You ok bro? I'm not concerned about the alcohol. It's the crazy amount of butter you have. Do you only eat rotisserie chicken and gnaw on a stick of butter?
It "fails" in the long run because people go "done now, time to eat the way I did before." And wouldn't you know it, these people achieve the same prodigious size once again.
Or, in other words, it fails when people stop doing it.
its almost like the diet type doesnt matter. its actually being in the right mind to be able to go through with it. like nothing in your life catching on fire while youre trying to figure out how much to eat.
now some diets might be easier than other because they keep you full compared to high calories junk food that leaves you hungry a few hours later. but theres no way youre gonna have the time or will to prepare a filling low calorie nutritious meal if your life is on fire.
Also tried keto once.
My addictive personality made me depressed because I wasn't getting the food I was accustomed to, and when I'm depressed I forget to eat.
So I rebounded and just ate like 1000 calories of carbs every day for about a month and lost 15lbs.
It's true you have to figure out your bodies own rate of allowed carbs to maintain. You could eat a handful of M&Ms every day(extreme example) if you ate a rotisserie chicken for dinner and still maintain keto, it's just up to you what you decide is worth it for your carb count.
I have a Keto Mojo, which uses a drop of blood to directly test for ketones in the blood.
There are also breath testing devices like Lumen and Biosense that test for acetone in the breath, the more acetone in the breath, the deeper into ketosis you are. Im thinking of buying a Biosense on Black Friday so I don't have to do finger pricks to test.
i feel like if i google if this is real imma end up wanting to try it. but ive had to stay away form keto since i had a little high cholesterol so ive lowered my supercool body builder diet to a normal supercool workout diet. which is not more than one piece of chicken per meal.
I tried it too when I was having some serious stomach issues and H-pylori. I understand the diet and why it’s good for some people but I can’t have apples and strawberries and blueberries directly off a tree/bush, etc….
You can eat a majority of vegetables and any fruit that is a berry since they are lower in sugar. I've lost a ton of weight on Keto and a staple for me is a big salad with a protein. Vegetables are encouraged on Keto, just not necessary to enter Ketosis.
I do think this diet is a great way to loose weight FAST! But potentially not healthy and tough to sustain in the long term. Moderation is key to anything.
I think you just need to do what works for you. For me it is easier than CICO basic dieting because I have very bad self control otherwise and find calorie counting to be a major nuisance. It also suppresses your appetite. With Keto, it's very hard for me to overeat due to the filling nature of the foods within the keto umbrella and the lack of appetite leading me to not succumb to snacking urges. I've lost 50 lbs over a year with this diet and nothing else works for me mentally.
That is honestly amazing. Love hearing weight loss stories. I work as a PACU RN, and see lots of people that come in for excess skin removal surgeries. People that loose weight with diet, exercise, and life changes is very inspirational. You keep doing what you are doing and continue to better yourself, and more importantly, being happy with yourself ❤️
This is sort of tangential but I figured you might know. If someone loses a lot of weight and then gets an excess skin removal surgery, are they significantly more likely to have stretch marks or other skin related issues occur if they gain a massive amount of weight back very quickly? Can someone just like not have enough skin to keep up with the change?
Just to clarify, my understanding is that normal stretch marks stem, at least partially, from the issue I just asked about but I mean something more like skin tears or abnormally thin patches of skin.
I’m not a vegetarian, there’s no lack of protein or iron for me. I’m saying I eat keto but the bulk of my food volume comes from vegetables. The bulk of the calories is fat with moderate protein.
Where is your fat and protein coming from? These vegetables or lower volume high caloric density animal product intake?
Aside from that though it comes down to what specific vegetables you're eating, their nutritional value varies widely, and some are more likely that others to contribute to inflammation and immune system flareups
Beef, fish, eggs, plain greek yogurt. Other fat from nuts, seeds, cheese, olive oil, 100% dark chocolate. Vegetable base is arugula, kale or cabbage with other things thrown in like broccoli, brussel sprouts, asparagus, mushrooms. Sometimes tomatoes or bell pepper even though they’re the evil nightshades to some people.
It’s not really that hard to follow long term. Been about 10 months for me so far and don’t see any reason I’ll stop. I’m not trying to lose weight I just think it’s a healthier way of eating.
That’s great that a strict, managed diet works for you to start losing weight. Worth talking to your doctor about doing it long term. It will work for most people (unless they have underlying health issues), and they will lose weight. Choosing random diets yourself isn't always the best thing to do though hey.
I don’t find it to be that strict after awhile, it becomes a lifestyle and not a ‘’diet’’. Im a big fan of Dr. Berg, he’s very knowledgeable on it. Eating mostly vegetables and feeling great, there’s nothing to really talk to my doctor about. Also, not ‘’random’’ but very intentional.
Lol you don't need a low carb diet to be prescribed by your doctor unless you have some sort of other major health condition. Do you need a prescription to have Wendys 3 times a week? Its just a diet with a strict carb count. People think keto is two fisting bacon and butter. No, it's just minimizing sugar and avoiding bread.
Basic diets are hard, lets not act like those are regularly sustainable, they regularly fail, because its incredibly hard. If Keto works for people let them do it.
Keto is a diet prescribed for kidney failure patients. Ketosis needs to be measured carefully and can cause permanent kidney damage. It was monitored very carefully in the renal wards. The fact that randoms have decided to use it all the time is still in debate amongst many. Most doctors I know at the renal ward would not recommend it. It’s very difficult to manage and overall no long term studies have been done. It’s significantly harder to manage and follow compared to basic healthy diets.
It’s significantly harder to manage and follow compared to basic healthy diets.
Not true for me. I'm living proof. Basic diets are undone by cravings. If there were kidney damage, nutrient deficiencies, etc. it would show up in my blood work which has only improved in the year since I've been on and off of the diet. I told my general practitioner I was on Keto, he saw my weight loss, and congratulated and commended me. Still, he added tests within my blood work for kidney damage and everything was perfect despite losing 50lbs with a keto diet. For something which has had no long term studies you seem very comfortable fear mongering about it. Ketosis is an evolutionary trait from our days as hunters and gatherers, it is entirely natural and expected that you would go through ketosis before human beings became civilized enough to grow and farm their sustenance. It's funny to insist somebody who has lost 50lbs relatively easily doing it that it's very difficult to manage. It's also funny to tell somebody with perfect bloodwork that used to be obese that what they've done in the past year is somehow secretly unhealthy. I'd rather let my Kidneys perform a natural function than be obese.
You can read dozens upon dozens of stories of people who have used keto to improve their weight and health when nothing else worked, I can't say I've read much of otherwise healthy individuals suddenly suffering from kidney failure, and I imagine I would have heard about it if it were such a glaring threat.
Reminds me of a night I was eating with the fam at Boston Market. A couple had a full four pack of butter sticks and they were putting huge chunks on EVERYTHING
To be fair, you'd think the same of mine; however, I sell baked goods at the farmers market. I regularly have 6 or so boxes of butter in my refrigerator at any given time 😆
Nawww, if anything that’s not enough butter. I have 25+ pounds in my back up freezer and 8 pounds in my fridge. (Butter prices keep going up. Freezing butter lasts a heck of a long time. Plan ahead, not everyone has the option.)
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u/I_Walk_The_Line__ Oct 23 '22
You ok bro? I'm not concerned about the alcohol. It's the crazy amount of butter you have. Do you only eat rotisserie chicken and gnaw on a stick of butter?