so I started keto a while back and I had the issue of constant sodium deficiency so I added more salt and basically a ketorade (LMNT packets) and some vitamin B and magnesium pills. since then Ive had this weird thing where before I'm about to fall asleep in bed, my body gets really really hot, fever like hot. my skin feels like its burning but I'm not sweating at all, Ive been drinking water a lot, I'm not quite counting how much but im pretty sure its been enough. but yeah just my body gets really really hot but just before I'm falling asleep in bed, rest of the day its fine.

is this normal? am I doing something wrong, whenever I try to look online it just talks about how my body temp gets lower before I fall asleep but it never did this in the past and it really feels burning hot. my skin also feels more sensitive and a bit itchy when touching my bed fabric, I have bamboo fabric for my bedsheets and it didn't do that before. other than that I dont feel any other alarming effects, no dizziness, no feeling like puking, heck I dont feel thirsty much either I still try to drink even more water when it occurs but I dont recall seeing much difference. I have no pain anywhere or anything just my skin feels burning hot as my body is falling asleep its so odd and confusing. I have my fan on too and my room doesnt feel hot at all just my skin.

I’ve done lots of different diets in the past but from a weight loss perspective. I’m now not bothered about losing weight and just want to be healthier and let my hormones balance out again.

I’ve been working really long hours and haven’t found it feasible before but now I’m only working 35 hours a week, I’m able to do it.

Would love any advice or encouragement you have to give

I am on day 5 and am seriously missing/ craving sweet treats, are there any of the keto bars out there which can be eaten in the induction phase of this diet? There are so many bars/ cookies out there but I can’t see and have no idea if they can be eaten in the first couple weeks of getting into ketosis, I have researched for hours but can’t find a definitive answer. Any feedback would be highly appreciated.

Thank you for you help, I now need to type a lot of random stuff as my post got auto deleted for not having enough information,

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Hi I’m in my first week, are there any of the keto bars I can eat? I love cakes and am getting serious cravings lol.

Thanks for your help and advice

Hi Keto Friends,

Anyone notice how your palate changed after going sugar-free for a while? Once that sugar addition is broken, subtle flavors start to taste better, or different.

Before, my sugar source was soda; Pepsi, DP, RC, Mexican Coke in the bottle (OMG). So obviously drinks like Bubly or La Croix tasted too weak for me coz I wasn't getting my sugar slam I was used to.

Two weeks into my second keto journey, I'm down 9 lbs. and La Croix tastes amazing to me. So does regular flat water, Perrier with just a bit of fresh lime, and I absolutely love unsweet tea. Chai is like a carnival (a good one) and black tea is always good. Coffee hits about the same but makes me thirsty, being a diuretic and all.

I am so glad about La Croix though. It's like the soda I can drink 'legally' on keto, but it's subtle yet refreshing and clean, with no aftertaste. I haven't tried Bubly yet.

On my first go with keto I tried Gatorade Zero, but I absolutely can't handle Sucralose, not even in BBQ sauce. Kinder BBQ sauce is great though.

I tried Zevia sodas too and to me they're ghastly, especially the Dr. Zevia which is indescribably bad. I noped out real quick with those, but I'm glad I tried them.

Pepsi Wild Cherry Zero Sugar and Dr. Pepper Zero are pretty good, other than the slight aspartame aftertaste. I like 'em but I'm going to stick to La Croix going forward, and Bubly too probably. If I can avoid aspartame I will, but I may partake now and then.

What are your favorite 'clean' drinks with keto?

Please share as I am just four days into keto diet lifestyle. Finding it kinda difficult but hanging in there.

Hey. I almost breaked ketosis with cookies. It was tense but I took one cookie to check its weight and I put it into box. Phew. What can I say. I'm in 4th day of starting keto and sometimes I need dopamine.

What are all the monk fruit based snacks available? I cant do erythrotol, stevia, xylotol, allulose, sugar alcohols especially. Mainly the suggested serving sizes don't satisfy me (I'm 6' 4") and end up over eating which leads to major stomach and bathroom issues.

Just wrapped a 60 day weight loss challenge with a few friends of mine.

Start: 202.4 Today: 170.6

Lost 31.8 in 60 days, keto only. Keto was a big change for me as I normally eat a ton of carbs and beer, and swapping to Keto made this happen! I travel a lot, so that was hard, but it was very possible to stay the course on the road with some good choices at restaurants. The hardest part was no beer and no dumb snacking here and there but it was so worth it.

I’m going to relax a little bit but try to keep 95% of this lifestyle going forward. Thanks to everyone here for great tips and for keeping the keto community alive and well. Extra thanks to my wife for being a great coach and keeping me on track!

