Just starting out wanted advice

food
(Isaac Reign) #21

Should you calorie count or should you try to keep your calories close if not higher than before

(Barbara M) #22

My goal has always been to be satiated after eating. Satiation allowed me to lengthen times between meals. If weight or fat loss is your goal, allowing digestion time of aprox 4 hrs, the length of time past 4 hrs theoretically to your next meal is for use of your body fat stores for energy.

Itā€™s a lot of trial and error to see what works for you.

I try to drink two large glasses of water very early in the day. That seems to help me and then drink more throughout the day as I feel the need.

(Peter - Don't Fear the Fat ) #23

Itā€™s good to ask questions. Question everything

Forget calories ā€¦ count carbs not calories. I lost weight (fat) eating 3000 calories a day with no exercise

#24

There are zero problem with your questions, feel free to ask them. Even if the answer usually wonā€™t be very precise as it canā€™t be, we are all different and even the same person may need different things under different circumstances.

No idea, as much as I want :slight_smile: Itā€™s a lot, I am a thirsty type (especially in the evenings for some reason but obviously high temperature and heavy exercise are triggering too). Some of us donā€™t need to worry about water intake while others should. As almost always, itā€™s individual.

Again, itā€™s individual. If I just eat to satiation (and I am prone to eat more than that), I eat way too much and stay fat - though it depends on my diet rules. For some, itā€™s the food, for others, fasting is needed as well.
Food choices are quite important but itā€™s individual how important and if you need to focus on it intentionally. If you have a huge energy need, itā€™s probably easier but with the wrong food, it still could be difficult. But the other factors easily change what is the right food choiceā€¦ If I eat twice, fatty meat easily triggers massive overeating (along with my other food items, at least. I canā€™t eat only meat) but if I eat only once, I need fattier choices. Makes perfect sense to me. Itā€™s something you should figure out for yourself.

(B Creighton) #25

If you are having symptoms of keto flu, you are probably not getting the magnesium you think you areā€¦ I supplement every evening, and still sometimes get charlie horse symptoms. Sadly, our soils are depleted, as modern agriculture does not add it back to the soil. I use sea salt to salt all my foods(sometimes in the form of Herbamayer), and add about a teaspoon to a half gallon of water.