Hi all. 55yo menopausal female here. Have been on Keto for the last 9 months and have lost 46lbs (cw 179). But I definitely feel like it has run its course now for me. And where is this keto energy?? I have never experienced it. I'm transitioning to 50g of carbs now as I want to introduce more fruits and veggies into my diet. Hoping to lose another 20lbs.
I'm looking to hear others' experiences with increasing their daily carbs. I know each person has their own sweet spot for carbs. What worked for you the best in terms of energy and just feeling good overall? What carbs are you able to incorporate into your diet besides fruits and veggies? I realize I'll have a new learning curve here as it was easy to just eliminate certain foods and now I have to re-learn certain foods and how they can fit into my diet. Any tips would be appreciated!

My face changes dramatically when I go low carb. When I look in the mirror I notice a little, but on pictures it’s very very noticeable. When I want to look good I go low carb for 2 days and lose all the water weight in the face and belly. The problem is I love carbs and keep eating an insane amount of them. Does anyone have this problem? Is it just me? Do models just eat constantly low carb?

I have been low carb since May. I run a lot and so I stay under 100g a day, average 15% carbs during the week…even on race weeks, I level out there.

On Sunday this week, we were at a birthday party. I am very low sugar, but I had a piece of chocolate cake. Hit me like an absolute bomb, felt my insulin spike, massive headache and crash after.

Three days later, my reflux has been triggered.

What are your thoughts—Coincidence or leftover cake effect?

((Planned bean-less chili for tonight and I’m sorta worried it’ll unalive me 🤪))

I'm into my 4th week of restarting my low carb diet (after being off of it for 3 months). It's been seven days since my last regular bowl (normal size, amount). There's been a few days within the last 10 days that I've had very small bowel movements. I don't feel constipated, but I'm afraid I may be, just don't feel it. I have been very strict with my carb and calorie intake (trying to quickly lose what I gained during the 3 months off). Example meals, usually one rarely two meals a day: 1 chicken breast with 1/2 cup green beans, 1 sausage link, 3 eggs with bacon, grilled chicken thigh and leg with 1 cup of broccoli, 1 grilled pork chop with cup of cauliflower. At least 64oz of water a day and a Gatorade zero here and there.

Am I backed up or not eating enough. Thanks

Ever since I started doing low carb I have been sweating more but since a month or two I urinate more and I'm experiencing Nightsweats. I wake up drenched in sweat.

Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?

So I've been 21 days on zero carb for a gut healing protocol I'm doing. Last few days I've felt awful every time I try and workout - I went on a hike last weekend and totally bonked - couldn't get my heart rate down. So long story short - I've been invited to the Grand Canyon next week to stay at Phantom Ranch - one of those once in a lifetime opportunity. It would be one week away and i'm curious how you all would handle slowly adding some carbs to my diet to be able to do the hike. Its VERY STRENUOUS and I know I need to fuel my body with carbs because of how i've been reacting to exercise. I'm planning on keeping it all whole food carbs but I have no clue how to do this without sabotaging my progress. I'll likely return to animal based diet afterwards or something similar. Any suggestions welcome!

Hi all. Just joined as been told by my doctor to restrict my carb intake due to being diabetic. Been following a low carb diet for about a week now and finding it really tasty but find it a little hard to get some good breakfast and lunch ideas. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. My doctor said have as little amount of carbs as I can for a month. Things may increase after that time.

Hi, I’m looking for someone that I can talk to and keep each other accountable. Send each other all our meals, recipes, etc. I can’t do it on my own and my husband isn’t down for eating low carb. Anyone interested?

If you're homeless, your kitchen isn't finished or you're staying at a hotel, and you can't simply make eggs and chicken legs, what are the best replacements? Nuts and cheese are the first that come to mind, but I know that both of them are problematic to eat in high amounts. Are there any processed meats that are decently healthy and also cheap? Could you eat canned meats and fish every day in high amounts safely?

I love otter pops or other kinds of popsicles. But I haven't had much luck finding them in the stores. I was thinking about ordering those make your own popsicle kits but I wasn't sure what I would use. Even though winter is coming I would still love popsicles as a dessert. Does anyone have any recipes that they've tried in the past for homemade popsicles or is there a brand that you can recommend? Low carb of course and not a lot of sugar alcohols.

I’m experimenting with insulin control for fat loss, I’ve been fasting (zero calories) for 16 to 20 hours of the day, and eating my calories in this 4 to 8 hour window. So far, the results are good.