That’s all, just wanted to share and hopefully encourage others to do the same or stay the course.

I initially did keto very successfully back in 2019/2020. Starting weight in my title and at one point I was down to 202, then the pandemic hit and I lost my discipline. Tried to get back on two other times doing dirty/lazy keto and was able to just sustain and not get close to that 200 mark. Since 2022 have done a variety of CICO programs that had resulted in me just slowly gaining weight. Keto is the only thing that ever really worked, and I started again May 1 on my original 2019 principles, track everything and no Franken-food. Happy to be here again.

Is this an accurate description of ketosis?

My understanding of the aerobic system is that it uses both fats and carbs for energy, with it skewed in favour of using a higher percentage of fats. (Body likes to save the glycogen made from carbs for more strenuous exercise such as anaerobic work or to support brain and organ function).

When you stop eating carbs, your body enters ketosis and starts burning ketones for energy. Is it right to assume ketosis is just your aerobic system now using almost 100% of fats for energy? (Slightly less if you go low carb instead of no carb)?

So basically, can ketosis also be defined as just skewing the ratio of fats to carbs used by your aerobic system? (In favour of fats?)

(Side question: does the keto diet then make it more difficult to engage the anaerobic system, which relies more heavily on glycogen?)

I'm 40f 5'1 & 106lbs..I'm doing really good eating keto, but I'm having a hard time with figuring out how many calories my body actually needs. I understand the macro ratios, but I want to start exercising but don't understand how many calories I should consume. I'm staying between 1200 & 1270 calories a day and maintaining but so how many more calories should I eat on days I work out and burn 200-300 calories?? I don't want to starve myself OR overeat🫣 Help!!

Greetings all! I'm going to have some dental surgery and due to that, I will have to spend some days as pretty much liquid only and then ease up to mushy. I'm looking for the best options for liquids and mushy please.

Mushy: scrambled eggs with butter

Liquid: any broth (beef, chicken, veggie)

Any other ideas here? I've got to get through 2-3 days of liquids and then 3-4 days of mushy or soft.

Male from London. I'm starting a Keto/ Carnivore diet and I understand I'll need minerals/Electrolytes to help with the hydration and all the withdrawals. Just wanted to ask what drops should I get. I know there's LMNT and Keto Chow

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so in my first month of doing keto again I was able to lose 40 pounds (SW 354/ CW 314) I weigh myself every morning and plan my diet around what the scale says tbh But I find myself restricting my calories more and more. I eat twice a day and it’s usually something like half bowl of steak and green beans for both meals(I don’t track macros since it’s small amounts of food) also walk 10k steps minimum. Am I going overboard with this? I kinda feel like my body is just gonna use my fat stores more and more so it seemed like a good plan.

I love Milton multigrain crackers but I need a keto alternative that’s kind of close. Any suggestions?

Hi all, this is my first post in this group.

I’ve been searching for hours with no luck.

I’m looking for a commercially made mayo without seed oils. I am also having issues eating avocado products right now.

I’m wondering if anyone has had any luck finding a pure olive oil mayo or anything else? Everything I’ve seen has canola or soybean oil as well.

I know Chosen Foods used to make a coconut based mayo (it seems to be discontinued) but I would prefer something else.

Thanks

I had the gastric bypass in 2008 and a perforated ulcer in 2014...so my stomach only holds about 10-15 ounces. I'd like to start keto for weightloss but more importantly to help my mental health issues of depression and anxiety. Does anyone have experience with this or suggestions as to how to get enough fat/protein?

Hey keto family how often do you all check your weight while on keto? I have seen people say everyday, every week, every month. What is the best while on keto diet?

Does anyone else have this issue? I rarely feel fully nourished on keto. Some weeks are better than others but I have weeks where I feel like I need some sugar for physical/mental energy and then of course I have more cravings for it. But even when I’m eating just meat and cucumbers for months, my ketones rarely surpass 0.5 and it feels like my body is missing something and that my body is relying mostly on gluconeogenesis. My macros are definitely super protein heavy but anything over 80:20 goes right through me. I get that this is supposed to be OK for most people and maybe it’s unrelated. Curious if anyone has had a similar experience and how they deal with it.

What do you normally have for lunch. I need some ideas for something simple to make while busy working.

