Women and Keto

[Anonymous]

Any women in here who have tried Keto and seen success? How much weight did you lose and how long did it take? I am thinking about trying it. Have done Atkins in the past and it worked well, but found I could not eat too much dairy or it slowed things down. Did anyone else experience that?

Please share any tips/advice!

[Anonymous]

IME people who love cheese find it easy to eat too many calories from cheese. All Atkins/Keto does is help you restrict calories, so if you can easily overeat any kind of low carb food, you’re going to have to stay away from that thing or else count calories (and it seems like people like low carb because it makes it easier to avoid counting calories while still restricting them).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IME people who love cheese find it easy to eat too many calories from cheese. All Atkins/Keto does is help you restrict calories, so if you can easily overeat any kind of low carb food, you’re going to have to stay away from that thing or else count calories (and it seems like people like low carb because it makes it easier to avoid counting calories while still restricting them).

Thanks, this is exactly my problem. I love cheese and happily eat it on/with everything. On Atkins I would eat it with every meal and for snacks. May have to cut it out except for cream in my coffee.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:IME people who love cheese find it easy to eat too many calories from cheese. All Atkins/Keto does is help you restrict calories, so if you can easily overeat any kind of low carb food, you’re going to have to stay away from that thing or else count calories (and it seems like people like low carb because it makes it easier to avoid counting calories while still restricting them).

Thanks, this is exactly my problem. I love cheese and happily eat it on/with everything. On Atkins I would eat it with every meal and for snacks. May have to cut it out except for cream in my coffee.

I wouldn’t cut al dairy (for example Greek yogurt may be your friend). It’s really just delicious, salty, melty, crisp-able cheese for some people.

[Anonymous]

Why not eat a balanced and healthy diet? The food fads are not going to help you in the long run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not eat a balanced and healthy diet? The food fads are not going to help you in the long run.

No OP but because eating a balanced healthy diet will require people prone to overeating to carefully measure food and count calories, which is time consuming and annoying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why not eat a balanced and healthy diet? The food fads are not going to help you in the long run.

No OP but because eating a balanced healthy diet will require people prone to overeating to carefully measure food and count calories, which is time consuming and annoying.

True, but regaining weight and needing to start over again is also time consuming and annoying. I have nothing wrong with Keto or any "diet" as long as you can honestly stick with it for the rest of your life. I just keep hearing people say how they can only lose weigh ton keto, or gain weigh then they eat a piece of bread, or only keto works for them, but i have to question, if you are constantly going on and off a diet, gaining weigh when you go off, only losing again on, then is that diet really working for you? To me the diet that really works for you is the one where you learn to eat for your life/lifestyle. Not saying that can't be keto or whatever, just that most people aren't honestly never going to eat bread ever again.

Even here OP is only concerned with how much weight she can lose and how quickly she can lose it on keto, not how long she can keep i toff for or how easy or difficult this diet/lifestyle is to maintain for the long haul.

[Anonymous]

I would try it for a few weeks and see how you do on it.

For some women, keto and intermittent fasting doesn’t work, especially if you’re already normal weight just trying to lose less than 15-20 lbs. These diets can disrupt our hormonal balance and cause a host of issues like acne, irregular cycles, etc. It’s very individual and what works for some may not work for others. If you feel good and are losing weight then it probably will work for you!

[Anonymous]

Everyone is different. There are so many fb Keto support groups etc. Join one and (I suggest a beginners group) and you will see a ton of people posting about their progress/journey.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:IME people who love cheese find it easy to eat too many calories from cheese. All Atkins/Keto does is help you restrict calories, so if you can easily overeat any kind of low carb food, you’re going to have to stay away from that thing or else count calories (and it seems like people like low carb because it makes it easier to avoid counting calories while still restricting them).

Thanks, this is exactly my problem. I love cheese and happily eat it on/with everything. On Atkins I would eat it with every meal and for snacks. May have to cut it out except for cream in my coffee.

It wasn’t the cheese that was hindering your success. It was that you were still eating too many carbs. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would try it for a few weeks and see how you do on it.

For some women, keto and intermittent fasting doesn’t work, especially if you’re already normal weight just trying to lose less than 15-20 lbs. These diets can disrupt our hormonal balance and cause a host of issues like acne, irregular cycles, etc. It’s very individual and what works for some may not work for others. If you feel good and are losing weight then it probably will work for you!

I’m relatively slender and do keto periodically when I am eating too much sugar and have gained five pounds or so. I find it totally clears up my acne and regulates my menstrual cycle. Sugar is the problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:IME people who love cheese find it easy to eat too many calories from cheese. All Atkins/Keto does is help you restrict calories, so if you can easily overeat any kind of low carb food, you’re going to have to stay away from that thing or else count calories (and it seems like people like low carb because it makes it easier to avoid counting calories while still restricting them).

Thanks, this is exactly my problem. I love cheese and happily eat it on/with everything. On Atkins I would eat it with every meal and for snacks. May have to cut it out except for cream in my coffee.

It wasn’t the cheese that was hindering your success. It was that you were still eating too many carbs. Seriously.

No, they were eating too many calories. It always comes down to calories.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:IME people who love cheese find it easy to eat too many calories from cheese. All Atkins/Keto does is help you restrict calories, so if you can easily overeat any kind of low carb food, you’re going to have to stay away from that thing or else count calories (and it seems like people like low carb because it makes it easier to avoid counting calories while still restricting them).

Thanks, this is exactly my problem. I love cheese and happily eat it on/with everything. On Atkins I would eat it with every meal and for snacks. May have to cut it out except for cream in my coffee.

It wasn’t the cheese that was hindering your success. It was that you were still eating too many carbs. Seriously.

No, they were eating too many calories. It always comes down to calories.

This. There are no replicated high quality studies supporting the contention that being “in ketosis” changes the conversion of calories into fat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:IME people who love cheese find it easy to eat too many calories from cheese. All Atkins/Keto does is help you restrict calories, so if you can easily overeat any kind of low carb food, you’re going to have to stay away from that thing or else count calories (and it seems like people like low carb because it makes it easier to avoid counting calories while still restricting them).

Thanks, this is exactly my problem. I love cheese and happily eat it on/with everything. On Atkins I would eat it with every meal and for snacks. May have to cut it out except for cream in my coffee.

It wasn’t the cheese that was hindering your success. It was that you were still eating too many carbs. Seriously.

No, they were eating too many calories. It always comes down to calories.

This. There are no replicated high quality studies supporting the contention that being “in ketosis” changes the conversion of calories into fat.

The point is that OP wasn’t *in* ketosis.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:IME people who love cheese find it easy to eat too many calories from cheese. All Atkins/Keto does is help you restrict calories, so if you can easily overeat any kind of low carb food, you’re going to have to stay away from that thing or else count calories (and it seems like people like low carb because it makes it easier to avoid counting calories while still restricting them).

Thanks, this is exactly my problem. I love cheese and happily eat it on/with everything. On Atkins I would eat it with every meal and for snacks. May have to cut it out except for cream in my coffee.

It wasn’t the cheese that was hindering your success. It was that you were still eating too many carbs. Seriously.

No, they were eating too many calories. It always comes down to calories.

This. There are no replicated high quality studies supporting the contention that being “in ketosis” changes the conversion of calories into fat.

The point is that OP wasn’t *in* ketosis.

and my point was that Ketosis does. not. matter. At the end of the day weight/fat is lost when you are in a calorie deficit. doesn't matter if those calories are from fat, carbs or protein.