Worried of Failing

[storm.higgins]

Hi,

I think I have ruined my body & mindset. I am starting Keto and just would love some support and guidance.

Background Information:
Age:26
Height: 149cm or 4ft 11(I’m very little)
Weight: 62kg~ (haven’t weighed myself lately)
Goal weight: 48-50kgs
Health Conditions:
Underactive thyroid (Hashimotos), suffering from Middle Aged hormonal acne (mildish atm) and yoyo dieting/binge eating.
Goals: to loose fat & weight, regulate my hormones, clear skin, stop binge eating & have better control on how much I eat & stop when I am full.

I train weights 6 days a week with the odd walk or cardio session here or there. I have attempted Keto a few times but feared that I would gain weight with the calorie intake as I seem to struggle to stay under 20g of Carbs and worried about my overall consumption of calories. I get anxious/disappointed when I track my food, so I eat until I’m satisfied. Some days I don’t eat much then other days (like today) I feel like that is all I have done. I eat a lot of cheese, meat, eggs, avocado, cream; Paired with a lot of non starchy vegetables. I do eat no sugar Natural greek yoghurt along with strawberries ( I think this is where I am going wrong) and nuts as well.

Would just love to know how much are people are eating - macros & calorie total?
Does anyone else have my issues and what are your results from doing Keto?
I just purchased KetoCure; has anyone else read this book?

Thanks in advance,
Storm

[Ketosaur]

It’s not failing to not eat keto. If you mess up just work at it again. What I like about keto is not tracking my food other than carb count.
I’ve been getting into keto for several months. The first month I was strict keto but then went ham for a week and went carb crazy. Then went a few weeks and went carb crazy for a week or so again. What I’m realizing is that the carb crazy swings are becoming easy to control and smaller. The past month I’ve been doing IF which has kept everything easier to maintain for me. Yesterday I broke and went CC but just needed that one day to do so and now I’m good.
It’s nothing to beat yourself up about, even if you “fail”. This is all just something you’re trying that you got from the internet. While I’m into it and think it’s beneficial, you can’t really fail if you keep trying.

[cloudy]

but when you failed at least once/twice every month, won’t you feel disheartened? <_<

It is like every month you need to reset your counter again, again and again, over, over and over.

As much as I know that it is not a sprinting race but a marathon, but if you keep falling down during the marathon, you cannot even cross the halfway line. <_<

[Wishbone]

Binge on Kerrygold and cure yourself.

[LeCheffre]

In the beginning, I find it useful to go a day at a time and allow myself a day every week or ten days to be loose and have a non-keto meal. After a month, those get spread further. And eventually it’s doen to one a month or fewer. By having a day set where you will have a non-keto meal, you are setting up a framework where you can pass on non-keto today because you have an off plan meal on the horizon.

I find that logging food is worthwhile, at least until you get the hang of it. You don’t have to plan, per se, but you have to log to have the data to know what’s working and what isn’t.

You’re 26. You can fix your metabolism. Just takes the motivation to make the changes and the determination to rewrite the script on how you eat and how you live in this world.

[Capnbob]

Would just love to know how much are people are eating - macros & calorie total?

Your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) is somewhere between 1600kcal and 2200kcal depending on your level of activity (sedentary to very active).
https://tdeecalculator.net
You should aim to eat to your TDEE while you are adapting so you don’t starve yourself and over stress your body. This is often a shock to people used to calorie restricting as the path to weight loss. It usually means you can eat more than you are used to or expect to which can be its own challenge, but this is what works for many while you are adjusting your metabolism from carb burner to fat burner. You shouldn’t be hungry in the first few weeks until your appetite adapts with your body. Typically you will eat a lot to start, then find appetite goes away for some weeks, then will probably come back to a good level. As long as you keep keto macros

1. 20g net carbs
2. protein in the 30-80g range for your size/weight (higher end if you try to keep lifting which may not be possible to begin with)
3. and fat to satiety or to make up your TDEE if you don’t trust your satiety signals

you should be fine.

