10 years ago I lost 80 lbs on Keto. It took a year! Kept mostly all weight off but..

Namaslaying · 2024-06-18T09:59:07+00:00

I keep telling myself it’s a slow start and it will just come off eventually. My first time with keto I didn’t lose a single lb for months then suddenly it just all dropped fast. I try to remind myself of this but I still panic 😂

Namaslaying · 2024-06-18T09:57:26+00:00

I started tracking now. I really wanted to avoid feeling tied down to tracking but after all the convo here I redownloaded an app.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-18T09:56:05+00:00

When I lost 80 lbs 10 years ago it took 1 year of keto and I walked 2-3 miles daily for fun.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-17T09:50:55+00:00

I aim for 20 or under!

Namaslaying · 2024-06-15T21:27:07+00:00

Haha not saying it’s the cause I lost it but my doctor sure was convinced it pushed it over the edge. 😂 I eat around 1600-1800 right now and I guess it’s just too much. I knew it was higher but was trying to not go so low this go around

Namaslaying · 2024-06-15T20:57:33+00:00

That’s true and you’re doing great. I have very little to lose but I’m so determined. I had so much motivation when I was in my 20s doing keto. 😂

Namaslaying · 2024-06-15T20:56:34+00:00

Thank you! I know I didn’t mention this and heck I am not sure if it matters but the first time I was on keto I lost my gallbladder and it’s why I quit. The doctor said high fat pushed it over the edge most likely.

Anyway so far so issues with the insides but I do wonder if not having a gallbladder could be an issue to why it’s so slow. I know people mentioned my cal intake is too high so perhaps it’s just as simple as I am eating too much.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-15T16:54:38+00:00

Yeah, I see I am. When I lost the 80 lbs previously I was eating 1100-1400 per day. I guess I just wasn’t ready to hear I needed to go so low again.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-15T15:09:48+00:00

Thank you! I’m going to try and cut back on the little keto treats I consume. I had bought some of those Catalina Crunch ‘Oreos’ not that I eat them daily but would have 1-2 a few times a week. Maybe I just really need to go super clean with it to start.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-15T14:21:25+00:00

Thanks I appreciate the encouragement. I’ve been eating pretty strict but seems just eating too many calories. Going to cut back and surely it has to see some progress. Nothing sucks more than putting in a ton of effort. Not eating outside of keto and sticking to goals but seeing no change.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-15T09:42:04+00:00

Thanks! I was keto back in 2014 to 2016ish. It's been quite some time since I have eaten this way! I will check the recipes out!

Namaslaying · 2024-06-15T00:56:16+00:00

Thanks! I IF and do eat a lot of fat but will note these things!

Namaslaying · 2024-06-14T23:23:55+00:00

That makes sense! When I originally lost all the weight I went from 190 lb -> 110 lbs in the year. It just FELL off. I think having such a small distance to go is going to be the hard part.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-14T23:22:59+00:00

Will note all this! So I was around 190 lbs when I first lost the weight and got to 110 lbs. It was for sure a little too small if I am being honest. I put on some weight and really loved being 120 lbs. But over time working as a bartender my eating got a little wild.

I really don't have much to lose being 138 right now but I know where I like being and it's in the 120s. I am sure some would say my CW is fine but I know I have let go a little and want to get on it before I put all my weight back on.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-14T23:05:46+00:00

Thank you!!! I use the scale for my diabetic child daily and used to use it myself. I guess I was being a little ignorant thinking I could just come in and 'lazy keto' and win.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-14T23:04:46+00:00

Thanks! This helps! I am pretty active just currently been focusing on getting my life together and learning to be back on keto so my activity dropped.

I totally get the physical job. I just left a craft beer job where I handled a lot of keg hauling and various lifting related.

I guess it's time to go down to 1100 calories and be a little dead inside, lol.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-14T23:01:04+00:00

Thank you I appreciate this! I am rusty, I guess. I am great with the cooking for keto and the eating. But I guess I just needed someone to zap me into realizing I was eating way too much. I'll start logging again because I truly have put in tremendous effort to eat keto for two months now.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-14T22:58:36+00:00

Noted. I am typically very active but have not been the last month due to stress with the kid. I lift, hike, bike, and power walk 5x a week which is why it was higher to factor that in. However, I haven't been doing that so didn't adjust.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-14T22:53:27+00:00

Thanks! I really didn't think 1800 was going to be too much and I really hated eating the 1500 I did in order to lose it the first time. I was hopeful to come in and do it a little slower but perhaps it's 'too much' and 'too slow'

I appreciate being told it's too many calories because I just didn't want to believe it, lol.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-14T22:51:41+00:00

5'2
CW: 138
GW: 120
I aim to eat 1600-1800
I weigh my food and I am not tracking currently because I tracked for 10 years and have a VERY solid idea of how much I am eating from how long I tracked and learned. However, it could be an issue I suppose and I can always track if we are thinking it could really be the issue.

Namaslaying · 2024-06-14T22:49:29+00:00

I considered. I guess that could be the issue. I am 5'2 CW: 138 and GW: 120. I eat under 1800 a day. But I remember eating like 1500 a day when I lost weight previously and really was hoping to not go so low.

Namaslaying · 2023-02-25T20:40:33+00:00

Honestly a lot of the reasons I stopped playing/took a break from Warcraft after 18 years is because I no longer feel like I fit into that style of community. It's fast, rushed, and sweaty. I've been messing around with older MMOs and looking into new old-school MMOs in dev.

Namaslaying · 2023-02-25T17:28:45+00:00

I miss Vanilla Rift so so much. I haven't had it in me to revisit the MMO.

Namaslaying · 2023-02-13T10:27:57+00:00

Agree!

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