I don’t know if this is the right thread for my questions, so forgive me if I am in the wrong spot…
I starting intermittent fasting in November of 2017, and I starting eating LCHF in January 2018. I am Keto Adjacent. I don’t use pee strips, and I don’t poke my finger, so I have no way to measure if I am actually in “ketosis”. For the last month my carb intake has been in the 50 grams or lower range (total, not net). Every morning I have every intention of eating less than 20 net carbs, and I am usually derailed by something that I didn’t see coming. (usually veggies, how in the heck do you eat veggies and stay under 20 net carbs?)
I use Myfitnesspal to track my macros. I have been using Myfitnesspal since 2015, and I have always had it set to “sedentary” and “lose two pounds a week”, honestly I don’t pay attention to my calories, but I have noticed that I rarely go over the number of calories it says to eat. As far as activity, I get about 5000 steps in a day.
In the beginning I was losing between 2 and 3 pounds a week, and my energy level was great. It is now 10 months later and my energy level is back to being blah, and while I am still technically losing weight, in July I lost 1.5 pounds, and this month 3 pounds. I eat to satiety, and I have a good 100 pounds stored energy. I fast at least 16 hours a day, and occasionally up to 42 hours)
With the way my Myfitnesspal settings are, it says I can eat (with activity) around 1700 calories a day. Without tracking my daily calories I eat around 1700 calories some days, but I have a lot of days it is more like 1000-1200. I had a 700 calorie day this week, because after breaking my fast with lunch, I wasn’t hungry the rest of the day.
Is my weight loss and energy stall due to how much I am eating? Have I lowered my metabolism because of not eating enough? I had assumed that my body would just make of the difference with the stored 100 pounds of energy, but now I wonder if I am doing it all wrong. Should I fast more? Eat more on feasting days (even if I am not hungry?) I want to feel good again, and I want my energy back 