It’s been a refreshing journey—I feel so active and energetic. I don’t feel hungry anymore, mainly because I don’t know many recipes. I’ve been eating mostly chicken and electrolytes. Once I lose 60 more pounds, I plan to incorporate more low-carb foods and occasionally enjoy a tasty meal once every week or two.

My sleep apnea has improved, my body is more flexible, and, most importantly, I can now play with my 5-year-old child.

Has anyone here been successful with keto for stopping binge behaviors and/or sugar addiction? I’d love encouragement. I am hopeful.

https://imgur.com/a/zq3gq0o

Let's try this again. Imgur wasn't having it with my collage from earlier. Pic still live atm, post will be removed if pic is pulled again. 😩

I was looking at my old photos from a year ago and began to compare how I looked then vs now.

Currently sitting at my goal weight of 130 from 225. Lowest I've gone to is 127. I plan to drop to 125 when I ever I get around to challenging myself again. ☺️

So when I dropped the first kilos I got into cycling. I'm no athlete so I don't care about performance as such, I'm only cycling for the physical and mental health benefits. I do however go on some pretty long rides, sometimes feels like nearly all day on the weekends. I tend to go slow, enjoying the nature and the fresh air, the coffee stop in the end, and the company when my wife joins me. But I did notice cyclists are big on carbs, the pros even suck on gel mixtures full of carbs during races. The common knowledge in the cycling world currently is that you need a tonne of carbs otherwise you "bonk" (ie suddenly run out of energy). I don't know, like i said my pace is slow but my energy levels from keto seem pretty much endless, even on OMAD, even when I'm on the saddle for hours. Sometimes I might even squeeze a quick visit to the gym to work on my core afterwards. What's the deal with carbs and energy for exercise, is it a question of intensity? High intensity - you need carbs, low intensity - keto is fine?

Y don’t we see more keto diets or low carb diets in bodybuilding? Even in bodybuilding, all bodybuilders lower their carbs over time to get leaner, so y don’t we see more high fat and low carb diets in the bodybuilding scene?

In addition to losing close to 30 pounds in 3 months, keto has helped me (38F) undercover what I believe to be an intolerance or sensitivity to gluten.

I've had mild gastrointestinal issues for years and also a lot of redness on my face. I had seen an esthetician and dermatologist who suggested I had rosacea, but I somewhat doubted it because I felt like the redness on my face didn't really look like the typical rosacea presentation or what I would see in photos.

Like a lot of people I felt amazing on the keto diet within the first couple weeks. I had more constant energy throughout the day and felt more clearheaded. But, my gastrointestinal issues and red face also seemed to get better within a month. My skin only seems to improve the longer I'm on keto. I truly don't think my skin has ever looked better because even in my 20s I had the terrible redness.

By elimination I strongly believe it is gluten or some other carb-associated substance that I am allergic or intolerant to. I'm pursuing taking the blood test for celiac (short of getting an endoscopy). I seem to tolerate dairy just fine. No problem with eggs or anything else I've consumed on the keto diet. However, there doesn't seem to be a good test for confirming gluten allergy or sensitivity.

I just really wanted to share my experience :) I'm so grateful now for keto. I wonder has anyone had similar experiences?

I'm in my second postpartum year and finally back on keto which is the only thing that has ever worked for my weight loss. I will probably be on this diet for at least another 1 to 2 years just to kind of get back down to where I need to be.

My toddler is eating more and more "real "food and I'd like to keep feeding her a diverse and non-keto diet. I'm wondering how other parents have handled it with one or both parents being on a restricted diet while wanting their child to eat curiously and eat everything.

What do family meals look like? How do you explain to your kid about why you're eating different food or abstaining from what they're eating?

I'm F31, obese, and very new to keto, only one week in so far.

As I'm tracking my food intake, I notice that I end up consuming around 1100 kcal per day, which is not a lot, considering my BMR is around 1862 (confirmed at hospital), and I go for daily walks as well. I've heard that if you eat too few calories the body will put itself into "starvation mode", and you won't lose weight so easily. Can this also happen on keto? I'm worried that it will halt my progress.