However, I have some supplements that I’d like to take in the morning, namely vitamin D3, and it requires fat to be absorbed. I was considering taking a spoonful of coconut oil or ghee with the tablets but I don’t want to disrupt the fat burning process.

I know fat spikes insulin the least amount compared to protein and carbs, but would the consumption of fat increase insulin enough that you stop burning bodyfat for fuel?

I can not do keto, want to avoid ketosis at all cost and only do low carbs. Any good suggestions? I cant eat 50-100gr only veggies. Also I have SIBO so I cant do much raw vegs or fruits. Thanks

I found out I was prediabetic so I’m working on lowering my carbs to 80g a day or so but it’s been hard trying to hit my 1600 calorie deficit.

Any tips?

I am looking for your regular food, maybe some recipes? stuff that doesn't break the bank. Recently me and my family have had to go low carb (about 150 a day) due to medical reasons and we're struggling to find food that is actually good AND healthy. Id love for some suggestions and plans others have! Recently ive been diagnosed with prediabetes, and we're trying to take control.

How low-carb dieting, with a hypercaloric input, is the most efficient and lasting approach to losing when?

The calories in x calories out bullshit, still a pervasive influence in the nutritional scene, is the main culprit behing the slow pace on reforming nutritional approaches over obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome overall.

Let me make an example based on two approaches:

1-Cal-in x Cal-out: You cut 1000 calories. There is an initial weight loss. Yet, quickly enough, your body starts an organic mechanism of protection against starving, called adaptive thermogenesis. Your basal metabolic rate decreases, you start feeling cold and become weaker. 1000 calories decrease is compensated by the decreased BMR. Weight loss stops and several times the gains disappear.

2- Low-carb: You start dieting under a LCHF hypercaloric input. Fats fills your stomach for a longer time, increasing the intervals between meals, decreasing insulin spikes. The decreased spikes ACCELERATES YOUR BMR, increasing lipolysis, providing fatty acids and/or ketones for most of our tissues. The accelerated BMR is what creates the caloric deficit needed for weight loss.

The most surprising thing? There is no novelty! This is known for the past seven fuckn decades!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002916523042235

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13347103/

Working on my breading for low carb chicken tenders.

1. 2 cups Almond flour
2. 2 cups Parmesan cheese
3. Pork Mafia Texas Gold seasoning to taste.

I am preheating my oven at 425 degrees. I am going to spray my pan and then bake for 8 minutes on each side. (Chicken tenderloins are thawed.)

What are your macros percentage looks like? Mine: 10% Carbs 65% Fats 25% Protein

personally having a hard time filling the fats for now, any suggestions on how to increase fat? i don't like the idea of eating sticks of butter 😅 but i try to use abit of caesar dressing in my food

I started arkins 2001 version last Sunday. It's Friday and I'm down 6lbs and 1 inch. Realistically i only have 20lbs to loose. I'm a little over the initial induction about of 20 carbs. I'm at 30/40 a day. As 20 made me feel like a pos and craved too much.
My questions is: how will the next few weeks look eating this few of curbs? Will high wait loss continue or will I platue at 2lbs per week? I was a WW girl off and on for years and their newer programs just weren't working for me anymore. 😭

I started low carb high fat intermittent fasting in April after bloodwork showed I was pre-diabetic. I had gone down the road of low carb to avoid T2D but seem to have made an existing issue worse? Other than reducing saturated fats in my diet what can I do to manage this without needing statins? Also, I lost 45 pounds in those 6 months BMI went from obese to overweight.

43/M

A1C: 5.6 (was 6.0)

Fasting Glucose: 92 (was 89)

Cholesterol: 372 (was 258)

Triglycerides: 93 (was 149)

HDL: 52 (was 42)

VLDL: 15 (was 26)

LDL: 305 (was 190)

*edit to add that my coronary calcium score in April was 1.

I’m having a total hysterectomy + ovaries/tubes for endometrial cancer (hopefully stage 1) in 2 weeks. the surgery prep says consume a glass of carb laden juice with dinner the night before and then 2 hours prior to arrival time (4am for me), drink 2 cups of apple juice or grape juice. that’s like 60-80 g of sugar.

