Too many nuts?

(Corie) #1

Hi everyone!
Just wondering if there is a nut intake limit? I have been on keto since October and lost 7 pounds, but now I have stopped losing.

#2

I have found nuts and cheeses to severely hamper my weight loss due to their high palatability. If you can control your intake, cool, but it’s something to consider.

I try the egg or meat test… “Does a hard boiled egg sound good to me right now?” Then keep eating. Almonds or macadamia nuts ALWAYS sound good to me so I have to limit.

I believe Dr. Westman doesn’t allow nuts or dairy on his induction to keto: ie his “list”

(Allie) #3

Very easy to overeat nuts and some are carb heavy. Even with the lower carb ones you should be mindful of your intake.

(Running from stupidity) #4

Tracking helps you work out this sort of thing.

I use and recommend this software. One of the main reasons is that it has a tightly-controlled food database that will only be altered by the staff at the app dev company, not just any nuffie with a phone.

It’s also easy to add your own foods/recipes to, and if you subscribe, has awesome reporting functions.

(Sue) #5

I started off cramming nuts and cheese down my throat without restriction when I started keto. I had a very slow weight loss because of it and stalled. When I realised what I was doing wrong, I restricted my nut and cheese intake and started losing again :+1:

#6

as juice already said - cronometer.

I stopped losing weight but thought, nah, I’m doing everything right … wrong - chronometer helped me debug a problem.

(for the record it was Coffee with Milk from the cafe. When I make “white coffee” it’s about 1g carbs worth of milk, when they make it it’s more like 10g - one slightly big hit)

#7

The carbs and calories from nuts and seeds can add up quickly…

So IIFYM would definitely apply.

(Alex ) #8

is cronometer any better than MyFitnessPal? - I’m beginning to get sick of all the bugs on the MFP app… constantly crashing my phone…

(Running from stupidity) #9

The database is vastly better, and I’ve not had any crashes, but not used MFP (due to the database) so I can’t compare directly.

(Alex ) #10

may give it a trial… does it have any other functionality in top of just having a food database? exercise, macros, weight loss progress - that sort of thing?

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #11

I finally got my nut intake under control. Mostly eat macadamia nuts when we have then and 1 to 1.5 oz a day. Cheese is a weakness. Most weeks I weigh my cheese intake.

I do eat almonds or pecans once and a while (2x month maybe) and limit to 0.5 oz.

#12

Cronometer can also be accessed from a web page, which I find better than the iPhone app (which is good but a vastly smaller screen)

(Running from stupidity) #13

Yeah, it imports my Fitbit data, and the reporting (subscription) is awesome. All the data in my accountability thread is out of Crono.

(Alex ) #14

nice one, @Alex99 & @juice - I have created an account, even from the off, the interface is better…