I’ve looked but found nothing to answer this question.
Info: Started eating keto early January 2019. I had about 30lbs to lose. I’m halfway there.
(GW: 115 - CW:128 - SW: 145 — I’ve been over 200lb mark but couldn’t drop under 145lb eating paleo without first lowering my carbs MORE)
Now, this particular incident has happened at least two times that I’ve been able to count carbs.
First time was on St Paddy’s Day when I had a whiskey with ginger ale (thought it was a flavourd Jameson, but no…) so I said f-it and had two savana dry ciders (my favourite drink, 14g carb/ea, and the only alcohol that doesn’t give me a hangover). Next day, I stepped on the scale expecting to see an increase of a few pounds due to the carbs the night before. I had DROPPED 3lbs!
The second time happened this past weekend. We had a get-together at which hubby and I served a keto-ish supper to our friends (not all keto, but I was careful, no potatoes!). HOWEVER, after supper, all best were off. I dove head first into FIVE savanna dry ciders (14g carb each, total 70g carbs). This time I “knew” it wouldn’t work , too many carbs, right? Nope! Another 3 lbs gone. I should note that the drinking was sorta planned, because there was also Cards Against Humanity and, um, hel-LO, that game requires a certain amount of inebriation lol.
So my question: if I have “only” 15 lbs to go, should I still keep my net carbs under 20g/day? Or am I being “told” that I need to up my carb intake in order to facilitate further weight loss?
My scale says:
BW: 55.6% (water?)
BMI: 21.4
BF: 30.7lbs (24%)
Bone: 5.8%
When I first started keto, I didn’t understand the macros, so I was shovelling the fat in willy-nilly, moderating protein, and lowering carbs dramatically. Weight loss was slooooow. And then…it wasn’t. So now I’m wondering: am I at a point in my weight loss when I need to up the carbs a bit?
Also, since last week I’ve started upping my protein (now that I undertand gluconeogenesis), and lowered my fat intake…
Here is a screencap of what I’ve set my macros to: