New to keto - because of health issues

#1

Hello,

first I want to introduce myselfe:

I,m nearly 50 and live in Germany
I’m 167 cm and 58-60 kg
I don’t want to lose weight!
I have a 15 yo son.

My way to keto:

It was 5 years ago I skiped my vegan diet.
I was very ill. And so I tried Paleo, Dr. Strunz and low carb.
With low carb I felt better, but it was never consistantly good.
I never be really strict, I was adicted to bread.

I was never really overweighted,
but I was always struggeling with my weigth.
Believe me, most of my life the only thing that I can think of
is beeing hungry.

AND TIRED.

I am now retired, because of my health issues.
I have found the time to read…
And after halloween with lot’s of sweets and baked things
I felt so misserable I decided to start low carb and this time
I wanted to be strict, to see if this would make the difference!
I was reading many blogs and searching for recipes on youtube

And then I found keto!

And this made the surprising difference.
For the first time I feel alive again.
It’s an amazing difference.
I love the food! I love it, I love it…
My sun is so happy too, for he knows his mother only ill and tired.

So this was the good side…
But I don’t say everything is easy!

In the first weeks, I nearly was able
to eat the whole amount I am supposed to.

But now I am struggeling with my hunger again.

I try to be under 20 g of carbs . (Dr. Westman)
That’s fine for me.
But I have problems whith the amount of protein.
I think I shouldn’t eat more than 60-90 g each day.

I eat only fat beef, fat cheese, avocado, butter, ghee, oliveoil.
And eggs, of course.
But then I have still hunger and the protein is to high
and I can’t eat oil without something around…
My eggs are literally swimming in fat.

I had to eat several times a day,
because of my son.
And I wake up hungry.

What’s happened?

I’m still reading and reading,
hoping to find an answer.
I don’t want to give up the benefits of keto!!!

Greetings from Germany
to the whole ketoworld!

(Karen) #2

Everyone’s keto is a bit different. If you feel better with a bit more protein, and it still works for your well being, then eat more protein. There are a lot of carnivores here, perhaps they can speak to this.

K

(Nancy ) #3

Try adding some coconut oil and heavy whipping cream to your coffee or tea 2-3 times a day. Must be cold in Germany right now, so hot drinks would work well. It’s summer in South Africa! But I still get my warm drinks in a couple of times a day and then an iced coffee with just the cream. Also, what about bone broth with butter in it.

#4

Thank you for answering.
It’s not so cold for winter. But I love hot coffee every time…
Unfortunatelly I can’t eat coconut in any form.
I’ve tried butter in the coffee, (I have no blender, so it’s a bit complicated).
It tasted gorgeous, but I am longing for EATING. I don’t have the feeling of being satisfied after a drink.
But I will try this again, if it had to be so.

(Jane ) #5

If you do not have a blender, a little battery operated milk frother will do the trick and not take up counter space.!

#6

If you are hungry, eat!

Eat more protein and see how you feel.

It’s possible your body is repairing itself from years of damage.