Third Quarter 2024 Maintenance Check In

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #1

Here is the new thread for all those in maintenance or within 10-15 lbs of it.

I hope everyone is doing well.

I had gum surgery in June, took a few weeks to be able to eat normally again. So I can seriously think about doing some fasting after I have feasted on the birthday :birthday::clinking_glasses: and Fourth of July, :fireworks: my sister just had her birthday, mine is on July 2 with the holiday following 2 days later. So now isn’t a great time to be fasting but after that I will be trying a longer fast minimum of 48 hrs. and hopefully I can cruise onwards from there. Its been a while since I have had a good extended fast.

Stay cool folks

Second Quarter 2024 Maintenance Check In
(Liz ) #2

Hallo :wave: I would consider myself within 10-15 pounds of maintenance and chugging along holding onto my 100 pound loss. I’m OMAD keto carnivore, so that’s high fat, all animal foods. I do eat dairy but I’m not really sure it’s working for me lol. I haven’t worked up to trying eliminating it again, I’ve done it before here and there. I do try to limit it.

Heading on a 3-day vacation in 2 weeks. I’m a full time caregiver for my 90 year old mom who cannot walk but does not have dementia. My husband and I moved in with her to my childhood home the day my dad passed over 6 years ago. I don’t enjoy caregiving at all but I’m doing it with the kindest heart and compassion. I quilt in my spare moments. Luckily my husband and mom are keto! Which is the best thing EVER. Makes everything work. I’ll hire 24 hour care for her while we’re away but I’ll be worried and she’ll get agitated. It’s not ideal.

I hope that is healing up well!

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #3

Congrats on that huge weight loss, what a great job you are doing. It does help with the whole family being onboard with keto WOE.

Hopefully you can relax and enjoy your break.

(Liz ) #4

Thanks kindly! I lost the 100 pounds with low carb but it took about 15 years because I started with Atkins in 2002, where I lost 60 pounds but could get no further and then carb creep happened where I gained and lost the same 20 pounds and tried to lose it with exercise and CICO, Paleo, etc, until I stumbled across keto in 2017.

I was seeing a nutritionist at the time, who was also a friend, but she was an “Everything in moderation” person who maybe didn’t understand food addiction? Because nothing an addiction likes more than a little bit, lol, that’s just a big ole permission slip to go all in. I was secretly eating “healthy” honey from a jar with a big ole spoon while the nutritionist was going to order a thyroid test for me to find out why I was mysteriously unable to lose weight lol.

Just before I spent $250 out of pocket on that test, I saw her tweet something about the Keto diet being potentially dangerous. So I got curious haha! I looked at it and I was like, wait, this is Atkins induction but you just stay on it. Then I watched Dr Fung videos about the science of insulin and weight gain and that was it. I ended my nutritionist sessions ($70 a meet up!) and finally lost the last 50 pounds!

I’m keto for life, but with stress, food addiction, and carb creep I occasionally battle 10-15 pounds that come back on. In the past few years perimenopause really kicked my butt, and still does, with a big setback in my food addiction behaviors. I’m clawing my way back now with supporting supplements.

Anyway, all that to say, it’s been a long journey and though I’m not quite as slender as I would prefer, (I’m about 5’ 7” and my lowest weight was 158 which is great, not too skinny) I know I will never be obese again, and I’m so relieved. It was incredibly uncomfortable!!

#5

Every diet is potentially dangerous :smiley: At least if there are no super fixed rules made by a very great pro who tailored it to the one in question… Very low carb isn’t enough to eat well!

:rofl:
I can relate, by the way. Even if no one told me keto is dangerous, back then. Later I saw all kind of stupid things. Many of the “problems” weren’t even true for mine. But I rather listen to my own body anyway.

Unhealthy too so good for you! This is the main thing, the last pounds are more like tiny cosmetic changes :wink: I wish you to reach all your goals, even the smaller ones but it’s good you aren’t miserable with what you have, very good, you should appreciate it!

(Liz ) #6

Thank you! Yes entirely about vanity now haha! But that’s fine with me

(Rachel Wilcox) #7

I am at a weird place. My initial goal was to lose another 10 pounds, but when I got to this weight, I decided this is a good weight for me. It is well within my ideal weight range. If anything I want to just recomp a bit. I haven’t made it back up to maintenance calories yet because I’m used to eating at the lower amount. I also haven’t discussed it with my dietician.

The big thing is I’m doing therapeutic keto to treat my mental health conditions. That is going super well. I’ve been in therapeutic ketosis almost every day since I started around 2 months ago (2 or 3 exceptions) and I test daily.

I’m going on a trip for July 4th. I hope I can maintain it well while traveling.

(Liz ) #8

Sending good keto vibes for your vacation! What always helped me was to treat it like a game, a challenge to stay keto and still have a really good time. Probably more so because my keto positive food choices didn’t ruin my mood! I’m a total food addict but using this challenge/game mentality I always lost weight on vacation!!

(Rachel Wilcox) #9

This is some good advice! Thank you. My family is very accommodating. They’ve been down a few days before me and ate all the places that just wouldn’t work for me. They are also willing to work with me when we go out.

(Liz ) #10

That’s super fortunate!! I see a lot of folks fall off the keto plan due to social situations and I’m so sympathetic about that. It’s hard enough without extra pressure.

People always used to comment on what I “couldn’t” have and I’d gently stand up for myself and say “I can eat whatever I want, I choose not to eat that”. Which helped reinforce my decisions because I suffer from food addiction and any sort of social permission to go off plan was potentially completely derailing.

(KM) #11

I had a bit of a win the other day. We went to the movies and then out for an early dinner. The place we like had closed down and some new Italian bistro opened. I looked over the menu and didn’t really see much that was on plan; we were going to leave and the owner rushed out, very concerned. I was caught off guard and awkwardly muttered I don’t eat sugar or wheat, because most of the dishes were pasta, and he said they had gluten free pasta. Which left me mumbling about carbs and seed oils. His face lit up and he said no problem at all! We have a special not on the menu, red snapper and green beans.

It was soooo good and I think I made a friend for life. A little nudge toward being straightforward!

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #12

This a thousand times this. It is the best answer to anyone bashing what you eat.