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Hotelsma
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Hello MFPers, starting Keto with exercise. Join the thread for advice, tips and success.
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Just remember that calories are still what matter. You should experience a weight drop in your first week or two that will mostly be related to water weight. After that if your weight doesn't change for another 3 weeks it is likely you are eating too much.
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This is my biggest problem when doing keto. I tend to eat less because the foods I eat are very pure then go down in calories. I’ll make sure I keep my fats up.
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Six weeks on Keto and I lost 23 lbs. I'm not a big meat eater, and usually a 6 oz. steak is going to be half (3 oz) of the cat's dinner. I'm big on cheese, eggs, and nuts.5
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candylilacs wrote: »Six weeks on Keto and I lost 23 lbs. I'm not a big meat eater, and usually a 6 oz. steak is going to be half (3 oz) of the cat's dinner. I'm big on cheese, eggs, and nuts.
That’s pretty good, do you mind if I ask what your starting weight was and did you do any exercise?0 -
Been on Keto about a month now, I am enjoying it and still learning, biggest issue I have is hitting my fat macros. Carb and protein is no problem4
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That’s pretty good, do you mind if I ask what your starting weight was and did you do any exercise?
My husband weighed in 224 and he is 22 lbs. lower now -- 202. He's on from the couch potato to 5K exercise plan. I just walk about 1-2 miles a day.
It's Keto/Atkins plan, 25-40 carbs a day. I really don't believe in hitting fat macros if you don't feel like it. I eat whole milk (fairlife), whole milk cottage cheese and whole milk yogurt. I cook with olive oil or butter. I sprinkle cheese on my vegetables or I saute my vegetables in butter. And I eat nuts macademia, almonds, and cashews.1 -
candylilacs wrote: »That’s pretty good, do you mind if I ask what your starting weight was and did you do any exercise?
My husband weighed in 224 and he is 22 lbs. lower now -- 202. He's on from the couch potato to 5K exercise plan. I just walk about 1-2 miles a day.
It's Keto/Atkins plan, 25-40 carbs a day. I really don't believe in hitting fat macros if you don't feel like it. I eat whole milk (fairlife), whole milk cottage cheese and whole milk yogurt. I cook with olive oil or butter. I sprinkle cheese on my vegetables or I saute my vegetables in butter. And I eat nuts macademia, almonds, and cashews.
Well done to both👏🏾. I’ve been the same with fats. Find it hard to hit. The only ones I eat is ones you mentioned and Eggs. Keep us posted on your progress 👍🏾0 -
Don't be "If I don't hit 60% of fats, I don't know what I would do!" I do 40-58% of fats (shh!) and I'm still losing.1
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candylilacs wrote: »Don't be "If I don't hit 60% of fats, I don't know what I would do!" I do 40-58% of fats (shh!) and I'm still losing.
Keep going I say. Seems to be working nicely. May increase fats if you plateau. Keep us posted0 -
As someone who regularly dabbles with the keto lifestyle, I found olives and avocados are a great way to increase natural fats.
While cooking everything in butter or adding cheese to everything is delicious, I've researched a lot and found it's good to limit the amount of animal fats (dairy, for example) you have. Obviously that's not to say you can't have it, I still have a good amount of these things, but I get my fats in by eating naturally fatty foods like nuts, olives and avocado, and also cooking in a good amount of extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil.
Don't forget to drink plenty of water and keep a good level of salt intake up. I made this mistake at the start of the year, I'm not a massive fan of salt and kept forgetting to add it to my foods, but then I was regularly getting really painful cramps in my legs and stomach. So now I eat at least one pack of salted pork rinds per day (good for protein as well) and drink Knorr Stock Cubes (not sure where you're from or what they would be called elsewhere) when I feel like I need more salt. I have also taken to drinking sole water to get a good hit of salt quickly. I still don't really like salt very much, but I have found ways to incorporate it into my dietary lifestyle without disliking any of my food
Best of luck with your progress, I hope it works out for you1 -
If you're in it to lose weight, don't worry about hitting your fat macros. Hit your protein macro, keep carbs </= 20 grams /day, and feed off the fat from your rear end. Many plateaus people hit are due to consuming too much fat and believe it or not, too much protein.6
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@sugarismyweakness you’ve just named two of my most hated foods, olives and avocado 🤢 most of my fats comes from nuts, olive oil and cheese. Coconut oil is one I may dabble in.1
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Hey guys! I'm a newbie to the Keto lifestyle. What are some basic tips and advice that you would pass on so this way I can be on the right path.0
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WanderingGypsySoul wrote: »Hey guys! I'm a newbie to the Keto lifestyle. What are some basic tips and advice that you would pass on so this way I can be on the right path.
Hi, and welcome.
Basic tips I would say is maybe start your day with coffee with unsweetened almond milk. It has next to nothing in carbs. If you have a sugar cravings then buy Robinson’s no added sugar squash to give you that sweet craving. That’s all I got atm lol1 -
WanderingGypsySoul wrote: »Hey guys! I'm a newbie to the Keto lifestyle. What are some basic tips and advice that you would pass on so this way I can be on the right path.
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I am just starting but can't go full keto until I am done full time nursing in about 5-6 months when my daughter passes a year old. The thing that has helped me understand and motivated me more than I ever have been is the book "The Keto Reset Diet" by Mark Sisson (it is available on Audiobook too so you can listen on your commute). It will help you understand and avoid common mistakes or bad ways of doing Keto.2
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manlyhooduk wrote: »WanderingGypsySoul wrote: »Hey guys! I'm a newbie to the Keto lifestyle. What are some basic tips and advice that you would pass on so this way I can be on the right path.
Nuts and vegetables have carbs.
I would agree with the advice to eat mostly veg as your source of carbs, and that nuts are another good food with carbs to eat, but I disagree with "no carbs."
Plenty of keto-ers seem to make keto sweets with artificial sweeteners.4
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