My typical day and not losing

(Gabe “No Dogma, Only Science Please!” ) #21

The whole reason I do LCHF is to avoid this kind of thing. I eat when I’m hungry, and I try very hard to stop when I’m full. Occasionally I’ll keep a food log, but that’s just so I am more cognizant of what I’m eating. Macro tracking strikes me as exceptionally dull and completely unnecessary. Taubes, Phinney, these people have never (in my memory) advised strongly that you track macros. I distinctly remember most of them saying things like “you’ll end up eating 80-90% of your calories from fat,” but one of the biggest selling points of low carb diets is that you can eat “ad libitum.”

#22

simple, eat the right stuff, and don’t eat the wrong stuff, don’t snack, and have a defined eating window

(LeeAnn Brooks) #23

I guess I don’t understand how you’re having a problem with the macros them. Everything you’re describing should be fine. Chicken with skins and burgers have very close to perfect macros. And you can easily add more fat by topping with mayo, bacon, cheese or avacado.

(Heather) #24

Years ago I did atkins with great success- actually lost too much weight. I never tracked anything. It sure didn’t take this long…although that was about 10 years ago. I’ll try to get off this crazy train of tracking and see if it makes a difference. Thanks!

#25

or pour some oil on the plate and use the meat to suck it up

(Heather) #26

I do top with bacon, cheese and mayo… :slight_smile:

#27

i think you can just carry on and not worry, seems you are doing the right things, your results will follow

(Heather) #28

Thank you, Alley. I’m just impatient. I was doing Trim Healthy Mama before this and lost a good amount of weight with that (33.2 lbs) but then I stalled so I decided to switch to Keto.

#29

probably got some healing to do first, then the weight will burn away

(Heather) #30

How long does it normally take the body to heal? I started end of April this year.

(LeeAnn Brooks) #31

Was that a really calorie restrictive diet? If so, you probably are dealing with a slowed metabolism and it’s going to take time to fix, especially if you overly restrict calories on Keto.

(Heather) #32

I have yo-yo’d since I was a teenager. I’m actually lucky I never had a full blown eating disorder. I starved myself a lot in high school, after my first daughter (she’s now 25) I calorie restricted to 800 calories a day and lost 60lbs in 3 months. Maintained for quite awhile then gained and did Atkins for the first time. Maintained then gained and did Atkins Round 2 and lost about 45lbs for my wedding. Started fertility drugs and gained, got pregnant with daughter 2 (she’s now 8). So yeah, bad history with yo-you dieting. This is the first time I feel like I can make this a life style rather than a quick fix.

#33

OR now on keto eating more calories, while in a slow metabolic state from teh prior calorie restriction. If this is the case build the calories back up slowly so you do not keep storing the calories your body thinks is excess.

I probably tagged the wrong person but it was on the same topic Annie

(Gabe “No Dogma, Only Science Please!” ) #34

I dropped 10kg in 10 weeks and then plateaued for about 1 year and 9 months now. Your body will heal; have a lot of patience!

(LeeAnn Brooks) #35

I completely understand. I did have issues with eating disorder and have yo-yo’Ed 20+ years. This is the only attempt I’ve ever made where I know I can keep it as a WOL.

(Sarah Slancauskas) #36

I don’t track either. To me it is the antithesis of natural eating. Takes the joy out of life… I have a bit more leeway because I’m not trying to lose weight but even then I think I’d be doing it the same way as I am now. I do everything by approximation, applying some food knowledge and a bit of common sense and it seems to work. Everyone’s different though and I expect some people enjoy tracking ketones and using keto sticks and adding up macros using special online calculators :woman_shrugging: To each their own I suppose!

#37

Yikes, I just looked up those Hersheys sugar free chocolate chips. They (and many sugar free chocolate candies, incidentally) have maltitol in them, which has a glycemic index almost as high as sugar. So unfortunately you’re getting an insulin hit that’s almost the same as eating real chocolate chips with sugar in them. Any sweetener you use, make sure it’s something you won’t have a glucose spike from, or it will hinder all your other efforts.

(Katie) #38

There are things that you are consuming that are common intolerances: eggs, dairy, nuts, unnatural sweetener(s) in the chocolate chips, and the possible additives in the almond milk. The alcohol does not help and that might be an easy thing to eliminate and see results.

Also, given your height and weight, you may not have a lot to lose. Typically the less one has to lose, the slower it will come off. If you are stressed your body might hold on to weight (are you sleeping enough?). The walks are good, keep doing that if you can. If you feel like doing other/more movement, that may help.

#39

When you’re tracking, how many calories are you having? The advice is to set calories to maintain, not to lose, if you’re not having enough calories then your body might still be holding on to the fat?

(Heather) #40

I’ll keep on with this way of eating because I feel so much better. I use to do roller derby and falling at fast speeds on my hips has caused problems but they feel 95% better eating like this. Migraines are pretty much gone. I’ve dropped 4 clothing sizes so I guess I shouldn’t complain too much! :slight_smile: