Keto Diet

Fat_Dragon

Fat_Dragon

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I decided to go on a diet after putting on a few pounds over the past couple of years and decided to try the Keto Diet. The idea is you cut out or minimize your carb intake so your body produces ketones and goes from burning carbs/sugar for energy to fat burning mode.

I started about 3 weeks ago and have lost about 10 pounds but i seem to have stopped losing weight at the rate i have been doing even though i have ate the same foods and portion sizes every day.

Has anyone been on this type of diet before and is this normal?
 
You must take note that when stopping carbs you will pish a few kilos away. The same kilos come straight back when you eat carbs again.
Once in ketosis - you can get pish strips to test - then it will keep coming off but never at the starting rate.
I also made the mistake of eating too much protein - the idea is high FAT, not high protein.
 
Went full on Steaky - yep - definitely works - lost 2 stone ( ish) - until you crave a chip or 2 or Hoegaarden Coriander/orange beer
 
We do the 5 and 2, the 2 days we only have 800 calories a day.

It works really well, is sustainable and you lose weight gradually.

We also find that in our 5 days we actually eat the low carb/low calorie meals as they are so nice.
 
Fabiopaim said:
By that, what is the standard caloric intake
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There is no such thing. Your gender, body size and metabolism will be different from mine, from hers and from everyone else on here. But in simple terms if you eat fewer calories than you burn you will lose weight. That said it is complex, the calories on food packaging are calculated by burning the food, simple test. Trouble is it shows the calorific content of food but not how many calories your body can extract from any given food. For example, sweetcorn. If you burn sweetcorn you will be left with next to nothing, anyone who has ever glanced into the bog post consumption of corn on the cob will know that the human metabolism doesn't digest sweetcorn very well.
 
I concur with others, it works extremely well in the beginning, you begin to plateau, the real problem though is if you stop, your body piles it back on with a vengeance
 
Never done Keto but my best mate has done Keto for for 2 years and 9 months, he has lost 9 stone and now uses the Keto diet as a way of maintaining his weight. He did reach times during this period when his weight loss plateaued , this is when he adjusted his Macro’s to help kickstart his weight loss again. He still uses the Pish sticks to ensure he is still in Keto as it is so easy to drop out of Ketosis.
 
Lightweight said:
Never done Keto but my best mate has done Keto for for 2 years and 9 months, he has lost 9 stone and now uses the Keto diet as a way of maintaining his weight. He did reach times during this period when his weight loss plateaued , this is when he adjusted his Macro’s to help kickstart his weight loss again. He still uses the Pish sticks to ensure he is still in Keto as it is so easy to drop out of Ketosis.
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If you can lose 9 stone - well you were very overweight
 
Muttley said:
There is no such thing. Your gender, body size and metabolism will be different from mine, from hers and from everyone else on here. But in simple terms if you eat fewer calories than you burn you will lose weight. That said it is complex, the calories on food packaging are calculated by burning the food, simple test. Trouble is it shows the calorific content of food but not how many calories your body can extract from any given food. For example, sweetcorn. If you burn sweetcorn you will be left with next to nothing, anyone who has ever glanced into the bog post consumption of corn on the cob will know that the human metabolism doesn't digest sweetcorn very well.
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People say this about sweetcorn but I never see it in my poo.

I wonder where it is?
 
Calorie counting is totally flawed because not all calories are the same: you eat carbs and the hormone insulin is produced so that the sugar is prioritised. Stress hormone cortisol has the same effect.
 
MoggasDog said:
Calorie counting is totally flawed because not all calories are the same: you eat carbs and the hormone insulin is produced so that the sugar is prioritised. Stress hormone cortisol has the same effect.
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I wouldn’t say totally flawed. If you limit yourself to 1600 calaories a day you’ll probably create a deficit and lose weight.

As long as it isn’t 1600 calories of butter
 
Muttley said:
There is no such thing. Your gender, body size and metabolism will be different from mine, from hers and from everyone else on here. But in simple terms if you eat fewer calories than you burn you will lose weight. That said it is complex, the calories on food packaging are calculated by burning the food, simple test. Trouble is it shows the calorific content of food but not how many calories your body can extract from any given food. For example, sweetcorn. If you burn sweetcorn you will be left with next to nothing, anyone who has ever glanced into the bog post consumption of corn on the cob will know that the human metabolism doesn't digest sweetcorn very well.
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And one of the reasons why the Myan's died out over time.

Not suggesting this as an extreme diet solution of course.
 
GazC_MFC said:
I wouldn’t say totally flawed. If you limit yourself to 1600 calaories a day you’ll probably create a deficit and lose weight.

As long as it isn’t 1600 calories of butter
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Why wouldn't you lose weight just eating 1600 calories of butter every day for a week?
 
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