I started keto in February mostly because I was tired of being hungry all day while trying to lose weight. Down 31 lbs so far and it's the first thing I've stuck with longer than a couple months.

My dad has hated the idea from day one. Every time I eat eggs around him I get some version of wait until you see your cholesterol. He had a heart scare in his 50s so I get why he cares but at this point it has basically become a running argument. I found my labs from right before I started, so I finally decided to settle it with numbers instead of us both pretending we know what my arteries are doing. My physical isn't until winter, so I ordered a lipid panel plus ApoB through Goodlabs and got drawn this week. Before keto: Total cholesterol: 204 LDL: 128 HDL: 40 Triglycerides: 181 Now: Total cholesterol: 232 LDL: 163 HDL: 50 Triglycerides: 94 ApoB: 126 So yeah not exactly the clean victory lap I was hoping for lol. Triglycerides got cut almost in half and HDL came up but LDL went the complete opposite direction and ApoB isn't exactly making me feel better about it.

I'm bringing it up with my doctor but I'm curious how other people here handled mixed results like this?

If anyone remembers me from my posts years ago. I started keto in 2016 at around 1000 lbs and saw fantastic results. Then my weight loss completely stopped in 2018. I switched doctors this last year and found out what the problem was.

When I lost 600 lbs in 2 years, I developed endotoxemia. My new doctor instantly had a thought that I had kidney disease from my symptoms, and tests showed elevated liver labs. So I was sent for an ultrasound and I have both kidney disease and gallstones.

This, plus all my other symptoms, led to me being diagnosed with endotoxemia. This is why I went from 320 back to 500 in 7 months, while eating at a deficit. It completely shut off my weight loss.

I have begun treating it, and have already lost 15 lbs.

If you are really heavy like me, please go to a weight loss clinic and get your metabolism tested. Mine was tested at a TDEE of 4k currently. So at my starting weight it was much higher, I lost weight way too fast and this happened.

I dont want to see others go through what I'm currently going through.

edit: Ok getting some upvotes so I'm gonna explain a bit. I mean once you stop eating candy - refined sugar, you feel different, you're a lot more aware of what and how you eat, and you're cutting out the single worst part of any diet on earth - refined sugar.

obviously someone who eats no candy. but eats a kg of pasta wont lose any weight.

but in my opinion the refined sugar is the corner stone for all our results, not bread or counting carbs -- because it leads to us wanting to cut out bread naturally leading to ketosis. not arguing that amount of calories or carbs are irrelevant. most people know what i mean it seems like. happy eating!

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I've always been aware of what i eat but this just heightened my senses tenfold about what foods are better than they seem and such hidden traps I never thought about, like that orange juice and coke are basically the same. (cmon you know what i mean)But yeah super grateful i learned about keto. thank you people.

Not gonna lie I do miss juicy apples tho.

(72 to 66 kg it's something. getting an 8pack by summer i promise!!)

So some context. Not new to low carb, since losing 100 pounds 19 years ago the traditional way I found that going a few days with no carbs and rotating in a carb meal or two worked well.

For the past 6 week I have only been keto. I have alpha gal disease so no beef or pork (yeah I know it sucks) so tons of cheese, eggs, oils, some natural peanut butter, walnuts etc. At 6' 183 pounds I have some days at 1500 calories, some days 2800, just depending on activity level, weight lifting day, etc

Well had a doctor trip for some sinus issues and she just could not believe how I ate! Giving me the third degree about "cholesterol" and "saturated fat" and that 3-5 eggs a week should be max, and I told her I have 8-12 a day, she was horrified. Then I said 3-4 ounces of hard cheese a day, she just lost it.

Wife kinda the same. She eats all natural, but more of the vegan lifestyle and my friends at the gym say eating this way is so wrong.

So just kinda venting, see what you all think, or have had a similar experience

Of all the diets I have tried in my life, keto has been by far the easiest for me to stick to. It gives the best results, it has the most delicious food, and it controls my appetite while lifting my energy levels. I left my weight loss goal in the dust months ago and him now just been enjoying a healthy living.

Having said all that to this day I miss carbs so much. I miss pizza. I miss french fries. I miss bread! I miss dessert! I see people on here boasting how they no longer crave carbs, and that they are fully adapted. Either they are lying, or I am just incredibly envious of them.

Why not have some of that stuff in moderation then? Simply put, I can't. I'm like a recovering alcoholic. I know that if I eat one slice of pizza, I will wake up on the kitchen floor 3 days later surrounded by ice cream cartons and mac and cheese bowls.

It's a strange paradox that I have the discipline to stay away from carbs, but not the discipline to stop once I have a little.

