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Are you sure you’re in a deficit? You can gain weight, as I have, being on keto if you’re not in a deficit. Also a week isn’t really long enough to tell.

“You don’t need to count calories, you’re already thin.” Yea, because I count calories! Another one was “But, you have no fat to lose.” Then when I lost weight the same people say, “You look great, like you lost 20lbs” Well if I had no fat to lose then what does it look like I lost? My leg? I think these people maybe think…

Keto on and off for 4+ years, coming up on two years of strict keto without cheating

Almost 5’1. I’m 80 lbs lean mass (that’s not my weight) so very small framed. According to the macro calculators I had to eat between 926-1086 calories before exercise to lose weight and that worked for me. I ate back 73-80% of exercise calories. So I ended up eating between 1000-1350 calories most days. Lost 12 lbs and…

I agree. I gained body fat on keto. But once I started calorie counting strictly with a food scale, I finally lost fat. But I still do keto. I’ve been keto 4+ years. I do it for reasons other than weight loss though. But I don’t do well if I “cheat” on keto, it just makes me crave more carbs and junk food. So I haven’t…

Walking, weightlifting, Paleo, keto, 20-27% caloric deficit. Now transitioning to recomp!

I lost 12 lbs in the first 5 months with 20-27% deficits. Now I’m going to maintain for a while.

Hey I’ve been keto for 4+ years. I only started to diet/lose weight in the last 5 months. So for the most part I have been on keto not to lose weight (and didn’t) but for optimal health. In fact I gained body fat on keto before I started counting calories 5 months ago. Looking to add more keto friends.

Paleo 8+ and keto 4+ years but only recently started tracking calories and exercising consistently. I’ve been exercising everyday since December 20th 2017, no days missed at all! But I did manage to gain weight in that time, and it wasn’t muscle but fat. Then I started tracking in April and began to shed fat. Here’s my 5…

5’1 leaned out quite a bit over the last 5 months. Now switching to maintenance/recomp for a while.

I do but I eat them back at a deficit. For example, when I’m on a 20% caloric deficit I eat back 80% of my exercise calories. That was I’m eating at a 20% deficit from my TDEE.

I’ve been in on keto for 4.5 years, almost two without breaking keto. Keto alone won’t necessarily cause you to lose weight. I gained quite a bit of body fat on keto. I had to go into a caloric deficit to lose fat. I had to weight everything I ate too. But even when I was losing, less than a lb a week was normal.

Miyoko’s Vegan Mozz! It’s amazing and melts! Kind of pricy though. I made a low carb Paleo bacon quesadilla with it and psyllium husk/coconut flour tortillas. It was amazing.

I enjoy what I eat and have no stress around eating. I don’t need junk food so it’s not like I’m missing out on a necessity. Orthorexia isn’t about restriction, you have to have something negative with it like stress or fear around eating the wrong thing. If I accidentally ate a donut I would say “oh well! That was fun!”…

I haven’t a ice cream in over a year, but I can’t remember I may have had one in 2016. Doesn’t bother me. I enjoy the food I eat. If other people want to eat junk food I don’t think anything is wrong with that. But there’s also nothing wrong with not eating junk food ever and it doesn’t mean you have a disorder or are…

Yea totally it’s pretty easy to eat back those calories especially because you’re hungrier. Of course it’s much easier to start bulking (if that’s eventually your goal) after you’ve already been doing some resistance training. At least I would suspect so, I haven’t really diligently bulked ever. But I plan to. And of…

I have mine set to .8g per lean body mass which is 64g for me, 25%. I’m cutting but doing resistance training and trying to maintain muscle. If you’re not resistance training you could probably do less. If you’re trying to bulk or recomp you could do more.

I have been keto for a few years, but I gained weight on keto alone. It wasn’t until recently that I started losing weight by tracking calories with a food scale. I am using the ketogains calculator with a 20% deficit and .8g of protein per lean body mass. I have lost 4 lbs over a month and have about 5-10 lbs to go before…

My reward is getting to eat at surplus

Hey, my estimated maintenance calories are 1355 but my estimated BMR is 1164. To lose weight I eat around 1084 calories. Maybe the 1350 number you got isn’t your bmr, but your maintenance because that could put you around 1000 calories a day for weight loss. I’m able to eat enough protein for my body. I also track my…

I have been keto for 4 years and I have noticed a lot more attention to keto lately. So I think it may be making a splash.

I am a recovering couch potato, last kid picked in gym. I have managed to workout everyday since December. I think what’s helped me is NOT pushing myself. I started out working out as little as possible but every day. For example 45 second plank one day. 3 x 3 push ups the next day. Very very easy stuff. But I did not let…

Hey I’ve been keto on and off for for years. I haven’t broken it for the last 1.5 years. I guess it depends on what you eat. I really like to have red pepper with almond butter and berries in the morning, a soft boiled egg, and an avocado smoothie (along with clams and raw liver for nutrients but that’s pretty gross.) For…

Hey I’ve been keto 4 yrs, 1.5 without cheating

I’ve been keto for 4 years, 1.5 without breaking keto

I’m keto and Paleo. I’ve been Paleo for 8 years. 40 sounds good for Paleo without keto.

I’m keto and strength train. I don’t belong to a gym because I travel too often, so technically I don’t “life weights.” But I do exercise with tick bands, a suspension trainer, and bodyweight. Right now I’m cutting so I don’t expect too much gains but in a few months I plan to bulk or maintain.

Same. I’m keto & Paleo & I only eat organic animal products (so non gmo too). I don’t eat any GMOs actually. Any veggies on the dirty dozen I also only eat organic.

I eat clams everyday for iron