.........I AM STILL LOOKING AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT I'M SEEING

it surely looks like it's suggesting I would go from 272 pounds to 185 pounds by December....3 full months from now.

yeah that seems like way too much weight to lose in that short amount of time

I JUST.........I DON'T THINK THAT'S HEALTHY

ideally you should only be losing 1-2 lbs a week

that's what I was thinking.

when I panic about my weight i jump back to noom, or calorie counter, or lose it and put in my specs to see how long a calculator thinks it should take me....and every since one of them was like

"Yep! Comfortably, in 2 years. uwu"

by like, June 2022. And this one is just like

2 years seems much more feasible, yeah

"Yep. in 2 months. December 2020. uwu"

wtf do they expect you to do, starve yourself?

that is what it sounds like.

nah fuck that

I know people get good results from Keto but...honestly, I see myself doing really well and then just caving and falling off the bandwagon. And then feeling really bad about it. Doesn't seem good (for me) long term, which is what I'm looking for.

yeah with diets you don't want to feel deprived

therein lies cheating and then feeling terrible about yourself and then giving up

uwu you get me, sweetest Kaiya.

listen I'm struggling with my weight right now too

I would love to be able to shed a ton of weight in a month or so but unfortunately that's not how biology works

especially if you've been heavy for a while

yeah...

I will say that for me, protein shakes have worked pretty well in terms of keeping me full and taking all the guesswork out of preparing meals

which is typically my problem-- I get home and don't have the energy to make dinner, so I order out :/

but if I have a protein shake I don't have to worry about eating unhealthy foods because I'm lazy

yeah....I'm cooking more and limiting how much I eat out. I don't eat as much anymore but I'm p. sure my body is like...just extremely confused.

jury's still out on whether it's sustainable long-term, but it's been 7 months and I've already lost 15 lbs

EYYYYYY uwu

YEAH still a long way to go but it's encouraging

YOU CAN DO IT KAIYA

>:C JUGGLES POM POMS AGGRESIVELY

I'M GONNA DO MY BEST

so I've been keto for about three years

ooh, really?? How has it been??

in the first week you lose a shit ton but it isn't reflective of what's actually going to happen

because most of that is water and maybe 2lbs fat

so if you're freaking out because of the graph don't because it will normalise to about 2lbs a week

yeah, I've heard that. What do your grocery trips look like?

it's been fine. I'm used to it now and it's easy

I'M SO CURIOUS HONESTLY....i feel like I've on and off looked into keto but it scares me because i still love a lot of foods that would be considered illegal on keto and

my weight also stalls for super long periods of time which is annoying because I'm like BUT IM STILL FAT WHYYYY

but also I'm lazy and do dirty keto and would probably be better if I did it properly

dirty keto?

I cook for a living which can make it complicated because I have to taste what I'm doing

shhh bro okay so

ahhh*

LMAO shhhh uwu shhh.

rule 1 about dirty keto is that we don't talk about dirty keto >:C

clean keto: specific food list, strick macro tracking absolutely no cheating no sweeteners etc

dirty keto: no big nonos like bread obviously but all bets are off as long as it fits in your macros

you want some carrot? clean keto says no. dirty keto says as log as you don't go over your carbs fuck it yolo

all the sweeteners

no sugar chocolate etc

I really excel in finding workarounds so being given a strict set of rules to manipulate works for me

for example bread

do you use a calorie counter? also that...sounds extremely doable.

I am now really really good at making bread out of almond flour

dis my frog bread

is keto friendly

oh my god how could you even eat that it's adorable

was delicious

WHAT

THEY'RE FROGS

HOLY HECVK

tehehe

YO THAT IS INCREDIBLE

look up 'diet dr keto bread' recipe

so easy tastes a++

diet Dr is a really great keto resource

also FB groups can be a good resource

I track stuff on Chronometer

but there are 2 schools of thought on calories

1 is don't. only count net carbs. 20 grams a day do not exceed.

2. is yes track calories and carbs but carbs are more important. all weight loss is done with calorie deficit so you do have to be in one

but there is a period of adaption as your body decided to stop using fuel from sugar(carbs) and switches to fat

so idk up to but but in general I've felt better since not using sugar to fuel my body and don't get bloated. I'm less hungry in general and my blood sugar is rock stable

I also seem to get sick less often but could be coincidental

there's a Netflix doc called The Magic Pill which explored how sugar affects people's bodies and try talk about keto a little bit but just in general it's really interesting and honestly horrifying re processed sugar and food in general

they talk*

anyway thanks for coming to my unsolicited tedtalk

here's wonderwall

yeah sugar is honestly like... the last legal drug

nono, it's great to hear this sort of thing!!

I've been trying to hard to get myself clean from it because I don't trust anything that actually gives you withdrawal if you stop taking it

yeah. I LOVE sweets. I'm not even picky. fruit is great.

yeah. when i diet, my brain figures out that I have to cut out sweets. Sweets is harder than coffee or bread, or anything. I could just eat raw veggies and be fine until the cravings start and then i just don't trust myself

its more addictive than heroin and lights up the same part of your brain

how fuckin' scary is that

yeah, can't say that i like that

yeah sugar is terrifying

do you ever get to eat fruit? like...is that kind of sugar okay for dirty keto? I know there are several desserts you can make while on keto

i just absolutely hate artificial sugar. The body has a rougher time processing it is what I read once, I think...and it's just overwhelming

monkfruit sweetener has been my most successful sugar replacement

and yeah you can as long as it fits in your macro

woah...is that a solid sugar, or a liquid?? I-I....know nothing about this i'm sorry for all the dumb questions

like if you wanted to eat fries you could. you could have like 2 and that would be your entire carb allowance but

not dumb! been there

I've only ever found it in powder form

berries are v popular in keto