Has Anyone Tried the Keto Diet Plan?

I practice intermittent fasting and OMAD (One Meal a Day). Since the beginning of the pandemic until now, I have lost 40 lbs +
I can fit in my smaller clothes now. Yay! I take lots of vitamins and herbal tinctures. I feel better and my mind is more clear.
Fasting over 30 hours causes our stem cells to kick in. These re the cells that attack disease. Longest I have gone is 36 hours.
I want to go for 3 days. I am preparing myself. Also, I eat lots of butter, cream and *no* low fat foods. Fat makes one feel more full longer. I go low carb but veg with lots of fiber, lots of salads. Meat and seafood the size of my palm for reference. Mostly vegetarian dishes though.
I saw a film with this guy who was about 400 lbs. He fasted for 380 days and is now 180 lbs. He drank a lot of water and took a lot of vitamins. I couldn't go that long. Once keto kicks in though I don't get hungry and only eat when I am. No snacks.
 

OneEyedDiva said:
After a young man who helped me during a visit to my timeshare a couple of years ago raved about being on the Keto diet, I read up on it and decided it was not for me.
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I am surprised, I intermittent diet OMAD one meal a day and do keto. I use heavy cream and real butter in my food though. So not strictly keto. I have lost 45 pounds from jan/21 to current without even trying. :)
 

I am eating more fat and protein, few carbs one day, and the next, eating equal fat and protein and carbs. It has been working very good for the past week (when I started). Like most all things, the same Keto plan doesn't work for everyone. We have to research and experiment. The one thing I avoid is falling out of ketosis. :)
 
IFortuna said:
I am surprised, I intermittent diet OMAD one meal a day and do keto. I use heavy cream and real butter in my food though. So not strictly keto. I have lost 45 pounds from jan/21 to current without even trying. :)
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That's great IFortuna! Congratulations! My son intermittent fasts also. He also skips days and recently went on a ten day fast. I don't know how he does it but he's done this type of thing for years. He was diagnosed as diabetic but "beat it" by tweaking his diet. His A1Cs stay well below "pre-diabetic" range. I tried intermittent fasting but couldn't stay on it. Sometimes I inadvertently do it though if I sleep a lot, get really busy or a combination of the two. I'm not eating as much as I used to and have managed to lose 25 pounds but this was over the last year or so.
 
I tried KETO multiple times. Didn't like it. Didn't work for my work/personal life schedule, do not like some of the food choices on KETO plan, felt weakened ...not enough energy for my job. Starting my own personalized plan today.
 
fmdog44 said:
A person on the plan lost 26 pounds in six weeks so I am thinking of trying it. Has any one here tried it?
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I tried KETO multiple times. Didn't like it. Didn't work for my work/personal life schedule, do not like some of the food choices on KETO plan, felt weakened ...not enough energy for my job. Starting my own personalized plan today.
 
fmdog44 said:
A person on the plan lost 26 pounds in six weeks so I am thinking of trying it. Has any one here tried it?
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I tried KETO multiple times. Didn't like it. Didn't work for my work/personal life schedule, do not like some of the food choices on KETO plan, felt weakened ...not enough energy for my job. Starting my own personalized plan today.
 
I've been MEANING to walk more. Winter weather makes it unappealing though. It's pretty exciting to have become a skinnier person! It makes a big difference ... not only being skinnier, but feeling better, and all of a sudden looking at yourself ... and being kind of happy about it ... which I must admit I've avoided for YEARS.

But walking more seems worthwhile, just a bit to start, but hopefully more and more. And even if it is winter, at least that means no ticks and chiggers. (we live in the country.) (and that's a BIG deal around here!)
 
I've bought several keto recipe books. One recipe I found in a book by the guy who writes ... shecallsmehobbit ... is for keto cheese danish. I LOVE these keto cheese danishes, mainly using the fathead dough recipe with mozzarella and almond flour (and the cream cheese filling). He and another guy wrote a book called Ketofy Everything (Scott Swenson) with the recipe in it; it's worth it for that cheese danish recipe alone. To me, so many keto recipes are kind of hard to make. Mainly I'm just sticking with meat and certain low-carb vegetables, avoiding rice, flour, sugar ... and I've bought a couple used Trim Healthy Mama recipe books that aren't really keto; from what I've read, in order to get into ketosis where you really lose weight, it takes 3 to 4 days of avoiding most carbs; but THM (Trim Healthy Mama) can shift from avoiding carbs to meals with "healthy carbs" every three to four hours. I do like the books for their ideas on using healthy carbs though.
 
I don't believe in any type of Diets. You can loose weight without dieting. It's all about Mind, Body and Spirit. Some people go on diets and within a matter of months, years, etc. they give up and/or gain it back...which causes self suffering; anger, disappointment, depression, etc.. Not to be negative, however its reality.
 
