Ketogenic diet

I'm not sure why you are going on a keto diet if you are worried about all that fat in the meals.

That's what keto is - low carb, high fat.


Quite a few keto followers on this forum - but I am not one of them.

Jassaph wrote: »

Hey guys, recently I discovered a group involved in Ketogenic diet and it's really been working for them. I found out the meals they ate was highly proteinous which is what i really want but am worried about all that fat involved in the meals. Please I want to know if anyone has ever gone on this diet before and your opinions about this diet, thank you

For ketogenic, the only thing really required is lowering carbs to below 50g. The belief that one must eat copious amounts of fat is wrong. If the combination of fats and protein satiates you and helps you lowers calories, then it will be a good diet. Personally, only focus on lowering carbs, having good amounts of protein and getting most of my carba from fiber.

A calorie deficit is how you lose weight.
The diet you choose is a personal choice. Whatever works best for you and you can stick with. All diets are ultimately about eating less calories than your body burns, in order to successfully lose weight.

Jassaph wrote: »

psuLemon wrote: »

Jassaph wrote: »

Hey guys, recently I discovered a group involved in Ketogenic diet and it's really been working for them. I found out the meals they ate was highly proteinous which is what i really want but am worried about all that fat involved in the meals. Please I want to know if anyone has ever gone on this diet before and your opinions about this diet, thank you

For ketogenic, the only thing really required is lowering carbs to below 50g. The belief that one must eat copious amounts of fat is wrong. If the combination of fats and protein satiates you and helps you lowers calories, then it will be a good diet. Personally, only focus on lowering carbs, having good amounts of protein and getting most of my carba from fiber.

Thank you, i think that would be the best for me, just lower my carbs intake and increase protein then keep the fats moderate

It really depends on what you consider moderate fats.

MFP starts you out at 30% fat, and say at 1500 cals that would be 50 g fat. If you keep it there, reduce carbs to below 50 g (or 200 cal), that leaves 850 g for protein, or 212.5 g. That type of diet would be really hard to manage and I think not that healthy long term, as you are going to be typically relying on fat or carbs for energy.

If by moderate you mean more like 50%, then it would be more like 83 g of fat, no more than 200 cals (50 g) of carbs, and then 138 g of protein, which would seem much more manageable (although likely more protein than you need still).

I'm not a huge fan of eating all the fat you typically need to to hit cals on keto (which is one of a few reasons keto didn't feel sustainable for me, but I was trying it at maintenance and I think on a deficit it would have been a little easier). In any case, doing keto (or lower carb generally), you have to not be afraid of fat, and realize there are some foods where the fat easily adds up that don't involve adding tons of cheese or added fats to foods -- nuts and seeds, avocado, eggs, olives, so on. (I also happily cook veg in some olive oil, make dressings with olive oil and vinegar, and tend to cook chicken bone-in, skin-on -- I can do these things at non keto levels of fat too, but they are things that some dieters think they need to avoid.)