No weight loss or inch loss

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(Farheen Vora) #1

Hello Everyone,

So I started my keto journey on 30th June 2018 and today is my 24th day on this diet I have only lost 2 kgs.I was inclined to this diet because of so many motivational stories about weight loss. I weigh 83 kgs 5’4" currently and my typical macros are 1391 calories with 20gms of carbs 60gms of protein and 119gms of fat. I try to keep my carbs between 20-30gms. Been through keto flu, been through horrible stomach ache, bladder plain and everything. My urine strip points high ketones since 6th day. My Typical eating routine is Before breakfast- 1 tbps of ACV with 1 tbps of pink salt. Breakfast- BPC everyday and I would have (half avacado/4 spoons of greek yoghurt/2 egg whites), I mostly skip my lunch as I am not hungry and if I would I would have a bowl of steamed veggies( brocolli, cauli, celery, capsicum, long melon). I tend to have 20 gms of macadamia/peanuts before dinner. and My dinner would be mostly chicken or paneer(I don’t eat meat) with big bowl of greens. since past two weeks I eat keto cheesecake to complete my fat intake. I also eat sunflower seeds 35 gms.
I do intermittent fasting 16:8 on weekends as it becomes hard to do it in weekdays due to work committments.
I have not done any cheating as of yet, and try to stick to diet.I do occasionally take kombucha/fanta zero
I take 1 litre of water with pink salt and few drops of lemon and rest 1 litre of plain water
I mostly use erthyitol for sweetner, really less quantity of vanilla essence to my bpc to improve taste, all cooking in extra virgin olive oil, ghee or butter.
I do not know what wrong I am doing? I have not lost any inches either? this is really sad as I have 25 kgs to loose. what wrong am I doing?
Please help
Thanks in Advance :slight_smile:

(Nathan Toben) #2

1kg every 12 days is quite a rapid rate of weight loss. I know it’s not at all this simple, but if your rate of weight loss remained linear for one year at this rate, you would be down ~67lbs.

#3

I could write a very similar post. Rather than focusing on your perceived shortcoming with your routine, let’s look at the awesome consistency you have maintained all these weeks. No easy feat, you know. I’m hoping you stay the course because success is just around the corner. You got this, and so do I!

(Farheen Vora) #4

Agreed but isn’t this diet famous for rapid weight loss?

(Farheen Vora) #5

True I am glad even after eating all those fat, I have not gained so something is happening. But I am such a impatient person!:sob:

#6

I’ve only lost 4 pounds and I’m in week 5 but you know what? I’m ok with that because I am in this to win it. Also, my success will not look like anyone else’s. Please try to focus on how you feel more than how quickly the weight comes off. It will happen just trust in yourself and the process :heart:

(Jane) #7

Not at all. Where did you hear that?

(Farheen Vora) #8

Its true actually, I feel good from inside. :heart_eyes:

(Farheen Vora) #9

I have seen people losing 8 kgs in their first two weeks ?

#10

Would it be possible for you to lessen your feeding window?
Maybe you’re bumping your insulin too many times throughout the day and not giving your body enough time to burn body fat.

Just a thought. I am by no means an expert but am fortunate enough to have lost 45 lbs so far in just under 4 months. Keep calm and keto on.

(Ron) #11
(Farheen Vora) #12

I only have breakfast and dinner no lunch, I cannot do OMAD, I tried it but I was not able to eat all the calories at the same time and ended up throwing it out.

#13

I can definitely see how OMAD could be rough. Like I said I don’t know much about much, but it has been said plenty of times across the keto web that limiting periods of higher insulin (eating) helps maintain a lower blood sugar which is more likely to promote weight loss.

(Terence Dean) #14

You’re doing well don’t worry this is a marathon not a sprint, it can take sometime to work out your individual WOE. Only thing I can see that may have an impact is the artificial sweetener, these sometimes affect people where they have stalls but seems a little early for you to be experiencing that. You could try dropping sweeteners for a bit and see what happens, doing that has been known to stop a stall. Good luck and keep up the good work, let us know how you go. KCKO.

(Leigh Thomas) #15

Your weight loss is most likely fluid retention loss due to carbs. Your body needs to heel before it will consider losing any fat. The longer (older) you have been insulin resistant the longer it takes your body to reverse this process. Some post I’ve seen here it can take 12 months.

The other thing you may need to try is no dairy for 3-4 weeks and see if this helps, as dairy causes inflammation.

Don’t give up focus on how you feel.

(Farheen Vora) #16

its actually Natvia

(Farheen Vora) #17

No diary means? Leave cream and cheese as well?

(Leigh Thomas) #18

Cream and cheese are both dairy. They also contain carbs and natural sugar.

(LeeAnn Brooks) #19

People who lose a lot of weight fast are 1) mostly losing excess water weight, 2) typically have a lot of weight to lose. The closer you are to your ideal weight, the slower it comes off, and 3) mostly men. Women lose much slower than men.

We call these people unicorns. Yes, you will hear these stories, but they are the exception, not the norm. Keto is actually a diet for health and well being that happens to have weight loss as a side effect.

(Jane) #20

Really? You know these people in r/l? That’s amazing and kudos to them!

There are a few unicorns here on our board like @Anniegirl9 said, but none of them women, if I recall correctly.