caloric deficiency is untrue, when I was doing keto I was still consuming close to 3000 calories a day and lost 50 pounds. I ate 3 meals and 2 snacks a day.
Hows it goingcrippen . Have you been able to stick with it so far?
I'm finally back on it for real now. I have tried many diets but keto diet is the only thing that really works well for me. My body bloats real quick. I'm down about 12 lbs so far. I am at the stage where my body is having to learn where to draw it's energy from. It's the roughest part in my opinion. Getting winded from doing little things is frustrating, but after a week or two like that you body learns to pull your energy from fat. That's when you really start to see results. My only gripe about keto is what ever your target weight is you need (at least for me) to get about 10 lbs under target weight because when you introduce carbs back into your diet you retain water again. I've been doing weights along with it and trying to run 2 miles 3 days a week, which I won't do when it's this cold outside. I can't seem to get rid of my love handles for anything, I'm hoping the running helps with that.
Agreed but I plan on sticking to clean keto till I get where I want to be. Mostly grass fed beef and wild Salmon, coconut, avacodo, non starchy veggies. Once my weight is where I want it might switch to paleo and eat a wider variety of veggies but I'm hoping to never go back to eating a **** load of carbs and whole grains.Well, it just so happens that meat is a great source of protein! I try to get 60% of my calories from protein, 25% from carbs and 15% from beneficial fats.
I'm doing my best to get the message out that it's not about weight loss, you have to start thinking in terms of fat loss. Almost everyone wants to lose fat! Not everyone wants to lose weight (body builders).
The only way to have your body tap into its stored energy reserves (fat) is to run out of digestive calories. That is, burn more calories than you ingest. That's it, no magic, no unsustainable diets, no dangerous pills or snake oil.
Yes, people lose weight on Keto. And they gain it back as soon as they start eating normally. The trick is to formulate an eating plan that you can live with now and, well, forever. Change your habits. Instead of cookies, reach for fruit. Fast food? Go for the grilled chicken and forget the fries. Like hamburgers? Make your own with fresh ground beef (or buffalo). Just go light on the mayo
There have been studies where participants both eat the same amount of calories, one group on low fat, and the other on keto. The keto group loses twice the weight every time. So there's definitely more to it than calorie in calorie out.