This is what I eat in a day:

• 3 eggs for breakfast, scrambled
• 200-300 grams of beef/pork with a lot of bearnaise sauce
• 1 Skyr, ca 130 grams (an icelandic cultured dairy product, similar to yoghurt)

This results in an intake of 8 grams of carbs, 76 grams of protein and 86 grams of fat. Is this alright for getting into ketosis?

FYI, I'm 167 cm tall and weighed 125,5 kilos at startup last monday.

I stick to the same food every day because it's easier for me (I'm autistic), but I could definitely add another meal or double my dinner portion if it's necessary to keep my body out of "starvation mode", if that is something that can happen with keto?

❗EDIT: I should mention that I also take multivitamins + minerals with Omega3 each day as well, and drink a lot of water. Have done this for years.

My diet may seem limited now, but before keto all I ate were snacks and chocolate, barely anything else. So yeah..

❗EDIT 2: I must mention that this low amount of calories wasn't intentional! That's why I've been tracking my food intake, to figure out what it takes to fill up my macros. Now I see that I'm obviously eating too little, and will adjust accordingly. And no, I didn't forget the veggies, I'm just terrible at eating them (autism + adhd = texture issues and inconsistency). I plan on adding more greens eventually, but since I'm easily overwhelmed by food and cooking in general I have to take it slow. It's a reason why I ate bisquits all the time; they're tasty, predictable, dry, requires no prep and are ready to go. So this new diet is a big step out of my comfort zone, lol.

I just got out of a three day stent at the hospital and I am honestly shocked at the food they serve. Day one I told the nurse that I was keto and she said she could put me in for Grain Free. I told her that if at all possible just a salad would be great and I was thinking that I could work around it. For supper they bring me……. Corn, mashed potatoes with white gravy and a meat covered in bbq sauce. I didn’t complain but just let it get disposed of as I am no stranger to fasting. No prob. The next day they must have forgotten because breaded chicken nuggets, fried mozzarella sticks and baked beans were on the menu. Day three was basically more of the same. On day three the Dr came in an expressed concern that I wasn’t eating. I basically said I’m going home soon and I’ll eat then. I honestly didn’t even want to explain keto and omad and get some sort of lecture and honestly it gets tiresome having that convo. I just can’t believe how backwards our healthcare system is. I know it’s petty to complain about the food but honestly I think it a symptom of our healthcare and the backwards thinking they employ

Guys, these literally came out so good! I was tired of spending money on chocolate bars so I made my own…

1/4 cup coconut oil

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1/4 cup lakanto monk fruit sweetener

1/4 cup shredded coconut

3 tablespoons natural peanut butter

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Salt

Literally mixed everything but the pb.

Put half the mixture in 8 separate molds

Freezer for 5 mins

Divided up the pb on top of the hardened chocolate.

Added the rest of the chocolate on top

Topped with sea salt.

Came out to roughly 100 calories and 1 gram of net carbs.

It was so easy. I’ll never buy a chocolate bar again!

I done keto a few times in the past but stopped for a few years. I was losing weight without keto from 226 to 197. Then I stopped losing for like 2 months. I started keto in January 5th 2025 (new year resolution). I didn’t have all the things I needed but quickly order everything and went to the supermarket that day (thankfully I know what works). I started cycling twice a week and 16 hours fasting. The first week I lost about 8 pounds and was feeling super weak. I checked my ketones and enter ketosis in about 3 days (very low carb in the beginning). After that my second week lost about 2 lbs, then kind of stop. I stopped weighting myself because it’s frustrating and took out my measuring tape instead. Unfortunately last Sunday 1/25 I broke Keto for the first time for my sister birthday dinner (I regretted immediately), my appetite is lower and didn’t eat as much. I decided not to weight myself and went on fasting for nearly 35 hours and was able to enter ketosis in less than 2 days. Today I weight myself and was 185.4. I felt weak and dehydrated. I was eating low carb so my mind was playing mind games even when I lost 8 the first week “this is not working, I’m feeling too weak, I feel tired etc”.

