Anyone doing keto?

I’ve been doing Keto for a few days. I want to know what to expect in the coming weeks and any good recipes...
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  • danigirl1011
    danigirl1011 Posts: 314 Member
    Nope! Never
  • i tried it last summer , yes i did lose weight and yes i messed up my gut bacteria , ended up with bad acid reflux and couldn't eat any fat as it gave me diarrhea
  • WildlyCurly
    WildlyCurly Posts: 151 Member
    edited February 2020
    No, it's not for me. But 75% of people I know IRL are on it. My boyfriend just started. He had to piss on a stick to measure ketosis... My friend ended up getting what is referred to as the "keto flu". So she quit, but her sister ended up losing 30 pounds. Like any diet plan out there, its a hit or miss. Personally, I know it isn't for me, I am more into counting calories, and thats it. I am not against anyone trying it but as I told my BF, I remind them to be careful and research as much as you can especially on heart health due to the high fat content.

  • longx519
    longx519 Posts: 2 Member
    I love Keto. So far down 85lbs. I'm a midwesterner, so my thing is cheese. For breakfast, if I'm hungry, I'll make some chaffles or even just some pepperoni wrapped around mozzerella. Soups are super easy for meal planning. I can make a big batch on the weekend, can up a couple and have easy grab and go lunches for work that week. Some easy keto soups are Broccoli Cheese Soup, Chicken Enchilada Soup, Keto Zuppa Toscana (I like Daikon Radishes instead of potato) or just straight up vegetable soup. I like to throw some heavy cream in to give it extra fat.
  • vanmini1968
    vanmini1968 Posts: 3 Member
    Been doing keto for a few years now. I got a lil lazy around Christmas so just now starting strict keto again to get back on track.
    Keto is NOT a diet fad, it is a way of eating, going back to the way our ancestors did. No processed foods, no sugar. It's really quiet simple.
    I am new to the forums but am hoping to be on a few times a week, hope I can give some tips/advice.
  • kriswolfram1
    kriswolfram1 Posts: 2 Member
    I am back on after the holidays and being sick. I feel so much better with less carbs and no processed foods or sugar! Willl not give up my wine though!!
  • Melipon21644
    Melipon21644 Posts: 3 Member
    I am with IF as well. 11 down in 5 weeks. Looking for friends 😊
  • Saturncap10
    Saturncap10 Posts: 26 Member
    Hi I'm back into doing keto.
    No sugar, low to zero carbs.
    No processed foods.
    Hiit & weights.
    Intermittent fasting.
    Vegetabks mainly dark green
    High fat intake to begin with until body can burn own fat as fuel.
  • mysteps2beauty
    mysteps2beauty Posts: 493 Member
    When I restarted calorie counting, I decided to try Keto. Not so much to eat fat, which from habit, I usually don't partake of, but to minimize intake of sugar, salt and processed foods (which have so many calories compared to the whole food it tries to mimic). I drink more water. I have lost about 8 lbs in about 6 weeks. I can eat this way for life. I really enjoy veggies and fruit, and I typically eat turkey, chicken and beans for protein, pass on beef and pork 95% of the time. I want to get back to a healthy BMI, and stop taking bp meds.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    When I restarted calorie counting, I decided to try Keto. Not so much to eat fat, which from habit, I usually don't partake of, but to minimize intake of sugar, salt and processed foods (which have so many calories compared to the whole food it tries to mimic). I drink more water. I have lost about 8 lbs in about 6 weeks. I can eat this way for life. I really enjoy veggies and fruit, and I typically eat turkey, chicken and beans for protein, pass on beef and pork 95% of the time. I want to get back to a healthy BMI, and stop taking bp meds.

    I don't understand how you would do keto while avoiding fat. Keto is basically 25% protein, 10% carb (some do less), and the rest fat.

    I also don't get how one would fit in much fruit on keto. I tried it for a while (and am not negative about it, although it was not for me), and found that with the amount of veg I like to eat, and even at a higher carb limit than most do, I couldn't fit in any other carbs besides a serving or two of nuts or seeds and occasional plain greek yogurt (which is processed, but has a totally reasonable number of cals IMO). I know I eat a pretty high amount of veg, but even people who eat less usually can't fit in more fruit beyond a small serving of berries.

    I also don't think any beans besides black soybeans would fit into a keto diet. One reason I decided it was not for me, other than missing fruit, is that I was eating more animal products than I like for protein, since beans and lentils were out.

    Your diet sounds healthy, but I suspect it may not be what we usually talk about as keto. (Which isn't a bad thing.)

