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Anonymous wrote:I've been doing keto for about 3 and a half years. I don't think of it as being on a diet, but just how I eat now. I like that since it takes a few days to get into a ketogenic state that I'm much less temped to eat carbs, since that means starting the process again. Keto flu for me is just a few hours of feeling "meh." But still its usually easier to stay in ketosis than eat that crappy costco sheet cake, or whatever. So temptation is kept at bay.

I go out of ketosis about 4 times a year. Like to eat homemade birthday cake on my kids' birthdays. Breaks are ok, and maybe there is a good reason for them in terms of long term metobolic health.

If you're thinking you can loose a ton of weight on keto, you're probably right. But if you somehow think it won't come back when (or if!) you start back on pasta and potatoes, then you're wrong.

Are you really thin? Do you miss daily carbs? Is it possible to get weight off with keto and then transition slowly back to a more balanced diet?

I am 5' 7' and 130. My post kid weight (and being in my 40s was creeping up to around 140, so I was never very heavy. When I first started the new eating plan, my weight tumbled down from 140 to 125 and I was thrilled. Then I was surprised to gain some back. But eating this way allows me to effortlessly maintain my pre-kid weight. I don't crave carbs. Junk food for me is now a spoonful of peanut butter or a chunk of 90% dark chocolate with butter spread on it. I eat lots of veggies like broccoli, cauliflower, greens, and brussels. I add butter, salt, and garlic to the veggies Life is good.

One reason I stay with the keto eating pattern is that before I started I has having a stiffness in my neck. Like I couldn't turn my head enough to back up the car. Normal neck function came back after about 3 months. This was unexpected, and I have no idea what exactly happened, but I expect the grains (or something) I was eating were causing some joint inflammation - or something...

I don't miss carbs at all once I'm in ketosis. And no, I don't think you can transition back to a more "balanced" diet and expect to keep the weight off. Maybe you can transition to a paleo diet where you eat more carbs but still no grains or legumes. (Peanuts are the legume exception for me - I love peanuts I've read some accounts of people going from a keto diet to the Whole 30. They loose weight despite eating more carbs. But whole 30 is restrictive too.

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Anonymous wrote:I've been doing keto for about 3 and a half years. I don't think of it as being on a diet, but just how I eat now. I like that since it takes a few days to get into a ketogenic state that I'm much less temped to eat carbs, since that means starting the process again. Keto flu for me is just a few hours of feeling "meh." But still its usually easier to stay in ketosis than eat that crappy costco sheet cake, or whatever. So temptation is kept at bay.

I go out of ketosis about 4 times a year. Like to eat homemade birthday cake on my kids' birthdays. Breaks are ok, and maybe there is a good reason for them in terms of long term metobolic health.

If you're thinking you can loose a ton of weight on keto, you're probably right. But if you somehow think it won't come back when (or if!) you start back on pasta and potatoes, then you're wrong.

Are you really thin? Do you miss daily carbs? Is it possible to get weight off with keto and then transition slowly back to a more balanced diet?

Anonymous wrote:I've been doing keto for about 3 and a half years. I don't think of it as being on a diet, but just how I eat now. I like that since it takes a few days to get into a ketogenic state that I'm much less temped to eat carbs, since that means starting the process again. Keto flu for me is just a few hours of feeling "meh." But still its usually easier to stay in ketosis than eat that crappy costco sheet cake, or whatever. So temptation is kept at bay.

I go out of ketosis about 4 times a year. Like to eat homemade birthday cake on my kids' birthdays. Breaks are ok, and maybe there is a good reason for them in terms of long term metobolic health.

If you're thinking you can loose a ton of weight on keto, you're probably right. But if you somehow think it won't come back when (or if!) you start back on pasta and potatoes, then you're wrong.

Anonymous wrote:These threads crack me up, because there are always ignorant people that chime in and call people who eat healthy as having disordered mentality.

