It is getting annoying,
Not sure what to do. I lost about 35 lbs on keto and IF starting 15 months ago. Lost about 15 lbs before then so about 50 total. I easily have another 50 to lose. Most of the weight loss was until last September but I continued to lose inches until December. Went from a 22W to a regular 14. I am happy. I feel good. Most people would still describe me as being overweight rather than obese.
I am strictly keto. I rarely eat artificial sweetners, rarely have alcohol, and when I do it does not seem to change anything.
I have not lost any inches since December.
Although I did a lot of extended fasts (5 daysi coffee and cream only and water) n the beginning which really helped my weight loss, they no longer appeal to me. I forced myself to do a few over the last few months but I seem to be at a set point. I would lose a few pounds and put them back on a week later. Also had a very unpleasant fast a couple of months ago, felt off and sugar went very low on Day 3 which never happens to me
In my daily life I do almost no exercise but was recently visiting family in the Mediterranian and was walking miles a day, touring, climbing hills and the food was naturally keto. Mostly had eggs, cheese, lamb, hamburgers and salad daily. Skipped meals when I was not hungry. Did not break keto except on the plane ride home (this is about the 5th time ever that I have knowingly broken keto). Fasted when I got home because I was not hungry, back on keto the next day. Now a few days later I am more or less at the same weight I have been since last September. I am average height and small to medium boned, I refuse to believe that being a size 14 is a healthy size for me especially as I have a spare tire around my waist still.
While I have never tried giving up cheese completely, I never have gastric upset from cheese (do from wheat) and a couple of months ago I severely limited cheese, initially because we ran out and the brands I like were not at my local supermarket and then continued as an experiment. Nothing changed. Same with peanut butter.
I have tried fasting, tried fat fasts (find them sometimes easy, sometimes impossible), tried an egg fast, tried OMAD, tried 36 hour fasts every few days, tried 5 days fasts. Rarely eat outside of an 8 or 12 hour window at most Now tried lots of walking and salads, nothing seems to be working. I do not have a keto meter. I did the urine strips last year, although the cheap breathalyzer does not seem to work well. It registers nothing until Day 3 of a fast. While I rarely check sugar, when I do it seems to be 70 - 95. I am not gaining, simply cannot leave this set point
Not sure what to do to budge it now