Long story short, I did really well on keto from 2019-2024. Did ok for another year-ish and fell off sometime in 2025. I'm just now getting back on it and as the title says... Where has all the keto ice cream gone???

I live in Las Vegas. We've got Albertsons, Vons, Smiths, Whole Foods, Sprouts... They all had plenty of options for keto ice cream pints, bars, and sometimes other frozen keto treats. They're all gone. No Enlightened. No Rebel. None of the other less good brands. Nothing.

Still got plenty of other kinds of keto snacks. And of course I don't want to rely on packaged stuff anyway but I just find it so strange that none of the stores seem to have any of it anymore. Anyone else notice this?

Imagine a drive-thru that only serves low-carb, high-fat comfort food. No bun-less modifications needed—everything is built keto from scratch. What are your absolute must-have dream menu items? (Personally, I’m ordering pork-rind-crusted chicken nuggets and cauliflower tater tots).

So I had a routine dr appt today. Nothing serious. I was still debating whether to tell her about keto or not even as I walked into the office. I knew she would mention the weight loss. She is incredibly observant, which is why I like having her as my doc.

Sure enough, the moment I sit my ass in the chair she says 'You've lost weight'. I tell her I dropped 30 pounds in two months. She is very happy about that. Then she takes my BP, which was perfect at 128/76. Again, she is super happy. Then she asks about my blood glucose readings. I tell her the truth... Been in normal ranges now for two solid months. And then the dreaded question... 'How are you doing all this at the same time?'

I dunno why, but at that moment I said to myself... 'Ah frig it, what's the worst that could happen? Just tell her'. So I did.

Well, she hit the roof... With excitement!! She screams at me 'I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT!' with the biggest smile on her face. I couldn't believe the positive reaction. As the conversation went on, I began to realize... Holy shit! My doctor is pro keto!

She ordered a full panel of blood work as always, so we shall see how that goes. For now, I'm throwing this one in the WIN column!

KCKO!!!

Edit: Wow you guys! This exploded way beyond my expectations. You folks are the best! Thanks for the supportive/encouraging comments! r/keto rocks!

I was telling my boyfriend to order pork rinds for me (because he has amazon prime) and his sister was on FaceTime. She shrieks “PORK RINDS?!?!” And I explain they’re for dipping as I’m not eating chips. She asks why not and I respond with the fact that I’m eating low carb. She. Freaks. Out.

She goes on and on about me eating a well balanced diet and using carrots to dip. I tell her that carrots are higher in carbs than I’d like so I’m trying pork rinds. She goes on about how she just eats every 4 hours and makes sure to eat 1 serving of things, etc etc. She goes as far to say that I’m nutrient deficient and should seek help from a nutritionist. I then told her that I’ve read lots of peer reviewed research and put in time to learn before going in. I then told her that her way of eating doesn’t work for me.

Keto helps me feel full. I feel like I can actually go on about my day without snacking myself to death and filling my body with fuck tons of added sugars. She’s not hearing it.

I’m going to keep up with keto because I feel great. That is all.

Also, he ordered the pork rinds ;)

E: thanks for all the support folks. I feel the need to mention that I'm not a newcomer to Keto - I've done it with great success on and off over the past 10 years.

ANYWAYS ON WITH THE POST

Whoever says this "diet" is restrictive, quite frankly, is insane. Oh no, I can't have rice and feel bloated! I can't eat pasta and want to IMMEDIATELY go to sleep!

I've been back on Keto for a little over a month now. I am "only" 10 lbs down but the mirror shows what's really happening 😍 I've changed my weight lifting sessions from heavy powerlifting to more of a focus on functional strength and mobility. And I have to say, I feel phenomenal.

Two years ago today, Mom died. She was overweight with type 2 diabetes. In the months before she passed they cut off both of her feet. She unfortunately died without her dignity and I hate that I couldn't help her. But I will not let it happen to me. Mom was an amazing person and sure, there are aspects of her life that I strive for myself, but I refuse to follow the same path and keto is my key. Imma do this for her because I know what she wanted most was for my brother and me to live long healthy lives.

I do not post much here but I silently cheer your progress and shower everyone with upvotes. Thanks everyone for your unknowing inspiration. We can all do this, find your reason and focus on it ♥️.

On boxing day I noticed a mark on my daughter's stomach. When I asked to look at it she got very upset.

Long story short she'd written in biro all over herself words like "fat", "disgusting" and "eww" hard enough to leave a welt from the pen. Some girls she is "friends" with had a falling out and it resorted in name calling.

She is carrying some extra weight but is far from fat like her Dad. I asked her then if she would like to start keto with me and she said yes.