A ketogenic diet is not simply an Atkins diet. Yes the macros are: high fat, moderate protein, and low carb but it's not license to eat bacon and pounds of margarine:

here's a sample keto meal plan from LiveStrong (https://www.livestrong.com/article/460061-ketogenic-menus-meal-plans/):

Breakfast
For breakfast, choose non-starchy vegetables, providing up to 15 g of carbohydrates, a protein and some fat. Have cheesy scrambled eggs with 2 to 4 eggs with onions, mushrooms and spinach cooked in plenty of olive oil and topped with 1 to 2 oz. of cheddar cheese, or 2 eggs served with sausages and bacon, along with a roasted tomato drizzled with olive oil. Or roll slices of smoked salmon with avocado and cream cheese for a delicious riceless breakfast sushis.

Lunch
Avoid grains, starchy vegetables, sugar, fruits, milk and yogurt and make sure you get no more than 15 g of carbohydrates from non-starchy vegetables. A salad is one of the most convenient meal to have for lunch. Fill your plate with leafy greens, such as aragula, Romaine lettuce and radichio, along with slices of cucumbers, avocado and cherry tomatoes. Top your salad with protein from canned tuna, a chicken breast, slices of beef or hard-boiled eggs. Sprinkle with cheese, bacon, almonds, walnuts or macadamia nuts, as desired, and drizzle with a low-carb salad dressing. Alternatively, have a vegetable and meatball soup, without any potato, noodle or rice, accompanied with cheese if you like.

Dinner
For dinner, choose a protein, whether it is chicken, turkey, fish, seafood, pork or beef. Have 4 to 8 oz. of salmon, or pork chops or meatballs. Serve your protein with a big pile of non-starchy vegetables, such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, green beans or red bell pepper, but make sure your serving of non-starchy vegetables do not provide more than about 15 g of carbohydrates. Include at least 1 to 2 tbsp. of fat that you can use to cook or to flavor your foods. Prepare a mushroom and cream sauce for your steak, use olive oil for cooking your meat and vegetables or simply drizzle it over your foods or add a few pats of butter to your pile of vegetables.

Snacks
Your snacks should not contain more than 5 g of carbohydrates and should provide plenty of fat and protein. Have a little bit of leftover meat, chicken or fish, hard-boiled eggs or deviled eggs, cucumber slices topped with a tuna salad, celery sticks spread with almond butter or a few cubes of any of your favorite cheese.

The typical American eats a lot of processed food + grains + sweets + wine.

And yet somehow "normal" Americans are "healthy" and everyone else is disordered!!

Anonymous wrote:I lost 10 lbs the first week. 40 lbs in 3 months. It really does work and it doesn't feel like you are depriving yourself out of anything. The only downside that affected me was that I'd feel just one or two drinks. You really cannot tolerate alcohol well while on it.

I'm a believer.

Breakfast
For breakfast, choose non-starchy vegetables, providing up to 15 g of carbohydrates, a protein and some fat. Have cheesy scrambled eggs with 2 to 4 eggs with onions, mushrooms and spinach cooked in plenty of olive oil and topped with 1 to 2 oz. of cheddar cheese, or 2 eggs served with sausages and bacon, along with a roasted tomato drizzled with olive oil. Or roll slices of smoked salmon with avocado and cream cheese for a delicious riceless breakfast sushis.

Lunch
Avoid grains, starchy vegetables, sugar, fruits, milk and yogurt and make sure you get no more than 15 g of carbohydrates from non-starchy vegetables. A salad is one of the most convenient meal to have for lunch. Fill your plate with leafy greens, such as aragula, Romaine lettuce and radichio, along with slices of cucumbers, avocado and cherry tomatoes. Top your salad with protein from canned tuna, a chicken breast, slices of beef or hard-boiled eggs. Sprinkle with cheese, bacon, almonds, walnuts or macadamia nuts, as desired, and drizzle with a low-carb salad dressing. Alternatively, have a vegetable and meatball soup, without any potato, noodle or rice, accompanied with cheese if you like.

