Not losing weight?

(kathy matter) #1

I’ve been on Keto for 3 weeks and haven’t lost a pound . Drink the coffee in am with 2 tbls butter, MCT and raw stevia,love it. Drink 2 large cups. for lunch I eat leftovers from the night before. Usually eat a snack of 1/2 avacodo with mayo. At night I cook a keto dinner recipe from off the internet. I’ve in ketosis for 3 weeks a ccording to the test strips, Is there a book that lists all the foods good on keto with the calorie, fat, protien a carb count?? I NEED HELP.

#2

Are you tracking via cronometer or MFP?

(kathy matter) #3

No, don’t know what that is.

(Frank) #4

Relax. You’re in the transition phase now. Once your body figures out what to do with all those ketones your appetite will naturally go down and the body fat will start to get used up. It takes time,patience, and consistency. Hang in there.

#5

They’re macro/calorie/food tracking apps. When you first start out its a good idea to track so you know precisely where you are. If it’s not working as you’d like then you can look at the data for clues.

If you share some more details such as age, height, weight & goals plus a more accurate idea of what you’re eating people will be better able to help.

(kathy matter) #6

I’m a young 71 yo 5’7 188 lbs. I’ve been eating all the good things on keto. eggs cheese grass fed butter, grass fed ground beef, lots of chicken skin on, avocado, pork skins.spinach, heavy cream.broccoli, zucchini. white mushrooms…

(kathy matter) #7

I plan to be on this diet the rest of my life. Can you tell me where to find the macro food tracking app.

#8

Your food list looks pretty good but if you’re not seeing a drop in appetite then it could be that you’re getting some sneaky carbs. Track for a few days & see how you go :slightly_smiling_face:

(Allie) #9

Shift your focus from weight loss to health improvement and allow your body the time it needs to heal, the weight loss will follow.

(squirrel-kissing paper tamer) #10

I didn’t get on well with the apps, I like to keep records by writing stuff down. I loved having a real book to track progress in and the bookstore has books with the carb/protein/fat count of foods to keep on hand. I also used an Atkins diet workbook for documenting everything that first month, however, I wasn’t counting any macros besides carbs in the beginning.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #11

How much carbohydrate are you eating in a day? That is the crucial element of a ketogenic diet. The rest is important, but more in the nature of tweaking. Nothing good can happen if you are eating too much carbohydrate, because your insulin level will remain elevated and keep you ill.

Once your carbohydrate is low, eat enough food to satisfy you. At first, this may be a lot, but as your insulin drops, your brain can start recognizing your satiety signaling again, and your appetite is likely to drop noticeably. Don’t restrict your calories intentionally, but if your body is telling you you’ve given it enough, listen to it. You will pretty much automatically eat a healthy amount of protein and enough fat to give you enough energy to get through the day. Most of us find that our body sets our appetite to a level that allows it to metabolize some of our extra stored fat as well as the fat we eat.

On the other hand, you are a woman, and your hormones have an effect on your fat loss. Once you start giving it enough calories, your body may decide to put on some muscle, heal a few organs, and perhaps increase your bone density, and the weight of the added healthy tissue might offset the weight of the lost fat. This will confuse your scale, but it won’t confuse your clothing. Muscle is much denser than fat, so your clothes may mysteriously get larger, while your scale budges not at all.

(Allie) #12

Such a lovely and clear way of explaining what can happen to us women :blush:

(Lonnie Hedley) #13

As in Stevia in the Raw? The one with dextrose/maltodextrin in it? You might want to cut that out since it’s basically sugar. See if that helps.

(Diana ) #14

I find the NOW brand of stevia drops with glycerin work well. No carbs.

(Lonnie Hedley) #15

The OP said “raw stevia”. The Stevia in the Raw brand is bulked with dextrose/maltodextrin.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #16

So are some of the varieties of Truvia. You have to read the labels on each variety carefully to find the one that is cut with erythritol. Even the versions that are stevia and sucrose claim to have 0 grams of sugar!