Hey all, my wife believes me to be turning a little cultish about this “Keto” thing. She is very supportive, but I find myself relating stories and life experiences through the lens of the Ketogenic diet. I suppose unless you have been obese most of your life (she has not) finding this solution is like a miracle, on par (personally) with many other miracles reported in the Holy Bible. I am not putting down the Bible, merely trying to level set my fervor. This LCHF and WOE is so revolutionary I am just waiting for the price of Lard to triple!
I am trying hard not to espouse the benefits of Keto to each and every person I come into contact with, but it is really hard. How have some of you long-time Keto-ers dealt with people who can get annoyed by your fervor? Shout it from the rooftops, I want everyone to know how they can save themselves…am I normal?
HELP! - Wife thinks I am becoming Cultish
Yes!! This is normal! It is so hard not to share with everyone. Especially when you see a really unhappy large person. I keep it in so much that when someone does ask me about keto or fasting I get diarrhea of the mouth and I can’t tell them enough, fast enough!
When someone opens the door to me to hear about my Weight-Loss, I find it hard to close. When I see that they are unwilling to give up carbs, I usually stop, talk about my age, and how that has solidified my position to take the Keto-lifestyle seriously. “I have enjoyed chocolate, bread, pizza, dessert… for 50 years, time to get serious…” 
Reassure her that we’re not a cult, just eating as much bacon as we can until the mother ship arrives to take us home.
I would say I had a real problem shutting up through September. That was probably the point where everyone starting noticing the change, I started in March/April.
Now I am so happy with the difference that I do not say anything unless people ask. Then I get the cannot give up carbs and I explain that unless you are prepared to make a permanent change, do not bother.
I got H on board in July and he is losing slowly but very happy. I cannot seem to get my closest friends but random people I know seem interested and we talk. I even gave the clerk in Macys a 2 line version of the diet that I wrote out. She was a 40ish heavyset woman with diabetes
Thanks. I am going to clam up. Doesn’t seem to be a good solution to this iasue.
The more I lose the more people seem interested. I have gone from plus size clothing solid 22W to the outer edge of normal clothing (regular 14). I started IF in March after losing about 15 lbs on moderate carb no grains no gluten. Then I moved on to keto/LCHF in early mid April. I would say no one even noticed until June. By September it was noticeable and I was about a loose 18W. I barely shop but the XXL short sleeve shirts I bought at a big box in July were too big by September and I was in a L/XL shirt. My weight loss has been very slow since September, maybe 11 lbs total but my size has changed. I recently had a formal affair and everything was a regular 14 which was a huge deal for me.
My point being that it is one of those things that you start taking for granted at a certain point and it becomes a part of you. It stops being the shiny new toy that you need to play with.
I have a TOFI friend who is bedridden from diabetes and is very brittle and on insulin. I am working on getting her a CGM so that she can safely reduce her insulin but she is not eager to try. I have tried but short of moving in with her, there is nothing I can do to change her. Her caretakers still feed her crap. She claims that her blood sugar does bot react to what she eats
And de Nile is a lovely river in Egypt!
I am fully in the cult, lol! Every time I go somewhere people might notice my weight loss or what I’m eating I say to myself “I will not explain Keto I will not explain Keto I will not explain Keto…” so far I’ve had ZERO success and I always explain Keto hahaha! 
ugh I cannot help myself!! I’m INSUFFERABLE. I’m so sorry, but what if I plant a little Keto thought seed that saves someone’s life???
When someone asks how I lost weight I explain LCHF/Keto WOE. They usually ask what is ketogenic? Then I say I can explain, but if you have had enough, please tell me to shut up, cause I won’t stop unless you tell me too.
I think we are cultish- we have adopted a lifestyle that is profoundly different from that of others because of ideas we hold to be true (science, bitches!), but which are not shared by society at large.
We are utterly convinced and quite happy - for some, our lives are on a whole new footing. Because of the remarkable improvements we experience, AND because this information seems so hidden/ disparaged (despite the science(bitches!)), we want to evangelize.
I tend to not evangelize unless someone expresses interest specifically in trying keto.
I’m watching the belly of my 4-year-post-quadruple-bypass diabetic father balloon to an enormous size as he injects more insulin daily. I briefly asked if he was interested in what I’ve learned about carbs, nutrition, and diabetes. He said, “Life without carbs isn’t worth it.”
I don’t evangelize, and I hold as much compassion as I can for people, even when it’s hard.
EXACTLY! Tell her we just eat the same things, hate the same foods, are all pissed at the Medical industry, all want to wake people up and tell them the way things REALLY are… drink keto…ADE… hold on
I’m probably the opposite, I made a post about it here:
Keto is great, I just find no reason to obsess over it.
I usually give some general explanation, then write down the word ‘ketogenic’ and tell them to look it up. If they keep asking, I keep answering, and writing down links.
I understand completely! I feel cultish about keto most of the time. When people me how I lost so much weight, I tell. Then when I see their eyes glaze over, I say, sorry, I know way too much about this and I talk way too long! That unglazes the eyes, and helps me shut up.
At what point in the discussion is it appropriate to mention the midnight rituals and the chanting? 
Chanting? I haven’t started that yet but I am putting it on my to-do list!