Keto didn't work

paree0808 · December 2018

Hi i saw most of the post getting results in keto diet but I have not lose even gram, in 10 days, other says 6lb down in a week

Runaroundafieldx2 · December 2018

You lose weight one way and that is by eating less calories than you burn

nutmegoreo · December 2018

Have you been tracking calories? Some people find that they feel full faster on keto, and can naturally reduce their calories without counting them, but others don't. If you aren't losing weight with keto, you will need to count calories as well. If you are keeping a calorie deficit, you don't need to eat keto. Does the keto diet suit you? Do you like the foods on the diet?

CoffeenSquats · December 2018

I agree with the above posters. You still need to be responsible with your calorie intake; smaller portions, etc. and exercise is a big factor, too. It is essential that you are working out. Best of luck to you!

mbaker566 · December 2018

sadly, keto is not a magic bullet. wish it was.
a calorie deficit is the only way.
which means you need to track your calorie intake preferably with a food scale($12) to weigh the food. when you eat a deficit, no matter how you do it, you will lose weight

kimny72 · December 2018

In addition to all of the above, the large losses from keto in the first week or two are water weight. It's possible, if you already ate a reasonably low carb diet or for some other reason, that you simply didn't have excess water to shed.

10 days is not enough time to determine whether a plan is working or not. Your body doesn't lose weight on a schedule, or in direct proportion to the work you do. If keto seems like a good way for you to eat and control your appetite, keep going but make sure you are hitting your calorie goal. If keto doesn't seem like a good way for you personally to eat, any way of eating that helps you hit your calorie goal will work over time.

quiksylver296 · December 2018

You know the trick that worked for me?!?

A food scale, and honest logging.

maureenkhilde · December 2018

I agree with all of the above. And have you put your stats into MFP based on height, age, weight, and what you would like to lose per week? I am doing Low Carb, but still have a calorie total number. To start with everyone needs to know what is realistic for them calorie wise.

We lose weight when we burn more calories than the body is taking in. Exercise is for fitness, it does not make you lose weight by itself.

Compared to posters like quiksylver296 I am still a newbie. But what I saw over and over. Is log everything you eat, weigh everything you eat. And it sure does work.

SomeMorr · December 2018

I did keto for a month and found that the high fat/calorie foods were not helping my loss at all even with almost zero net carbs. I changed it up and instead of doing high fat, I went just to general low carb (less than 20-30 net a day), moderate protein, moderate fat. This has been sooo much easier than trying to get enough fat macros in, since I did not like the idea of eating a spoon full of coconut oil just to get there. Even if you are eating healthy fats, they are very calorie dense and can derail your expectations.

CharlieBeansmomTracey · December 2018

SomeMorr wrote: »

I did keto for a month and found that the high fat/calorie foods were not helping my loss at all even with almost zero net carbs. I changed it up and instead of doing high fat, I went just to general low carb (less than 20-30 net a day), moderate protein, moderate fat. This has been sooo much easier than trying to get enough fat macros in, since I did not like the idea of eating a spoon full of coconut oil just to get there. Even if you are eating healthy fats, they are very calorie dense and can derail your expectations.

if you werent losing then there was no deficit.

hulahoopmama · December 2018

Make sure you're getting enough vitamins and nutrients with a multivitamin and maybe a sugar-free protein shake instead of lunch. Also maybe fasting will work for you. It helps strengthen your mind over eating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APZCfmgzoS0 I have learned to not trust my hunger queues. They go off after I've eaten huge meals that I need to eat more. so honestly I've had to straight up ignore them, drink water, take vitamins, and in an hour it goes away. If you ate all heavy whipping cream and tri tip that would be keto "technically" but that's not enough. You need to track your meals and caloric intake. Stay under 25 carbs unless working out then you can carb load before workouts (like 10 carb snack).

CharlieBeansmomTracey · December 2018

hulahoopmama wrote: »

Make sure you're getting enough vitamins and nutrients with a multivitamin and maybe a sugar-free protein shake instead of lunch. Also maybe fasting will work for you. It helps strengthen your mind over eating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APZCfmgzoS0 I have learned to not trust my hunger queues. They go off after I've eaten huge meals that I need to eat more. so honestly I've had to straight up ignore them, drink water, take vitamins, and in an hour it goes away. If you ate all heavy whipping cream and tri tip that would be keto "technically" but that's not enough. You need to track your meals and caloric intake. Stay under 25 carbs unless working out then you can carb load before workouts (like 10 carb snack).

fasting doesnt work for everyone. if someone has insulin issues it may help with hunger but thats not the case for everyone. that video above is also full of a lot of outdated myths.its also very easy to overeat while fasting as well. Ive done it as so have many others here.

bpotts44 · December 2018

I find it easy to eat an incredible amount of calories and feel like crap while I was on keto. Didn't work for me either. I find it much easier to do a small caloric deficit over time making small tweeks versus making drastic changes to my diet like cutting out a macronutrient.

tramaine_21 · December 2018

Remember, it's get healthy to lose weight NOT lose weight to get healthy. Keto repairs the body first and then you may see results later. Your body be a little more damaged than you think i.e, liver, metabolism, etc... Just ride the wave and keep at it. Also, are you intermittent fasting? Keto and 'IF' go hand and hand. Maybe you're doing keto but you're snacking or eating too much fat. Just a thought.

