because I do check out negative reports about this WOE but so far I have not found science that supports Keto will put me in an early grave.

In my case the inverse seems to be the case. It seems most people who stick with Keto for a year may more or less do keto for live. As with most successful WOE's they have to be done for life to keep any health gains found from a new Way of Eating.

Best of success. There are many WOE's beside Keto so if it does not work out for you long term try another WOE.

@AuntBug1683 I found since the first requirement to start living in a state of Nutritional Ketosis is to keep daily carbohydrate intake down to about 50 grams daily that is a good place to start.

If one decides they will not cut carbohydrates down to around 50 grams a day then they can just rule out the Keto option and look for another Way Of Eating.

When on a hunch at the age of 63 for pain management I cold turkey cut out calorie sources that contained added sugar and or any form of any grain that put me on a start to a Low Carb High Fat WOE by default. After a hellish two weeks of going Low Carb my carb cravings started crashing then burned out. I had moved to using about 500-600 calories of coconut oil in my first cup of coffee each morning before I even learned about LCHF Way Of Eating.

Then I started to learn how many carbs were added in the form of sugars even in home cooked meals.

In other words there are not there are not are not Keto foods in one sense. I grew up eating coleslaw only to learn others add sugars so potluck meals are more or less out for me after getting kicked out of a state of Nutritional Ketosis many times over eating carbs that I did not think was in the food.

Keto is a balancing act. Say one eats the government figures of 2000 calories daily and say 1000 came from carbs. 50 grams of carbs daily is only 200 calories so typically one will add 800 calories from Fats. Keto is not viewed as a high protein WOE like the Atkins Diet, etc but there are many ways to do Keto but the 50 grams of carbs daily is a pretty solid cap rule for most.

I think most find Keto sucks for weight loss because they are not willing to go that low on carbs.

Since I went Keto to try and stabilize my failing health at the age of only 63 in Oct 2014 (experiencing awesome success health wise) I did lose some weight and have maintained a 50 pound loss for the last 3 years eating my Keto WOE and never going hungry like when I was cutting calories to lose weight for the prior 40 years.

Best of success working to find the WOE that gives you the best health as possible.