Need some guidance & reassurance

[jobot]

It’s hard when you are stuck, especially when you are not sure why. I’m going to agree with some of the other comments about the toast. I do missing having it with my eggs, but 2 pieces can get you to 30g (depending on the brand I suppose) and then you’re done for the day. Best advise, don’t get up!

[Bellyman]

If you think you just HAVE to have toast, go poking around the internet and find some highly rated recipes for keto bread of some kind and make some. It will probably be made with almond, coconut, flax or a combination of them rather than wheat. It won’t be quite like your wheat bread toast but it might be enough to make you feel like you’ve eaten your toast and still not give you a great big carb load for just a single piece of toast.

Something else that I’ve used that’s similar to bread is naan. It’s more like a pancake in texture and shape, at least the way I make them, but can be great with a lot of things. I’ve used naan like a person might use a tortilla. I’ve heard of others using it almost like sandwich bread.

There are options that won’t kill your macros! You just have to find ones that you like.

[Siciliano]

Thanks everyone for the support and feedback! I’m sticking with it and I’m not giving up. I’ve since cut out having toast with my eggs in the morning, now I just have to watch/count all the other carbs in the other things I’m eating, like cheese and nuts…I’m finding it can add up quickly! I really need to find something I can snack on that has little to no carbs. Any suggestions?

[Peter]

Water.

Seriously, once you are fat adapted you won’t need to be snacking. Meanwhile, maybe jerky, a boiled egg, salami, bacon…

[Bellyman]

Ditch the snacks. Eat meals. If you really need three meals, eat three and nothing in between except water. Two meals, no snacks, would be even better. Your body needs time in between meals for the hormones to get back to normal and snacking never lets them do that.

Once you’re fat adapted, you’ll find you are able to skip a meal and hardly notice, maybe more than one. Once fat adapted, your body has a perfectly fine fuel source, your own fat, and you don’t have to panic when the next meal doesn’t come on time. It’s really a very nice place to be.

Some people do have more trouble giving up the snacks than others. For me, it was a non-issue. For my wife, it took a while longer, probably into the second month before she pretty much left them behind.

Hang in there. Or as they say here, KCKO.

[powertrix]

Here is a good overview of what to expect

Don’t make weight loss your short-term goal

Hey there newbies, thought I’d share some advice on my brief experience with the keto lifestyle and starting out 4 months ago. From what I have learnt personally and with friends and family who have seen my success and decided to tried keto, if you make losing weight your short-term goal for a ketogenic diet you are most likely to fail or make the experience a whole lot more difficult for yourself than it needs to be. By short term I am talking about the first 1 - 2 months of the eating lifestyl…

[Ernest]

Do you need to snack?

[Cailynq]

Hi,

Fat bombs rescued me when I started. I literally ate bacon and brie anytime I was hungry. I got keto rash the second week, Keto flue the third week. Weighed in 12 lbs down (5.3 of fat).

Since then I’ve listened to my body and stopped eating by habit and more by how I felt. Nothing worse than ordering a rib-eye with hollaindase, taking two bites and then realizing you’re full! Packed up the food and ate it for breakfast the next day.

I don’t weigh or measure myself. I visit the nutritionist every three weeks and she does the weighing / measurements for me.

Take a break from the pressure of the “why” and just enjoy the day. Throw yourself into something pleasurable that isn’t about your meals or weight. The distraction can allow you to pass the time while Ketoing On!
Good luck.

[PaulL]

I really need to find something I can snack on that has little to no carbs. Any suggestions?

Whole-milk or double-cream yoghurt, buttered Brie, buttered cheddar, bacon and bacon juice (let it cool first, lol!), avocado, pecans, . . . .

[Peter]

Go easy on the milk. Two small glasses 200ml of milk is 20g carbs. And skimmed milk is slightly higher

Oh wait … yoghurt. As you were

[PaulL]

[Annapet]

Don’t give up, Joe! I’m new here, too. What they said, and remember you didn’t gain all the excess weight overnight.

We’re in this together as a group, for the long haul.

We can do this!

[Ernest]

How are you doing so far, @Siciliano ?

[Siciliano]

Hey everyone, thanks for the continued support! You guys are awesome.

I continue to be frustrated because I’m still stuck at 205lbs after 2 1/2 weeks in (6lbs total loss). I’ve cut out carbs altogether for the past week, concentrating on fat and protein, and I’m still at 205. I’m trying to heed everyone’s advice, but it’s discouraging. At this point I’ll be ecstatic if I can just get to 204! lol

I think I’m gonna have to get even more disciplined and only eat from 12pm to 8pm, which is technically a 16 hour daily fast. And I’ve been told to greatly increase my fiber intake… I’ll try that also. Anything to get over this hump… I know it’s not good to weigh so frequently, but it’s a mental thing for me - I like to see the fruits of my labor paying off.

Once I break 200lbs it’ll be a huge victory, and I’ll be even more motivated to push forward. Right now I guess it’s just baby steps until I get to that goal. It’s funny I was 175 and so fit just a few years ago, but I have a LOT less time now so it’s tough. Oh well, situations change, I’ll just have to adapt to get back to that 175!!

[Ernest]

I’d suggest you give yourself a break from the self beating. There is much going on internally that a scale can’t tell. The journey is full of ups and downs. You just have to keep at it.
You are doing more harm with stressing over scale numbers (cortisol).
Keep calm, results will come.

[powertrix]

I’d suggest you give yourself a break from the self beating.

ditto

[Siciliano]

Update:

Well, I’m mid-way into week 3 and I actually gained a pound from last week!! I’m now 206, after actually breaking 205 and getting down to 203, I’m back up to 206. So I’ve only lost a total of 6lbs in over 3 weeks now.

I’m not completely discouraged because I feel great, and look better, and I’ve almost lost a whole pant size… so I’m really confused. I have not cheated once, and I’m staying strictly under 20g carbs. I seriously need to throw out my scale because it makes no sense…

[PaulL]

My scale likes to mess with my head. I also discovered that my weight depends on how I stand on the scale. It’s really fun to weigh myself four or five times in a row and get four or five different weights, lol!

That discovery actually did a lot to get me over worrying about the scale.

[Bluhourbird]

Feeling great and losing a pant size is a fantastic result I would say!

[allan]

Well, I’m mid-way into week 3 and I actually gained a pound from last week!! I’m now 206, after actually breaking 205 and getting down to 203, I’m back up to 206. So I’ve only lost a total of 6lbs in over 3 weeks now.

On the scales I lost nothing my first 6 weeks, probably put on 2-3kg’s whilst my body repaired itself. I lost 5cm around my belly though. I was prepared for this and kept the bigger picture in mind. stop making weight loss your primary focus is the key to success on the keto diet. Its long term weight loss not short term.

The keto diet is also a FAT loss diet, not a weight loss diet. You could be building back up lean body mass after years of carb abuse.

Focus on the long term, not short term. This helped me in the beginning.