Hi, I’m new here and have been eating the Keto way for a month. My progress is slow with a pattern of lose 2 lbs, stay the same, gain 2, lose 2, stay. I bought some Keto strips to see if I was even in Ketosis and I’m not really. A little about myself: 59 y/o and I need to lose about 10-12 lbs. My exercise includes running/walking on a treadmill and elliptical with some weight training. I average 45 min to 1 hr 4-5 days a week.
I’ve done research on how and how much to eat and each site I have seen says to use macros which I am. My %'s are about 65-70% fat, 10-13% carb and 20-15% protein. One problem may be that my total calories are only around 900-1000 calories so my carb grams are about 25. From what I’m reading here, that may be too many carbs. Nearly all my carbs are coming from veggies. I do use heavy whipping cream for my coffee and will eat homemade peanut or nut butter as well. When I started I said I would only eat this way if I could do it eating as clean a diet as I could so as little processed foods as possible.
I use LoseIt to track which I am finding is very helpful. I wish I could post a day’s worth of how I eat to see if someone can tell me what I may be doing wrong.
I try to do some intermittent fasting, usually 14 hours.
I’m pleasantly surprised that I haven’t gained weight but a deathly afraid that I’ll gain or just have no difference at all. I was brought up that fat is the enemy and know that is wrong but I’ve always eaten a high protein, moderate carb and low fat diet, sadly a lifetime of being overweight. About 10 years ago I just lost my appetite and could not eat very much food at all. I was literally wasting away and lost about 60 lbs which I’ve kept off with no problem until the last couple of years, hence the 10-12 lb gain. I would like to get down to a healthier weight.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!