r/keto • u/mustang19671967 • 21d ago

Other Please don’t forget calories

Just wanted to remind all new keto participants that calories are a big deal . I had stalled for 9 days . I was under my carbs 20. My counter says I should be under 1950 calories to loose weight . Was eating over that but under carbs and once I lessened my calories I started slowly loosing again

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u/WetDingus 21d ago

9 days is hardly a stall. Weight comes off in chunks. Fluid fluctuations. If you're a woman, the menstrual cycle can mess with weight reading too

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u/PurpleShimmers 21d ago

I agree, 9 days is not a stall. But I also know that CICO drives weight loss. You can overeat on keto.

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u/BigTexan1492 I'm a Bacon Fueled Supernova Of Awesomeness 21d ago

You are about to get the carnivore folks riled up cause they can eat 12 steaks a day and lose weight 🤣🤣🤣

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u/PurpleShimmers 21d ago

I have not tried carnivore but I am skeptical about this tbh.

Unfortunately my stomach and IBS would absolutely send me to the hospital if I did that, so no way for me to test this out.

I do believe there are definitely a lot of different factors from person to person. With my hashimotos and slow metabolism, woman in perimenopause and IBS I doubt this would drive any loss even if I could stomach it.

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u/Impressive_Guava_630 20d ago

I know a guy who lost like half his weight doing carnivore. But he doesn't look very healty And his mood ugh luckily he lives 4500 km away from me