Started keto beginning of june. From then till the end of August I lost 40lbs. Since then notta… what do I do? My macros are 21 total carbs, 106 fat, 87 protein 1378 cals per day. That’s as of today. After entering in new weight and what not in the app I’m using to track.
Seem to be stuck
Monurse
(MelissaH)
#2
Maybe try changing things up like OMAD or incorporate some fasting. Try feasting to raise your BMR.
skepticalgiraffe
(Jennifer)
#3
@Janet_Smith I totally agree with this. The body will quickly get used to things. I am a creature of habit, which I think caused my stall. Once I started switching things up, the weight started coming off again. 
Amy_R0922
(Amy Ramadan)
#4
Agreed!!! I was getting ready to say the same thing!! Change things up and see what works for you!! Congrats on the 40 lb loss, that’s great!! Good luck getting through this stall, I know it can be frustrating, but try to focus on how far you have come in such a short time!!!
Janet_Smith
(Janet Smith)
#5
The last couple weeks I did more of a low carb then keto. Seeing if that would help… it didnt. Thanksgiving didnt help the situation either. This past week has been strick keto and some fasting.
juice
(Running from stupidity)
#9
+1. Those calories look pretty low, although not knowing age, weight, etc means I could be wrong. Yet again.
Happyheart
(Wendy)
#12
Your pretty close to goal weight. It generally slows down then. My last 10 pounds of a 60+ pounds loss has taken over 2 months.
Inpatience is our enemy. Changing things up is a good idea and so is not giving up. Your body just gave up 40 lbs it’s going to want to make sure your not starving to death.
Have a feast day or two. Adding a little more fat has helped me. Fasting afterwards had too.
You got this!
240lbfatloss
(Ken)
#13
After several months your body is used to burning fat efficiently. You now can reduce your fat macro so you burn more body fat. Reduce fat to 60 percent, up protein to 35 percent. Your fat grams should now be one half of your protein grams. Eat that macro to satiety, and make sure you’re hungry when you eat.
Happyheart
(Wendy)
#14
I don’t think that is universally true. Now I’m not really one who does fat bombs or drinks fat coffee, but I do see when I personally cut my fat down, I stop losing weight. I am at goal weight but still have some subcutaneous fat that can be burned. It’s slower going but is still getting to be less.
240lbfatloss
(Ken)
#16
If you’re at Goal Weight, you’re not really trying to lose additional fat. My post was specifically for people who have stalled. A higher fat macro is fine for those in Maintenance.
TamaRan
#22
Are those number what you did throughout the three months? I’m just asking for myself because I’d like to lose 40 pounds in three months!
JohnH
(John)
#23
Your body tends to regulate its basal metabolism up or down in relation to how much you eat. Part of that is that the digestive process itself uses energy, so if you are eating more, your digestive system has to work more, thereby burning up more calories.
That is one reason that significant calorie restricted diets are bad over the longer term - if your base metabolic rate ratchets down and stays down, then you get to where you can maintain a stable weight at say 1800 calories, when your BMR calculator says it should be 2000.
It is much harder to ratchet that back up without gaining a fair amount - you’d have to eat 2000 a day for a while to get it to recover, all the while gaining weight. So it is best to try to avoid it from declining significantly in the first place.
Apparently occasional fasts do not not reset the base level, compared to constant low levels of calories. In other words, if you alternated between 2600 calorie days and 0 calorie days, your BMR would not decrease as much as if you did 1300 calorie days every single day.