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I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.12 -
I just posted this in another thread but it seems appropriate here. I'd advise anyone getting involved in Keto to do your research. Dr. Boz has plenty of shorter YT videos on Keto and she runs her clinic based on keto as a go to therapy for many of her patients. The YT channel Low Carb Down Under has a series of lectures from physicians, researchers and other lecturers if you want to get into some of the nitty gritty of the science.
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I turned to Keto not to lose weight but as a way of eliminating a lot of different foods from my diet to find a way to control my growing arthritic inflammation. I quit dairy at the same time. It worked so well I almost can't believe it. I was at the point last fall where I thought I'd have to retire early. My hip hurt, my knee hurt, my hands hurt every day and then it went into my lower back. I'm self employed and do a lot of heavy lifting and my work is physically demanding. You can't do it with a bad back. Going keto I did lose 10 lbs without trying but the pain subsided 75% in 2 weeks and is now at -90% and I can finally get back to the gym and being more active after a couple of years of not doing so. The pain reduction alone was enough to make it worthwhile but here are some other benefits I found in no particular order:
1. Appetite control. I actually have a difficult time many days eating enough to maintain my weight. I just don't feel hungry for hours on end and when I do eat I feel full fairly quickly because of the high fat content and the satiety it gives. If I had to lose more weight it would be a piece of cake because I'd have no problem maintaining a 500 calorie deficit without even trying.
2. Mental alertness and constant energy. I have the same energy level all day. I'm going to the gym before work for the first time in my life and even at 57 I'm still full of energy all day long. I'm already up to an hour and a half at the gym and energy levels are constant during my workout even though I'm working out fasted for now.
3. Bowel movements are smaller, smoother and easier.
I avoided the "Keto flu" by salting my food more and eating avocadoes just about every day for potassium and because I like them. If I'm totally honest, even though I was a lifelong volume eater, I am enjoying eating smaller portions of fatty meals and treats far more than when I ate more food.7 -
JohnnyPenso wrote: »I just posted this in another thread but it seems appropriate here. I'd advise anyone getting involved in Keto to do your research. Dr. Boz has plenty of shorter YT videos on Keto and she runs her clinic based on keto as a go to therapy for many of her patients. The YT channel Low Carb Down Under has a series of lectures from physicians, researchers and other lecturers if you want to get into some of the nitty gritty of the science.
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I turned to Keto not to lose weight but as a way of eliminating a lot of different foods from my diet to find a way to control my growing arthritic inflammation. I quit dairy at the same time. It worked so well I almost can't believe it. I was at the point last fall where I thought I'd have to retire early. My hip hurt, my knee hurt, my hands hurt every day and then it went into my lower back. I'm self employed and do a lot of heavy lifting and my work is physically demanding. You can't do it with a bad back. Going keto I did lose 10 lbs without trying but the pain subsided 75% in 2 weeks and is now at -90% and I can finally get back to the gym and being more active after a couple of years of not doing so. The pain reduction alone was enough to make it worthwhile but here are some other benefits I found in no particular order:
1. Appetite control. I actually have a difficult time many days eating enough to maintain my weight. I just don't feel hungry for hours on end and when I do eat I feel full fairly quickly because of the high fat content and the satiety it gives. If I had to lose more weight it would be a piece of cake because I'd have no problem maintaining a 500 calorie deficit without even trying.
2. Mental alertness and constant energy. I have the same energy level all day. I'm going to the gym before work for the first time in my life and even at 57 I'm still full of energy all day long. I'm already up to an hour and a half at the gym and energy levels are constant during my workout even though I'm working out fasted for now.
3. Bowel movements are smaller, smoother and easier.
I avoided the "Keto flu" by salting my food more and eating avocadoes just about every day for potassium and because I like them. If I'm totally honest, even though I was a lifelong volume eater, I am enjoying eating smaller portions of fatty meals and treats far more than when I ate more food.
Hi there, my bestfriend has been observing my weight loss on your same diet and I agree with you 💯 on all points you numbered. She's starting to ask more and more questions and I'm happy to finally get to talk about my new lifestyle but today she asked me how I motivated my self to stop eating carbs and to stick with it at the beginning. I could only tell her a few of my family members were on it so that's how I learned about it and then for a month or two I became voracious for keto information. I read a ton of articles, success stories, simple tips, and I watched hundreds and hundreds of YouTube videos on the same things. Then one day I had some eggs and bacon for breakfast and another friend of mine texted me and said we should do the keto diet together and Viola!! Then I just took one day at a time while clinging to the internet.
