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Keto dieting has a lot of ups and downs due to water retention. Your best bet is to supplement sodium and magnesium to keep your electrolytes balanced. It will help you avoid the "keto flu" as well. Some people respond by gaining water weight when they eat dairy or nuts, so watch how your body responds when you eat them.…

It will grow back in. I've been at about 1,200 calories for the last 10 months. I did have significant hair loss on the crown of my head three to four months in. I thought I would go bald for awhile. It started growing back 6 or 7 months in. I've got a ton of little short hairs that are about an inch long now. While I…

I've lost 139 pounds in the last 9 months eating low carb/moderate fat/high protein with OMAD intermittent fasting. I am insulin resistent. It works for me. I will continue this way of eating for the remainder of my life. I feel great, my lab work is perfect, it's the first time in 25 years I've been at a normal weight, I…

I'm 51, post-menopausal and have lost 136 pounds in the last 8 1/2 months. I'm 9 pounds from my goal weight. Cut your carbs and up your protein.

I'm 51 and have lost 136 pounds in the last 9 months. Even post-menopausal, it can be done.

Dr. Berg's info on the health benefits, and physical results of a ketogenic way of eating seem spot on, however, he makes the diet far more complicated than it needs to be. You don't HAVE to eat grass fed butter and beef, free-range chicken and eggs, 7 to 10 cups of dark leafy green, and slather imported oil grown on olive…

You'd have to eat a crap ton of protein, like well over a pound, in one sitting to have the excess convert to glucose. Anyway, on keto, your body still burn glucose from the minimal carbs you do eat. It burns them first (rapidly) and then goes back to the ketones. This is why some "Keto-ers" can have cheat days. They eat…

"So not arguing with you, genuinely asking.. my understanding is a Keto Diet is burning fat instead of glucose for fuel, and if you have too much protein your body will convert it to sugar, therefore essentially treating it as a carb, ive read multiple books and more web pages than i can count that all state this. Am I…

I've lost 130 pounds in the last 8 months on a low carb, moderate fat, higher protein keto diet. I OMAD. I am 10 pounds from my goal weight. You don't need to eat a lot of bacon and butter to be Keto. Keto is simply LOW-CARB. The fat you don't put on your plate is drawn from your body. It's when you are at goal weight that…

I have no science to back it up, but as a serial gainer and loser, I do have several weights over a 100 pound range that I cling to on the way up and cling to on the way down. It's absolutely and obviously possible to get past those "set points" but there are specific weights my body prefers to stay at, and it's a struggle…

It means that MFP believes the entry is correct based on the number of people who have confirmed the accuracy of the values.

Quite aware of this. However, eating at broader "everything in moderation" calorie deficit DIDN'T work for me... even with added exercise.

P.S. I've lost 100 pounds in just over 5 months. If you are insulin resistent, eating this way works.

I do a modified keto diet. Low carbs (20g), moderate fat and higher protein than the "traditional" keto diet. If you feel like crap on this diet you need to balance your electrolytes. Typically it is a lack of sodium, magnesium or potassium. Some people swear by keeping zip fizz or Propel on hand for times they feel bad.…

It's not menopause. I can attest, as a post-menopausal woman, it's possible to gain a significant amount of weight if you are not watching your food intake. I did. My metabolism changed. However, I've been able to lose 90 pounds in 4 1/2 months by tracking my macros and avoiding carbs/sugars. Menopause does not have to…