3 Weeks In, Not Too Impressed, Ready to Give Up

[barns]

have you tracked your total carbs. Just a though

[championsidewinder]

one day I went over but my carbs have been low enough that if I go over on protein I’m still safe most days

[championsidewinder]

I track everything no matter what

[barns]

what are your avg. total carbs

[championsidewinder]

I don’t know how to find an avg

[championsidewinder]

[barns]

if your not done eating for the day then you might try total carb instead of net.

[championsidewinder]

Huh? Wtf are you talking about? Just net carbs here and today I’m done because I hit 26% protein but I’m ok because I 12g net carbs so I’m done eating for today, and watching total carbs is absolutely retarded because I only eat broccoli or cauliflower because they are low carb but high potassium

[championsidewinder]

If I watch total carbs I won’t be able to get enough potassium so that ain’t happening

[Baytowvin]

I’ve said it before, but lll say it again. If you’re hungry eat. I’m not a fan of counting calories, but since you did, they’re really low.

If you’re not going to educate yourself on keto, at least stick to the basics:

• 20 grams or less of carbohydrates
• moderate protein scaled to lean body mass
• fat to satiety

Protein is a range and the target is a MINIMUM, don’t worry about going over. In my opinion, percentages are bull shit. You can’t mix percentages with total grams for macros and have it apply to everyone.

The most important thing is, especially early on, eat fat to satiety. If you’re hungry between meals, you didn’t eat enough at the meal. If you’re constantly going hungry, you’ll be miserable and you’ll screw up your metabolism.

[championsidewinder]

My calories are at 2400 or so, the app says it’s where I should be, and you ppl say listen to my body and just eat well I’m not hearing anything and I’m stuffed every meat hell I ate 12 hard boiled eggs today and 12 oz pork steak and 10 oz of broccoli, I’m not eating more or I go over in protein and carbs. I am going everything as best as I can and cannot understand what you ppl are talking about most of the time, most everything makes no sense

[championsidewinder]

Ppl keep saying just eat, it’s not a hard diet, well I’m sorry to say you are dead wrong because this diet has to be done absolutely perfect or you don’t get results even better reason to quit

[Baytowvin]

If I’m dead wrong then tell me how I’ve lost 80 lbs and reversed type 2 diabetes without counting anything? If you refuse any and all advice that isn’t what you want to hear because it doesn’t align with how you think things SHOULD work, there’s not much this group is going to be able to help you with.

[championsidewinder]

And I have talked with many athletes at the ymca that say the diet ain’t that great if you cannot go out in the heat to work or play golf if I’m going to be losing so many electrolytes

[championsidewinder]

I don’t understand anything you keep talking about, even my wife threw her hands up and she is a manager of a grocery store lol

[championsidewinder]

scaled to lean body mass

scaled to lean body mass? I don’t understand that stuff or fat to satiety? What is that?

[Baytowvin]

she is a manager of a grocery store lol

Because grocery store managers usually have degrees in nutrition?

What do you want clarification on? Like I said, we’re all happy to help, as long as you’re willing to learn.

[championsidewinder]

You are making this more difficult, how do I do what you are saying without an app, maybe you can but not me

[Baytowvin]

What makes you think an app has a complete undersranding if YOUR specific needs?

Do you think two people have the same metabolism as long as they are the same: height, weight, age, and gender? Oh, and both check the same arbitrary box about activity level?

[Baytowvin]

You are making this more difficult

How am I making this difficult by telling you to stop doing what you’ve been doing for 3 months without success and giving you the most basic principles of keto?