I hit goal today!

(Todd Allen) #21

The pattern for most people is fast weight loss for a few months, stall out around 6 months and gain most if not all or more back by 1 year. Slow but sustained progress with less crazy rebounding is good. It suggests you’ve got this for the long term and are well prepared to handle whatever curve balls life throws at you.

(hottie turned hag) #22

I dunno about this, @brownfat, do you mean on keto this happens? Nah.

(Todd Allen) #23

Ever heard of Jimmy Moore? :slight_smile:

Statistics suggest major rebound by one year is the pattern for 90+% of Americans who attempt weight loss. Studies comparing LCHF to HCLF see less of a rebound for LCHF but there is still a rebound. I think Virta Health has the best longer term data for keto across a large number of people and they seem some rebound in some people but it is much reduced versus other approaches to weight loss.

(Bob M) #24

I honestly don’t know who those people are. Will be at this 6 years as of 1/1/20, and continue to lose weight. At lowest I’ve been.

Various impediments (shoulder surgery a major one) caused some weight regain, but I never gave up.

(Todd Allen) #25

They are the majority of people following mainstream advice. You’ve never met one? I used to be one.

(hottie turned hag) #26

On keto?

This mainstream advice would not be keto, no? Prob more like Weight Watchers.

(Natasha) #27

Congratulations! You must be so pleased! :grinning:

(Jennibc) #28

Is it because people start to lose their motivation to stay on it though? I found I had to have a major mindset shift for this to work. I’d cut out grain 9 years ago and I ended up slowing losing 40 over a couple of years, several years ago. But then I would let it creep back in ‘every now and then’ and that would turn to weeks at a time and then that meant I stayed away from the scale and then when finally was ready to face the music, I’d be back up 15-20. But once I cut the sugar out a year and half ago, it’s been a nice slow consistent loss. When I was young, 15, I went from 180 to 140 in two months and kept it off until I was about 28 give or take 10 to 15 pounds that would cycle back on and off. The rapid weight gain started at 28 shortly before I turned 29 because I’d started taking SSRI’s per the recommendation of the doctor. It screwed up my appetite so I just started following the food pyramid as a guide for what I should eat. Big mistake! So I don’t know whether it was the SSRIs that messed me up metabolically or the food pyramid. But my point is I was able take off a lot of weight quickly in my youth and kept most of it off for years. Although I did struggle to keep it off. I am hoping now, it won’t be quite the struggle that it was then.

(Todd Allen) #29

When I said “the pattern for most people” I meant most people, not most people eating keto. Although these forums have plenty of posts of people struggling with plateaus and rebounds too. Some struggle with staying keto while others say they have been strictly keto but still struggle with longs stalls and rebounds. My guess is unrealistic expectations of sustained fast weight loss is part of the problem. Losing motivation when weight loss is slow probably contributes to rebounds.

(Central Florida Bob ) #30

Congratulations, Jenni!

Fighting for three and a half years just generates tons of respect for you. That’s not even mentioning the respect for having lost 120 pounds! I run out of “way to go!” praises.

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #31

Marvelous, simple marvelous.

(Bob M) #32

I agree with you there. Although what @Jennibc did is amazing and really done (I think) very quickly.

For those who are on keto and remain there (or at least stay low carb), there likely will become a time when the “scale” weight ceases to go down. I’ve had that happen many times in my journey. I just happen to persevere, while I’m not sure why others don’t.

(Wendy) #33

Congrats and well done! You show that being patient and not giving up are well rewarded! Kudos!

(Jennibc) #34

I don’t know about quickly this time around. The entire effort took just over 9 years with the final 54 taking a year and half. The forty I took off in two months was back when I was 15!

(Bob M) #35

As a point of reference, I went low carb/keto on 1/1/14…and I’ve lost about the same (54 pounds, 250+ to about 195 or so now). Now, I had some setbacks (shoulder surgery, etc.), and gained strength, so the true numbers are tough to determine, but my downward trend is much slower than yours.

(Rebecca ) #36

It was that for me! I starved, lost, gained, starved, lost, gained for years following that nonsense. The sad thing is, I always blamed myself for “failing” time after time, and tried again.That’s how they stay in business…

(Susan) #37

You look fantastic Jenni! I have clothes I bought for my honeymoon (got married May 14, 1990) and I only wore them during that week, and they have been in garment bags since and I am going to wear them all one day! So, you wearing these jeans from the '90’s is sure an inspiration to me! You look very slim and trim and I am so thrilled for you on your Keto Maintenance mode and being such a healthy, happy Keto woman!

(Marianne) #38

Burn those and buy yourself a new pair of skinny jeans.

:star_struck:

(Jennibc) #39

You will get there if you hang in there! I have a few skirts and pairs of shorts I am not quite back in to yet. I am guessing about 6 or 7 pounds away so I set a new goal for myself. My guess is at the rate I am going, perhaps they will wearable in April or May.

(Jennibc) #40

haha! I put a photo on facebook asking if they need to go or not. It’s running 50-50.