I tried the keto diet and have a lot of positives to say about it. The one thing I would caution everyone is the types of fat eaten. I guess I I ate too much of the 'bad' fats .... butter, beef fat etc. because I threw my cholesterol readings all out of whack. One habit I kept was taking 1T EVOO in my morning coffee.
 
What is the medical opinion of the keto diet?

Mayo's verdict: While the ketogenic diet may be recommended for some people with uncontrolled epilepsy, the high fat content — and especially the high level of unhealthy saturated fat — combined with limits on nutrient-rich fruits, veggies and grains is a concern for long-term heart health.

Fad diets are fad diets. If it works for you to lose weight, swell, but long-term? I wouldn't touch it. My doc told me the same thing as Mayo.
 
Will be having this for lunch... yum :)

Low Carb Chili (Keto Stovetop Recipe) - Easy Low Carb

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Georgiagranny said:
Fad diets are fad diets. If it works for you to lose weight, swell, but long-term?
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I agree, I am an expert only in the sense that I have spent most all my life either on a diet or knowing I should be. Have tried all, or most anyway.

In the end its a simple calculation, burn more calories than you eat and you will lose weight.

"Fad" diets like low carb, intermittent fasting and so on can help some lose weight but it only happens by making eating less work.

I finally managed to lose almost 200 pounds by just being very careful about counting calories, and exercising the willpower to not over eat. No fads, just simple better eating.

And I have been able to mostly keep it off for 2 years now. Nothing easy about any of this, fighting back the urges to overeat is a daily battle...
 
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Well kind of Keto! Back in 2015 I did a low carb, high fat diet where I targeted low carbs (30 or less per day) and increased my fat intake to offset my low carbs. I am a type 2 diabetic and needed to lose weight. I was at 320 lbs.! In the first month I lost 17 lbs. over the next year my weight dropped to 259. I then increased my allowable daily carbs to 50 and soldiered on. I now weigh 245, I hope to get down to 195, but I will go at this slowly so that I can tone up some as I go. I have tried lots of diets of the years. NOTHING worked like cutting way back on carbs and increasing on my fat intake. I never got hungry, never! A typical day, I ate eggs and meat for breakfast; meats, cheese, and lettuce for lunch; Meat, vegetables, cheese or eggs for dinner. Over the first year my weight dropped dramatically, I was never hungry, I ate when I wanted to eat, but very few or no carbs! My Cholesterol did not go up, staying normal on all counts. My blood sugar was better than ever! My doctor said I was his 'old guy' super hero...losing 60lbs. and getting all my health metrics under control. FOLKS, IT IS NOT THE FATS OR CALORIC INTAKE THAT'S KILLING US, IT IS THE CARBS!
 
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The ketogenic diet (or keto diet, for short) is a low carb, high fat diet that offers many health benefits.

In fact, many studies show that this type of diet can help you lose weight and improve your health (1Trusted Source).

Ketogenic diets may even have benefits against diabetes, cancer, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s disease (2Trusted Source, 3Trusted Source, 4Trusted Source, 5Trusted Source).

Here is a detailed beginner’s guide to the keto diet.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ketogenic-diet-101#_noHeaderPrefixedContent
 
Paco Dennis said:
The ketogenic diet (or keto diet, for short) is a low carb, high fat diet that offers many health benefits.

In fact, many studies show that this type of diet can help you lose weight and improve your health (1Trusted Source).

Ketogenic diets may even have benefits against diabetes, cancer, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s disease (2Trusted Source, 3Trusted Source, 4Trusted Source, 5Trusted Source).

Here is a detailed beginner’s guide to the keto diet.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ketogenic-diet-101#_noHeaderPrefixedContent
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Thanks.
 
The ketogenic diet is a lifestyle not really a diet. It is definitely not a fad diet by any means. It has been found to improve many health issues. You will be seeing much more about it in the coming year. I see in this thread many myths that are repeated constantly about this way of eating that are just not true. Research it but do not go by the propaganda that we have had forced on us by the food industry manufacturers and our government.
 
Georgiagranny said:
What is the medical opinion of the keto diet?

Mayo's verdict: While the ketogenic diet may be recommended for some people with uncontrolled epilepsy, the high fat content — and especially the high level of unhealthy saturated fat — combined with limits on nutrient-rich fruits, veggies and grains is a concern for long-term heart health.

Fad diets are fad diets. If it works for you to lose weight, swell, but long-term? I wouldn't touch it. My doc told me the same thing as Mayo.
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This is what I posted way back when but, obviously, no one read my comment. My doctor told me the same thing and said The Mediterranean diet, which isn't a "diet", is the healthiest way to eat.
 
I understood that this diet puts a great strain on the kidneys. Can anyone confirm this? You read so many conflicting stories, you don't know what to believe. I don't eat meat and I like bread too much to give it up. I count calories and this works for me because I don't have to restrict what I eat.
 

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