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I nail my macros pretty much every day (3% Carbs : 17% Protein : 80% Fat) and keep my calories at least at a 20% deficit off my TDEE. I typically never get my fasting blood ketone levels above 4.0 (usually somewhere in the 3.x range) and my fasting blood glucose (FBG) is usually somewhere between 75-80. I can't imagine…

Obviously social situations makes any kind of diet you're trying to stick to difficult. However, what this also should show you is that we actually have to be careful of how physical activity actually impacts our appetite. Grandma was correct when she said "work up an appetite". It's hard for some people to comprehend that…

It's really about breaking out of the notorious "blood sugar cycle" that impacts our hunger hormones and drives our brains' food addictions. Once you get control over the typical ups and downs of the blood sugar cycle it's just amazing at how much "will power" you will suddenly find to help overcome your addictions.…

Most low-carbers go wrong by replacing carbs with far too much protein. That's why taking low-carb to the "next level" using keto helps a dieter understand why low-carb works (when it does). If you're not tracking your macros then you're shooting blind and just hoping for success without actually understanding why you're…

Technically I'm actually doing keto. I've lost 35 lbs. in 12 weeks using my simplified version of the keto diet (and doing very little exercise). Ping me if you're interested.

If you're more paleo than keto then the processed stuff is a "no no", but I've included many processed meats (bacon, dry salami, pepperoni, spam, etc.) in my diet for the past 2 months and I've had no trouble losing weight while having them.

There is no such thing as a sodium limit when doing a keto diet. Sodium is really only a concern for those who already have high blood pressure. High sodium CANNOT give you high blood pressure. That's been proven.

Nice work on the spreadsheet. In regards to the best site with nutritional data, personally I prefer http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/ because it tends to be the most accurate and uses measures to the hundredths decimal place.

All I have to ask is "why?" - I have read much on the subject and have come away with the belief that if you're doing keto correctly then you can fast without much effort at all as long as you're strongly in nutritional ketosis. I haven't found it to be of value as something that I "force" on my dieting. My attitude is "If…

My personal experience is that this "situation" is almost always due to eating too much protein and not enough fat while doing keto. If you're keeping your fat level up to at least 80% and your protein under 20% then you should never run into this problem. I always had this problem until I learned how to get my macros…

Obviously that should have been "feel the fat", not the felt! Damn spell check... ;)

So I'm now about 6 weeks in and down 25 lbs. I feel like I've discovered the cure for cancer. :wink: I thought my weight loss would slow down, but I'm down 5 lbs. in 5 days. It's almost like I can feel the felt melting away while I'm sitting at my desk. :smile:

I wish I had hydrostatic available where I am. Unfortunately I can only use the "guesstimate" of my LBM based on my body fat %. I'm amazed at how far off the estimate was from your actual measurement.

http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/

Breakfast - F:43.8g P:29.0g C:3.7g Calories:537.0 Lunch - F:36.5 g P:9.0g C:4.6g Calories:421.6 Dinner - F:42.3g P:28.0g C:4.4g Calories:517.0 Dessert - F:38.0g P:2.0g C:2.0g Calories:360.0 TOTALS: F:160.6g P:70.0g C:16.7g Calories:1835.6 Note my current caloric requirements: * BMR: 1650 * TDEE: 2250 I re-calculate my BMR…

No, this version is not for the long haul (at least not for me), but tuned specifically for the fastest weight loss I can tolerate. This diet allows me to cut back on calories without ever feeling hungry (which I believe is the crucial element to being able to stick to a diet). My investigation/experimentation last year…

Do you actually track your blood ketone level? Probably not. The "low carb'ing" that you believe to be effective is actually getting undermined by excessive levels of protein. If your true goal is to lose weight (a lot of weight) then over-eating protein sabotages any LC diet.

What many LC Dieters tend to do when cutting carbs is upping their protein way too high (eating lots of meat and cheese). The better formula is to keep your carbs in check (everyone has a unique level that's right for them), eat sufficient protein for your current LBM (Lean Body Mass), and fill out the balance of your…

It's much easier to keep your nut intake in check if you go with the unsalted versions. If we take a page from the paleo world you'll find that salt and sugar are known to upset our body's natural appetite management. If you eat a handful of salted nuts you'll want more because of the salt. Whereas a handful of unsalted…

You're better off with pork cracklins if you can find them. They have more of the fat included than pork rinds which are just the skin. Pork rinds are one of the most protein dense foods (per ounce) so you really need to watch out with them because it's very easy to over do your protein for the day.

I think I may have found an answer to my own question: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10956365 Looks like CHO consumption will indeed improve the efficacy of creatine, but CHO is not absolutely necessary to still derive benefits from creatine supplementation. I think I'm going to try it and see what impact it has on my…

You're eating way below your BMR. You should calculate your TDEE and then choose how aggressively you want to lose weight (usually ranging from a 10% deficit up to about 25%). You should not be eating below your BMR caloric requirements. I know that there's lots of debate on the Internet about the validity of this…

My understanding of becoming keto-adapted is more about the development of the proper enzymes in sufficient volume to handle the processing of ketone bodies. It's not about toxins at all (or being "flushed"). Have you actually verified that you are keto adapted?

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/1160-keto

Ever hear the phrase "work up an appetite"? You should be careful with evening workouts. You might try dropping them entirely for a week and see how you do.

Incorporate coconut oil and/or MCT oil to keep things moving along. I eat at least a tablespoon of both each day. No issues for me whatsoever.

Posted elsewhere on this site is a web site I hadn't heard of before: http://www.eatthismuch.com/ I just messed around with it and it works beautifully for keto. You can modify all of your macros and select which foods you like and it will auto-generate your meal plans. I let it generate about 5 different days worth of…

Warning: This is a complete thread hijacking... ;) My wife just started with this shakeology crap. Please tell that there's some inherent value to this approach. It's ridiculously expensive for what you get (IMHO). I can't seem to get her to believe in keto even though my results speak for themselves (down 35 lbs. since I…

Phenomenal results in a short amount of time. Come post on the keto discussion forum.

I do eat chicken, just not that frequently (and of course it needs to be slathered in olive oil or butter to keep my macros on target). It's too bad that you can't "stomach" beef/steak. It's actually one of the better protein sources for a keto diet, but even then you shouldn't go crazy with it if you're trying to keep…