Hi, I’m 16 and I recently started the keto diet. I really just need some help addressing the details of my diet. I’m 6 feet, 175 lbs, around 20ish%, I lift about 3-4 hours a week, and I play soccer for about 3-4 per week too. I don’t want to lose more than 10 lbs. Currently, I’m eating around 250 grams of fat, 125 grams of protein, and 40 grams of carbs at the most. I just want to know if those numbers are okay for someone my age and size.
Thanks
@KidKeto is the guy… you could be keto twins. He’ll be along shortly…
OR find his posts via the search function
Why the hell did I instinctively feel like going on ketogenic Forums at 10:00 on a school night at this very moment ?
seriously God has literally sent me on here this very moment,I got on my laptop and wonderd “hey, I wonder what’s going on the forum” lol what a coincidence?
Hey so Im 15 years old and have recently been doing 16/8 fasting and 20/4 keto on busy nights?
I have tried keto in a variety of ways and ran cross country on very very low carbs like less than 15 and very high fat and managed well in ketosis but my cholesterol went up a little too high so I implemented fasting and no dairy and my cholesterol dropped better than all my family so I just do that now since that is what leaves me more healthy and works best for me.
Now I know soccer is very high intensity so 40 carbs should be fine for you ,
but I usually do 20-30 at max.
,lift for about 7-10 hours a week,
and have recently decided to stop running so much and do more weight lifting too make some gains as I chose believe more muscle is key to longevity rather than being a skinny runner, I never did keto for weight loss approach but what I can say is that amazingly keto helped me gain 15 pounds ,and drop body fat from 16% to 11%. along with a bmi of 21.
I have a lot more personal experiences and recommendations too tell you about so please
make a private forum with me and lets share contact info!
But to answer your question I see your macros are…
250x9= 2225 cal from fat, 125x4= 500 from protein and 40-20x4 = <150 from carb so like <2900 calories
…doesn’t sound that much like a cutting diet as that’s only 100 cal less than what I eat ,and I eat 3000 a day in 1 or 2 meals and consider that bulking along with far fewer grams of carbs than you and a 55/45 fat too protein ratio so… we should talk and make some adjustments but initially keto at first does make you almost immediately drop 3-5 pounds in a week so it can vary but we should definitely contact each other
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) - your situation is very memorable and I try to keep track of key role models for as many scenarios as possible when a noob needs the most relevant advice.
Thanks for upholding the best spirit of the forums! 
