50 lb goal: Anyone else just counting calories and trying to move more?

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to hear any real medical establishment or legit esource that says keto is a good plan and a good plan for life. I would be willing to lay big money that there isn't a single one. because while you made lose weight, keto is not going to be good for you and your health and your kidneys in the long run. Is not sustainable because it's not healthy.

Agreed. No remotely sensible doctor or dietician or scientist will tell you that eating loads of meat and dairy is better for you than a sweet potato and some lentils. Keto is the kind of thing you do for a crash diet before a reunion. It's not a healthy, sustainable source of human sustenance and nutrition.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. Lost 40 on keto with no counting calories. 10 more to go. Keeping your carbs low and eyeballing reasonable portions is completely sustainable. Counting calories and weighing every meal forever isn’t sustainable.

Hmm. I’ve been counting calories and measuring food for 12 years now, stayed the same size, and it’s no impingement on my daily life. Like someone else said, let us know if you’re still keto in a decade from now.

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I’ve not been successful with calorie counting bc it doesn’t provide enough guidance on what to eat. I started the new WW plan in September and love it bc the zero point foods nudge me to make good choices with what i eat but the points give me flexibility to eat other things. (I know you said that WW didn’t work for you but this program seems much better and easier than previous ones and I failed at calorie counting so thought I’d share my experience).

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Anonymous wrote:
Agreed. No remotely sensible doctor or dietician or scientist will tell you that eating loads of meat and dairy is better for you than a sweet potato and some lentils. Keto is the kind of thing you do for a crash diet before a reunion. It's not a healthy, sustainable source of human sustenance and nutrition.

NP. Loads of meat and dairy is NOT keto. On keto, you should only eat adequate amount of protein - same that is generally recommended by official sources, about 1 g per 1 kg of body weight.

Moreover, keto is not about eating loads of fat either. Fat simply should not exceed 75% of your daily calorie intake, and those must be healthy fats (not safflower or sunflower oil, for instance). And if you can eat less, great for you, you'll lose weight faster.

And you should eat enough veggies on keto, it's just that many people are lazy and don't do their homework before they jump on this diet.

There is so much misunderstanding about keto, I wish people familiarized themselves first before they criticize it. You can eat very healthy on keto, I never eat processed meat, for example, and I get my carbs from vegetables. I don't eat fat bombs, my fats come mainly from cooking with olive oil and eating delicious cheese but not too much of it.

Remember when the official science said eggs and butter raise cholesterol and are bad for us? Turns out, not true at all. Same with lots of other things. Coffee is another example. I think the food pyramide is a huge lie. There is no way eating so many carbs can be healthy, imo. But it's cheap, yes. I am pretty sure we will soon see major shift in official guidance in regard to nutrition and keto may be approved.

Studies demonstrate impressive health benefits of keto besides weightloss. As to sustainability, I haven't seen any study that would track weightloss success in 5 or 10 years on keto or any other diet.

But I have seen so many people who lost weight counting calories or doing WW - only to gain it all back and then some that I doubt those approaches are better than keto long term. As with any diet, long-term success depends on an individual and their will power.

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Anonymous wrote:
Agreed. No remotely sensible doctor or dietician or scientist will tell you that eating loads of meat and dairy is better for you than a sweet potato and some lentils. Keto is the kind of thing you do for a crash diet before a reunion. It's not a healthy, sustainable source of human sustenance and nutrition.

NP. Loads of meat and dairy is NOT keto. On keto, you should only eat adequate amount of protein - same that is generally recommended by official sources, about 1 g per 1 kg of body weight.

Moreover, keto is not about eating loads of fat either. Fat simply should not exceed 75% of your daily calorie intake, and those must be healthy fats (not safflower or sunflower oil, for instance). And if you can eat less, great for you, you'll lose weight faster.

And you should eat enough veggies on keto, it's just that many people are lazy and don't do their homework before they jump on this diet.

There is so much misunderstanding about keto, I wish people familiarized themselves first before they criticize it. You can eat very healthy on keto, I never eat processed meat, for example, and I get my carbs from vegetables. I don't eat fat bombs, my fats come mainly from cooking with olive oil and eating delicious cheese but not too much of it.

Remember when the official science said eggs and butter raise cholesterol and are bad for us? Turns out, not true at all. Same with lots of other things. Coffee is another example. I think the food pyramide is a huge lie. There is no way eating so many carbs can be healthy, imo. But it's cheap, yes. I am pretty sure we will soon see major shift in official guidance in regard to nutrition and keto may be approved.

Studies demonstrate impressive health benefits of keto besides weightloss. As to sustainability, I haven't seen any study that would track weightloss success in 5 or 10 years on keto or any other diet.

But I have seen so many people who lost weight counting calories or doing WW - only to gain it all back and then some that I doubt those approaches are better than keto long term. As with any diet, long-term success depends on an individual and their will power.

+1,000. People are so ignorant re keto.