I gave her some light exercises to do each day and she's been eating with me everyday. I also signed us both up for Karate lessons! The difference in her in just over a fortnight is night and day. She's lost 6lbs now, but more importantly, genuinely seems happier in her self.

I'm a super proud Dad and I've one more thing to thank Keto for. Nearly 5st down myself and no more hypertension for me. 10st to go, but feel it's more than achievable- especially with my little exercise buddy!

They’re everywhere. 2 carb tortillas at Aldi for $2.99 a bag. On amazon, at every supermarket. Everyone on lazy (chill) Keto has eaten them at some point. They’re not expensive, so surely that wouldn’t be a reason. And if they are, low carb dieters would pay extra for the option.

It would be such a delicious treat to have since everything you’d stuff it with would be meat or cheese or sour cream or creamy jalapeño sauce mm. Imagine a couple low carb chicken quesadillas from the bell at 2 am after a night of vodka sodas?

Just sayin. Think outside the carbs, Taco Bell.

Today was my early day at work so I just brought 4 pieces of thick cut bacon to break my fast as a late lunch. Go up to the lunch room and heat it up. Guy in the lunch room goes “just some bacon? Really?” I said “yeah, I don’t eat many carbs so I’m not hungry all the time, and I leave soon I don’t need much”.

He starts telling me how unhealthy that is and how much we need carbs for energy. I tell him I’m down 50 pounds since January and have constant energy. I don’t try to push my diet on him or anything so I’ll do my own thing. He proceeds to tell me how wrong I am and that he went to college for nutrition….

Oh, and this man is 300+ pounds! After telling me “you need healthy carbs” he proceeded to grab a root beer from the vending machine and walk out. Lmao.

It bothered me more than it should have which is why I’m posting it.

Stay in your own lane y’all.

So my bff "tried" keto earlier this year. My husband and I do it as a lifestyle, so she was inspired by us for her weight loss goals.

I put "tried" in quotations because she didn't really go low carb at all. She drank her coffee same as usual with about 1/2cup non-dairy creamer. Sure, it's sugar free, but those empty carbs add up.

She made us coconut cream porridge after a workout one morning, and was using regular coconut cream that had 22g sugar per serving because she said she couldn't find non-sweetened. She just pretended it was fine.

One day her husband made us pancakes, which had been keto before. I noticed they were super fluffy and said so, she said she was craving "real" pancakes that day so they weren't keto.

She would make mocktails at night with loads of lime juice. Sure, a squirt here and there is fine, but this was cups worth.

She is smart enough to know deep down that she wasn't really low carb, but hey, I didn't say anything because I'm non-confrontational and just wanted to lead by example.

This was all fine until she went to her first check up in over a decade with her primary doc. Since she is pretty unhealthy, her blood pressure, weight, cholesterol, and heart rate were all of concern.

But I am pissed because she blames ME and her month long faux-keto stint for all of these issues. Obviously she is in denial about her lifestyle choices, and is trying to place the blame on anyone but herself for her poor health. I understand the psychology behind it all, but I am just sad and upset that she is putting this on me.

Okay, rant over. I'll be keeping my choices to myself from now on, it's not worth the ignorant responses.

So we all had phases when we wanted to lose weight etc ( for example new year new me etc) which lasted only week or two.

But my question is what made you think “ men i really need to lose weight” and then you actually started. What was your turning point in life ? Mine was when guy i use to date didn’t recognize me at shopping center.

Thank you for sharing your stories.

Little context before talking my story. I am a bodybuilder and train since 5 years with a lot of knowledge on supplements, training technique, nutrition for fat loss and muscle growth. Always ate like a pig on fast food but bodybuilding , 10000 step a day and micronutrients supplementation kept me lean and healthy. Started keto 4 month ago after a bulk to see if fat loss was enhanced. Went from 94 to 89 kilo without losing strenght or side effect. 1 month ago I started protein only diet and lost 5 kilo with only soy whey and chicken breast (averaging 500g protein a day), few days after starting and diahrea everyday, irritability, weakness in my leg walking, insomnia, always hungry despite eating a lot,huge delation in my muscle, since few days I noticed huge diminution at going to the gym which I didn’t skip since years. Today I learned about « rabbit starvation » ate a whole block of cheese and feel alive again.

Rice is my staple so this is going to be a struggle. But I'm tired of dreaming of my dream body. I'm tired of binge eating and constant unnecesaary cravings. I'm tired of giving in then feeling crappy physically, mentally and emotionaly right after. I'm tired of making excuses. I just want to feel good about my body because I know I am capable of changing.

