Is it time to stop keto?

Hey y’all, I know this isn’t the keto subreddit but I’d like opinions from everyone! I’m 22F 5’ 4” SW: 257 CW: 205 GW:175, started September 1st now here we are! I work out a lot and make sure to be in a calorie deficit, on average I eat 1200 calories a day and burn a total 3,000 a day. I no longer have cravings, and honestly I’m never really hungry, however tired a lot of the time (cuz of the low carb intake). I drink a ton of water, make sure to get at least 8 hours of sleep, drink at least one cup of green tea a day, and do not snack after dinner. I’ve loved being keto these past 6 months, it has definitely kick started my journey and gotten me in the right “weight loss mindset”. However, since this year has started, I have only lost 6 pounds, despite all my efforts (large deficit and working out 5 days a week for 90 minutes). I’ve spoken to many friends/family about this matter, since you all know, working your ass off and not seeing results is a huge bummer. MANY have suggested to stop doing keto, and I’m having a hard time accepting it. I am so proud of myself for overcoming my addiction to food/emotional eating, I don’t think I could have done it without keto. Not to toot my own horn at all, but I know many people have a hard time sticking to low carb, so the fact that I have maintained it for over 6 months makes me feel like it’s a skill of mine I shouldn’t give up on! I am so happy that I love going to the gym, so happy that I wake up excited to weigh myself, so happy with the way I look, and so so happy that I do not feel chained to junk food anymore. I love my current mindset so much I don’t want to lose it, thats why I’m scared of transitioning off keto :( I do plan to stay in a deficit if I do stop keto, not to say I plan on giving up my journey all together lol. If anyone else has been/is in the same situation as me please let me know. I’m planning on speaking to a nutritionist very soon, but I’d love to hear from people in this community as well!!

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Has there ever been a point along your journey (especially early on) where you just sort of knew that THIS was the time you would finally succeed? What changed for you mentally from all the other times?

Ok so basically what I mean to say is, for those who have been “on a diet” for most of their teen/adult lives but never seemed to fall through in the long run, what is it about this time that you’re certain is going to be successful? Whether you’re currently losing weight or have already accomplished your goals, was there, or has there ever been, a moment where it all sort of just clicked and you finally realized that success was in your grasp?

I’m asking because I’m the yo-yo girl. I’ve struggled with EDs from the age of 10, I am a frequent dieter in my adult life, and I have a history of crash landing into months-long periods of binge eating. In January of 2019 I finally admitted I had a problem and I decided to seek out therapy for my tumultuous relationship with food. In the last 2 years I have lost 30lbs which is a drop in the ocean compared to what I want to lose but I feel those 30lbs have taught me valuable lessons.

This January I took those lessons and decided to get serious about weight loss and I’m down 11lbs in 2 months, which is great! Everyday is less an exercise in restraint and more of a practice in forgiveness. I no longer punish myself for eating a burger every once in a while. The difference is that because I no longer see burgers as “evil” I can now stop at eating 1 of them and I move on to the next meal with no guilt attached. My guilt used to fuel my binge eating and now it’s gone. I’m also able to calorie count for the first time in my life without triggering the ED I had as a child/teen.

This switch in my mentality towards food and my body has led me to believe that this is “it”. This is finally the moment I’ve been yearning for my whole life. I feel like I’m finally going to succeed at the one thing I’ve failed time and time again. But that’s the thing, I’ve failed countless times and my confidence cripples when I remember all the times I’ve gassed myself up in the past to only fall on my face a few weeks later.

So yeah! Basically just wondering how many here just “knew” and how true did you believe that to be/did it prove to be true in the end? What conditions led you to decide this? I’m still relatively early on in my own course and I am just curious if this feeling is universal or not and does it mean anything substantial. Because I really feel like this time is different.

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A busy student who needs to lose weight desperately

I'm a busy student currently preparing for college admissions this year. Recently, with Covid and the stay-at-home status, my weight has increased drastically. I've been overweight since a child but I've been noticing my weight gains recently. I'm constantly at the computer doing work, essays, college preparation and etc. Combining that with my naturally lazy lifestyle, I've been leading a sedentary lifestyle for the past 4 months. (Usually, at school, I go to racket club and do a good hour of playing twice a week but I'm not able to at the moment.)

Also, another problem is that I'm a foodie and I find it difficult saying "no" to food when it's offered to me. So, even when I'm not that hungry, I'll eat anything if offered. I know this is bad but food is a real kryptonite to me. (Shame that my love for food didn't come with lightning-fast metabolism...)

