Keto Diet

[truffletrot]

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I woke up this morning and I’ve lost 1.6 lbs!!

 

[delightfullyfuked.]

Thanks. That’s amazing. Do you count calories? Weekends are my downfall, alcohol and then the carbs start creeping in!

I count nothing and never have! The apps are not accurate. I just eat a tonne of protein, butter, full fat cheese/cream and I cook everything in butter/lard/dripping.

it’s hard in the spring/summer. Rose in the garden and bbqs… just stick to the meat and salad. Good luck!

 

[Purrrrrrr]

Well done on the weight losses!

I’m going to join in here if that’s ok; I started this (again) recently. What amazes me about Keto is how much it reduces your appetite. I get ‘normal’ hungry, not craving for crap. It really resets something in my brain and body.

I’ve tried other methods of fatloss and although keto is hard for the first few days, it’s the only way of eating that really works for me. It’s just that when I fall off the wagon, I seem to forget that!

I’m about 2.5 weeks back in and I’m not weighing but just going by how I look and feel. Much happier so far!

That is the best way to do it. often people become discouraged by the scales even though they are literally dropping dress sizes. The best way is to either just go by how you start to look, and how your clothes fit or measure yourself once a week or month and throw the scales in the bin if you are the type to be obsessed with lbs rather than inches.

For me it's how I feel mentally and physically how my mind becomes clearer no fatigue my joints stop hurting, I feel motivated. never hungry

The trouble is if you get kicked out of ketosis , or don't carry snacks and suddenly hunger grabs you the cravings come back, then once you fall its hard to re-start also you get overconfident because you feel so good you believe oh a few chips won't hurt. Then you are in the grip of carb cravings and it all crashes and you have to start again, it's not as easy as restarting other WOEs there are consequences as it takes a while to get back into ketosis

 

[Debzz9]

I'm starting back on keto again. I lost 2stone back in 2019 and it helped me get pregnant. I find it so easy once into it but the last 2.5years with wfh and maternity leave and breastfeeding I have struggled to lose the weight and stick to keto. But determined to start again now..i have about 40lbs to lose so combining keto with 20000 steps a day

 

[Cao97x]

I ordered cakes from Deliciously Guilt Free and admittedly they are nice but they're a bit too sweet and overly expensive for what you get.

I'm stuck in a total rut at the moment with Keto. Been on it 5 weeks now and all I've lost is 4lbs. I keep seeing things online that says it can take up to 6 weeks for your body to adjust and for the weight loss to start but it is really irritating how little weight I've lost. Need to stick at it I guess.

Take photos and measurements is all I ever recommend to people. I have two photos of myself with only 6lb difference and it’s like I dropped 2 dress sizes. Clothes that I couldn’t zip up were going on with ease and becoming slightly baggy. The scales don’t tell you everything! Also keto has so many health benefits that if I had a slow few weeks with no inches or lbs lost, I’d just take that as keto fixing stuff on the inside that I don’t know about

 

[plattyjoobs]

Ohhhh gone off the rails🫣 Easter, birthdays… any lame excuse- Another family do tomorrow then back to the grindstone- out of interest have any of you signed up to the manyyyy apps available? I know they sound good but cost money … I know I’ve done it myself before - just curious - what was helpful

I signed up to the free trial of Diet Doctor and forgot to cancel it, so now I have that for a year . Used to use it every day for recipes while I was getting used to it, now I hardly check it.

 

[Gullri]

I have gin and tonic most nights. My tonic is carb free as is the gin.

Sounds great! I ll buy gin and is Schweppes free of carbs?
I think a drink instead of lots of chocolate could help me relax in the evening.

 

[megsmagoo]

I must say that when I do Keto I lose weight really well, and I struggle BIG time losing weight, but I can’t seem to maintain it for more than about 2 weeks. I mostly miss filling up on vegetables. Reading this thread has wetted my appetite to try again

Just a thought, please don’t shout but I wonder if you ate anything you wanted but kept to under 20g carbs, would that still work ?

Technically yes I have done But then you wouldn’t be getting the full benefit! If it fits your macros is a following in its own right lol

Honestly thinking of starting keto again cause all this talk of halloumi and chorizo salad sounds yum

Honestly it’s bloody great, go for it

Help please lovilies! I’m starting next week so getting my shit together (kind of!). I cook for my non-keto family every day so I really don’t want to be ‘cooking’ for myself too if I can help it, and I think I’m more likely to stick to it if I have quick and easy grab kind of meals. I’m the kind of person that if I like something I’m genuinely quite happy to eat it every day. So much rough plan is as follows:

Breakfast
Eggs, bacon, sausage (all three, or just one, depending on how I feel)
Full fat Greek yoghurt with berries (easy on the berries as I understand it?)

