Hi all!
So I’ve been having a bit of a problem; I’m not losing weight and haven’t been since around July. I started keto at the beginning of May this year, and that was when I joined TFM and recieved amazing help there. However, we haven’t been able to crack why I’m not losing weight, as I should be. I’m 25, have PCOS, have been doing keto and extended fasts (sometimes up to 5 days), but I don’t lose anything, not even a pound. I started keto at 88kg and am now down to 80kg, which happened between May and July, but since then, nothing has shifted.
I will admit, I haven’t been perfect keto since September when I moved back home, but before that, I didnt cheat, I was rigid in how I ate, pretty much fat fasted most of the time, with 42 hour fasts 3 times a week, unless I chose to do a 5 day fast once a month. Even now, I am still keto most of the time, just not as perfect as I was before.
My line of thinking is this; I think my insulin still isn’t getting low enough, and when I fast for too long, my cortisol stresses out too much and stops fat loss. I am definitely fat adapted and do get into ketosis, but the weight stays on. We have looked into whether I have thyroid problems, and my throid has been okay from the tests my doctors were willing to do (and that was a job and a half to get them to do the basics.)
If fat fasting doesn’t work for me, but fasting also doesn’t, does anyone have any tips to get insulin through the floor?