Do a search in the forum for Hashimotos - lots of experience around and many are successful on keto with it. e.g.
https://www.ketogenicforums.com/t/hashimotos-thyroiditis/1722

Haven’t read the book…

Good luck and KCKO…

[Lesliemont]

Numbers.

Good numbers.

Bad numbers.

The null set.

My daughter and I have regular conversations about numbers.
Who’s to say what your numbers really are.

Here’s the thing. Keto is about ratio and satiety.

For example my daughter. She’s 4’9” and started her journey at 150lbs. She was very sick with leaky gut syndrome and pre diabetes
No one ever talked to her about numbers. She was counseled to stop eating grains, rice, sugar anything and fruit. She was told to add animal fats, coconut everything and leafy green veggies. Within a year she dropped that 50 killer pounds and she never calculated anything.

I started keto because of the education I gained as a result of her journey. I started out at 5’2”, 150 lbs and managed to lose 30 lbs I less than four months.
I never measured anything

Calories don’t count
Fat is healthy

Carbs and sugar are the enemy
Don’t be easily swayed into the idea that you cannot stick to the keto life. You can, you will.
We in this forum are proof. If we have been successful, you will be

The thought that you need to allow yourself to cheat only leads to the idea that it’s okay not to stick to the plan. This is a snowball manner of thinking, an avalanche way of meditating on the world’s thinking

I allow myself to indulge but never more than one item once in a while, like at the baseball game. Then I immediately return to my plan.

Stop counting calories and start eating fat.
Eat until you are satiated.
Don’t be afraid. Enjoy the ride.
Remember this takes time to become adjusted.
Do it today, then do it tomorrow
Repeat
Repeat
Come back here for advice
Repeat
Go for a walk outside
Repeat
Breathe
Repeat
Repeat

This WOE is scientifically proven to be beneficial, keep that in the front of your mind. You have nothing to lose except for disease and weight

I hope you find this helpful
Keep calm and keto on

[cloudy]

You have nothing to lose except for disease and weight

and the sweet taste.(like honey…)

It is just something that comes to my mind when you said you have nothing to lose, except disease and weight.

[storm.higgins]

Hey Guys,

Thank you so much for your support and advice.

Your advice has been incredibly helpful and am feeling optimistic with my future on Keto. My cravings today were minimal and the need to eat constantly has reduced so I imagine yesterday my body was in the phase of you need to eat carbs and thankfully/hopefully it has passed that phase now and is on it’s way to keto adaptation.

All the best with your Keto journey and I’ll keep you posted.

[LeCheffre]

If you think really deeply on this, Cloudy, you will realize that the sweet taste is not worth any of the feelings of deprivation that would go with “losing” it or “missing out” on sweetness.

Sweet correctly loses its appeal over time with this program. I don’t really miss it.

[cloudy]

Then why must one be able to taste and enjoy sweet? The nature wants to do us bad?

It is always a question that I wanna question nature and the god.

[LeCheffre]

Because a long time ago, sweetness was rare and seasonal. Berries, Stone fruits and the like had to be gathered. Honey had to be taken, at great risk, from wild bee hives. Additionally, the berries, stone fruits and tropicals weren’t as sweet before the advent of agriculture.

I’d highly recommend reading some of Weston A. Price’s writings. Not the foundation, but the original work, as he took the time to see what less westernized societies were eating.

[storm.higgins]

Hi guys,

So it has been nearly a month since doing Keto and I have seen a massive improvement with my skin. Which is AWESOME! However, I don’t believe I have lost weight or dropped in measurements. I’m too scared to hop on the scales as I fear it will derail me; but not seeing an improvement with my clothes either.

My question is:

Do you calorie control? I am finding that I am responding to my hunger hormones better but they aren’t consistent. I do train hard with weights 5-6 x week. So I don’t want to reduce calories too low as I know I will struggle to stick to it.

TRYING my best to stay positive.