Hi all, I'm getting restarted on keto after losing 25lbs a few years ago. Long story short, life got crazy, I stopped taking care of myself, and I regained the weight plus about 5-8lbs. I am now back and re-committed to lose the 25 plus another 25-30 more.

I'm doing things a bit differently this time - last time I didn't track calories, and only weighed myself about every 3-5 months. At the time I thought it would help me to simply focus on eating keto and not geting caught up with the numbers, mostly to avoid obsessing about calories and the number on the scale. Prior to this I had always been a calorie counter so I had all this mental noise about depravation at certain calorie limits because on a high-carb low fat diet I was so hungry all the time. It was good for me to sort of block that out and focus on the basics but I think I lacked some accountability with myself, and that made it really easy for me to veer off course without realizing how much I was eating and gaining.

So this time around, in the interest of accountability, I plan to do things a bit differently. I plan to weigh myself everyday and to aim for 20-50 carbs and 1200-1500 calories. Why count calories? Because although reducing carbs will naturally decrease my appetite perhaps to the point that I would not overeat anyway - for me, calories still count when it comes to weight loss. I wish they didn't, but at my age and weight and activity level, they do.

Anyway, sorry for the long ramble! Please feel free to add me! I look forward to seeing you all around!