Lunches
Halloumi and chorizo salad
Deli mets, mozzarella, olives
Avocado and egg salad
Any combination of cheese and meat, with some cherry tomatoes and cucumber

Dinners
Meat (chicken thighs, pork/lamb chops, salmon) and veg (spinach, broccoli, green beans, brussels, mushrooms)- I’ll throw some cheese and Mayo on it where I can so it’s not too dry.

Desserts
Huge pot of double cream and lots of raspberries/strawberries

Snacks
Have bought some cheesies off Amazon
Pepperami
Babybels

Drinks
Tea with a dash of skimmed milk
Asda flavoured sparkling water (actually does that have carbs )

Questions

1. I LOVE condiments and I understand that full fat Real mayonnaise is fine, but struggling to understand what else I can have. Our local butcher sells those skinny sauces so might try them, although feedback isn’t always great. Can anyone recommend a decent BBQ sauce or a dressing for salads (blue cheese?)

2. I‘m looking to avoid apps, weighing stuff, having to ‘track’ as I have a busy enough life as it is (work, kids etc.) and that really puts me off tbh. I get the impression that I DO really need to track carbs though? What do you think?

3. Talk to me about electrolytes and ketosis sticks!

4. Sweet stuff. I have such a sweet tooth but hoping that will fade as I get into it. I daren’t buy dark chocolate as I’ll eat it! I’m a terrible snacker, but if I can graze of babybels and meats that sounds bloody ideal, but then the logical part of my brain is like ‘ Yeah but you can’t just eat a shit load of babybels and pepperami and lose weight?’- which I suppose is where the tracking comes in- so I guess my question is how much does portion control matter with this?!

Oh and I’ve got some avocado oil and butter to cook with......

Look for low sugar condiments, the low sugar Heinz tomato sauce is good, I like the bbq low sugar one too with ranch sauce for my salads!

I’ve totally gone off tracking tbh just because it’s tedious for me but I know the rough amounts of what I’m eating so you might want to start off. Tbh you can’t go far wrong with meat fat and veg

I don’t know much about electrolytes and Keto sticks as I haven’t really bothered. The book I’ve got said if you season your food well and you stay under 20g you shouldn’t need to worry about it

I’ve had a square of dark chocolate a day but it’ll cost ya lol, tbh might just stop buying it. Sweet things are a binge trigger for me so I’m better off avoiding anyway

 

[Kofi Annan]

Its so hard to get your head around the fact that heavy cream, cheese, full fat, fatty meats etc are really good and low fat is a definite no go. I can still enjoy alcohol but mainly gin and slim, no beer, prosecco etc. I used an app called carb manager. I also upgraded to the paid version and found some really good recipes!!

I use carb manager and it is a fantastic app!!
Lots of people think it's very unhealthy to eat in the keto way, however it is shown to reduce cholesterol, stabilise diabetes and is recommended to epilepsy patients. They can't all be wrong.

 

[Megansnarkle]

Another 1LB this week which I’m happy with as I had a couple of days that were a struggle… I know I was stress eating so now figuring ways to deal with my stress that’s not food related.

All progress is progress! 1lb is great. Keep going!

 

[theghosttown]

I'm so glad I came across this thread. I have been minimising my carbs for 2 weeks now in preparation for the full thing next week.
I love fruit, so cutting that would probably be the hardest part for me, and chocolate (I dont like dark chocolate)

I have endometriosis and theres a lot of things about cutting out meats and fats etc due to hormones and it potentially making the endo grow. I've got nothing to lose from trying it as I'm working from home anyway!

What do you set yourself as a daily carb intake?
I'm following people on instagram who do different things, not sure what a good staring limit is.

Thank you!!

Honestly I know you say you don’t like dark chocolate but you’ll end up hooked. I smear natural peanut butter onto two slices as a treat and it’s unreal. Someone on this thread suggested it. It’s amazing. You can still enjoy say, strawberries and thick cream as a treat. Just watch the carbs in the strawbs.

I don’t do keto but I do low carb and if I focus I stick around 30g carbs. I recommend downloading carb manager, it really helps as you can get a feel for your macros. Some people stick to 20g or even lower z

 

[midnightrose]

Just had keto Nando’s
Chicken thighs, broccoli and halloumi!
I like that I can still pretty much eat what I like. I do miss piri piri fries though lol

 

[Nurseali]

I have gin and tonic most nights. My tonic is carb free as is the gin.

 

[Nurseali]

Hello lovelies - Keto day 9 officially- had a blip earlier on ( lots of white wine may have tripped myself up)-
This morning getting out of bed I got a bit dizzy- is this normal- took half an electrolyte tablet in half a glass of water- was ok then

Have had some slimline tonic- not brave enough to add gin in case I mess up the keto process- not that I am even sure if I am in Ketosis- have bought keto sticks over the years but find once they are open they aren’t effective for long and end up binning them-
How do you all check ketosis? Sorry for all the questions

- Read the whole thread at weekend- never heard of fat adapted before!

