I gained 3 pounds on keto, I need guidance!

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weightloss
(iam.elsarod) #1

I weigh 233 lbs and eat about 1,000-1,200 calories a day (sometimes)

I gained 3 pounds being on keto and just wondering what I’m doing wrong. I admit I have a lot of eggs, but only in the morning.

2 fried eggs with a kraft cheese slice and that’s usually it for breakfast.

Sometimes I’m not even hungry so I don’t eat until almost dinner time and it’s almosy always a burger from Burger Kings, a one patty with two slices of cheese and like 4 tiny slices of pickles.

Maybe during the night I get hungry and eat and it’ll probably be cheese, I love cheese.

I dont drink lots of water, maybe that’s where I’m going wrong?

And I drink time to time some Diet Coke or Pepsi.

I’m pretty much a lazy keto-er.

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, I’m new to this. I’ve been on keto for a month now, and maybe it’s not much but I’ve struggled with my weight so much and 3 pounds is making me anxious and battle with my thoughts.

Help :frowning:

#2

first off–ditch the processed cheese (kraft imo is just plastic), fast food joints and diet drinks.

Second: you just started, you might not even be fat-adapted, and it sounds like you are not eating enough, and what you are eating is still processed and not wholesome choices.

Truly getting into this woe takes time, especially for women when one considers the hormonal and metabolic healing needed to make a significant change.

It took me a couple of months to notice real change and to understand a way that worked for me.

oh, and ditch the scale.

hope this helps

(Ethan) #3

How long have you been keto? Results, especially for women, can be significantly delayed (months) while you recompose your body. Has anything started fitting more loosely? If you have been keto a while (months), and not lost anything, consider that you might have a dairy or egg sensitivity. Are you drinking Diet Coke or Coke Zero?

(MelissaH) #4

It doesn’t sound like your eating enough calories. Are you tracking macros? If so what are they?
I agree with ditching all the dairy. Maybe new ketoers think they can eat as much cheese as they want. Dairy is an inflammatory food. Try eating real foods. You’ll find they satisfy you more.

(less is more, more or less) #5

3 pounds at 233 is, no offense, statistically meaningless. That can be water weight, a GI issue, or many other countless things.

Stop counting calories and start eating!

Follow Dr. Westman’s page four. Very simple and easy. Make certain you comprehend the basics of Keto/LCHF.

(Todd Allen) #6

When you eat enough at your meals and you are fat adapted night hunger should stop. Eating at night is linked to disrupted circadian rhythms, disrupted metabolism and correlated to weight gain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_eating_syndrome

(Janelle) #7

I’m on week 8. On week 1, I lost 3 lbs. on week 2, I lost a pound. On weeks 3-7, I gained and lost the same 3 lbs - and now those have stayed off and I lost another this week. It happens. Stick with it.

(Janelle) #8

Note - as others have said, you might not be eating enough and your body is holding onto the weight. If I think I overdid it the day before, I’ll usually lose half a pound the next day.

(Running from stupidity) #11

Has anyone mentioned the OP is clearly not eating enough? I think it’s important that it gets mentioned.

(The amazing autoimmune 🦄) #12
  1. Make as much as you can at home, you have no idea if they add sugar or highly processed starches to the food you are eating
  2. Double check to make sure there are no hidden carbs/sugars if you are eating out i.e. Ketchup
  3. Eat more until you are fat adapted then think about cutting
  4. No kraft cheese lots of hidden starch etc. if the serving size is small enough they don’t have to report the carbs
#13

I was just over 200 lbs 5 months ago. Started keto with MyFitnessPal app and 20-25 carbs a day (the free app doesn’t automatically deduct fiber), so the actual carbs is about 15.
I eat late breakfast of eggs & bacon, plus 1-1.5 cups of cooked greens or broccoli and a small amt onions & peppers. Sprinkle of cheese. This keeps me non-hungry for 5-6 hours.
Depending on work schedule dinner could be avocado, baby greens & 1/3 c cottage cheese or cold chicken, sprinkle with bacon & cheese.
Once in awhile I have a spoon of hummus or cream cheese plus baby carrots if I feel the need. More often I will have 2 slices cheese for a snack if work is more demanding.
I have lost about 25 lbs. This is a lazy form of keto–not purist by any means–but it has helped prevent intense hunger, and all my clothes are very loose. I have even given many clothes away! And my winter jacket just hangs on me, will have to belt it (or get a new one).