• Wife fed up of eggs so no omlette ideas
• Usually have chicken breast on lettuce with Extra Virgin Olive Oil & parmasean cheese

1. the cheat days aren’t worth it. Steal a french fry. Take the smallest sip of the milkshake, or eat the bread, but move the fuck on. Don’t let the cheat completely derail you.. it’s not worth it.
2. Do it, even if it’s the lazy way. Once you start seeing and feeling the difference, you will want to do it better.
3. Willpower will come. It’s incredibly hard when you’re surrounded by non-keto eaters, but just try and stay in the moment, just get in the mindset of moving out of that particular moment.. it will be fine.. and like I said - just steal a fry!

34F December 2019 pre-pandemic weight was 264 - ballooned to 280 and that’s when I started keto. From what I can find in my phone, got down to 227 in October 2021, previous lowest weight 220 in March 2022. Ended 2023 at 255. Cannot believe I am my lowest today, haven’t weighed this little since high school probably. All my weight loss has been purely food-driven, now trying to incorporate some cardio to get used to moving my body, but want to get into weight lifting! Goal weight is literally 199 and I’ll keep moving the goal post as needed, really trying to keep it going this time!

I bought some at smith’s yesterday after looking at it on their site. I tried the peach one and liked it. So I wanted to try the sweet tea. I didn’t look on the label on the can, just on the site. No sugar, 5 cal for the whole can. The site lists nothing for carbs, the can lists 8!!! How is 8 carbs 5 calories? Something doesn’t add up. At least I shared the can with my husband so I didn’t just down one unknowingly. What do you guys think of the nutrition facts? Makes me not trust the company at all.

I can get good quality Keto bread from my grocery store these days but that’s about it. I’ve tried ordering keto products online (pasta, chips, etc…) but everything I’ve gotten has tasted bad and I obviously can’t return it. I’m tired of wasting money so I wanted to ask this community if it has any recommendations

Grocery items like pasta and chips?

Microwaveable meals (really like these because I’m lazy haha)?

Meal prep stuff?

Alcohol (keto wine would be awesome)?

All recommendations are appreciated. Thank you!

Hello everyone,

I am 24 years old, currently 70kilos/186cm and I've been following a low carb/keto diet for about 5 months, incorporating some fruits, yet staying within the low carb range. In this period, I've successfully lost 9 kg (about 20 lbs) and significantly reduced my body fat. I'm thrilled about these changes, but my latest blood test results have left me puzzled.

Despite the diet and weight loss, my latest blood lipid panel showed:

• LDL: 162 mg/dl/ elevated
• Total Cholesterol: 267 mg/dl/ highly elevated
• Triglycerides: 87mg/dl / low
• HDL: 88mg/dl / high

These results are confusing to me, especially the high LDL and total cholesterol levels in the context of low triglycerides and high HDL. I'm trying to understand why this might be and what it means for my health.

Has anyone here experienced similar results on a low carb or keto diet? How do you interpret these kinds of discrepancies in lipid panels? Are there particular studies or resources that you found helpful in understanding these results? Any personal experiences or advice on how to manage or investigate this further would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much for your help!

I work full time midnights, 40 hours a week. For anyone else that is keto and working midnights, how do you separate your days? It may be simple to figure out but I’m having a hard time with this.

I work 11:30PM-8:00AM, and typically sleep from 9AM-2:30PM-4:00PM. I’m concerned that I’m not in a proper calorie deficit because of my schedule, and not being sure of how to split up my days.

Do you fast 16:8? Eat after you wake up, and then go your entire shift without eating? Or do you eat throughout your day and at work? I’m having a hard time with not eating during work, as I find myself getting fairly hungry, and not successfully fasting 16:8.

I never really had this issue in the past when I would work on a day shift, as I would wake up in the morning, skip breakfast, have lunch at work, and then come home and eat dinner/have a snack, go to bed and repeat.

I killed it on sloppy keto weight loss, from 173 to 165 in four days. Then I got some kind of head cold sickness.

I suspect it is no coincidence. I suspect I'm low on some nutrients that actually matter. I got all the electrolytes. But maybe even more are needed. Or maybe another nutrient? What do you think I need?

I came across a few videos where people where saying the keto significant reduced tgere ocd and anxiety but also some said it made it worse which scares me to try it. Anyone here have any success or know of otger natraul ways such that reduce ocd significantly?

reading 2 pieces of different advice:

1 - eating high protein breakfast within 30 mins to balance cortisol levels

2 - skipping breakfast/ fasting to keep blood sugar and insulin lower for longer.

I have insulin resistance and symptoms of high cortisol but haven’t been tested yet. Which approach would be better? Any risks I would face?

I know the best way to do both is skipping dinner so I’m still in a fast whilst being able to eat breakfast but not eating at night so hard for me