Hi everyone. Just into my first month of doing keto again. I did it last year and lost about 40lb. in 4months. I failed to keep that off, making all kinds of excuses about time constraints and work, etc.
This time around, my plan is to keep the weight off. I am getting support around me this time because i didn’t engage with other keto folk in the first attempt, and I think this will help spur me on.
Interestingly, the first time I did the keto diet last year, the keto flu smashed me for about two weeks. This time, after I started cutting the carbs from my diet I experienced keto flu symptoms for roughly half a day. It was like my body remembered what to do - very helpful. It has been relatively plain sailing since then, with the same rate of weight loss I had initially.
My favorite part of keto, compared to standard low-fat diets, is how you are constantly tapping into energy instead of those agonizing moments when your energy tanks and you hit the wall. I really don’t miss that. I found that those crashes are also when I am most likely to make unwise dietary choices, so keto has been amazing in that respect!