Refuting CICO platitudes

(Robin) #121

First off, I am 68, so thanks for making me feel young. I also eat way more calories on keto/carnivore thanI did when I was 70 pounds heavier. If I’m hungry, I eat. And somehow after 2 1/2 years and basically being in “maintenance”, I am still very slowly losing fat/weight.

(Chuck) #122

That is good to know. My doctor is wanting me to lose down to 180. While in the military I weighed 215 to 230. I now weigh 209. I personally will be happier to weigh about 190.

(Robin) #123

I think it comes down to beginning with a goal you already know is achievable. Then take stock and set a new goal. Or not…. If you stay strict keto, you will likely continue to lose weight and inches as the months/years progress.
I started at 218. My goal was 180. 2 1/2 years later (while eating for maintenance) I am at 147 and my body shape is still changing… which eventually means smaller clothes.

(Chuck) #124

Have seen or read the book “End your Carb Confusion “ by Eric C. Westman, MD. It lays out “the adapt your life diet” which has become my new roadmap for my eating lifestyle. There are three phases. Phase 1 is eating no more than 20 total carbs, Phase 2 is eating no more than 50 total carbs and Phase 3 is eating less than 150 total carbs. I am following Phase 2 and some days being even stricter in Phase 1. I also intermittent fast between 16 and 22 hours each day depending on my schedule and what my stomach is telling me. My key is very low sugar intake. I slip once a week and add a half a banana into my smoothie. By the way I plan and create my smoothie a head of time as I plan my micronutrient intake for the day. I have charts and graphs that go back to when I started this lifestyle and even farther back to when I was eating a traditional diet. The visual is so telling.

(Pete A) #125

Wow.

#126

What is “eating for maintenance” in a keto woe?

(Robin) #127

For me, eating to maintenance just means I’m done counting and weighing and worrying… food wise, nothing changes.

#128

It makes a lot of sense!
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(Alec) #129

You are ahead of me… but this is what I am finding as well. Slow but sure change of shape leading to the need for new and smaller clothes.