The sticks are effective for the first six weeks I find. After that your body uses the ketones so you are not urinating them.
I know I am in ketosis as I stick to below 20g of carbs so have to be. I never check my blood or breath as it's an expensive way to tell you something you already know.
We all know if we have cheated

 

[Cao97x]

When I did keto, I found it easier to cut out all bread/wraps/rolls etc than to try the “healthier” versions. Once you get used to not having them, things get much easier. By trying to find alternatives you’re just increasing the likelihood of you going back to eating carbs because they are never the same (I now eat carbs but that wasn’t because I couldn’t stick to keto because of the food I was eating, other circumstances have stopped me from being able to it for now). Clean keto is the most effective way of getting every benefit of keto there is!

 

[ATV2021]

Week 3
Average weight for the week: 11st 4.4 lbs.

1.5 lbs down on last week's average. Slowing down, so I'm starting to increase the amount of movement that I'm doing (which I was initially too tired for). I've got new fabric straps for my Fitbit because I lost the ones it came with and don't like wearing the rubbery exercise one on a daily basis, so just need to get that charged up and going and then turbo-charge some weight loss next week (although can't really complain about a 10 lb loss in what is actually just under three weeks).

Any plan I've ever done...week 3 is a lag/slower week. No idea why but it lags then picks up again. Guess it's the body adjusting as week 1 is always water weight dropping off (for me anyway).

 

[Jelly Bean]

My insomnia often drives me to reading entire threads on tattle through the night I normally wouldn’t frequent but I’m glad I found this thread. I did keto a few years ago and had good results but I was also restricting calories with it and found it unsustainable and forgot about it.

However going to give it another go starting next week as I have some not so friendly keto foods left in the fridge. I’ve ordered a keto cookbook I found earlier in the thread (only £1 for a used copy on world of books) and will check out diet doctor which was mentioned a lot but keen for any more sources of recipe inspiration people here are using?

I haven't used a cookbook yet but want to get Michael Moseley's.
Atm I generally just Google if xyz ingredients are keto friendly. But I really want to expand my range. Actual recipes instead of some meat, some veg and an egg. Though last night I had asparagus, a turkey steak, an egg and hollandaise sauce which was lovely.

I have to say so far I've never known a diet like it for results. I'm nearly three weeks in and have been strict but I feel I've lost half a stone at least, maybe more (I don't want to weigh myself just rely on how clothes feel).
I rarely feel hungry. And don't crave carbs.
Though I felt shit about 7 days in for a couple of days. Stupidly tired, queasy, headachey. But that is the ketosis kicking in apparently. Which is good - when your body adjusts to using your fat as energy.
It seemed so counterintuitive at first after so many diets of salad, soup and low fat (which left me hungry) to eat good portions. But honestly it's really working. I look forward to planning my outfits and getting dressed instead of the usual 'that will do - it fits'.
Good luck everyone doing it too.

 

[Cloak]

A promising weigh day today, thank the lawd!

I think if I didn’t drink so much gin it would probably be faster but oh well, needs must in quarantine!

In 5 weeks I’ve lost half a stone. Without really feeling like I’m denying myself!

I picked up some magnesium tablets the other day, a word of warning for anyone who hasn’t had them yet: they are like laxatives! then I’ve started adding lo-salt to water for electrolytes.

 

[Megansnarkle]

Anyone still on this or starting it?

I lost about 3 and a half stone over the course of nearly a year in 2018 through reducing my carbs (because I have no sense of control with them) and exercise three times a week. I was keeping the weight off but then lockdown hit and put a stop to all of that and in part due to wfh and in part due to work taking over my life for a time I haven't got back into an exercise regime so my weight has gradually crept up again.

I have about two and a half stone to lose (three would be ideal), with as much as possible before mid-May. So I thought I'd try and jump-start some weightloss with keto.

It's day 3 for me today and I've lost just over 4lbs so far. I know that that will be mostly water or just a bit of a reset post-Christmas but I never normally see a quick initial loss so it's very motivating, particularly as I had a real headache yesterday and was tired enough for a midday nap. So far the headache is slightly better today, but let's see how it goes.

 

[Rose28454]

I’ve did Keto in 2020 just before lockdown and did it for 4 months and lost 42lb and felt great
Unfortunately due to stress with looking after my elderly mum ( who passed away a year ago ) I managed to put most of it back on
Started again Tuesday already 2.5 lbs down. My tips are don’t weigh every day or even every week after 1st couple as your body is healing and once it’s done that the weight will fly off. I do IF once the first week or so has passed . Also at the beginning try to eat clean and not have too many substitutes.