Hmmn, I wonder why you could be having cravings. Could it be hormonal or maybe stress or lack of sleep. Also, are you taking enough electrolytes (salt, in particular). Nuts and sweetners did give me slight cravings so maybe to eliminate this as an experiment?
Otherwise, I think your progress is going great and the IF is bound to help. I’d say just keep going!
Normal is so over-rated 
Congratulations on your improved health and weight loss.
I’d like to get down to about 70kg, which would be a loss of 35kg (77lb). I would still be classed as overweight for my height (5’1) according to those stupid BMI charts (which have always placed me at overweight even when I wore size 10). When I look back at photos of me at around 70kg, I think I looked great (and so does my husband). So I’m pulling out some clothes I kept from back then and making them my goal. I would be overjoyed to fit into them again (and, yep, so would my husband… umm… me fitting them, not him 
).
I think it is emotional eating as I am a bit stressed at present. I’m studying and have some big assignments due and not enough time to do a good job of them… hence some late nights… and I am dissatisfied at work at present. So I’m a bit frustrated and down, not my usual chipper self.
I think my electrolytes are OK. I take Maldon sea salt flakes and add 1 cupful of ACV to my water bottle each time I fill it (usually drink about 1-1.5L of water a day). Also take mineral supplement + liver tonic + fish oil + psyllium husk capsule even second or third day (when I remember them). I don’t feel deficient in anything (except time).
Haven’t been walking in the morning much lately (late nights = late mornings) so that might be influencing my mood and therefore my desire for comfort food.
But I am very happy to be losing weight, albeit slower than I anticipated. I think hormones are having a role in slower and erratic loss. 5 yrs ago I went on the very low calorie diet (meal replacement shakes) and lost weight at a fairly steady pace… but then I was 45, now I am 50 (well, on Sunday I am 
) … and of course I could not sustain it in the long term. Duh! 
My first big weight loss target is to better my 2015 lowest weight - only 3kg away!
I think weight loss on keto can be erratic in general. I know I’ve seen quite a handful of people on the forum experience that stop-go weight loss but I think as long as there is progressive weight loss of some sort, it’s all good.
Studying + work issues. Been there 
…not fun and the stress from that could be a factor in the snack cravings. I know that between studying, work and life in general, you probably have little to no spare time but maybe you can bring back the walking. Perhaps it’ll help a bit.
Apart from that, I really do think your progress is good (better than that of some people on keto in their 30s!). You’re doing everything right.
Hope you are back to your usual chipper self soon!
Also, don’t be surprised if your weight via the scale plateaus but you experience a NSV (non-scale victory), like going down in a size. (For me, moving my belt to a smaller circumference, having to get new pants/shirts.) This has happened to me more times than I can count, which is why I no longer use the scale.
That is awesome, Paulene. For you to break your stall, you dramatically upped your fats and that worked for you I guessing from reading all this?
Thanks @Momof5. What I previously thought might have been a stall appears to be a cycle in my weight, which I suspect is hormonal. (Except for the Christmas blip - that was me 
). It will be interesting to look back on the pattern in another few months.
The addition of more fat is me trying to protect against stalls and also my way of trying to satisty this new seeking out sweet things. Thats why this thread grabbed my attention. It seems to be working but I’ll be monitoring it closely.
That is great =). I was wanting to know if it worked, for me to try it too =). I keep trying different things is all =).
Well, it’s working in terms of meeting my need for sweet. I thought diet jelly set with cream in it would be yuk but I actually really like it. It’s my new best friend. Might be hard to give up if my weight loss plateaus with additional fat.
I haven’t started an Accountability thread yet - I’m not big on commitment, you see (despite being married for 30 years ) BUT I think I will start one where I can update progress and flag changes in eating patterns, etc…
I have an Accountability thread, and I love it, I have been married for 30 years this coming May as well =). I try not to eat artificial sweeteners as that messes me up and makes me want sweet stuff, I just care about losing the weight!!
I wish you success in the rest of your Keto journey, and achieving all your goals =).
Yeah I’ve heard that if you have sweet things it can make you crave sugar. Your an inspiration Susan. You have done and are doing SO well. Xx
Keto sweets never made me crave sugar but they made me want more sweets sometimes. Often. It depends.
It’s better to skip them unless they have a too important role, for example, it’s keto sweets, sugary sweets or going crazy, I would choose keto sweets then (I had other reasons to eat lots of keto sweets but those aren’t relevant to most people but it wasn’t ideal for me either, just part of the journey). Carefully. Preferably without sweeteners though I have no problem with them. It’s easier for us who feel most things sweet or fancy chocolate but sweetness isn’t important. But that usually takes time.
Nice feeling.