Is keto right for me?

AnnPT77 wrote: »

Momeri1113 wrote: »

wilson10102018 wrote: »

Momeri1113 wrote: »

I thought that drinking water with salt could potential kill you. It dehydrates you because water in your body will move from areas with less salt to areas with higher salt. Also, the diet already adds so much salt becuase of the meat and dairy. The further I get into this, the more I was to modify to make it more like a low carb dash diet or something. Eating so much meat and dairy is not typical for me.

I think this is why dieting is so difficult for many. We know that it is incontestable that if you eat less than you burn and eliminate you will lose weight. Without supplements, denial of food groups, timing of meals, sodium reduction, etc.

But here we are with a new dieter experimenting with all manner of strategies, other than the correct one.

Very disturbing to me.

Nonetheless, best of luck.

What exactly is the correct manner? I'm focusing on eating healthy and have a calorie deficit.

Keto may be a way to eat healthfully**, but it's not the only way.

** Personally, I'm not anti-keto, but there's debate in the world at large about whether it actually is healthy to fuel that way long term. Of course some of its advocates say it's the healthiest, but advocates of other very different diets say the same (for one example, whole food plant based). All can bring out research studies in support.

I have nothing against keto (or WFPB), I think they're fine for those they suit. But there's IMO no One True Way.

I don't keto, personally. I pretty much do a balanced macros, slightly high protein, mostly nutrient dense, mostly lower-processed food approach, because I think it's a healthy diet, and I personally most enjoy eating that way. It's been successful for weight loss and 4+ years of maintenance, for me, when coupled with calorie counting.

I'm also vegetarian, but that's my preference for other reasons: I don't think it has any special health benefits, and actually makes sound nutrition just a teeny, tiny bit more challenging.

I don't keto, and wouldn't unless medically dictated, because it wouldn't let me eat the quantity and variety of veggies and fruits I most enjoy. I expect people eating keto can get the required minimums of veggies, but I prefer really, really a lot of veggies; and most ketoers do severely - by my standards - limit fruit. Also, low carb doesn't prevent cravings, for me, it creates them. (I tried it a long time back.)

If keto suits you, OP, that's great. You're getting the response you are because you've mentioned a couple of ways in which it isn't pleasant/long-term sustainable for you, so we're suggesting considering calorie counting for weight management, plus any healthy way of eating you most enjoy and find permanently appealing.

Named diets are optional. That's the point.

lemurcat2 wrote: »

Most of the keto posters on MFP acknowledge that CICO is what determines weight loss, gain, or maintenance, and many or most of them track calories. I'm not keto, didn't see any benefits from keto when I tried it briefly, but keto and CICO work together, since CICO is just a reference to how calories work, not a diet.