I'm losing weight again after a 1.5 year stall

(Candice) #50

Doug!!!

Rocky looks like my Max(passed in 2010):heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes:

I don’t think anyone’s aware of my presence!!

I was able to like before messing around with my username (it was my full name at first. :joy:)

(Doug) #51

Candice, there’s a post that describes the trust levels for the forum. You get more ‘likes’ as you “level up,” and you’re now listed as a Basic User, not just a Visitor. Your likes should never have been at zero, as far as I know, though, and should have increased in number at ‘Basic User.’

You might have reset your account to zero, in effect, by changing your user name, but there should be some likes there, no matter what, as far as I know.

(Richard Morris) #52

I upgraded your level. Hope that helps.

(Candice) #53

THANK YOU! Still no likes😩

(Candice) #54

No likes again today.
But I love two Keto dudes!!

I’m bingeing on your podcast!!

(Victoria Mc Coy) #55

I participate in the IDM program and the first advice I received from my coach was to get off OMAD. The body adapts to the pattern, and it’s too much like conventional calorie restriction unless you eat enormous meals apparently. Anyway, it worked for me to switch to eating two meals and bump up my food intake on eating days - no more stall. Good luck!

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(Central Florida Bob ) #56

Thanks for the input. I was following Carl’s method because it worked for him. While it’s hard to tell, it seems to be working for me.

If I’m going to have 1g of protein/kg of lean body mass, that turns into one enormous meal/day.

(Candy Lind) #57

I had to struggle not to wake my hubby with a loud guffaw on that one! :rofl: :clap: :+1:

(Candice) #58

:joy::joy::joy:

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #59

Well @carl, I too have been effectively stalled over the last year or so and 'have been hovering in the 290’s all that time. I followed your lead about two weeks after you and shifted to a one-(really fatty)-meal-a-day regime. 5 lbs came off in the 2nd week and another 5 in the week after. Then another 5 over the last week and today I hit 278lbs.
Is my stall truly over? I don’t know. It feels like it though.

I just wanted to say thank you for the inspiration.

(Chasity Hedges) #60

how did you cook your pork belly? And what did you eat with it?

(Dom DePlume) #61

Thanks for this, Carl. I’ll be interested to know how well this works for you over time. I’ve been flat-lined for about 3mo since losing my freshman 30 in about 9 weeks. I’ve been suspecting too high a protein-to-fat ratio is the culprit. What I want to know is: WHAT ARE YOUR MEALS LOOKING LIKE. I think it would be a SERIOUS aide to people to hear amounts, portion sizes, etc. Some of us really have a hard time figuring out how to get that much fat into a meal, even eating OMAD. Maybe do some good tracking and scale reporting over time. If this works like you’re experiencing, is do-able over time, and sustainable, this may be a big help to many (but with your proper disclaimer of YMMV).

Keto on in satiety, brother…

(Ellen Ellis) #62

This is as close as I have found to my own dilemma. I have been told to never go below 1200 calories but since eating keto I am often full at 900 and have a hard time eating enough food to reach 1200.
I have never had a big appetite but poor food choices caused almost 50 lbs of overweight. I have lose almost 20 of those pounds on keto but often feel “stuffed” rather than satiated. Now I’m gonna try just eating till I am full and see if the weight loss continues.

(CJ Young) #63

Thanks Carl, I’ve been stalled a couple of months although not too worried about it because I’m SO HEALTHY!!! Which is amazing and what really matters. But I’ll have to think about maybe tightening up my routine and getting serious about intermittent fasting. Thanks for continuing to be so open about all of your n=1 work.

(carl) #64

Wow! Great job.

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #65

Thanks Carl, but unfortunately the drop was short lived. Without changing anything, I started gaining about a month after that change and I’m still gaining as of now. I can’t figure out for the life of my why…

Did you continue your downwards trend at least?

Edit (10 Sept 2018): I’ll throw in an edit here since I didn’t know Carl was going to use my post in the podcast (what a nice surprise!) and I’d hate for anyone to be discouraged if they see that I’ve been slowly gaining…

Even though I’m gaining a little, my clothes are still getting looser. I think I may have worked out a correlation to the weight gain and that’s the vastly increased exercise I started around the same time. As Carl mentioned for his story, the highly fatty OMAD was not sustainable for more than a few weeks (for me at least). It just got too boring.

It is interesting however, to note that an almost 100% fat OMAD shift produced a step-change in my weight setpoint after being stalled for so long. I’ll look at it as a tool to add to my keto tool box. KCKO it is!

#66

This is kind of you to update and edit your post! I, for one, came just to this thread after listening to your ‘maaaaaaail’ on the podcast :sunglasses: It is helpful to know this hack may be a good intervention, but may not be a long-term kind of choice. Keto is very forgiving that way, eh? Mixing it up, going back to KISS, mix again, and all good health outcomes. Best of everything to you, my keto friend. And thanks again for posting the edited update!

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #67

Thanks - I think it’s important to maintain a high-level outlook and not get all caught up in the details. I’ll treat the fatty OMAD as an occasional intervention.

Keto is super forgiving and there are sooooo very many other benefits other than weight loss to enjoy. I also now understand that fat loss and weight loss can be two entirely separate things. :smile:

(Central Florida Bob ) #68

I’m going to update this - I posted back in April. I finally broke my 1-1/2 year stall by going to alternate day fasting. I started back in June, and now am in week 12 of fasting 3 days/week and eating 4. My fasts are usually 42 hours.

Back on April 1, I had said, “I’m 6’ and 210, +/- 2. (64yo male) I’d really like to push that under 200. I think the least I’ve weighed in my adult life was around 190-195.”

OMAD didn’t do it. I never tried eating nothing but pork belly like @carl did, but it’s the first time I’ve seen the scale move in the right direction since 2016. Now my weight is staying around 200. It has slowed, so I’m naturally trying to figure what I can do to speed it up and get to maybe 190.

I have two measurements of % body fat. I have reasons not to trust either of them, but haven’t found a place that does a DEXA scan locally. The average of the two I have is 26% BF, which tells me 190 ought to be pretty doable. My body doesn’t seem to believe that.

(Janelle) #69

Good for you! Do you feel like you were doing actual keto when you were stalled? I doesn’t sound like one can loosen up and then just fix it with IF.