1 month in

I’m so happy, I’m one month in and have lost 25.4 pounds :) so excited lol

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  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Congrats!
  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    Congrats! Are you counting calories, or following a diet plan?
  • daisyfields79
    daisyfields79 Posts: 69 Member
    I’m doing Keto, it was super hard the first week because I had keto flu but everyday is getting easier.
  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    What is keto flu?
  • daisyfields79
    daisyfields79 Posts: 69 Member
    You feel sick, just like a flu. Some people don’t get it bad but other people get it really bad, I had it really bad, I almost gave it up but so glad I didn’t. Once the flu symptoms passed I feel better than I have in years. It can last from one day to 3 weeks but most people are 1 week or less. I was a week. Lol
  • Wombat468
    Wombat468 Posts: 191 Member
    Wow! That's incredible! If you don't mind me asking, how much do you have to lose?
  • daisyfields79
    daisyfields79 Posts: 69 Member
    Lol a lot, i was 324 when I started and I’m 297 now and I’m only 5’4. I would have lost more but I was severely sick and had to go to the ER because I was so badly dehydrated. I was given a few bags of it fluids and the stuff they give when you are malnourished. It fixed me up but because I was so sick, my body went into starvation mode and in 2 days I put 12 pounds back on. It’s only about 8 days that my body has been back on track, too it off I got my period this week lmao. So next week I should see it start melting away again.
  • daisyfields79
    daisyfields79 Posts: 69 Member
    If you read my comment in full and not just looking for something to educate me on, you would have seen that I said I was sick, not keto flu when I had to go to the ER. Yes I retained water from being so badly dehydrated but I’m going to believe the ER Doctor over someone I don’t know. I was in Ketoacidosis and I’m not diebetic which is why the Doctor uses the word “starvation mode”. There is such thing as starvation mode, it’s just people use the word incorrectly.
    I have also tried every diet out there over the past 20 years and Keto is by far the best for me. I was sceptical to go on it and put it off for years because I felt it was not healthy, until I had a discussion with my family Doctor about my weight problem. She is a specialist with the Keto diet, has been on the diet for 5 years herself and looks amazing. My brother is no longer diebetic because of the diet. Is it for everyone? No.... but people need to be educated on the diet by a health care professional before going on it to make sure they succeed.
  • daisyfields79
    daisyfields79 Posts: 69 Member
    I was in starvation mode when I arrived at the hospital. She said that once I feel better I will gain both water weight a fat super quickly because I had been sick with a virus for so long. For almost 2 weeks my body did not absorb any nutrients and by the last 2 days, I wasn’t even peeing anymore. I was drinking Gatorade and it was coming out the other end the same Color. The virus I had she never even herd of before and had to go research it, she had never seen anyone not absorb any Gatorade before and having it come out the other end both smelling like it just came out of the bottle and looking it. I was coming in and out of it and was starting to go into kidney failure. That was just for starters and doesn’t include the issues with my heart, lungs and blood pressure.
  • harper16
    harper16 Posts: 2,564 Member
    I hope you are doing better, and continue to have success with your diet.
  • daisyfields79
    daisyfields79 Posts: 69 Member
    Thank you I’m much better and my system is finally back on track.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    If you read my comment in full and not just looking for something to educate me on, you would have seen that I said I was sick, not keto flu when I had to go to the ER. Yes I retained water from being so badly dehydrated but I’m going to believe the ER Doctor over someone I don’t know. I was in Ketoacidosis and I’m not diebetic which is why the Doctor uses the word “starvation mode”. There is such thing as starvation mode, it’s just people use the word incorrectly.
    I have also tried every diet out there over the past 20 years and Keto is by far the best for me. I was sceptical to go on it and put it off for years because I felt it was not healthy, until I had a discussion with my family Doctor about my weight problem. She is a specialist with the Keto diet, has been on the diet for 5 years herself and looks amazing. My brother is no longer diebetic because of the diet. Is it for everyone? No.... but people need to be educated on the diet by a health care professional before going on it to make sure they succeed.

    Putting on 12 pounds over 2 days of IV hydration isn't "starvation mode," it's pretty normal when one has been dehydrated. I'm not sure *what* the doctor meant by "starvation mode," but it doesn't cause someone to gain 12 pounds in 2 days.


    Compiling all the comments/responses together, I’m thinking it is starvation Ketoacidosis (which is an actual thing-not common but it’s a thing) which can happen after lengthy fasting and/or when glycogen stores are depleted (eg low carb diet and/or exercise) and/or illness/infection and/or some other exacerbating condition.

    The 12 pounds “gained” from this would be water as part of the treatment would be introducing/modulating glucose and perhaps insulin (Plus the whole dehydration thing and refilling glycogen stores).

    I hope you stay well, OP.

    Thanks for the context.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    If you read my comment in full and not just looking for something to educate me on, you would have seen that I said I was sick, not keto flu when I had to go to the ER. Yes I retained water from being so badly dehydrated but I’m going to believe the ER Doctor over someone I don’t know. I was in Ketoacidosis and I’m not diebetic which is why the Doctor uses the word “starvation mode”. There is such thing as starvation mode, it’s just people use the word incorrectly.
    I have also tried every diet out there over the past 20 years and Keto is by far the best for me. I was sceptical to go on it and put it off for years because I felt it was not healthy, until I had a discussion with my family Doctor about my weight problem. She is a specialist with the Keto diet, has been on the diet for 5 years herself and looks amazing. My brother is no longer diebetic because of the diet. Is it for everyone? No.... but people need to be educated on the diet by a health care professional before going on it to make sure they succeed.

    Putting on 12 pounds over 2 days of IV hydration isn't "starvation mode," it's pretty normal when one has been dehydrated. I'm not sure *what* the doctor meant by "starvation mode," but it doesn't cause someone to gain 12 pounds in 2 days.


    Compiling all the comments/responses together, I’m thinking it is starvation Ketoacidosis (which is an actual thing-not common but it’s a thing) which can happen after lengthy fasting and/or when glycogen stores are depleted (eg low carb diet and/or exercise) and/or illness/infection and/or some other exacerbating condition.

    The 12 pounds “gained” from this would be water as part of the treatment would be introducing/modulating glucose and perhaps insulin (Plus the whole dehydration thing and refilling glycogen stores).

    I hope you stay well, OP.

    Exactly.