Question for 1 yr + Ketoer's

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #1

Has your weight stayed the same ? Have you gained ? Or have you lost ?

I ask for 1 yr +, because I figure that by then, your completely fat adapted, and into the keto swing, without having to really put much thought into it.

Well, I’ve gained about 5-6 lbs. I’ve still been eating totally keto, averaging about 20-30 gm’s of carbs per day. It’s just that I’m eating a lot more snacks between meals… Pretty much just out of boredom.
We have been getting out about every other day for a small hike / walk… But I’m not gone all day for work, which really keeps me away from food except for my actual meals.

I’m sure if I got back to work, I’d lose that extra 5-6 lbs in a week or two.

Where are you at ?

I guess if your still working, this might not affect you, but for those of you that went from working 40 hrs, to not working at all ?

(Katie the Quiche Scoffing Stick Ninja ) #2

Keto since April 2018
Fat adapted July 2018
Lost 25kg between July and January 2019
In 2019 I put on 8kg
Throughout then until now, I’ve lost the 8kg and am maintaining my original weight loss.
Currently 140lbs or 63kg.
My carbs are generally between 40-60g daily now.
Sometimes I cheat and then just ADF until I lose the water weight.

I am working from home, have been since Early March.

(Susan) #3

I have been doing Keto since February 2019.
I have been Fat Adapted since April 2019.
I have lost 69 pounds so far in my Keto Journey, with a goal of another 94 pounds that I want to lose.
My starting weight was 293 pounds, I am currently 224 pounds, my goal weight is 130 pounds. I am 5 foot, 2 inches, I am 55, post menopausal (stopped December 2016). I have been happily married for almost 30 years (in May) and we have 5 children and 2 grandchildren.

I have never gone off Keto since I started (except for the very rare cheat item or meal on a special occasion) so I have never gained weight since I started; however, I am a work in progress and still have a long way to go =).

My carbs are always under 20 grams and often a lot lower. I don’t eat any sugar substitutes, (unless on a rare occasion for a special occasion), and I consume very little dairy products. I eat TMAD 20:4 and I always do the Zornfast monthly (last fast I did that ended on Saturday was for 100 hours).

I am a stay at home mom, and I have been for 29 years.

(Elmo) #4

My wife got me to start in 2017. Overall, 290 lbs. to 230. Feel a LOT better. Pre-diabetes has been at least shoved back. Fell off the wagon too many times, but never for longer than a couple weeks. I’d like to get below 200, but it’s a slow process now and awfully easy to tell myself that I’ve already made good progress and that things don’t matter as much ha ha ha… :confused:

I’ve never been consistent enough to think I’m at a true steady-state. It’s easy to stay at 230 lbs., even with keto/not keto. 200 or less might be another matter.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #5

Started keto Jan 2017. Reached my current weight of 145-150 during the spring / early summer. My weight has been fairly stable since. Lowest I’ve got since was 141 and highest 150. But mostly I’ve stayed around 144 - 145. That was my weight during my senior year of high school. :innocent:

In light of @PaulL comments below, I should also mention that my BF is about 15%. That’s pretty good for someone my age (74). When I started keto I weighed about 175-180 (silly me forgot I had a scale in the house, so didn’t weigh in until mid-January! after I’d already lost several non-water pounds.) But my BF was probably above 20% when I started. I felt pudgy and sloppy. Not any more!

(Joyce Russum) #6

I’m a newbie to this forum, but first want to say, congrats for doing keto for a year, I’m only three months in and had good process, but have recently gone backwards and have put back on 2 pounds with zero diet changes, feel free to anyone out there why this might be happening

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #7

@joycers Keto is not a weight loss diet. It’s a metabolic normalization process which usually includes weight normalization as well. Sometimes other stuff takes precedence over weight. Depends a lot on how much you have to lose when you start. If you’ve got a lot, you can expect to lose a lot initially. If not so much then you can expect to lose, gain, stall, repeat. But the trend over time will still be towards whatever is your ‘normal’. That may or may not be what you imagine it ought to be.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #8

I presume you are talking about gaining or losing fat, not muscle and bone?

This is the issue with using “weight” as a synonym for “fat.” It makes us assume that dieting can affect only our fat store (what Dr. Fung calls a “one-compartment” problem), when in reality, a well-formulated ketogenic diet promotes a healthy weight by increasing muscle and bone density, where necessary, and decreasing excess stored fat, where necessary (what Dr. Fung calls a “two-compartment” problem). This is why we recommend that people not use their scale as their only indicator of progress.