    A keto diet only requires carb restriction. It can certainly be high protein. Bodybuilders have been doing it for years.

    And depending on your activity levels, you can fit in a good amount of berries (especially Raspberries and Blackberries). There are several people that can be in ketosis at 80-100g. Some people like cyclist or runners can even be upwards of 200g. So not the average but its possible.
  • Saturncap10
    Saturncap10 Posts: 26 Member
    When I restarted calorie counting, I decided to try Keto. Not so much to eat fat, which from habit, I usually don't partake of, but to minimize intake of sugar, salt and processed foods (which have so many calories compared to the whole food it tries to mimic). I drink more water. I have lost about 8 lbs in about 6 weeks. I can eat this way for life. I really enjoy veggies and fruit, and I typically eat turkey, chicken and beans for protein, pass on beef and pork 95% of the time. I want to get back to a healthy BMI, and stop taking bp meds.

    Hey yeah fruit is limited to berries.
    It is a high fat low carb way if eating healthy
  • Saturncap10
    Saturncap10 Posts: 26 Member
    When I restarted calorie counting, I decided to try Keto. Not so much to eat fat, which from habit, I usually don't partake of, but to minimize intake of sugar, salt and processed foods (which have so many calories compared to the whole food it tries to mimic). I drink more water. I have lost about 8 lbs in about 6 weeks. I can eat this way for life. I really enjoy veggies and fruit, and I typically eat turkey, chicken and beans for protein, pass on beef and pork 95% of the time. I want to get back to a healthy BMI, and stop taking bp meds.

    I don't agree with the BMI stuff. I just go by how I feel, how my clothes fit and what people notice and say.
  • Saturncap10
    Saturncap10 Posts: 26 Member
    No, it's not for me. But 75% of people I know IRL are on it. My boyfriend just started. He had to piss on a stick to measure ketosis... My friend ended up getting what is referred to as the "keto flu". So she quit, but her sister ended up losing 30 pounds. Like any diet plan out there, its a hit or miss. Personally, I know it isn't for me, I am more into counting calories, and thats it. I am not against anyone trying it but as I told my BF, I remind them to be careful and research as much as you can especially on heart health due to the high fat content.

    On keto you still have a certain calorie in take to stick by. I'm on 1200 which I fit into 2 meals a day.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited March 2020
    psuLemon wrote: »
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    When I restarted calorie counting, I decided to try Keto. Not so much to eat fat, which from habit, I usually don't partake of, but to minimize intake of sugar, salt and processed foods (which have so many calories compared to the whole food it tries to mimic). I drink more water. I have lost about 8 lbs in about 6 weeks. I can eat this way for life. I really enjoy veggies and fruit, and I typically eat turkey, chicken and beans for protein, pass on beef and pork 95% of the time. I want to get back to a healthy BMI, and stop taking bp meds.

    I don't understand how you would do keto while avoiding fat. Keto is basically 25% protein, 10% carb (some do less), and the rest fat.

    I also don't get how one would fit in much fruit on keto. I tried it for a while (and am not negative about it, although it was not for me), and found that with the amount of veg I like to eat, and even at a higher carb limit than most do, I couldn't fit in any other carbs besides a serving or two of nuts or seeds and occasional plain greek yogurt (which is processed, but has a totally reasonable number of cals IMO). I know I eat a pretty high amount of veg, but even people who eat less usually can't fit in more fruit beyond a small serving of berries.

    I also don't think any beans besides black soybeans would fit into a keto diet. One reason I decided it was not for me, other than missing fruit, is that I was eating more animal products than I like for protein, since beans and lentils were out.

    Your diet sounds healthy, but I suspect it may not be what we usually talk about as keto. (Which isn't a bad thing.)

    A keto diet only requires carb restriction. It can certainly be high protein. Bodybuilders have been doing it for years.

    And depending on your activity levels, you can fit in a good amount of berries (especially Raspberries and Blackberries). There are several people that can be in ketosis at 80-100g. Some people like cyclist or runners can even be upwards of 200g. So not the average but its possible.

    I would agree that it can be somewhat high protein, although plenty of keto guru types would not.
    But it is not a low fat diet, and the poster in question said "from habit, I usually don't partake of" fat. I think trying to do keto levels when you are also avoiding fat is a bad idea (and is confusing for others doing keto). Also, if a diet is truly low fat and low carb, I'd worry a bit about the healthfulness of it (and rabbit starvation). In this case I suspect the diet isn't actually at keto levels but is perfectly healthful.