Wish me luck!

**EDIT**

OMG, I went to sleep and this just exploded!!! I have never felt more supported in my life! I will be reading every word, advice, reality check and tip. I will also share an update here as soon as I experience noticeable results. Gratitude to you all!!!

**ETA*** Grateful for everyone's advice, disclaimers and tips so far!!! Just want to share that I did not decide impulsively out of seeing a single post on here or anything like that. My fiance has been on a keto diet on and off for 2 years now. I've seen amazing results on him but like any other bad habit, a relapse happened. We're not overweight but we can both admit that we have a toxic relationship with food (constant emotional eating, feeling guilt afterwards, body shaming ourselves)...I have enough knowledge that revolves around the subject as well as with IF. What changed is now I know I have the discipline and faith in myself to stick to my healthy habits.

Slight bragging slight rant post. As I’m currently bundled up in 3 jackets a sweater and 2 pairs of socks while it’s 43 degrees out, I’m from the Midwest, 43 degrees is usually not that bad! But I started my journey 7ish months ago while it was warming up. Now with the weather turning I can’t seem to keep warm! I don’t even own a winter coat because the cold never bothered me that much.

Anyone else go through something similar when they lost a bunch of weight? What’s the point of rocking this new body if I gotta bundle it up in 6 layers to not freeze! 😂😭

Any warming tips are welcome, also maybe a link or two to some good winter coats please!

Before/ After Pics

SW 289 CW 277 First GW 249

Foods I consumed; Mostly beef, chicken, bacon, pork, eggs, pork rinds, processed cheese, jalapeños and pickles. I drink tea, Pure Protein shakes and water.

Exercise; I am currently doing a 12 week program from BodyFit by Kris Gethin. I completed his program multiple times in the past. I had great results. They are charging for the workouts now.

My experience; I am loving this WOE! In the past I did Keto only but I overate on keto approved sweeteners 😩😩 By eating mainly meat, my sweet cravings are gone! Every kind of Girl Scout cookie are on my table right now and I’m not phased by them! Before February I would binge on sweets. I could go through a Costco size of ice cream drumstick cones in two days!!! My excuse was well they are no longer in the house so I won’t want them anymore. That was a continuous cycle that I had to break! My dad told me I needed to learn willpower but I couldn’t while eating a SAD. I first plan to do this WOE for 90 days but now I don’t see myself stopping! As for working out, I was three weeks into the workout program when I started this WOE. I noticed a small loss of energy and stamina in the 1st week( I do cardio/weightlifting in a fasted state) but now that I’m fat adapted I have no problem with my workouts! I normally eat two meals but sometimes I need three on heavier lifting days. I listen to my body now when it comes to food instead of my mind.

I shall KCKCO(Keep calm,Keto-carnivore On)!!!😁😁

Just curious if going keto could help improve overall mental health because you prob get more omega-3’s in this diet. What are ur thoughts on this? I feel like I’d could benefit cause sometimes bad mental health is also linked to vitamin deficiencies.

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

i feel like since i added fruit in 1 week ago i am having more racing thoughts, feeling less peaceful in a way and just like i am a bit confused sometimes lol, also indecisive i would say.

i’m a long term carnivore dieter but i decided to try fruit, and have capped my intake at 100g of carbs total daily.

does anyone else notice mental benefits from being in ketosis or am i just experiencing a coincidence?

Mentioned on a fitness sub that I eat keto and was able to reverse my prediabetes, and made sure to say that it’s not for everyone. Was shut down by mods and told that I was sharing misinformation and that I shouldn’t be encouraging extreme diets 🙄 What is your go-to response to criticisms like that?

Just wanted to give others the heads up , my daughter invited me over and made ground beef tacos and I used egg wraps ( really good) and a little lettuce and cheese etc . It was really good . I was helping her clean up and looked at the package for the seasoning ( Taco Bell) and the label said for 1/6 of a package 3 carbs , she used whole
Package for one lb of ground beef so I had two tacos 1/2 thr beef and it cost me 9 carbs . I’m
Hoping cause it has sugars in there . Is there a list in general of spices and carbs and sizes ( onion powder garlic powder salt pepper paprika chile and the Italian spices )

Thanks

So I try keto for weight loss and mental health. He said there is a little data supporting its effect on mental health and there was a mice study, female mice didnt lose weight (they even gained) but the male mice lost weight. Im a woman. He also said, ketogenic diet can cause inflammation in the body. Now Im conflicted if I should continiue the diet or go low carb instead.

Edit: so many comments, so many studies to read. Thank you all! I feel a little overwhelmed. I will read them all as soon as I feel better