Day 19 and nothing

(Yery Colombón) #1

Hi guys! I’m Yery and this is day 19 of keto diet and I have yet to see results. I’m sticking to less than 20g a day l. Black coffee in the am, fatty lunch and eggs for dinner. I snack on cheese or pork rinds. I am in ketosis according to ketox sticks… I am throwing large ketos through my urine… the ketosis started on day 5.
Am I going to see results soon? Hubby is on same diet and he has seen some results but not as much as he did the first time he did this diet 2 yrs ago. Help I’m getting discouraged.

P.s. I started working out again last Monday after my body got used to the carb reduction. I feel great in juat not seeing results in my clothes.
I have 20 lbs to lose all in my belly.
Any help would be appreciated!
I’ve attached a before pic.

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#2

Hi, Yery! The order for women is often something along these lines:
adjust to ketosis (sometimes some water weight lost in here)
feel amazing
notice a bunch of NSVs (energy, skin, sleep…)
drop weight or inches
stall
figure out personal tweaks (or just be patient)
keep losing

More experienced keto folks will surely be on to give more suggestions but it hasn’t yet been very long for you!

#3

Husband has been doing it 3 weeks, has much more than you to lose and so far nothing!
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I have no idea. Some have speculated he is cheating but I do not think so because he likes eating this way

Try adding a fast to spur your body? Husband refuses. I find I cannot lose on regular keto unless I add in fasts (my fast is a little bone broth, coffee with HWC 2X per day with about a teaspoon each time. Plenty of water and supplements such as salt.

Last week I tried a fat fast which also worked a little, you eat under 1000 calories, 90% from fat, if possible no more than 200 or 300 calories per meal. I have been able to maintain the weight loss during regular keto. I have more to lose than you but since March I have lost 31 lbs.

(Deb) #4

The only thing that works for me is knowing my metabolic deficit, making sure I don’t eat too much protein OR too much fat( so my body will use my own stored fat)…and do as much fasting as possible.

(Yery Colombón) #5

We fast every day for 16 hrs… We do intermittent fasting.

#6

I do not lose from anything less than 36 hours and perferably longer. When I really fast I just have a cup of coffee and 1 teaspoon of HWC x 2, maybe broth or 2 macadamia nuts, 36 hours to 5 days. Last week I did a fat fast which I think helped, 2 meals a day around 300 calories each, 90% fat

16 hours to me is normal eating. When I eat I eat at 2pm and again around 8 (husband works late).

#7

Yery, are you snacking consistently on cheese and pork rinds? Or occasionally? Consistent snacking could be keeping your insulin up. Try not snacking. Track your food for a few days if you’re not already doing so to check your macros and your carb and protein amounts.

(Kayla) #8

I have a lot of fat to lose, should I be reducing my fat? How do I figure out my macros?

(Yery Colombón) #9

I was snacking a lot, haven’t been on the past week… I really want to see some difference. I’m getting really discouraged. I do coffee in the am, black coffee with a splash of heavy cream, heavy lunch with good fats, usually 2 burger parties with 2 slices of cheese, half an avocado, lettuce and jalapenos and mayo, for dinner I do eggs and sausage or eggs and bacon. That’s is…

(Sonia A.) #10

A lot of things come to mind when I hear a story like yours.

  1. It’s still early. You’re probably not fat adapted. Ketostix are not reliable. The best thing is to test your blood ketones. But you can also tell if you’re fat adapted by how you feel (more energy, better sleep, less hunger, no cravings).

  2. Are you a chronic dieter ? Because if you are, your body needs to heal first from a slow metabolism before you can lose weight.

  3. You need to check your carb and protein intake. You may have too much protein or hidden carbs. If you don’t see results in the next month, you need to track everything for a little while to be sure.

  4. If you snack because you’re hungry, you need to eat more fat.

  5. It could be a problem with dairy or artificial sweeteners. Some people are affected negatively by both.

You have to be patient (I know it may not be what you want to hear). Keep calm and keto on.