So my question to you is; what helped motivate you while so many others quit after a week or two?0 -
My husband has been on the keto diet for a while, and he has definitely lost weight pretty effortlessly. But, I also think it is easier for him to stick to it because someone cooks for him (that would be me lol). You should plan on cooking a lot!! It is hard to find prepared meals and snacks. In the beginning, it seems like there are so many choices...but he has gotten tired of many things after being on it for a couple of months. Other negatives I have seen are- he pees all of the time (sorry TMI) and he really cannot drink alcohol anymore because it seems to mess with his stomach (this was never an issue before so we assume it is from keto). That being said, he has lost a lot of weight and does not count calories. His hunger has significantly decreased as well. Just my honest observations, hope it helps!0
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I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
If the bolded is what sold you, then you're basing your decision on misinformation. It's one thing to choose your diet because it's easy and satisfying, it's another to fall for misinformation. The kind of fuel you burn is irrelevant for weight loss. You only burn body fat reserves if you are in a calorie deficit regardless of your glycogen levels. It's true that you burn more of the fat you eat as fuel on keto (just like you burn more of the carbs you eat on a higher carb diet), but it makes little difference for weight loss.20 -
I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
That actually happens whenever you have a deficit. (That is, you always use fat for fuel to some extent, and anyone with a deficit will eat into fat reserves, whereas you won't do that on keto without a deficit.)
Telling people they should do keto for this reason is therefore inaccurate.
I agree that if you personally find it easier or more satisfying that other ways of eating, that's a good reason.
[Edit: or what amusedmonkey said!]14 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
If the bolded is what sold you, then you're basing your decision on misinformation. It's one thing to choose your diet because it's easy and satisfying, it's another to fall for misinformation. The kind of fuel you burn is irrelevant for weight loss. You only burn body fat reserves if you are in a calorie deficit regardless of your glycogen levels. It's true that you burn more of the fat you eat as fuel on keto (just like you burn more of the carbs you eat on a higher carb diet), but it makes little difference for weight loss.I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
That actually happens whenever you have a deficit. (That is, you always use fat for fuel to some extent, and anyone with a deficit will eat into fat reserves, whereas you won't do that on keto without a deficit.)
Telling people they should do keto for this reason is therefore inaccurate.
I agree that if you personally find it easier or more satisfying that other ways of eating, that's a good reason.
[Edit: or what amusedmonkey said!]
I don’t count calories, so yeah that info is accurate for me.14 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
If the bolded is what sold you, then you're basing your decision on misinformation. It's one thing to choose your diet because it's easy and satisfying, it's another to fall for misinformation. The kind of fuel you burn is irrelevant for weight loss. You only burn body fat reserves if you are in a calorie deficit regardless of your glycogen levels. It's true that you burn more of the fat you eat as fuel on keto (just like you burn more of the carbs you eat on a higher carb diet), but it makes little difference for weight loss.I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
That actually happens whenever you have a deficit. (That is, you always use fat for fuel to some extent, and anyone with a deficit will eat into fat reserves, whereas you won't do that on keto without a deficit.)
Telling people they should do keto for this reason is therefore inaccurate.
I agree that if you personally find it easier or more satisfying that other ways of eating, that's a good reason.
[Edit: or what amusedmonkey said!]
I don’t count calories, so yeah that info is accurate for me.
It doesn't matter if you count calories or not. Like it was said, if the diet results in a deficit (with or without counting calories), you lose weight. It looks like this is a good fit for you because you, as an individual, eat less on it, but not for the reasons you think. It's not somehow uniquely better at burning stored fat than any other diet with the same caloric intake.18 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
If the bolded is what sold you, then you're basing your decision on misinformation. It's one thing to choose your diet because it's easy and satisfying, it's another to fall for misinformation. The kind of fuel you burn is irrelevant for weight loss. You only burn body fat reserves if you are in a calorie deficit regardless of your glycogen levels. It's true that you burn more of the fat you eat as fuel on keto (just like you burn more of the carbs you eat on a higher carb diet), but it makes little difference for weight loss.I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
That actually happens whenever you have a deficit. (That is, you always use fat for fuel to some extent, and anyone with a deficit will eat into fat reserves, whereas you won't do that on keto without a deficit.)
Telling people they should do keto for this reason is therefore inaccurate.
I agree that if you personally find it easier or more satisfying that other ways of eating, that's a good reason.
[Edit: or what amusedmonkey said!]
I don’t count calories, so yeah that info is accurate for me.
