keto diet experience ?

[katharine3]

Hi girls. I soooo want to loose weight, I feel unbelievable ugly :-( I stumbled across keto diet, anyone has experience with this???

I thought it was amazing. But there will also be people that tried it that didn't get along with it.
I lost 2 stone in 4 months of baby weight from DS. I felt alot healthier as I was naturally gravitating towards low carb veg along with the fats.

Tip, the first 21 days are hell! You are training your body to burn fat as a main fuel source instead of carbohydrates. That takes time (21 days) In the meantime your body goes into ketosis, starvation mode. If you can stick out the 21 days, after that you will see the weight fall off quickly. It came off for me in the 1st 21days but alot slower, so within thst 1st 21 days, don't assume that's the rate that you will lose weight as its not an accurate figure. It will come off alot quicker once your body is fat adapted.

Also I pass out a fair bit, sometimes when it's hot, almost always when I haven't eaten all day and it gets yo around 2pm. All that stopped on keto.

Www.dietdoctor.com

Really gave me some great info about the diet and how to do it in a healthy way.

Hello katherine3. It makes me sad that you are so unhappy with your weight :-(. I think you should be patient with yourself. It is normal to gain weight when giving birth!! I was on keto 2 years ago, I actually liked it. The thing is, you really need to be strict and erase ALL carbs from your diet plan! You should start your keto diet with one day of fasting, this brings you quicker into ketosis! Good luck

I think it is ok if she wants to loose weight, i can 100% relate to it. I am on low carb now but also thinking of switching to keto. But isnt it unhealthy?

From what I've read, it can be unhealthy if you don't do it properly. It's not just fat you need to be taking in.
Plus it's not meant to be a long term thing. So you would do your 20-50 grams of carbs a day on keto but once you've reached your goal you would then decrease the fat consumption and increase the carbs to say, 150 grams a day, which is still low, but much healthier and sustainable in the long term. I've not long had DD and am not on keto now as its not recommended for breastfeeding mums but once she's not on my milk anymore I'm going back to it for a while.
I'd say it's definately healthier than what I was doing before as you cut out sugar completely. Sugar is my damn nemesis!

I always loose weight following Keto principles. It goes like this:
eat as much as you want only counting 10-20 carbohydrates a day - no fruit sugars in the 1st week. I always lose 1-3 pounds a week when doing it faithfully, and feel great the whole time. never hungry! and always motivated by the progress. I will say this: I have been the most successful when I do it with 2-4 other people on a whatsapp group -sharing weight and measurement progress, and new foods we have tried and getting support via just sharing frustrations and successes. I've only ever been 5-20 pounds (1.5 stone) our weight for my build) and quarantine had me exercising at first, then doing more emotional sipping and eating thereafter. I could use a reboot - back on a fitness situ.. If you are interested in a small group - occasionally meeting up for a walk or jog - I'm keen! I also have a lot of healthy knowledge about weight loss and friends always see to lose with taking my recipes and tips and support. I find I need the support myself too to lose weigh, but am inspired by helping others. Pm if interested. #betweenthecommons

I’m 4.5 weeks in and 22lb down (full disclosure I was 7 stone overweight hence the initial huge loss). It’s been tough but so worth it.

Help With Keto Calories!!!

Hey there, Myself and my husband are into our second week on keto. It has been hard but we have both lost 8lbs, which we are pleased about. We are both suffering a bit though with sickness, headaches and feeling generally low. We assume this is normal to start with so are trying to push through it.
Our trouble is that we are both now trying to dig deeper into the keto mantra but this seems to be contradictary depending on which blog or social media platform etc you look at. My issue is with calories as I am keeping below 20g carbs a day sometimes less but I am struggling keeping within my calories. approx 1400 per day.
Can someone advise if calories are important or just the fat and carbs??
Any other advice would be appreciated, I have a sweet tooth but yogurt and raspberries etc are getting on my nerves.

Is it unhealthy or not really depends on what you eat. Eating a lot of meat puts you at higher risk of cancer. There was a study not so long ago that looked at mortality in a zoo, and carnivore animals, especially those eating mammals (so beef, pork, lamb, ...) up to 40% of them were dying of cancer, compared to the herbivores. Fascinating study if you want to read it www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04224-5

Carbs are not only a source of energy, they also have a structural function. . They give shape to a plant which lacks a skeleton. By cutting carbs , you cut plants, and a great variety of types of fibres. Fibre, especially viscous fibre, will regulate cholesterol.

Most importantly however, you cut phytochemicals. There are tens of thousands of them and they carry protective functions and also regulate your genome. By cutting a lot of plants, from carrots to pears, you miss on the protective functions of so many compounds. On the body, but also brain and mind. Studies after studies how ADHD incidence can be reduced by a Mediterranean diet in children and the same is true for dementia incidence. Multifactorial of course, but within our reach.

And don't even get me started on the microbiome. A healthy gut likes carb, oats, legumes, whole grains, a lot of fruits and vegetables.

So to answer your question, you need to look at what you eat. Other animals three times a day (eggs for breakfast, chicken at lunch, fish for dinner) , hum.... not so good. A big lettuce, rocket and kale salad with avocado, prawns, nuts for lunch, a curry of low carb veggies stir fried for dinner, yes, that healthy.

In the end, it isn't about was you leave out, but what you put in your body.

@MatchaTea , I agree.
I've tried keto a few times and I just can't do it. It makes me feel awful ( the longest I've done is 5 days ! ).
Admittedly, I don't have a sweet tooth so that didn't bother me ( though I do have the odd bar and like the choice. Love dark chocolate so ok I suppose). I love cheese and can be creative when cooking, so thought it would suit me, but not only was I sick to death of cheese, I felt sick at every meal. On paper, it's great for me. In theory, not so much.
I eat really healthily now instead as per @MatchaTea post - love kale, rocket, salads. Still eat cheese, not lots and prefer fish to meat, though I still eat chicken. After years of dieting and starting 'tomorrow', I feel like I've cracked it. Everything in moderation is so true.
I used to watch Keto Christine on you tube. She was a strong advocator of keto, but I saw recently that she's now saying it's ( keto) not only wrecked her metabolism, but damaged her thyroid.
I'm not a medical expert ( I'm not even a keto expert ), but she seems to know her stuff. I don't want to scare anyone, but forewarned and all that !