Focus on hydration, I tend to keep carbs way lower than 20. I don’t weight or measure. I still eat sola bread in moderation (I think my carb were too low and my body was weak). I still have lakanto with my coffee once a day, I have some replacement sweets with choc zero.

I hope this can help someone who may be mentally struggling or questioning in the first weeks. I’m 5’3 female and work from home seating at home for 8 hours with video and phone calls. Barely go out because is too cold lol.

I'm propably 3 months in I still feel minor cravings for noodles and mcdonalds I noticed the brown marks on my skin started to disappear so that's good also my body odder is almost vanished for some reason, I thought it is going to be worst but no it is waaay better now I propably was a stinky boy and i didnt notice it.

New to Costco. Obvs on Keto. I shop for myself and my budget is on the stricter side.

What is everyone’s keto staples and/or keto faves from Costco?

I stay between 20-30g carbs (not net)/day. I do dirty keto cheat everyone once and while. Am a foodie. I enjoy people’s keto creativeness on recipes or food product choices. Costco is a new brand territory for me.

I have looked around trying to find decent Keto friendly chocy bars with fillings but they are all shite and/or contain the usual long list of ingredients when all want is a 4 to 5 ingredient product. So I'm gonna start ordering a few bits tomorrow to make my own Dubai style chocolate bars. I have sourced 100% organic cocoa, the silicone moulds and currently playing around with ideas for everything else. I want the chocolate itself to be 90% cocoa and probably gonna use coconut oil for the other 10% with a few drops of monkfruit extract to sweeten. For the filling I am gonna make a few different types of nut butters so something like peanuts blended smooth with a little beef tallow and then sprinkle some high grade Seasalt over everything.

Anybody in here attempt something like this? How did it go? Any tips and tricks to share? Thanks!

hey y’all! I’ve been doing pretty good on my keto journey, lost about 37 pounds in 3 months. however, I’ve recently hit some kind of plateau where I haven’t lost a single pound or even an ounce in a week and half. I’m talking like, the scale didn’t move an inch even in a calorie deficit and no changes to my diet.

last night, I went out with my friends and got pretty hammered, to say the least, and came home and indulged in a GOOD bit of food…calorie intake was definitely at maintenance yesterday, if not higher. didn’t break ketosis tho; was all zero carb drinks and snacks.

woke up this morning and…I’m 4 pounds down all of a sudden? after eating more than I have since starting keto? not complaining at all, thanking the heavens above for it, but just a tad confused on how this happened. I’ve read slightly about the “whoosh” effect and am wondering if that’s it…or if eating at maintenance a couple times a month is actually necessary for weight loss? was wondering if anyone had any more knowledge/opinions/suggestions on this!! 23F if that matters.

Hello, everyone! So I’m(32F) needing some advice. I started keto about a month ago and while I feel a lot better (I’m a chronic illness girly), I’ve noticed my skin has gotten worse. I’ve always had some acne around my period, which is normal, but lately my skin is becoming much more textured and I’ve been getting more acne. My regular face wash isn’t working anymore, my makeup isn’t as smooth as before. I just find this odd. Has anyone else had any issues like this before? Any recommendations for a new face wash?

I woke up late and everything seemed off. Nothing seemed to fit right. I got in my truck to drive to work and something didn’t feel right. The steering wheel was wrong. The seat wasn’t right and I was getting really pissed. Then it dawned on me… 120 pound weight loss made me a different person. Keep at it my friends the results will come, and you won’t even realize it

Hi all, I (32F) am fairly new to keto (2 weeks), trying it out for health benefit reasons.

I'm generally on the lower border of healthy weight (51kg at 170cm) so my goal isn't weight loss but rather inflammation reduction for chronic sinusitis. I'm experiencing some symptoms i can't quite understand though and maybe someone could help me in the right direction.