You don't count calories but your body still does. If you are losing weight it is because you are eating less than you are burning, regardless of the type of food you eat. The reason why you are not counting calories is that you find fat to be very feeling so would struggle to overeat. It is great that you have found a method of weight loss that works well for you and I wish you the best for continued success in the future.14 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
If the bolded is what sold you, then you're basing your decision on misinformation. It's one thing to choose your diet because it's easy and satisfying, it's another to fall for misinformation. The kind of fuel you burn is irrelevant for weight loss. You only burn body fat reserves if you are in a calorie deficit regardless of your glycogen levels. It's true that you burn more of the fat you eat as fuel on keto (just like you burn more of the carbs you eat on a higher carb diet), but it makes little difference for weight loss.I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
That actually happens whenever you have a deficit. (That is, you always use fat for fuel to some extent, and anyone with a deficit will eat into fat reserves, whereas you won't do that on keto without a deficit.)
Telling people they should do keto for this reason is therefore inaccurate.
I agree that if you personally find it easier or more satisfying that other ways of eating, that's a good reason.
[Edit: or what amusedmonkey said!]
I don’t count calories, so yeah that info is accurate for me.
You may not count calories, but you are losing weight because you are consuming less calories than your body burns. I don’t know much about Keto, but by telling you what, and how much to eat, someone figured it out for you. The ONLY way you lose weight is by eating/drinking less calories than your body burns.8 -
I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
Everyone is burning fat in a calorie deficit, it isn't something that only happens with keto.10 -
I've been doing keto since January 1 and I've lost 35 lb. I was bloated, tired, irritable and completely addicted to fast food and carbs. As a type 2 diabetic, I was also headed for disaster. Now two months later my blood sugar is down 200 points (!) and I feel great. I even sleep better. I never crave carbs and I'm rarely hungry. I had the "keto flu" for the first 8 or 9 days, and basically slept a lot. Staying hydrated is key. But now I'm fat-adjusted, meaning my body is burning fat for energy instead of glucose, I have tons of energy and to put it plainly, keto has been a miracle for me. I didn't think anything could stop my food addiction. Now I have control and I love the foods I'm eating. There's a LOT of misinformation out there about keto, mainly due to the grain and pharma industries. Weight Watchers profits are down 80%...you'll notice a LOT of WW ads around those articles about that bad, bad keto diet. I highly recommend Dr. Ken Berry's videos on youtube. He's a real, practicing M.D. with a lot of good, common sense advice about keto. Speak to your own doctor and if they give you permission to try it, I think you'll love it. You could easily meet your weight loss goal in 6-12 months. Good luck!19
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ultra_violets wrote: »I've been doing keto since January 1 and I've lost 35 lb. I was bloated, tired, irritable and completely addicted to fast food and carbs. As a type 2 diabetic, I was also headed for disaster. Now two months later my blood sugar is down 200 points (!) and I feel great. I even sleep better. I never crave carbs and I'm rarely hungry. I had the "keto flu" for the first 8 or 9 days, and basically slept a lot. Staying hydrated is key. But now I'm fat-adjusted, meaning my body is burning fat for energy instead of glucose, I have tons of energy and to put it plainly, keto has been a miracle for me. I didn't think anything could stop my food addiction. Now I have control and I love the foods I'm eating. There's a LOT of misinformation out there about keto, mainly due to the grain and pharma industries. Weight Watchers profits are down 80%...you'll notice a LOT of WW ads around those articles about that bad, bad keto diet. I highly recommend Dr. Ken Berry's videos on youtube. He's a real, practicing M.D. with a lot of good, common sense advice about keto. Speak to your own doctor and if they give you permission to try it, I think you'll love it. You could easily meet your weight loss goal in 6-12 months. Good luck!
Is there actual evidence that "big grain" is behind keto misinformation? I've seen this claim made a lot recently, but I haven't seen documentation.10 -
ultra_violets wrote: »I've been doing keto since January 1 and I've lost 35 lb. I was bloated, tired, irritable and completely addicted to fast food and carbs. As a type 2 diabetic, I was also headed for disaster. Now two months later my blood sugar is down 200 points (!) and I feel great. I even sleep better. I never crave carbs and I'm rarely hungry. I had the "keto flu" for the first 8 or 9 days, and basically slept a lot. Staying hydrated is key. But now I'm fat-adjusted, meaning my body is burning fat for energy instead of glucose, I have tons of energy and to put it plainly, keto has been a miracle for me. I didn't think anything could stop my food addiction. Now I have control and I love the foods I'm eating. There's a LOT of misinformation out there about keto, mainly due to the grain and pharma industries. Weight Watchers profits are down 80%...you'll notice a LOT of WW ads around those articles about that bad, bad keto diet. I highly recommend Dr. Ken Berry's videos on youtube. He's a real, practicing M.D. with a lot of good, common sense advice about keto. Speak to your own doctor and if they give you permission to try it, I think you'll love it. You could easily meet your weight loss goal in 6-12 months. Good luck!
