Hi Everyone, I’m new here. I started keto on 12/4/17 at 193 pounds. I’m 5’4". I strictly stay under 10g net carbs a day, not sure of total carbs off the top of my head but under 25g. I take a lot of vitamins and supplements like B12 complete, D, potassium, magnesium, biotin, Apple cider vinegar, multi vitamin, cranberry tablet (history of kidney stone problems), and a digestive enzyme. On average, I drink 70oz of sparkling water (Wal-Mart clear American with 0 cal sweetened with aspartame) a day and usually 16-20oz coffee with 2 TB heavy whipping cream and stevia to sweeten (5 squirts for 20oz). I don’t eat food for breakfast, just the coffee which I generally have around 11am. I eat lunch around 2pm and the most frequent meal is shredded pork with no carbs (usually 6oz), no carb pork rinds (1.5 to 2 oz), 2 wedges of Laughing Cow cheese, and no sugar bbq (2g net carbs for 2 TB). Dinner is between 5-7pm and is most frequently 2 butter fried eggs and 4 strips of zero carb thick cut bacon (I usually can’t finish the eggs, sick feeling and full). I salt (pinch or 2 of Himalayan pink salt) on lunch and dinner, plus the chocolate is salted. I have 1 serving of Lilly’s dark chocolate a day, somewhere between lunch and bed. I’ve had keto connect fudge brownies but just made a batch once in 5 weeks and that batch lasted me 6 days, each brownie being about 2.5 total carbs. My typical fasting window is from 8pm to 11am so 15 hours and consuming calories is 9 hours.
No, what I would call keto flu, but my electrolytes are in check so I didn’t expect it too heavily. I do have daily headaches but have had those for years so no change. I’m tired but 30 minutes or so after I eat I’m almost catatonic. Like so tired I sometimes cannot physically keep my eyes open and that lasts for an hour then is better. It’s like I’ve eaten pounds of sugar and the awful crash that comes after but this is more intense. I have less than no energy but expected that. The heavy crash, like a huge sugar crash, after every single meal I did not expect and it is concerning considering my next issue. The crash feeling started along the same time as my next issue.
I was losing weight at a slow but steady pace. At week 4, I was down to 181, so a 12 pound drop, likely mostly water weight coming from likely 300 to 500g carbs a day to under 10g net a day. For what seems like no reason with no change in diet or fluid intake, I jumped up 4 pounds in a 3 day period. The next day, up another 1 pound and I feel like a water balloon if that makes sense. My rings are crazy tight every morning and it does go away during the day. I’ve had a hysterectomy so it isn’t water retention due to a period. After that, I put my scale away as it felt like a crushing defeat so seeing that isn’t helpful for me. I’m an obsessive weigher, sometimes I’d jump on 5-8 times a day so I’m breaking that andx put it away. I will now only weigh myself once a month.
What might cause such a dramatic weight gain in 4 days? A pound day to day is a normal flux for me but 5 in 4 days and it staying up is very abnormal. Any ideas? Thanks!!