I’ve been under 50g sugar a day for years. i’m pretty unsettled doing this. my gyn said “surgery outcomes are better with the juices 2 hours prior to arrival.” huh? i could see electrolytes- id have no issue with a clear electrolyte drink prior but i can’t remember the last time i had 60 g of sugar in one sitting. i can only imagine the sugar drop. i’m feeling a lot of pressure to follow this doctors protocol.

do I just suck it up and drink all the sugary drinks the night before and 4am? I’m having a hard time I’m thinking this might hinder my recovery! maybe I should use something like liquid IV where it’s about 10 g of sugar plus the electrolytes. i’ve gone down the rabbit hole about research and cancer and it’s just something I believe in… is there some kind of exception for the surgery itself? Thoughts?

*CW: Eating Disorders*

Hello!

My name is Kristi Nielson and I’m a research student at Lancaster University. I am posting here to invite eligible participants to be involved in a study I’m conducting on orthorexia nervosa (ON) or obsessive healthy eating. Orthorexia is defined here as an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating, to the point where it negatively impacted someone's life (e.g., emotionally, physically, socially, etc.). Specifically, I am interested in the lived experience of ON among individuals who identify as men that live in the U.S. The purpose of my research is to explore what men believe led to their experience with orthorexia, as well as what they think currently maintains it.

As a clarification, it is not believed here that individuals in pursuit of a low-carb diet are orthorexic, but that there is a possibility that individuals who do identify with orthorexia could frequent this forum since it's related to health.

You’re eligible if:

· You identify with orthorexia nervosa or obsessive healthy eating, in which this phenomenon has negatively impacted your life (e.g., physically, emotionally, socially)

· You identify as a man

· You are > 18 years old

· You reside in the U.S.

· You are able to speak English

What is being asked of you? If you meet the above criteria and want to participate, you will be asked to partake in an online interview with me for approximately 60 minutes.

Additionally, if you know anyone who may be interested in taking part in this study, please feel free to pass along my email (k.nielson@lancaster.ac.uk).

For more information, please contact me directly at k.nielson@lancaster.ac.uk. Please DO NOT reply directly to this forum post.

Thank you!

Kristi

Can someone let me know if I’m just being a f🌵nny?

Been doing really well on a low carb diet for 5 weeks.

Weight just fell off.

I’m 4ft 11, F, late 30s.

At the start of this journey I was at my heaviest ever, 9st 4.

It’s been going down really fast.

Yesterday I was at 8st 10.

Well pleased with that because my normal weight is 8st 8 so felt like it wasn’t far to go.

This morning I weighed myself and I was 8st 13.

Gutted. Hadn’t deviated from my diet, in calorie deficit and I know I’ve weight myself right because the rest has been a gradual drop off.

What happened?

Is it just water weight?

Wanted to ask what oil do you guys use to simply sear your steak, fish, chicken etc? as someone who is chasing the calorie deficit I'm concerned with the amount of calories in 1tbs of oils

Im a tubby tubby. About a month ago, I was 303lbs. Today Iwas 275. Almost 30 pounds in 5 weeks.

I have been keeping my net carbs way to low i think. About 10-20 a day. The only bread I have eatin are those carb ballance tortillas. Probobly 1 a day.

I have no appetite at all. Tonight I made some bratwurst and could only choke down a few bites.

Should I raise my carbs? A serving of oatmeal in the morning? A slice of bread occasionally? Thanks for helping me.

I need to lose weight (for health purposes) but I don’t want to TOTALLY give up my lifestyle. At the same time I don’t want to waste my time by putting in a lot of effort towards food and then having a cheat day completely derail my progress. Basically, I was thinking of going keto for my main meals during the week (breakfast, lunch, dinner), but still enjoying a meal or grabbing a drink with friends or eating some cake for a friend’s birthday during the weekends and on occasions. Essentially eating low carb in my daily life but still allowing myself to indulge from time to time but ONLY with friends. This would be different from a designated cheat day because it’s mainly dependent on a social schedule rather than something planned like “cheat on Saturday’s”. This would be an improvement for me since I don’t always eat healthy on my own, and snack on unhealthy things sometimes and have relied on takeout, but also I hear a lot that even a small cheat can knock you out of ketosis which sounds demotivating, so will this prevent me from having the benefits to a low carb diet? I predict it would probably be a few cheats meals on the weekends. I just don’t want to sacrifice my social life and completely alter social eating and think it will be more sustainable to make the effort when I’m eating by myself. If keto isn’t the right diet for this, what would be?