Food/Routine Suggestions

#1

Hi,

I have been on and off on Keto since April. Finally I was able to keep on track this past month and a half and I think I am finally fat adapted because I can miss a meal and not be ravenous.

However I feel like I can not pass up this 170 mark when I could still lose 20 lbs according to my height and where I have been in the past.

I am exercising to and fasting but getting frustrated. I’m hoping for people to respond to this by sharing their routines on how they fast, foods they eat or if they do regular exercise. My husband who isnt a ketoer says maybe I eat too much cheese. I understand we arent supposed to track our calories but Im wondering if that is what I need to start doing. Thanks!

#2

Try it and see.

(the cheater) #3

Who told you not to track calories?

Once you’re in a maintenance phase, sure - but while you’re still working on losing weight, you definitely need to keep track; of macros AND calories. When I was in my losing phase, I tracked everything meticulously in MyFitnessPal. Now that I’m pretty much where I want to be (could still stand to lose a few lbs) I don’t keep track of anything.

I’m sure if I started keeping track again, I’d lose those extra pounds. But I feel good and I’m in great shape, so I’m not worried about getting shredded lol.

So yeah, track and count - until you don’t have to anymore. Sorry you were misguided about that. That’s actually a pretty common keto “selling point” is that you don’t have to count calories. It’s only half true, in my experience.

Good luck! I know you’ll get to where you want to be :slight_smile:

(Janelle) #4

I find as a newbie, tracking a few days a week helps me to make sure I’m not overdoing it. Since I’m honest with myself when I track, it helps me reconsider a bad decision. I’m losing verrrry slowly despite hitting the calories and macros. Some people make this all look easy and some make it sound like a science experiment. I think it’s somewhere in the middle.

(Amy Ramadan) #5

Of you find you have hit a plateau, you really just need to switch things up, making changes one at a time and see what the results are!! There is no " one size fits all" here, everyone is different and therefore what works for one may not work for someone else!! Hope this helps!! Good luck!!

(Robert C) #6

I do not think you should track calories because that mindset leads to lowering calories per day to levels that will slow metabolism.

How many meals can you string together and skip is probably a better question.

One meal a day a few days a week might give you the progress you want.

Getting near goal weight and trying to break a plateau might be better done with one or two days of water fasting a week if you want to move along faster.

Dr. Fung’s IDM program would go up to 3 36 hour fasts - that will move the needle quickly (but probably more oriented to T2D and obese people).

(squirrel-kissing paper tamer) #7

I tracked my calories once and saw I wasn’t eating nearly enough and my metabolism was putting the brakes on.

Make sure you’re eating enough.