Since I embarked on this way of eating to deal with my incipient diabetes (or “occult” diabetes, to use Dr. Kraft’s term), weight, whether of fat, muscle, or bone, is a distinctly secondary priority.

(Kirk Wolak) #9

Okay, I started Carnivore Jul 1st, 2018
I lost 122 lbs total, bounced up about 7 or so from there for a bit… (April of 2019)

And I’ve struggled to keep all of it off. I gain weight very easy. The 5g/day carb limit is hard, and dairy and egg allergies are frustrating.

I am up about 20 lbs from my target weight last year! (215 lbs, 5’10" frame).

My body comp is changing and I am getting more muscle, but I’ve definitely gained back some fat.

The lockdown is NOT helping. Constantly being home, near food. I can gain weight eating carnivore.
And have!

But overall, I am zeroing in on what works. I am just a tough case. Pork is a problem food. And pepperoni and bacon are hyper-palatable for me. My daughter and I have polished off 9+ lbs of bacon in a week, in addition to our “meals”…

I fasted tuesday and am fasting today. But that just keeps me treading water, not really losing weight!
I am trying to move more as well…

(Joyce Russum) #10

I totally understand that and i did figure out that since I only had 10 lbs to lose, it would be a real challenge, but I have been diligent and understand how ketosis works, but I’ve never kept to any kind of weight loss plan for this long. I understand that there are many other things more important than weight, but since I’ve embrased Keto for this long I’m still wanting to finish sucessful
thanks

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #11

The most important thing I said:

I aimed for 160 and ended up at 145. I’d like to have that 15 pound difference as upper body muscle. But I know it’s not going to happen. Never in my entire life have I had a muscular upper body. But even though I don’t look like it, I’m still strong - enough. And much stronger than most my age. I was a runner when young and my legs are my most muscular parts and they don’t look it either. I’m thin and that’s the way it is. Also, I think women have more hormonal issues than men, which complicates things.

(JJ) #12

I started Dec 2017
Lost 25kg by Easter 2018, maintained kinda, but would accidentally keep losing depending on how much physical activity I was doing.
March 2020 stopped tracking my calories and carbs and BAM 5+kg gain.
To be fair there was the whole COVID19 crisis, but still…
Started tracking again April 9th, stepped on the scales this morning and it is like March never happened, back to where I was before the gain, without really trying or being limiting. Just recording what I ate, I still ate to appetite, just mindfully.
I am a 5ft 39yo female and aim to eat roughly 2000 cals and 40g or less carbs a day. I am very active though, so somedays my appetite has seen me eating more like 2500-3000. I eat, then log it sort of allows me to still eat to appetite but just be aware of getting enough protein, not snacking and all that. My carbs can be higher than 20g and I stay in a good nutritional ketosis, presumably due to my hiking, biking, running etc.

Interestingly, my body was pretty happy at the slightly higher weight,hormonally, mood etc so I will make sure I definitely do not dip any lower than I am now and may even get comfortable with the idea of sitting a little higher on the scales than here.

So yes, a longer term keto-er can gain weight- although a pandemic coinciding with my trial of no tracking was not an overly good combination.

(Allie) #13

Keto since around May 2015.
No tracking recently, no counting anything.
Weighing here and there, maintaining 126lbs (with normal monthly hormonal fluctuations). Still working yes, but my work involves mostly sitting a a desk, not physical at all.

(Lazy, Dirty Keto 😝) #14

Keto since September 2018, lost 95 lbs between then and approximately December 2019 or around there (225 lbs to about 130 lbs). Working from home Wednesday’s thru Friday’s (in office Mondays and Tuesdays). Have been able to maintain my weight with little fluctuation - the highest weight I’ve gotten to since this all started was 133 lbs and lowest was 128 lbs.

(Rebecca 🌸 Frankenfluffy) #15

I’m the same as I was. But at the beginning of lockdown I was really concerned about our ability to get hold of groceries, so we were eating smaller portions and I lost around 5lb which I really didn’t want to lose.

I’m back up to where I want to be now I know we’re not going to starve, and I’m maintaining within my desired 4lb ‘weight window’.

I keto for the sake of my T1 diabetes control - it’s not a weight loss thing for me - and it’s why I am not in any way tempted to head for the carbs. I don’t get hungry for snacks.

