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

(Championsidewinder) #121

But fasting is something I just can’t do, I have gotten up at 8am then wait till 11am to start eating but that’s it, for me fasting is not for ppl that exercise a lot or like to go for long walks, cause my gut would hurt so badly I just won’t do it

(Doug) #122

Not saying you have to fast. My point is that people can and do burn their own fat, and thus they do not need to worry about “not eating enough fat.”

(TJ Borden) #123

That’s a start. Just don’t eat after 7pm and you’re already 16:8 intermittent fasting

(Championsidewinder) #124

Oh ok, this is all I ate today I need to find something else to eat not sure what yet

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(Doug) #125

Have to laugh - broccoli, cauliflower and butter was what I ate last night. 2 big heads of broccoli, 1 of cauliflower. Did not spare the butter, either - 10+ ounces or ~300 grams. :smile:

(TJ Borden) #126

Bacon…the answer is always bacon…maybe with some eggs…and cream cheese.

Okay, now I’m getting hungry

(Jessica) #127

This clip says you’ve lost 16 pounds. Is that in the 2 1/2 months you’ve been doing keto?

(Championsidewinder) #128

I don’t get sugar cravings much unless I’m at the coarse and someone passes a joint around lol after that I might but I just throw in a handful of sunflower seeds in the shell in my mouth and start shelling them with my teeth and eating the seed, ppl think I’m a darn bird or something lol, sweet cravings are gone, is it the sodium that does that? Lol

(Championsidewinder) #129

Yep but I was at 260 before I started keto, ok so I started keto actually about 3 months ago, and I went to the doctor about my high bp and they put (3 1/2 months ago) me on bp pills and I got dizzy and thought it was the pills causing it, then my friend said you should try keto, but I was already cutting back carbs drinking a lot of water mind you, but not trying to be in keto but I was and my carbs were not 20 but like 35, I was using MyFitnessPal to track, I said to my friend do you think I could have been in keto before I started it, he said sure he looked up online and it said 45g or less to stay in keto we like wtf? So I started keto went one week then quit, eat a scoop of no sugar added ice cream and had a really bad headache 30 min later, and I waited and ate food but not much carbs maybe 35 and trying everything to get rid of headache and dizziness, but the salt worked but not always and another reason I don’t like fasting is because I cannot take my supplements on an empty stomach

(Championsidewinder) #130

Time scramble some eggs and fasting means I have to supplement potassium chloride or I will get leg cramps, and it is not healthy to supplement straight potassium chloride so fasting is not an option for me

(Championsidewinder) #131

Ok did I say something wrong that nobody is responding? Lol ok well ty for the help

(Championsidewinder) #132

Does this look right it’s putting me at 24 net gram carbs

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(Championsidewinder) #133

Or do I change 24 to 20?

(Doug) #134

Yeah, 24 grams is pretty good. No need to try and hit that exact “5%” though, so totally fine to be at less than 24.

(Championsidewinder) #135

Ok ty, going to go to grocery store :+1:t2:

(Jane) #136

I think you are stressing over this way of eating too much!

Carbs under 20

Moderate protein - can use a macro if you need help with what is “moderate”

Fat if you are hungry and have trouble making it to the next meal w/o snacking. Not a goal. Your goal as you stated is to lose weight so you want to eat your own body fat. not plate fat. But snacking between meals is worse than overeating plate fat since it spikes your insulin and prevents you from being able to access your fat stores.

(Jessica) #137

So you’re losing roughly 5 pounds per month? That sounds like success to me.

(Championsidewinder) #138

I don’t snack, I just put a couple eggs in the snack list but I only eat what I think I need, no processed junk just few nuts but it takes me 5 min to chew a nut because I don’t have many teeth in the back lol

(Championsidewinder) #139

Well my weight hasn’t changed sense I started keto just some water weight gone but I have been around 224 pounds the last month or two

(Championsidewinder) #140

Maybe snacking on carbs might spike insulin but not everything