    And yes, some with high calorie goals can be in ketosis at 80-100 g (and it does not really matter if one is in ketosis or not for weight loss, of course). But most people will not be, and what is normally meant by a keto diet is more like 25 g net carbs. (I am active, and I did around 35 g net carbs, and was constantly being told by others doing keto that that was too high to really count, and it certainly was higher than most were doing.) And no, I couldn't fit in "a good amount of berries," let alone fruit generally (which is what was said), but I admit that I eat a very large amount of non starchy vegetables.

    Overall, I know you don't have to fully meet the macros for a therapeutic keto diet, but I also think that being so far from them as you suggest make it very likely that one is not really in ketosis (which is not that important, but it is what the diet is named for).
  • carakirkey
    carakirkey Posts: 199 Member
    psuLemon wrote: »

    The biggest thing you should do is increase salt intake,

    Why Increase salt intake? Wouldn't that be a concern for increasing blood pressure?

  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    carakirkey wrote: »
    psuLemon wrote: »

    The biggest thing you should do is increase salt intake,

    Why Increase salt intake? Wouldn't that be a concern for increasing blood pressure?

    When you decrease carbs, your body will reduce glycogen and water storage. This will also in turn deplete electrolytes (sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, chloride).

    It's a myth that salt increase blood pressure outside of a small transient increase after you consume the salt. It's no different than exercise causing inflammation. Yes, it's inflammation, but it's a natural physiological response.

    Side note, when doing keto, my BP dropped after i started. I was 110/70 on high carbs. I am 100/60 on keto.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    edited March 2020
    psychod787 wrote: »
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    Don't worry, there is Keto bread these days! So boom!!! Lol
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    carakirkey wrote: »
    psuLemon wrote: »

    The biggest thing you should do is increase salt intake,

    Why Increase salt intake? Wouldn't that be a concern for increasing blood pressure?
    Bc on keto your body is not holding water so you up your salt just a tad. At least that’s how one person I know irl whose done keto for a year explain it
  • asellitti6523
    asellitti6523 Posts: 37 Member
    edited March 2020
    psuLemon wrote: »
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    When I restarted calorie counting, I decided to try Keto. Not so much to eat fat, which from habit, I usually don't partake of, but to minimize intake of sugar, salt and processed foods (which have so many calories compared to the whole food it tries to mimic). I drink more water. I have lost about 8 lbs in about 6 weeks. I can eat this way for life. I really enjoy veggies and fruit, and I typically eat turkey, chicken and beans for protein, pass on beef and pork 95% of the time. I want to get back to a healthy BMI, and stop taking bp meds.

    I don't understand how you would do keto while avoiding fat. Keto is basically 25% protein, 10% carb (some do less), and the rest fat.

    I also don't get how one would fit in much fruit on keto. I tried it for a while (and am not negative about it, although it was not for me), and found that with the amount of veg I like to eat, and even at a higher carb limit than most do, I couldn't fit in any other carbs besides a serving or two of nuts or seeds and occasional plain greek yogurt (which is processed, but has a totally reasonable number of cals IMO). I know I eat a pretty high amount of veg, but even people who eat less usually can't fit in more fruit beyond a small serving of berries.

    I also don't think any beans besides black soybeans would fit into a keto diet. One reason I decided it was not for me, other than missing fruit, is that I was eating more animal products than I like for protein, since beans and lentils were out.

    Your diet sounds healthy, but I suspect it may not be what we usually talk about as keto. (Which isn't a bad thing.)

    A keto diet only requires carb restriction. It can certainly be high protein. Bodybuilders have been doing it for years.

    And depending on your activity levels, you can fit in a good amount of berries (especially Raspberries and Blackberries). There are several people that can be in ketosis at 80-100g. Some people like cyclist or runners can even be upwards of 200g. So not the average but its possible.

    A Keto diet is based on putting your body in a state of ketosis to use fat for fuel rather than carbohydrates. If you overdo protein and miscalculate your other macros you are never going to get your body in ketosis. A low/no carb diet is not inherently "Keto". Now if you would say your are doing a Keto-like diet based on low carb and incorporating Keto recipes into many of your meals that would be fair but to suggest that the only thing that makes a diet Keto is carb restriction is just flat out false.
  • asellitti6523
    asellitti6523 Posts: 37 Member
    edited March 2020
    Been doing keto for a few years now. I got a lil lazy around Christmas so just now starting strict keto again to get back on track.
    Keto is NOT a diet fad, it is a way of eating, going back to the way our ancestors did. No processed foods, no sugar. It's really quiet simple.
    I am new to the forums but am hoping to be on a few times a week, hope I can give some tips/advice.