Chef_Barbell · December 2018

tramaine_21 wrote: »

Remember, it's get healthy to lose weight NOT lose weight to get healthy. Keto repairs the body first and then you may see results later. Your body be a little more damaged than you think i.e, liver, metabolism, etc... Just ride the wave and keep at it. Also, are you intermittent fasting? Keto and 'IF' go hand and hand. Maybe you're doing keto but you're snacking or eating too much fat. Just a thought.

Say what? :noway:

quiltingjaine · December 2018

I've lost well on keto. I was told that if you are following keto, meeting your macros, and not losing, your body is healing on the inside. I took 4 months to get through the 140's which is incredibly slow but I stuck with it and started losing again. I'm now hovering between 129 and 131 - my original goal was to get back to my 2008 WW goal of 137, now I'm thinking about heading for my 1985 WW goal of 126. I feel great and started going back to the gym a couple of days a week ago. I don't count calories because CICO is not a great system. Where your calories come from makes a huge difference.On keto you don't HAVE TO eat a ton of fat. The fat is used to feel satisfied. In the beginning I used fat bombs in the evenings when I felt I needed something. My cholesterol and triglycerides had all improved in the first 6 months. I just got an order for new lab work. NOt a medical professional this is JMHO

kimny72 · December 2018

tramaine_21 wrote: »

Remember, it's get healthy to lose weight NOT lose weight to get healthy. Keto repairs the body first and then you may see results later. Your body be a little more damaged than you think i.e, liver, metabolism, etc... Just ride the wave and keep at it. Also, are you intermittent fasting? Keto and 'IF' go hand and hand. Maybe you're doing keto but you're snacking or eating too much fat. Just a thought.

This confuses me. Most people I know who like keto do so because they lost weight faster to start out. And plenty of people do keto but not IF, or do IF and not keto.

And this is probably semantics, but losing weight is often the key to getting healthy. You don't have to "get healthy" first. I'm not even going to get into keto "healing the body". But if someone is doing keto and not losing weight, it's because they're still eating too much.

CharlieBeansmomTracey · December 2018

quiltingjaine wrote: »

I've lost well on keto. I was told that if you are following keto, meeting your macros, and not losing, your body is healing on the inside. I took 4 months to get through the 140's which is incredibly slow but I stuck with it and started losing again. I'm now hovering between 129 and 131 - my original goal was to get back to my 2008 WW goal of 137, now I'm thinking about heading for my 1985 WW goal of 126. I feel great and started going back to the gym a couple of days a week ago. I don't count calories because CICO is not a great system. Where your calories come from makes a huge difference.On keto you don't HAVE TO eat a ton of fat. The fat is used to feel satisfied. In the beginning I used fat bombs in the evenings when I felt I needed something. My cholesterol and triglycerides had all improved in the first 6 months. I just got an order for new lab work. NOt a medical professional this is JMHO

your body isnt healing on the inside from keto. keto almost killed me,sure I have a health issue but it made all my health issues 100x worse,to the point I spent most of my time in bed and almost went to the ER because I thought I was literally dying. so it healing you is BULL. it even made my cholesterol worse but thats one of my health issues (genetic high cholesterol called familial hypercholesterolemia). CICO is an energy balance not a diet. CICO has to be followed no matter if doing keto or not. keto doesnt defy the laws of CICO.

quiksylver296 · December 2018

I don't think OP is coming back to read...

CharlieBeansmomTracey · December 2018

tramaine_21 wrote: »

Remember, it's get healthy to lose weight NOT lose weight to get healthy. Keto repairs the body first and then you may see results later. Your body be a little more damaged than you think i.e, liver, metabolism, etc... Just ride the wave and keep at it. Also, are you intermittent fasting? Keto and 'IF' go hand and hand. Maybe you're doing keto but you're snacking or eating too much fat. Just a thought.

keto and IF dont go hand in hand/. I have done IF the last 3+ decades and did keto for 2 months. until my health started failing due to it.even if someone is fasting or doing keto or both. if they are eating too much they wont lose

Larkspur94 · December 2018

Are you keeping track of macros? Keto may be a high fat diet, but too much fat can actually prevent your body from using the fat stores. Starting out you want to keep it high, say at 90g a day. But later on you can focus more on meeting the protein goal (this depends on the person, how much weights they are doing, how much lean mass). But of course don't go low fat, or you will get hungry. Staying at a calorie deficit is important for any weight loss diet. Keto helps keep you full and stops craving for sugar. But it also has many health benefits that other diets don't have. Keto is a lifestyle. To loose weight requires the deficit in calories.
You can also include intermediate fasting. Besides calorie deficit, insulin control is also important. I do this with keto. Though I got myself used to the diet first, for a few weeks. I've lost 20lb since end of September. I currently lose a pound a week at a 500 cal deficit, never hungry. Get peckish at meal time (Which is likely just because my body is used to eating at that time), but don't remember what full hunger/ being absolutely ravenous feels like any more.
With insulin control, there are those diets that follow eating 5 or more small meals and snacking throughout the day. These aren't actually very good for fat loss. It keeps the insulin high, meaning your body doesn't get the chance to access fat reserves. So when at a deficit, instead of burning fat for fuel, it has to lower your metabolism and as a last resort, take from muscle. There are studies showing this you can look up.
Less time eating means more fat burning. Keto makes this easier as it's the ketones that make the fat into usable energy. But again, you want the insulin down to give them access to the fat.

So check your macros. Make sure you are at a deficit. (about 500 under you TDEE). Eat meals in a set amount of time without snacking in-between the meals and you will see results.

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