My questions are:

1. What are some good workout regimes/routines for busy people? (10-40 mins available)
2. Any other foodies here, who can give any tips on reducing appetite or something similar?
3. Are there any good foods that help reducing weight? Any meal plans you had success with?
4. Any other general tips for a newbie to weight loss?

Thanks in advance, everyone!

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It’s not much, but it’s all mine!

Twenty pounds down, and I can hardly believe it! I put on my goal jeans this morning, and not only did they zip (!!) but I left them on and actually wore them!

I’ve been doing CICO - but mostly just “CI.” MFP tells me that if I eat around 1600 calories I’ll lose 1 pound per week, so I’ve been using that as my upper limit and aiming for 1200-1300 per day. Any exercise I do is just bonus, I don’t adjust my intake from it but I haven’t been doing tons of exercise yet - that will be Phase 2.

I recently had a 3 week plateau going on which was super frustrating since I was within 3 pounds of my first goal! But I rode it out, just kept doing what I needed to do and trusted that it would pass eventually. It really helped that people post their weight loss graphs here because I was able to see that everybody has those random upticks, and eventually they head back down again. Hopefully my graph will help someone else!

If you’re in a plateau, just stay the course. Ride it out and trust the process!

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Don’t always choose sedentary when looking at tdee.

A lot of people recommend sedentary no matter what your life style is and often recommend 1,200 calories for women despite their lifestyle.

My sedentary would have me at 1,400 to lose 1 pound a week. Well I really thought that was wrong and that my actual tdee was closer to 2300 so I could eat 1700 and lose a pound per week. A lot of people suggested to me that I eat 1200 and it wasn’t possible my tdee was that high.

Well I’ve been eating 1700 for 4 weeks now and have been losing 2 pounds a week (so from 180 to 172) at a very steady rate. I went to the doctor a few days ago and he took measurements and ran some tests to find out my fat/muscle composition and asked a lot of questions about my activity levels and determined my tdee was definitely between 2500-2800.

He recommended I stay above 1500 since I’m apparently pretty active and he thinks I need the extra calories. I waitress and have a second job as an artist (doing murals or teaching) so I’m on my feet for 8+ hours a day and run for a mile or 2 run in the morning and life weights and stuff)

In other words if you really feel your tdee is higher than sedentary they just try it higher for a few weeks. Give it 3 weeks at 1500 or 1700 or even 2000 and see if you notice any changes. There is no rush in weight loss. I actually only wanted to lose 1 pound a week because I only have 30 (22 now) to lose so I was just gonna get it done in 30 weeks.

If you notice changes then just stay at that higher calorie until you stop seeing changes. If you don’t see changes then you can lower it. It’s all trial and error. You don’t have to eat 1200 a day being an active person and feeling like crap because you’re burning so much. Do what’s best for you and don’t believe everyone who preaches always choosing sedentary despite your activity level. If you’re active you’ll appreciate the extra calories and your workouts will thank you.

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Why are bad days always so bad?

M: 36, SW: 370 CW: 336, GW: 220

I've been going through a weight loss journey since 2014. At my highest, 370. At my lowest, 240. I gained it all back from a series of increasingly bad life decisions, and now I'm back to trying to lose it.

I go and do well for weeks at a time. Most recently I got down to 328. I was super proud. I finally broke the 330 plateau I was on. Then I had a covid scare at work, had some real problems with a boss, and binged one day. ONE day. I woke up the next morning, I had gone from 328 to 334 in one bad day decision. I thought, OK, it was one bad day, there's some water weight, it'll go back down. And here I am a week later, 336.

Why is it SO hard to get this stupid number to go down, but SO FRICKIN EASY to get it to go back up? It's infuriating and frustrating and flustering.

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Nearly 20 pounds down. Stalled

So I'm about 3 pounds shy of 20 pounds down. At first the weight flew off. Now I've completely stalled out. I have been hovering at the same weight plus or minus 2 pounds for 2 weeks. I've increased my exercise, tried to lower my stress, been watching what I'm eating. But I don't know how I can breakthrough this dumb plateau I seem to be on. Has this happened to anyone else? What did yall do to get past it? Originally, since I have a sedentary job, I just focused on my diet. I counted calories and tracked my food. That really seemed to work in the beginning. After about 3 weeks of being on a 1200 calorie a day diet my weight loss slowed. I got an elliptical. I've been using it and hoping the increased activity would help. But I'm still the same. I still have plenty of weight to lose. I'm trying to stay away from super calorie dense food and from really fatty meats. I'm thinking about limiting breads next. I don't want to completely exclude a food group because that's not sustainable. But I'm a little at a loss for what to do. I just keep seeing the same number on the scale. I have a food scale that I use. So I'm not sure how I'm maybe completely underestimating my calories. How can I get through this stall?

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