Grain industries? Wow. Now everything is evil. Grain, the foundation of civilization as we know it, is now to be our downfall?
I'm glad you are finding your way to better health, but a lot of what you're describing could be accomplished with weight loss and by eating a generally well-rounded diet.
ETA: to actually address the OP, it has been said by many - the best thing you can do for yourself is find a way of eating that is sustainable for you, and helps you to be healthy. What that looks like is going to vary for individuals, as individuals find different foods and food combinations satiating.13 -
ultra_violets wrote: »I've been doing keto since January 1 and I've lost 35 lb. I was bloated, tired, irritable and completely addicted to fast food and carbs. As a type 2 diabetic, I was also headed for disaster. Now two months later my blood sugar is down 200 points (!) and I feel great. I even sleep better. I never crave carbs and I'm rarely hungry. I had the "keto flu" for the first 8 or 9 days, and basically slept a lot. Staying hydrated is key. But now I'm fat-adjusted, meaning my body is burning fat for energy instead of glucose, I have tons of energy and to put it plainly, keto has been a miracle for me. I didn't think anything could stop my food addiction. Now I have control and I love the foods I'm eating. There's a LOT of misinformation out there about keto, mainly due to the grain and pharma industries. Weight Watchers profits are down 80%...you'll notice a LOT of WW ads around those articles about that bad, bad keto diet. I highly recommend Dr. Ken Berry's videos on youtube. He's a real, practicing M.D. with a lot of good, common sense advice about keto. Speak to your own doctor and if they give you permission to try it, I think you'll love it. You could easily meet your weight loss goal in 6-12 months. Good luck!
Grain industries? Wow. Now everything is evil. Grain, the foundation of civilization as we know it, is now to be our downfall?
I'm glad you are finding your way to better health, but a lot of what you're describing could be accomplished with weight loss and by eating a generally well-rounded diet.
It's the very, very, very, very long-term plot by the Mesopotamians to destroy us all.20 -
janejellyroll wrote: »ultra_violets wrote: »I've been doing keto since January 1 and I've lost 35 lb. I was bloated, tired, irritable and completely addicted to fast food and carbs. As a type 2 diabetic, I was also headed for disaster. Now two months later my blood sugar is down 200 points (!) and I feel great. I even sleep better. I never crave carbs and I'm rarely hungry. I had the "keto flu" for the first 8 or 9 days, and basically slept a lot. Staying hydrated is key. But now I'm fat-adjusted, meaning my body is burning fat for energy instead of glucose, I have tons of energy and to put it plainly, keto has been a miracle for me. I didn't think anything could stop my food addiction. Now I have control and I love the foods I'm eating. There's a LOT of misinformation out there about keto, mainly due to the grain and pharma industries. Weight Watchers profits are down 80%...you'll notice a LOT of WW ads around those articles about that bad, bad keto diet. I highly recommend Dr. Ken Berry's videos on youtube. He's a real, practicing M.D. with a lot of good, common sense advice about keto. Speak to your own doctor and if they give you permission to try it, I think you'll love it. You could easily meet your weight loss goal in 6-12 months. Good luck!
Grain industries? Wow. Now everything is evil. Grain, the foundation of civilization as we know it, is now to be our downfall?
I'm glad you are finding your way to better health, but a lot of what you're describing could be accomplished with weight loss and by eating a generally well-rounded diet.
It's the very, very, very, very long-term plot by the Mesopotamians to destroy us all.
They obviously knew how to play the long game.11 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
If the bolded is what sold you, then you're basing your decision on misinformation. It's one thing to choose your diet because it's easy and satisfying, it's another to fall for misinformation. The kind of fuel you burn is irrelevant for weight loss. You only burn body fat reserves if you are in a calorie deficit regardless of your glycogen levels. It's true that you burn more of the fat you eat as fuel on keto (just like you burn more of the carbs you eat on a higher carb diet), but it makes little difference for weight loss.I want to lose 70lbs and I've heard great things about the Keto Diet. Has anyone tried it? Results?