Week 1 felt exactly as it should have. I had headaches and increased thirst, my digestion was a bit confused for 1-2 days. By the end of the week all uncomfortable symptoms resolved and I got my ketonemeter delivered (blood) and it showed 0.8 - 1.2. Pretty good right?

Week 2 is all insane. I lost some weight (keep in mind i DONT want to lose weight at all), then increased calorie intake to counteract that. STILL lost some more weight. Started drinking more water and electrolytes. Ketones dropped to 0.2!! I excercise 3 times a week, but on average it counts as 7hrs in total so after workout days ketones dropping were not very concerning.

But here i am on a weekend, getting some weak readings of 0.2 in the mornings and barely 0.7 in the afternoon, and weight is still quite low despite ~3000kcal daily (already above what some calculators recommend but i have a fast metabolism i think).

My macro percentage is for this week 73% fat, 20% protein and 7% carbs. Last week I had 30% protein but better readings. I keep carbs below 50g, yesterday even limited to 40. And yet I still see this dreadful 0.2 reading in the mornings!

I'm feeling generally okay. Working out was a bit harder this week, but not any significant fatigue tbh. Was super thirsty with chapped lips before added some electrolytes and more water (~2.5-3l daily).

What am I doing wrong? Am I too impatient? Is my body just burning through ketones with it's super fast metabolism? Is it because i was dehydrated that the readings were so low?thanks in advance for all advice, i appreciate you all and sorry for the long post!

tl;dr: 2 weeks into keto, first week good readings in blood, now below norm some times of the day. Unwanted weight loss without despite calorie increase,no other symptoms. Macros 73% fat, 20% protein, 7%carb (<50g)

Edit: 32F, 51kg, 170cm

Me 45f , and partner 35m, went back on diet 3 - 4 weeks ago after a long time off. Eating clean, 30 -40 karbs dayly so far, planning on going to < 20 soon.

We both have had the expexted health improvements, However, we both also notices better mood and energy, for my partner the improvent of mental healt have been significant, insomnia, anxiety and depression have been A LOT better. Our circadian rythm also sorted itself out automatically (we live in Nothern Norway above the artic circle so its been wery littke daylight and no sun. in desember/January .

I am quirous to hear if more people have had improvement of mental health issues on this diet? Appreciate if anyone would like to share your experience.

Started Jan. 1, so I’m a month in. I’ve lost ~7 pounds in this past month, and since my goal is to lose about 20-25 more, I’m in this for several more months at least!

I’ve been feeling great, but the past week I’ve been just STARVING. I don’t get it. I haven’t changed anything I’m eating (I found about a half dozen meals I’ve been cycling thru for ease of routine for myself) and yet I am finding my stomach just growling and experiencing hunger pangs frequently.

I’ve tried adding even more fat and protein but I tell you, this past week it’s like I am insatiable! I don’t want to go over my caloric intake so I’ve just been going to bed hungry, but it’s really making wanting to stay on this diet so hard. Is this a normal thing? If I just ride out this hard period will it go back to normal?

Side note: I do workout 5-6 days per week for an hour to 90 minutes at a time. I have maintained drinking about 100 oz. of water daily since beginning, so I’m not sure if adding more water will help or just make me pee that much more.

Edit to add: I am 35F. CW: 221 lbs. GW: 200 lbs.

Normal recipe is here, but I will mention my adjustments below- https://youtu.be/ciHhd4L_G_M 2si=qiOGZmlz7J3mYhOM

SO GOOD! So creamy. When following his recipe (except not using honey substitute and instead using brown allulose) it is a bit more liquid and smoothy consistency, and there is a bit of iciness. To firm it up more and avoid iciness, I used all erythritol, and replaced the water with fairlife whole (still not using any honey substitute, cant find it). 24h freeze, the smoothy consistency is still there but so delicious I don't even care . 48h freeze however, and after running on sorbet and then 2 respin...PERFECT. Exact thick scoopable sorbet texture. You all have to try this. It is SO GOOD.