(Sonia A.) #11

I disagree in this context. @Yery_Colombon just began her keto lifestyle. IMO, she shouldn’t restrict her calories or her fat intake. In the process of becoming fat adapted, people (especially women) need more fat and to eat to satiety.

(Yery Colombón) #12

I was a chronic dieter :persevere:.

My son is type 1 diabetic so I know how to count carbs to a ridiculous point, I know I’m not consuming more than 20g per day. He’s 11 so he consumes 20 to 50g per day.

I was snacking out of habit. On the 3rd week I stop crabbing anything, not hungry, sleep great and have lots of energy.

Artificial sweeteners are being used a lot. We drink crystal light and some water. I’ve been doing the research and found out they are bad, but yet I don’t see an increase of BS on my son when he drinks it and he has a continuous glucose monitor.
I’m going to stop and drink water.

(Deb) #13

I drink Crystal Light but mix it half strength…use Stevia in my coffee (several cups a day)…but that’s me.
I usee a chart that shows what my metabolic deficit is: your stored body fat provides a large part of your BMR…so if you eat too much fat, you will burn that instead of what is on your hips and belly! Your body will always take what is most easily available to use for energy. Why would it “dig deep” for stored fat if it can get it from circulating, ingested fat?? My current deficit is around 277 calories. I have 30 lbs of fat x 31.5 kcals of energy each day so I only have to eat 277 calories of fat a day. If I eat more than that, I won’t use as much stored fat. I have done the experiment over and over and IT WORKS.

#14

Which chart? Is there an accurate list of BMR?

What hap
pens if I have a lot of stored fat, lets say 100 lbs to make it easy. So I have 3100 calories available to me, based on that assumption I would never have to eat and probably should not. The fasting part I get but at some point I would like to eat!

How would the macros work since you have no real need for any food

(Susannah LaPoint) #15

Hey girl! My son (13) has Type 1 also. I feel like this style of eating would be really good for him and I’m trying to steer him towards it but don’t want to push him. Is your son willingly participating?

(Richard Morris) #16

So one of my friends who went keto to support her husband gained weight the first 6 weeks. They were both clearly in ketosis, but her body just wasn’t wiling to play ball. What she did notice was the mental focus benefits. She’s a writer and all of a sudden she was able to write for hours without losing flow. But she was concerned about the weight gain.

Then after about 6 weeks her weight started steadily dropping. Her husband suggested around the same time they started increasing fat on their plates. So maybe that was the problem, she was reducing the carbs but her body was still thinking it was calorie restricted.

I think it’s more likely that that is just what her body was going to do. When we drop carbs we dramatically lower the insulin our bodies make and that lets our bodies use body fat for energy … but our bodies have to “take the wheel”. Once you have adequate energy in circulation your body should turn down signals to eat, and turn up uses of energy - and you’ll lose weight. I suspect her body was just sitting passively for a couple of extra weeks until it realized that it could take control and start driving. But I’m just speculating.

(Deb) #17

Here is the link tot the article with the formula, and it is about fasting, but I use it for every day eating also:

http://www.bmrcalculator.org/

BMR calculators seem to vary some but are pretty close. As long as you are in the range, it’s all good. And you’re right…if you have a lot of stored fat, like the article says, technically, you have all the energy you need, but that’s pretty boring, and you want to eat! Fasting DOES get addictive (like I found out!) but I eat a lot of salads, low GI veggies, loaded cauliflower, I leaned out my protein, etc.

(Deb) #18

I also made a chart tracking the changes as you lose…see how when you reach 150 lbs, it gets REALLY tight?

METRATECHT2.pdf (49.6 KB)

That is where I had a really hard time but never knew why…now I know.

(Deb) #19

I guess everyone is different and what works for one won’t work for another.
For me, the body doesn’t “think”; it just “does”. It reacts almost instantly to the chemicals ingested. Not days or weeks.

(Richard Morris) #20

Glad you found what worked for you :slight_smile:

Also glad my friend Karen did as well.