Losing the will to live

[BrigitsBigKnickers]

Been low carbing for 4 weeks now. Sticking to 20 net carbs a day.

Initially lost 6lbs in the first few weeks and since then nothing.

Typical day is:

Breakfasts- Two fried eggs with 2 slices of seriously low carb bread and butter ( 3 net carbs)Keto coconut flour pancakes cooked in butter with no sugar maple syrup and melted butter.( 4 net carbs) Two slices of low carb bread and butter.

Lunch Crust less quiche with green salad and a few slices of tomatoes mayo and olive oil (4 net carbs)/ cold plate with cheese, ham, olives , salami celery, cream cheese (5 ish) sandwich made with low carb bread.

Dinner Salmon in garlic butter, courgettes and asparagus. ( 4 net carbs)
Roast chicken/ roast lamb with cauliflower cheese and green veg
Bolognaise sauce with a sprinkle of cheese ( no spaghetti)

Always allow a few extras for milk in tea- can't drink it black and don't like coffee.

Usually have a handful of Brazil or pecan nuts

Occasionally have raspberries and cream ( 5 net carbs) but have cut this out recently as wondered if this was the problem. ( Nope)

Have the odd glass of red wine and gin and slimline- because quite frankly there is nothing to look forward to. Nothing crispy- cheese bites give me indigestion and pork rinds make me heave. Nothing sweet. Can't have a takeaway- am rather wondering why I am sticking with it as it just isn't working like the last time I did it. Waiting for the whoosh but it just isn't happening...

Where am I going wrong?

[TurkMama]

This is more than 20g carbs and the calories are probably 2000kcal. Milk has sugar you should have double cream instead. I was a staunched cals dont matter on keto, ate anything keto under 20g just tracked carbs not calories and for 3 damn months lost nothing. Switched to intermittent fasting and eating 500 to 1100 cals a day everything measured strictly on my fitness pal app and the scales are finally budging. First 2 days were hard then easy.

[MarkRuffaloCrumble]

I found the same thing. First two weeks I lost a stone. Then stuck to the same plan rigidly and lost nothing for 6 weeks. It’s disheartening. I think my body just doesn’t work like it used to. The first big loss was obviously just water or something. I have thyroid issues so I know my metabolism is a bit fucked anyway, so I’ve stopped trying to do anything drastic and now trying to just eat ‘normally’ within reason and not worry about it.

[MarkRuffaloCrumble]

Are you drinking enough water? That’s supposed to help a lot.

Also check out Keto Dad and Dr Berg on Facebook as they have lots of useful info that might help.

[justanotherneighinparadise]

I think you’re simply eating too much.

My Keto day went as follows;
One spoon coconut oil while I’m waiting for kettle to boil. Then I make bulletproof coffee which is made with tbsp of coconut oil and a tbsp of butter. This lasts me till midday.

Midday I have a small portion of leftover chicken curry on iceberg lettuce. Then I have half a pomegranate with single cream on top.

I then had a tiny portion of a slow cooked liver dish I made for DP and that was it.

At the moment I’ve lost 1 stone 3lb and have around 7lb left to go.

[BIWI]

@BrigitsBigKnickers I know you're not doing Bootcamp, but I can tell you from the 12 years I've been running it, this is a very, very frequent occurrence - good losses in weeks 1 and 2, then nothing in weeks 3 and 4. It's all to do with your body settling into/getting used to fat burning rather than carb burning. Keep with it, and things should get going again soon!

I'm interested, though, that you're talking about net carbs - are you in the US? In the UK we don't subtract fibre from carb counts, so the carb count shown on packets etc is the count you should be using.

I agree with @TurkMama though - that's definitely more than 20g carbs per day.