Can we be Keto friends ?

Hi I’ve started last week and had my first weigh in yesterday and I’ve lost 5.5 pound!
How are you finding it?
I had a few grumpy days last week, withdrawal from the sugars I’m assuming

Yay 😀A group of Keto people! So many bash it but won’t try it. I was told almost 2 years ago by my doctor to do it and was so skeptical and scared 😦 but I’ve been doing it since January and down 79 pounds! I have been bad the last 2 weeks and need lots of emotional support. I only gained 2 pounds back but some little old men at the gym noticed so I’m shocked 😱 back into routine by their rude comments. It is a great lifestyle but is hard to do in a rush for days on end with working more than sleeping or eating. The change of season is good and being mindful of food and feelings is important!

I've been on keto for 11 days, in ketosis for 7. Been keeping my carbs to under 20g, had 27g yesterday will that cause a problem do we think?

I’m toying with the idea, but don’t know how to start. How is everyone managing this?

Hi everyone! I started on Keto just under two years ago and quickly lost about 45 lbs. Loved it but I eventually moved into a less strict low carb diet which I enjoy more. Was able to lose another 10 and reach my goal weight of 143 a few months ago. Was able to maintain my loss for a few months without counting calories. I'm currently on my new goal of losing another 10 lbs. So although I'm not strict keto, please feel free to add me because I've done a lot of self experimenting as far as carbs go and one thing I've learned is that the keto/low carb diet has a long learning curve. You really do learn as you go. I've chosen to do low carb over keto because I learned that my body is able to handle more carbs than strict keto allows for while staying in ketosis, or at least remaining fat adapted. Even if I have a high carb meal, or days, it's not a problem for me to bounce back into ketosis.

Hi! Just started low cal/lazy keto roughly 10 days ago and down 5 lbs. I'm the only one in my house doing this, so I'm surrounded by off limit foods non stop. With 4 kids, I'm making dinners for them and modifying it for me, or just making something different. Would love some other friends who are also going through this as well....sharing recipes and such. Feel free to friend me, if you'd like!

Hey! Great job so far!! I just wanted to recommend the Southern Keto book. All the recipes are delicious thar your kids would love to eat too! For example, there is a recipe for drop biscuits with sausage gravy. I felt like i was eating normal biscuits and gravy!

SweetBri10 wrote: »

Hi! Just started low cal/lazy keto roughly 10 days ago and down 5 lbs. I'm the only one in my house doing this, so I'm surrounded by off limit foods non stop. With 4 kids, I'm making dinners for them and modifying it for me, or just making something different. Would love some other friends who are also going through this as well....sharing recipes and such. Feel free to friend me, if you'd like!

melinalosada wrote: »

Thanks! Two days ago started lowcarbs and today I feel with energy down and some sleep. Its normaly?

Yes Especially if you are dehydrated and not getting enough electrolytes. Your body is changing from burning blood sugar to body fat and the transition can be difficult for some people. Watch some YouTube videos to help educate yourself. I read you speak Spanish but I’m not sure if they have CC in Spanish. Dr. Berg, Thomas DeLauer, Dr. Boz, Mindblowing Health and Wellness with Violet, Fledge Fitness, Siim Land... These are just some of my favorites. Does anyone else have their favorite Keto YouTube educators?

YAY keto people!!!
I'v been keto for over a year. At my most, I was down 60lbs, but I gained some back during my child's summer vacation (a lot of vacation cheats) and gained back about 16lbs.
Back to good ole ketoing again though and looking forward to losing another 60 and reaching my goal!

Please feel free to add me as a friend. I blog A LOT here. It's nothing fantastic, but if you're bored and want to read incoherent ramblings, then I'm your gal!

I just started keto. This is my third day. I am trying Ideal Protein but a little concerned about all the processed foods and not so healthy ingredients. I thought I'll give it a month and see what happens. I want to lose 15-20 lbs and as someone above said the last 10 are the hardest to lose. Glad to find this thread because I sometimes get tired in the evening after a full day of work and start telling myself "ohh just a little popcorn or a gluten free cracker won't hurt anything...losing weight is not worth the mental stress etc...."

I'll check some of the links on this thread. Thank you all.

kirstyseye wrote: »

Help! Am so confused about how to plan my food! I have watched all the videos but cannot get my head around planning a day or having two or three days to stick to - any examples out there?

There are hundreds of Keto people on YouTube on what they eat in a day. I love Keto Connect and Keto Rewind and 2krazyketos. I have changed so much as I’m mostly carnivore now and I always have “Surf and turf” meals of varieties where it is never the same in a week. Some people just always do a meat and a vegetable but I always have multiple meats.

Op, I'm relaxed carnivore or 'ketovore' at this point but would love any friends who are focused on a lower carb way of eating. I'm back on MFP after taking a much needed break and would like to connect with others who are on a similar path

I am doing keto too!

souchie wrote: »

I’m toying with the idea, but don’t know how to start. How is everyone managing this?

I transitioned from a plant focused, very low fat diet to a lower carb/higher fat way of eating and that's led me to where I am now, a relaxed carnivore/'ketovore'. I started by just adding in fat slowly, (got rid of flavored creamers and started using HWC in my coffee; started adding beef back into my diet a couple times a week etc), and then I started cutting out all of the whole grains that I was eating, (which was 4-5 servings a day at the time), stopped eating beans several times a week etc.

When I first started the switch I was still eating a lot of veggies and fruit but I adjusted which ones I was using and replaced higher carb ones with lower carb options. In my daily green smoothies I stopped adding bananas and started adding berries and avocados etc. I also stopped using vegetable oils and started using butter and ghee.

I took things slow and that worked well for me-at the beginning I just had a goal to hit 100g net carbs a day or less, (the only number I tracked). As I got more comfortable with things my carb intake started going down on its own and then after a few months I felt led to try a more carnivore way of eating. That was around 2 months ago and I'm loving how I eat now, which is meat/seafood, eggs, some kinds of dairy and then small amounts of coffee, spices, low carb condiments etc. I'm not following any kind of set plan or trying to hit certain macros/numbers (I no longer track/count any numbers at all), and I eat when hungry, stop when satiated. Yesterday I had a steak for breakfast