These are my EXACT goals!!! You give me hope!
Hello, my name is Katie and I must brag for a minute, because nobody else wants to hear it
katiea
(Bacon, Not Stirred)
#22
Oh, and lawd if I can do it, you SO can. Iāve been keto since 6/27, but I turned lazy keto in September. I average around 8-12 pounds per month. YOU CAN DOOOOO it.
adorfaru
#23
I was actually just shopping yesterday and held up a pair of size 14 pants and was like āLook at how small these are! I thought I was so fat when I wore these, but I was normal!!! What I wouldnāt give.ā It just seems so far off right now.
katiea
(Bacon, Not Stirred)
#26
You can DO IT! I swear to God, I literally had given up. Completely. I thought I would never be below a size 20 again. If I can, you can. Just donāt give up on yourself. Youāll hit bumps, youāll be ready to give up sometimesā¦ Just donāt. Stay the course. GOOD LUCK!
And thanks to everyone for the encouragement!
Olivia1
#27
Yeah, Iām almost at the three month mark, too, and I havenāt lost anything yet. Or I lose two pounds and promptly go back up to my starting weight. Iām being told itās because I donāt have much to lose (I need to lose around 15 pounds to the weight Iām most comfortable with) But I did expect Iād at least lose a third of that by now. Iāve done everything, keep carbs below 20 net, 0.5 grams protein per pound of LBM, Iāve been doing IF for the past two weeks, Iāve tried calorie restriction then no calorie restrictionā¦and nothing. Iām stuck at 144 no matter what.
You can definitely celebrate! Thatās amazing!!! Congrats!!! 
And can I ask how much you weighed at the beginning, and how much you have to lose overall?
SlowBurnMary
#29
I think for those of us on the less-overweight side itās super important to remember that the body prioritizes healing over notions of weight. The body - in its great intelligence - is transforming fat marbled muscle tissue into lean muscle tissue, itās dissolving visceral fat, itās releasing adipose fat and holding water as that cycles. If weāre doing IF a few days a week, or an EF once a year - the body may also be changing pre-cancerous states or shrinking little tumors we donāt even know we have.
A lean 150 pounds is a completely different body than non-lean 150 pounds. Clothing size-wise as well as strength-wise.
The ketogenic way of life is about physiological health, including cardiac health from better circulation and more muscle mass.
For those of us who do resistance training to speed myogenic mitrochondrial metabolic healing, we may see a faster leaner body but not much change on the scale AT ALL. In fact, some emaciated types may gain a few pounds of much needed solid muscle! For midlife females - even non-overweight - itās def a slower process still - but itās oh so wonderful to rejuvenate and shapechange!!!
I ignore scales entirely - and only measure. Since last May Iāve lost 4 inches off my upper waist, a half inch off my upper arms, an inch from both upper and lower hipā¦ which indicates also that many wonderful unseen things have been happening on the inside. There are threads here on this forum where folks name all the non-scale-victoriesā¦ and for me, this also surprisingly includes eyelash growth! 
JustPeachy
(Sophie)
#30
So you can bat those beautifuls while you politely decline all the carbage on offerā¦Rock On Sister! 