Although I’m not at work at the moment, I am keeping myself occupied with gardening, cooking, art and exercise. In fact I’m exercising a lot more than I had been prior to lockdown, thanks to a daily hour of FaceTime aerobics with my mum (it’s hilarious, and we’re really enjoying it!). Nightly Triominos / Jenga tournaments with Mr S are something I really look forward to, over a glass of wine. No boredom here!

(Brian) #16

Been keto / low carb mostly for about 2.5 years. I was more strict in the beginning, not quite so concerned about some extra carbs now, more relaxed. Still do a lot of keto and occasionally a bit of pure carnivore but I’ve really relaxed quite a lot.

Got within about 7 pounds of my goal weight last summer (195). I do fluctuate a good bit, though, and really just have not been stressing over it. I find that I tend to lose in the summer and gain in the winter. Right now, I’m closer to 220 just coming out of winter and a quarantine. I don’t care. Summer time is more active with outdoor work and the weight comes back off. Winter time tends to have more cheats and less activity.

That might not suit others, I’m not too worried about it. It suits me just fine. I feel good. I’m active. I can do stuff like serious hiking that I couldn’t at 300 pounds. Life is good. And I’m really just not worried about it. I don’t look like a morbidly fat guy in the mirror anymore. And throwin’ around a set of weights seems to be showing some muscle shining through just a little sometimes. I’m not doing it for that, just to try to tone a bit, to keep strength.

Maybe when you have 200 pounds to lose and you get chest pains from answering the phone, maintaining strict keto is a big part of your life. When you get close to where you want to be and establish a range in what could be considered a normal weight range, it just becomes less of a concern and life gets busy in other areas. At least that’s the way it’s worked for me. Some might consider me more or less of a keto failure because of my attitude but I consider my journey a success. I’m happy. I’m healthy. I’m active. And my weight doesn’t define me anymore. I’ve been pretty stable weight wise and don’t fluctuate a lot more than what I’ve already said. Yeah, the highs are a little higher than I’d like but I don’t torture myself to avoid them knowing that given time and my normal routine, the weight will be back down again anyway. It’s a sort of “go with the flow” thing, low stress.

Anyway, whatever your journey, I wish you all the best! :slight_smile:

#17

I’ve been Keto since November 2018 after badly breaking my ankle in the June and being immobile for 5 months (still not right now) I needed a way to lose weight and be healthy without the exercise. I’ve lost 40lbs, yes I’ve cheated, but always get back on it as I know it works. For a start I took tablets daily for severe reflux and heartburn for years - not taken a tablet since! The same with hayfever, I take nothing anymore.
I stick to 2 meals a day at 2pm and 10pm as that is what works for me. Being stuck working at home does mean doing less, so I make sure I go for a brisk walk each day and don’t snack - drink plenty of water and you shouldn’t need to snack. It’s only a few pounds, you will soon get rid of it :wink:
I have basically maintained now pretty much this last year, I wanted to shift another 7 pounds but maybe your body just tells you where you ought to be!
Good luck everyone :slight_smile:

(What else is there to talk about?) #18

I’ve been Keto since November 2018. This past month, because I’m home, I’m sure I’ve gained about 15 lbs. Boredom snacking has included 11 bags of pork rinds and two 1 kilo containers of peanut butter as well as enjoying wine on a regular basis. Hanging out on the couch certainly hasn’t helped me either. I’m going through Netflix series like I change my underwear. Tomorrow morning I will weigh myself and start tracking again so I can get back to where I was. I’ve gotten way too out of hand.

(Marianne) #19

Keto since 2/19/19. Initially lost 55 lbs, now very slowly losing because I have a few cocktails every day, but I am losing. Still loving keto; not a hardship at all.

(Full Metal KETO AF) #20

I started September 2018 at 205 lbs I was right on the border between overweight and obesity. 205 doesn’t seem like a lot for a 5’10” male but I’m an amputee and it severely limited my mobility. By January 2020 I started Carnivore and dropped maybe too low, as low as 132 lbs. I stabilized at about 136-138 I believe till my Carnivore time ended because of surgery and a week in the hospital eating carbs. After surgery I was weak and felt bad, I couldn’t go through readapting back to ketosis for a while. I’m back on board now at about 158 lbs. I’m still at a very healthy weight and still fit my waist size of 32-34” pants. I fully expect to drop some now after fattening up a bit. Honestly I was cold all the time at the lower weight after having so much insulation before. :cowboy_hat_face: