MANY keto Questions CI;CO/ Intermittent fasting/ Carb grams

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(Zu) #1

Hello I am new to this forum and have been intuitively keto fasting for years but decide to take to a more formal level.

I am an avid faster and do 3-30 day fasts often - I have recently broke a 14 day fast and decided to keep keto after my last fast not eating more than 60g carbs - which on average is around 40 - but I would like that to be much lower.

I wanted to ask some questions. My macro calculations say I should be eating around 1661.7 cals a day - but with my fat, I sometimes go over… and once it was like 3000 cals all up. (I’m 52kg and 5’6’’ - so thats quite a bit. I have naturally always loved fat and I’m not too keen on carbs. But I am worried about going over my cals - does this effect my keto? will I stop burning debris?

Also, on the days I get carried away with my fat, the next day my body tells me to instinctively fast for a day or sometimes more… I get a bit bloated (but not like nasty carb bloat, more bloated in the liver area) and a little bit puffy in the face. Is this bad?

is eating more that 200g of fat a bad idea? (my protein never exceeds 40g/160cal or between 6-9% of my total cals for the day)

Do I need to slow down on the fat? Do I need to drastically reduce my carbs?

Is my bloated/full liver feeling a bad sign?

I notice that pineapple and dandelion tea help with this feeling.

Can someone help me out? and do I still bother counting my macros?


(Zu) #2

Also to add to that how will I know if I am fat adapted?I personally have felt very good on fat all my life… But I am new to experiencing complete satiety from only fat… there is sometimes a slight niggle for protein and carbs that I would really like to take a hike!


(Zu) #3

Lol again sorry to add… that I seem to be gaining weight?? which tells me I’m stuffing up… but I am pretty meticulous at calculating my macros at every meal so what gives?


(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #4

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(Zu) #5

That was a brills read. good finding, great writer!

Bless you for that @collaroygal

And my ketostix are out of date - and not reading right… and even on day 14 of a fast only show level 4 lol… when I know im like at level 6 after 36 hours usually…