Anarchy99
Footballguy
Hitting the end of my first month on keto. Lost about 25 pounds so far. While that certainly is a good thing, all it really means is I had plenty to lose to start with. My wife has been very thorough with sticking to the program . . . weighing out her portions, logging every carb, even tracking her caloric intake. She's been extra strict on what she eats and has only lost 5 pounds so far (but admittedly has way less weight to lose than I do). After how long and/or after how many pounds do things get significantly harder to keep losing weight? For what it's worth, I still haven't cheated and have been under 20 carbs each day.
The one area I am probably lacking is eating enough fats. I generally don't care for fatty foots. I like lean meats and cuts of chicken. I can't stand mayo. I've been cooking in butter or olive oil, but in terms of fatty foods I generally only really have avocados and macadamia nuts. I eat a fair amount of eggs, cheese, wild salmon, tuna, and dark chocolate. I ran the numbers with my current weight in a calculator, and my macros say I should have an intake of 130 g of both fats and protein to have a 30% deficit at 1762 calories a day. I haven't been paying attention to calories. Once the easy weight falls off, at some point do you really have to worry about calorie counting?
I'm still having issues with fatigue and stamina when getting some exercise. Tried to cut my lawn the other day and had to quit halfway through. The weather has been oppressively hot and humid, but it took me a good 90 minutes to recover to be able to do anything else. Walks or moderate hikes are fine, but hitting the gym and lifting any amount of weight or going for steady aerobic exercise for 15-20 minutes at a time still saps all my energy. Does your body at some point get used to the ketosis and the body gets more used to exercise without many carbs to burn?
The one area I am probably lacking is eating enough fats. I generally don't care for fatty foots. I like lean meats and cuts of chicken. I can't stand mayo. I've been cooking in butter or olive oil, but in terms of fatty foods I generally only really have avocados and macadamia nuts. I eat a fair amount of eggs, cheese, wild salmon, tuna, and dark chocolate. I ran the numbers with my current weight in a calculator, and my macros say I should have an intake of 130 g of both fats and protein to have a 30% deficit at 1762 calories a day. I haven't been paying attention to calories. Once the easy weight falls off, at some point do you really have to worry about calorie counting?
I'm still having issues with fatigue and stamina when getting some exercise. Tried to cut my lawn the other day and had to quit halfway through. The weather has been oppressively hot and humid, but it took me a good 90 minutes to recover to be able to do anything else. Walks or moderate hikes are fine, but hitting the gym and lifting any amount of weight or going for steady aerobic exercise for 15-20 minutes at a time still saps all my energy. Does your body at some point get used to the ketosis and the body gets more used to exercise without many carbs to burn?