Keto, fun, but unsustainable
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just_Tomek wrote: »If it losing/gaining/maintaining weight wasnt all about calorie CICO sure keto would be fun. Ohhhh lord soooo much fun. But because you still have to count on keto, no way would this be fun.
Seriously. I am a lover of cheese. I could eat cheese all damn day and nothing else. If only it wasn't so calorie-dense.6 -
wilson10102018 wrote: »I wouldn't try a cult diet.
Who says it's a "cult" diet? Pretty dismissive of a way of eating that many people find satisfying and sustainable, especially type 2 diabetics like me.2 -
WillYammer wrote: »Yeah, I wanted to give it at least 4 weeks. I really missed the carbs. Sweet potatoes, bananas, berries, tacos, and on and on. Hats off to anyone who can sustain keto!
There are SO many recipes that get you close to what you like. If you're not into experimenting (or lazy), keto is not for you. It's more of a lifestyle than a diet. What are you looking to do? Lose weight? If so, then low carbs, no sugar (all the things you mentioned are turned into sugar by our bodies) is the way to go.
I'm having fun with it. Turns out I like cooking up things that people can't believe are keto/low carb. Two months in and I'm halfway to my 3-inch waist reduction goal.
I'm enjoying it a lot. I'm not a great cook to begin with but I love being able to have almost anything I want and still keep it keto. This morning I had mug cake banana bread with grass fed butter, and I've also made a peanut butter mug cake with whipped cream. Not only were they delicious and satisfying, but they had zero impact on my blood sugar or the scale. Looking forward to trying more new things, like fathead pizza and biscuits and gravy.0 -
whatsizbucket wrote: »I am embarking on the journey for the third time. I didn't do it right the first time, used low-carb cookbooks with weird ingredients the second time, and here I am a third time, with recipes on Pinterest. I just hope they work out, to let me lose weight. Many of the days on this Ketogenic Diet, do not have butter. Many of the items suggest you slather it in butter... For example coffee. Suggests 1 tablespoon of real butter. My mom thinks is the grossest thing to do to coffee. We'll see.
If this approach hasn't worked for you twice before, why are you trying it again? Why do you feel keto is a good fit for you if it hasn't offered you sustainable results in the past?4 -
WillYammer wrote: »Yeah, I wanted to give it at least 4 weeks. I really missed the carbs. Sweet potatoes, bananas, berries, tacos, and on and on. Hats off to anyone who can sustain keto!
There are SO many recipes that get you close to what you like. If you're not into experimenting (or lazy), keto is not for you. It's more of a lifestyle than a diet. What are you looking to do? Lose weight? If so, then low carbs, no sugar (all the things you mentioned are turned into sugar by our bodies) is the way to go.
I'm having fun with it. Turns out I like cooking up things that people can't believe are keto/low carb. Two months in and I'm halfway to my 3-inch waist reduction goal.
You don't have to cut carbs to lose weight. Study after study shows there is no advantage to a keto or low carb diet vs any other diet when calories are constant.6 -
To me, that's like asking "can't you eat pizza by eating a tomato sauce slurry?", it's just not the same thing.6 -
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ultra_violets wrote: »wilson10102018 wrote: »I wouldn't try a cult diet.
Who says it's a "cult" diet? Pretty dismissive of a way of eating that many people find satisfying and sustainable, especially type 2 diabetics like me.
At the moment, it does have a pretty cult like following much like paleo and primal had 5 years ago. All one needs to do is follow social media and see that it's all the rave right now whether people have medical conditions or not. Tons of unsubstantiated claims coming out of the wood work as well by people trying to sell books and whatnot...cure for cancer and a bunch of other outlandish stuff.6 -
ultra_violets wrote: »wilson10102018 wrote: »I wouldn't try a cult diet.
Who says it's a "cult" diet? Pretty dismissive of a way of eating that many people find satisfying and sustainable, especially type 2 diabetics like me.
It is turning into a cult, which I can't stand. Anytime its in the media and every supplement company start try to make money off of it, it heads down the "cult" road.
However i'm willing to bet that 90-95% of the people on here claiming "I'm keto" are truly not in ketosis. They maybe think they are keto, but they are really low carb/high fat, which isn't bad per say. People just need to figure out what eating style works best for THEM and their lifestyle and stop looking for a quick fix.0 -
Keto and fun don't seem like they should ever be in the same sentence. I don't understand why people subject themselves to it. When I hear someone going on keto I'm just like ".... but why?"5
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Fun? Fun isn't something one considers when balancing scales, but carbs do put a smile on my face.2
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WillYammer wrote: »Yeah, I wanted to give it at least 4 weeks. I really missed the carbs. Sweet potatoes, bananas, berries, tacos, and on and on. Hats off to anyone who can sustain keto!
There are SO many recipes that get you close to what you like. If you're not into experimenting (or lazy), keto is not for you. It's more of a lifestyle than a diet. What are you looking to do? Lose weight? If so, then low carbs, no sugar (all the things you mentioned are turned into sugar by our bodies) is the way to go.
I'm having fun with it. Turns out I like cooking up things that people can't believe are keto/low carb. Two months in and I'm halfway to my 3-inch waist reduction goal.
That literally makes no sense to me.
If you eat carbs you can have every single recipe on the planet not just the much smaller subset of recipes that virtually eliminate carbs. That sounds like fun to me, restriction is the opposite of fun in my experience.
It would make more sense (but still very, very little sense!) to restrict dietary fat as it's fat not carbs that gets stored as body fat.
I don't want diet (noun or verb) to be a "lifestyle", that just sounds obsessive.6 -
Over the years, I've been an experimenter testing the waters of various ways of eating. I did the low fat thing many moons ago, briefly played with the Mediterranean Diet 40-30-30 before losing interest, intermittent fasting and more recently OMAD. But, I've never tried Keto because knowing myself, it would be dead upon arrival. The comments by many who tried and abandoned ship confirms my choice of not giving it a try. But, I commend those who tried because they are better having had the experience. Self-discovery is a better teacher than reading some article or what some other person said.1
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Lol yea it’s tough. I’m on day 10 and have lost 5 of 30 so far but it’s challenging. I don’t like how much I think about food and what I can or can’t eat on this diet. I’m ocd so i overthink it.
I can see this being more of a lifestyle and something that gives pride in away .
For me it gives strict rules to follow instead of trusting myself to make my own🙄.
I once I lose the 30 pounds I’m just gonna eat healthier but not Keto probably . But who knows .GL to all . I know I need it lol
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just_Tomek wrote: »If it losing/gaining/maintaining weight wasnt all about calorie CICO sure keto would be fun. Ohhhh lord soooo much fun. But because you still have to count on keto, no way would this be fun.
You have to count calories for any weight loss in my experience - I find with keto WOE I feel fuller on less food. If I eat processed carbs like bread and pasta, I get hungry much sooner than snacking on cheese and ham. We're all different; I am just happy I have found something that works for me.5
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