I’m liking it and finding it really easy and satisfying.Rea20021989 wrote: »EVERYONE finds fat filling; it's how keto works. Once you reduce your carbs, your body starts burning fat rather than carbs (glycogen) for fuel, and it eats into the fat reserves in your body. There's a period of about a week or two, while your body transitions, where you can be tired, crabby, headachey etc. but after that you experience amazing mental clarity, energy, lack of appetite etc.
When i ate carbs i was a monster. a 24 stone monster with no off switch - i was constantly eating, constantly craving sugar, always tired, hangry (angry through hunger) and a hormonal mess. Simply 'eating at a calorie deficit' didn't work for me because I was always hungry, craving, constantly thinking about food, and miserable.
I've been keto for 1 year in April, and I've lost half my body weight. I went from being 20 stone to being 11.5 stone (where i've plateaued and evened out for the last 4 months or so) since April last year. I'm no longer hungry, I eat one meal a day and I'm satiated, I still eat out, I still drink alcohol, and I now go to the gym 5 times a week for 1-2 hours and work out hard completely fasted. My mental health is much better, the amount of sleep i require is less and i feel more rested for it, and I'm generally much happy. It's not limiting, it's different. It's a way of life, not a diet, and once you experience it and get used to it, I doubt you'd WANT to go back
Good luck (and feel free to message me or whatnot if you want any more info)
Keto is amazing.
Bolded is what sold me.
That actually happens whenever you have a deficit. (That is, you always use fat for fuel to some extent, and anyone with a deficit will eat into fat reserves, whereas you won't do that on keto without a deficit.)
Telling people they should do keto for this reason is therefore inaccurate.
I agree that if you personally find it easier or more satisfying that other ways of eating, that's a good reason.
[Edit: or what amusedmonkey said!]
I don’t count calories, so yeah that info is accurate for me.
It makes no difference whether you count calories or not, keto does not mean you magically burn fat from your body in a way that you allegedly cannot eat more carbs. That's misinformation.
If what you are saying is that you find you eat less on keto, that's possible, but that's something that often happens with dietary changes so no telling yet whether it will last.6 -
ultra_violets wrote: »I've been doing keto since January 1 and I've lost 35 lb. I was bloated, tired, irritable and completely addicted to fast food and carbs. As a type 2 diabetic, I was also headed for disaster. Now two months later my blood sugar is down 200 points (!) and I feel great. I even sleep better. I never crave carbs and I'm rarely hungry. I had the "keto flu" for the first 8 or 9 days, and basically slept a lot. Staying hydrated is key. But now I'm fat-adjusted, meaning my body is burning fat for energy instead of glucose, I have tons of energy and to put it plainly, keto has been a miracle for me. I didn't think anything could stop my food addiction. Now I have control and I love the foods I'm eating. There's a LOT of misinformation out there about keto, mainly due to the grain and pharma industries. Weight Watchers profits are down 80%...you'll notice a LOT of WW ads around those articles about that bad, bad keto diet. I highly recommend Dr. Ken Berry's videos on youtube. He's a real, practicing M.D. with a lot of good, common sense advice about keto. Speak to your own doctor and if they give you permission to try it, I think you'll love it. You could easily meet your weight loss goal in 6-12 months. Good luck!
Grain industries? Wow. Now everything is evil. Grain, the foundation of civilization as we know it, is now to be our downfall?
I'm glad you are finding your way to better health, but a lot of what you're describing could be accomplished with weight loss and by eating a generally well-rounded diet.
Good point -- I like how the alternatives are keto or "completely addicted to fast food and carbs" and eating what sounds like an unhealthful diet.
I think some fast food can be included on a healthful diet, but I don't care for it and therefore almost never eat it -- that was true when I was fat, when I was losing 90 lbs without doing keto (and eating a very healthy diet including sufficient protein, lots of fiber, and over 10 servings of veg most days), and at maintenance. I've experimented with keto as noted above, but it did not make my diet more healthful, and certainly did not affect my craving for carbs (I don't see what the deal is with craving "carbs" -- if a craving is that general, eat some vegetables). Personally, I often crave well-made salads with tasty vinaigrettes, and did when eating keto too. I craved fruit when summer started to come, which is why I ditched keto, in part, and yet I don't think eating fruit is something to feel bad about. Oh, well.10 -
I swear. Every Keto thread turns into a sh*tshow. "Big grain". LMAO.13
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In my case, it was "Big fruit" and "Big legume". I'm sure they put addictive substances in them on purpose to ruin keto diet for people.8
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