    That is not Keto and no your ancestors did not eat Keto. Our ancestors ate a lot of fruits and grains, neither of which are Keto friendly foods. I think you are confusing the Paleo diet and Keto. Keto is low carb, high fat, moderate protein. The Paleo diet stresses no processed foods and minimal to no refined sugars. Everyday there are more and more processed Keto friendly foods popping up all over the place.
  • fostersworld
    fostersworld Posts: 1 Member
    edited March 2020
    Been on keto for a bit, lost weight, feel GOOD. Done juice fests, been vegan for 6 months, done it all.. out of all of them, it makes me feal the best. It rocks not to be hungry all the time. Its a NO stress way of living, once your in ketosis, it stops being a diet. Good luck, keep it simple. As you go, clean it up, meaning less dairy and ez stuff, get your micro-nutrients in (veggies, fish, nuts, healthy oils). PS, costco has keto bread now.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    psuLemon wrote: »
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    When I restarted calorie counting, I decided to try Keto. Not so much to eat fat, which from habit, I usually don't partake of, but to minimize intake of sugar, salt and processed foods (which have so many calories compared to the whole food it tries to mimic). I drink more water. I have lost about 8 lbs in about 6 weeks. I can eat this way for life. I really enjoy veggies and fruit, and I typically eat turkey, chicken and beans for protein, pass on beef and pork 95% of the time. I want to get back to a healthy BMI, and stop taking bp meds.

    I don't understand how you would do keto while avoiding fat. Keto is basically 25% protein, 10% carb (some do less), and the rest fat.

    I also don't get how one would fit in much fruit on keto. I tried it for a while (and am not negative about it, although it was not for me), and found that with the amount of veg I like to eat, and even at a higher carb limit than most do, I couldn't fit in any other carbs besides a serving or two of nuts or seeds and occasional plain greek yogurt (which is processed, but has a totally reasonable number of cals IMO). I know I eat a pretty high amount of veg, but even people who eat less usually can't fit in more fruit beyond a small serving of berries.

    I also don't think any beans besides black soybeans would fit into a keto diet. One reason I decided it was not for me, other than missing fruit, is that I was eating more animal products than I like for protein, since beans and lentils were out.

    Your diet sounds healthy, but I suspect it may not be what we usually talk about as keto. (Which isn't a bad thing.)

    A keto diet only requires carb restriction. It can certainly be high protein. Bodybuilders have been doing it for years.

    And depending on your activity levels, you can fit in a good amount of berries (especially Raspberries and Blackberries). There are several people that can be in ketosis at 80-100g. Some people like cyclist or runners can even be upwards of 200g. So not the average but its possible.

    A Keto diet is based on putting your body in a state of ketosis to use fat for fuel rather than carbohydrates. If you overdo protein and miscalculate your other macros you are never going to get your body in ketosis. A low/no carb diet is not inherently "Keto". Now if you would say your are doing a Keto-like diet based on low carb and incorporating Keto recipes into many of your meals that would be fair but to suggest that the only thing that makes a diet Keto is carb restriction is just flat out false.

    That isn't true. That is the non sense that is being promoted by those following modified ketogenic diets. Ketosis occurs during starvation and carb restriction. You can have high protein and still be in ketosis. That is fact.

    There is no evidence, literally zero, that high proteins preventing ketosis. There is anecdotal evidence based on urine sticks and ketones meters due to acute suppression in ketones.

  • Saturncap10
    Saturncap10 Posts: 26 Member
    carakirkey wrote: »
    psuLemon wrote: »

    The biggest thing you should do is increase salt intake,

    Why Increase salt intake? Wouldn't that be a concern for increasing blood pressure?
    Bc on keto your body is not holding water so you up your salt just a tad. At least that’s how one person I know irl whose done keto for a year explain it

    @carakirkey;@angelexpirement;
    @Philemon

    According to Dr Eric Berg, keto expert.
    It has to be either sea salt like Himalayan or Celtic salt. If you sweat excessively you lose electrolytes and need to replace with salt. These salts have up to 70 trace minerals unlike table salt which has 2. 1 teaspoon per day is recommended dissolve in water.but when fastin take it over the course of the day. It works with other minerals within your body.
  • whitpauly
    whitpauly Posts: 1,483 Member
    psuLemon wrote: »
    psychod787 wrote: »
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    Don't worry, there is Keto bread these days! So boom!!! Lol

    Yea but it tastes NASTY! At least the one I paid $12 a loaf for🤷the low carb tortillas are awesome tho👍