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One other thing that you might consider is that your calorie deficit could be too low. Calories still matter on a low-carb diet! I tried typing your information into the Keto Calculator: http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/ Assuming a sedentary lifestyle, it estimated your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) at 1505…

You may be low on electrolytes. Have you tried drinking a cup of broth?

Headaches are common when starting a low-carb diet, mostly due to electrolyte losses (sodium, potassium, etc.) that occur when you lose water weight. You can avoid that issue by supplementing your diet - i.e. drink broth, add extra salt to your food, use "No-Salt" as a potassium supplement, etc.

This is interesting. I had been toying with a similar hypothesis and wondering if the satiating effect of protein could be the real driver behind the success or failure of low-carb and low-fat diets, since protein would tend to be increased as an effect of lowering one or the other macro, and if it's increased enough it…

I was thinking of some of the health issues that have been mentioned in this thread: - vitamin deficiencies - loss of lean body mass - hormonal function - formation of gallstones - impacts on hair/skin/nails

Are the grams per pound ranges that you're estimating above based on lean body mass or total body mass?

I'm actually not trying to avoid fats. I tend to find a higher-fat diet more satisfying, personally. I'm just curious about what the minimum would be to maintain proper body function and what would happen to you if tried to eat under that limit for an extended period of time.

Talking to yourself is okay. Answering yourself is also okay. It's when you start interrupting yourself that you need to worry...

Coke Life is sweetened with stevia extract and cane sugar. It's still about 90 calories and 24g of carbs for a 12-oz can.

I'm currently at 20/50/30 carbs/fat/protein, which is moderately low-carb, high-fat, and helps with my satiety.