This is the only ice cream I'm going to be eating for the foreseeable future. Honestly I think you could make this with any ice cream maker, or possibly if you have a heavy duty blender, you could freeze this in ice cubes and then blend with some fairlife or water to make a really good smoothy.

How are you not starving?! I haven’t eaten all day!" they say, while I sip my third cup of coffee and pat my ketosis-fueled belly. Meanwhile, I’m over here wondering if my fat stores are secretly sending me love letters. Carbs? Pfft, that’s for the mere mortals. Let’s see who’s hungry after 4 hours of real fat-burning magic. #KetoLife

So I have tried pure carnivore before, but while it was excellent for quite a few of health issues, it also caused me some acid reflux issues and trouble with actually staying on the diet due to my carb addiction. So I instead decided to go Paleo-Keto route, but... well, it turned out I was having major issues with a lot of plant foods as well. Anything green was out as it would irritate my digestive tract. Fruit I could eat, but sugar would trigger my carb addiction as well as cause massive hunger, and thus fruit was basically a gateway to processed foods. Even when it wasn't, I'd end up just eating stuff the entire day. So after some experimentation, I ended up on a diet of meat, fish, eggs, nuts, olives, sauerkraut and butter.

Did anybody here go through a similar process, and what were the results?

Have my results for the month of January (started on the first).

Start weight: 195.8 Now 178.4 Measurements: Neck 14.2 to 13.2 Chest 42.9 to 40.2 Arm 13.4 to 12.6 Waist 36.1 to 34 Stomach 42.5 to 39.6 Butt 44.1 to 41.7 Thigh 25 to 23.7 Calf 15.8 to 15

I've done keto a few times in the past. In 2016 I started and lost 150 pounds in a year. Since 2020 I've gained about 50 pounds back and I'm currently on keto again since January 1st.

One way I know I'm in ketosis is that I get a yellowish coating on the back of my tongue. Does this happen to others or is it just me?

Also I've noticed before sometimes I get a soapy taste in my mouth while on keto. It doesn't seem to be all the time though. I'm more self conscious about my breath while on keto so I scrub my tongue pretty hard after brushing my teeth. Could that contribute to the taste?

I’ve been on Keto consistently for almost a month now. In that time my RHR has dropped 6-7 points on average and my night time low heart rate has dropped similar. Anyone have any insights into why/how? I have definitely shed some kgs too.

**Keto not Leto

Curious if anyone here has done keto while going through infertility.

I'm 27 with PCOS and started to track my blood sugar. My levels were that of a prediabetic! This is what kicked me in gear to try keto. Wondering if anyone like me has done it and gotten pregnant.

I’ve been doing keto now for 2 weeks and I will be honest I don’t think I’m doing it right. So yesterday all I had to eat was 6 eggs and 4 pieces of bacon and almost no water and no electrolytes. Fast forward today and I feel like ima pass out and die I have non stop dizziness, confusion, light headed and shortness of breathe. I want to add that I struggle severe panic attacks that give me similar symptoms so I’m thinking I’m expecting symptoms from starting this new diet not hydrating properly and under eating on top of that I’m having a panic attack. I don’t think ill continue I want to so and becuase I have really bad mental issues but the diet is making my panic attacks feel like I’m dying please help.

I have been very diligent about supplementing with electrolytes and using MCT C8 to throw ketones, however, I always end up super winded and unable to do exercises which are super easy for me when I am not in Ketosis. I recently added Nitric Oxide, but this doesn’t do anything for me while I am in Ketosis, when I am out of Ketosis it does improve my performance. What supplements am I missing? My friend has had amazing success on Keto but she is really overweight and does not exercise. I lift and do CrossFit 4 times a week. Also - my blood sugar and blood pressure usually drop super low, when this happens, I always end up having a jolly rancher so I don’t pass out.

Started Keto 1/8/25, SW: 248 CW: 230 ,18 pounds down so far! Last night I had a dream that I totally sabotaged myself by eating a perfect meatball sub…. Woke up in a panic but realized quickly that I was safe 🤣🤣 Anyone else get funky dreams in the beginning of their journey?