Dinner
For dinner, choose a protein, whether it is chicken, turkey, fish, seafood, pork or beef. Have 4 to 8 oz. of salmon, or pork chops or meatballs. Serve your protein with a big pile of non-starchy vegetables, such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, green beans or red bell pepper, but make sure your serving of non-starchy vegetables do not provide more than about 15 g of carbohydrates. Include at least 1 to 2 tbsp. of fat that you can use to cook or to flavor your foods. Prepare a mushroom and cream sauce for your steak, use olive oil for cooking your meat and vegetables or simply drizzle it over your foods or add a few pats of butter to your pile of vegetables.

Snacks
Your snacks should not contain more than 5 g of carbohydrates and should provide plenty of fat and protein. Have a little bit of leftover meat, chicken or fish, hard-boiled eggs or deviled eggs, cucumber slices topped with a tuna salad, celery sticks spread with almond butter or a few cubes of any of your favorite cheese.

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Anonymous wrote:I did it last year for a few months. I liked it a lot - it was pretty easy for me to maintain for a while. I stopped doing it and would actually like to start again because I've rediscovered my love of sweets and I'm gaining weight fast.

You can have berries, but not many. And nuts are not really kept friendly but you can have some (I believe almonds are preferred- I think cashews are a no-go on strict keto)

This paragraph right here, for me, is a ringing endorsement AGAINST doing this keto diet. It’s fine for a while, but no one can maintain it. Weight is lost and then...pounds come back, often more than were originally lost. This is classic yo-yo dieting where you get fatter from dieting.

Wow what weird logic. "Sobriety is awful because some people can't help themselves and start drinking again."

Keto is perfectly fine; I've been doing it for 3 years. Of course pounds come back if you eat like a fattie - that's not a strike against the healthy eating habits.

The fact that you think eating normally is defined as being a “fatty” shows how disorder of this mentality is. He’s fat diets are so unbelievably ridiculous and you all can’t even see it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I did it last year for a few months. I liked it a lot - it was pretty easy for me to maintain for a while. I stopped doing it and would actually like to start again because I've rediscovered my love of sweets and I'm gaining weight fast.

You can have berries, but not many. And nuts are not really kept friendly but you can have some (I believe almonds are preferred- I think cashews are a no-go on strict keto)

This paragraph right here, for me, is a ringing endorsement AGAINST doing this keto diet. It’s fine for a while, but no one can maintain it. Weight is lost and then...pounds come back, often more than were originally lost. This is classic yo-yo dieting where you get fatter from dieting.

Wow what weird logic. "Sobriety is awful because some people can't help themselves and start drinking again."

Keto is perfectly fine; I've been doing it for 3 years. Of course pounds come back if you eat like a fattie - that's not a strike against the healthy eating habits.

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Anonymous wrote:I have been on keto for almost a month now. Down 15 lbs, have 45 to go to a healthy weight. So far, I love it. I do track and count my macros pretty religiously. I don’t get hungry anymore, but I do feel the need to eat by end of the day. I like the diet for several reasons. I don’t like tons of protein, so high protein diets never worked for me. My favorite veggies are greens so I eat lots of them and it keeps my insides happy. My whole body seems happy with this diet. I have no gallbladder and used to have to run to the bthroom after meals of any kind. This has not happened to me once since starting keto, which is a huge life improvement. Since I eat lots of fats, food seems to taste better. Cream sauces, salad dressings, butter, avocados like crazy and mayo do wonders. Plus I love cheese and eat plenty. I do eat butter and bacon makes everything good, but I eat lots of healthy oils too so I don’t think I am spiking my cholesterol. If fact,
I am eating mire healthy fat than ever, lots of avocados and their oil, olive oil and lots of salmon.

I did a 24 hour fast, and was surprised how easy it was.

I don’t really crave sweets or carbs. I have a glass of wine most nights and just make sure i have the carbs for it.

So, I have a long ways to go to a healthy weight. But, I am enjoying what I eat and how I feel, and don’t feel deprived at all. I am considering making this eating style a long term way of eating. I will decide after being on it for 6 months and also getting blood work done to make sure my cholesterol is good.
I am sure I will cheat one of these days, but I am ok with that.

Not if it's a real glass of wine and not a ginormous glass that can fill a whole bottle.


doesn't the glass of wine kick you out of ketosis?