So keto folks that have done good for 6 months and then went back to your old ways. Did you put on more than you lost?
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I bought a half eaten bowl of banana pudding off my daughter last night for $5. I may need to open a rehab thread rather than a keto one. For the record there wasn’t any other banana pudding in the house.
So keto folks that have done good for 6 months and then went back to your old ways. Did you put on more than you lost?
No, it's true. It's the laws of thermodynamics and conservation of energy.caloric deficiency is untrue, when I was doing keto I was still consuming close to 3000 calories a day and lost 50 pounds. I ate 3 meals and 2 snacks a day.
My advice is if you try for a significant weight loss, you need to get your blood tested regularly. Three years ago I embarked on a diet to lose about 25 lbs and ended up with a critical deficiency of sodium which caused hallucinations and other symptoms - ended up in an emergency stay in the hospital. They said I was about to die. The other element that can cause a lot of problems (lack of) is potassium. Both can be life threatening....
I got to rethinking but was too lazy to go in and reply past that. It is indeed caloric deficiencies in the ways you are saying.No, it's true. It's the laws of thermodynamics and conservation of energy.
Those who switch to a pure Keto diet do lose weight but it's not all fat, you lose muscle mass which is denser.
One of my mentors is currently going through college to become a physical rehabilitation therapist. She's privy to the raw data on the research done on the many different diets. As with most published studies, data can be interpreted differently, especially if some portions are discarded. No matter what though, the irrefutable fact is, if you eat less calories than you burn, you will lose weight. But, if you ONLY operate in a caloric deficit, some of that weight loss will be muscle mass.
Overall fitness comes down to 80% diet, 20% exercise. You simply can not out work a bad diet. One has to compliment the other.
If you want anecdotal evidence, I am currently 51, 5'7" and 145 lbs (give or take). My body fat percentage is 15-17%. I eat clean, almost no processed foods and I shoot for 60% protein, 25% carbs and 15% fat for my macros on a 2700-3000 calorie per day diet. My eating plan is tailored for my workouts, and the only supplement I take is a protein shake mid morning. Those macros didn't happen by chance, I've adjusted them several times. But, I can emphatically say this: when I was at 80% protein and 10-10 for carbs and fat, I would crash during my workouts. My body couldn't convert fat to energy quickly enough and ironically, I GAINED body fat. I was eating my own muscle.
Point being, do what's best for you. Everyone's situation is different and you need to self-evaluate. Fitness is measured differently by different people. Hell, I tried a pure vegetarian diet but the problem I had was I simply could not eat enough. Some people can do that, I got sick of eating, it was almost a chore. It simply didn't work for me.
Exactly. I think you made my point. You need to take a holistic view. Eat well and exercise. It works.I got to rethinking but was too lazy to go in and reply past that. It is indeed caloric deficiencies in the ways you are saying.
I wouldn't say I followed strict keto, I ate high protein and even higher fat foods but restricted carbs and zero sugar. Combined that with an at home workout routine it all worked. I'm a firm believer one wouldn't have worked without the other though.