I started Keto back in Oct 2016 and made it a whole year losing about 45lbs in the process, with 90lbs total to lose. The weight was great but really the best part was gaining back my period (PCOS,) and feeling the best I’ve ever felt. Everything got better, my sight, my teeth, and my cognitive function. Keto works. About a year into keto I became frustrated over a 3 month stall that started 9 months in. I made a choice to stop. In hindsight that was a huge mistake but it happened.
My main mistake:
I fell into OMAD, and I did NOT get in enough calories and I’m convinced it lowered my BMR.
After a couple of months on Keto I was feeling all of the great things! For the first time ever, I wasn’t hungry. What a feeling! If I’m not hungry why should I force myself to eat? After all, I’m in ketosis living off of my stored energy, right? YES but NO! (This was evident as I started losing hair 6 months in, A LOT of hair, this really shouldn’t happen and is a classic sign of caloric restriction and bodily distress) I know my calories were hovering around 1200 and consequently my body fat did not want to budge. I became frustrated and gave up when I really just needed to eat more fat. Good ole caloric deficit back to haunt me.
