Water fasting + keto diet thread...

[Rausch]

I did a water fast for 10 days and lost 18 lbs.

(Note: I consulted my doctor and took vitamin/minearal and fiber supplements the whole time. )

I quit my fast last saturday and have been abiding the keto diet since then.

I had a full blood panel done before the fast/diet and will do another next week.

I wanted to do a 14 day fast but my body had absolutely no energy and quit by day 10 and a 1/2. After that started the slow transition back to eating.

As of today I've gained 2 lbs back which is not worth mentioning. Daily weight varies as much as 4 lbs and it's possible any added exercise will add muscle weight as well.

Just curious if anyone else has fasted and/or used this in conjunction with the keto diet...

[scho63]

I'm on my 15th day of a water only fast. I have also had some decaf coffee with low fat half and half plus some Bai water that has only 10 calories per bottle.

I'm down 34.6 pounds in 8-9 weeks. My goal is to end 2023 down 100-135 pounds total.

The last 2 1/2 years prior to me quitting Amazon in June were horrible for my health.

I can't believe all the aches and pains along with my acid reflux are gone. My energy level has increased from a 2 to 7.

My overall motivation is way up for everything.

[Rasputin]

I did keto for a while. Had the best solid shits of my life and little to no wiping necessary.

[markdis]

Originally Posted by Rasputin

I did keto for a while. Had the best solid shits of my life and little to no wiping necessary.

Did you use those keto strips? Are those helpful?
Here is a great article about healthy snacks for fasting https://betterme.world/articles/inte...asting-snacks/, but of course who are just on diet should be helpful as well. Many people put on extra weight just by snacking constantly unhealthy things and not realizing that they are doing something wrong.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by scho63

Best diet plan:

1. Find out your BMR
2. Know your daily and weekly calories intake limit
3. Count EVERY calorie you eat and food you like to shave off 10-15% to 25% MAX calories off your daily NUETRAL number so you will lose weight just by eating BETTER
4. Try eating smaller portions MORE often, 6 times a day
5. Exercise 3-4 days a week to create an even greater calorie deficit and boost your metabolism.

YOU WILL LOSE WEIGHT!!! No need for all these bullshit magic diets and protein shakes and fasting and goofy shit to separate you and your money.

This will be a LIFESTYLE change that you can maintain the rest of your life. There is NO NEED to deprive yourself of things like cake or pizza or beer or any other foods. You just need to understand that if you eat a pint of Haagen-Dazs at 1,200 calories or eat dinner at the calorie busting Cheesecake Factory, you have used up a huge amount of your daily calories.

I've lost 52 pounds since March 25th with nothing crazy but following this simple strategy.

Originally Posted by scho63

Here you go you short cut weight loss specialists!

Originally Posted by scho63

I'm on my 15th day of a water only fast. I have also had some decaf coffee with low fat half and half plus some Bai water that has only 10 calories per bottle.

I'm down 34.6 pounds in 8-9 weeks. My goal is to end 2023 down 100-135 pounds total.

The last 2 1/2 years prior to me quitting Amazon in June were horrible for my health.

I can't believe all the aches and pains along with my acid reflux are gone. My energy level has increased from a 2 to 7.

My overall motivation is way up for everything.

Congratulations, but what made you change your mind?

[Mr_Tomahawk]

Originally Posted by scho63

I'm on my 15th day of a water only fast. I have also had some decaf coffee with low fat half and half plus some Bai water that has only 10 calories per bottle.

I'm down 34.6 pounds in 8-9 weeks. My goal is to end 2023 down 100-135 pounds total.

The last 2 1/2 years prior to me quitting Amazon in June were horrible for my health.

I can't believe all the aches and pains along with my acid reflux are gone. My energy level has increased from a 2 to 7.

My overall motivation is way up for everything.

I tried the Keto thing a few years ago and made it a couple of months. Dropped weight like a mofo, but it was an unsustainable diet plan at the time with my 2 boys growing/eating like weeds.

However, this year I have gone oldschool and started to count calories using the free "FatSecret" app from the app store. Recording EVERYTHING and limiting myself to about 1,800 calories a day...I am averaging about 1,400 calories a day. In addition, I have gotten on the treadmill again but taking it slow rather than trying to PR every time I get on the damn thing.

I am not shredding the weight like you are, or as I did a few years ago. But I dropped 7lbs in the last month without starving myself and leading a comfortable lifestyle allowing myself to cheat every once and a while.

BUT...all that said, you comment about the acid reflux resonated with me as I was dealing with TERRIBLE reflux at night....and I have NEVER had reflux issues. But once I dropped a few lbs, it made a world of a difference!

Stick with it...as you noted, its amazing how many "issues" are attributed to obesity.

Good luck brother!

[scho63]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Congratulations, but what made you change your mind?

Needed to jump start my weight loss to have enough energy to get moving again. Enough studies confirm the safety of it.

I'm going to break my fast in the next 24-48 hours and then stay on a low calorie diet of 1,250 - 1,500 calories to continue losing weight and add exercise to burn more as well.

You can't exercise when water fasting, too dangerous.

This morning I'm down 38.0 pounds

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Mr_Tomahawk

I tried the Keto thing a few years ago and made it a couple of months. Dropped weight like a mofo, but it was an unsustainable diet plan at the time with my 2 boys growing/eating like weeds.

However, this year I have gone oldschool and started to count calories using the free "FatSecret" app from the app store. Recording EVERYTHING and limiting myself to about 1,800 calories a day...I am averaging about 1,400 calories a day. In addition, I have gotten on the treadmill again but taking it slow rather than trying to PR every time I get on the damn thing.

I am not shredding the weight like you are, or as I did a few years ago. But I dropped 7lbs in the last month without starving myself and leading a comfortable lifestyle allowing myself to cheat every once and a while.

BUT...all that said, you comment about the acid reflux resonated with me as I was dealing with TERRIBLE reflux at night....and I have NEVER had reflux issues. But once I dropped a few lbs, it made a world of a difference!

Stick with it...as you noted, its amazing how many "issues" are attributed to obesity.

Good luck brother!

100%. Keto takes pretty-much a whole household effort to sustain, along with friends and social life. It's very deliberate and precise, and a lot of counting. And if you have friends who like to go to bars, unless they totally are OK with you drinking coffee, it's very tough.

That said, while it's short of Keto, a low carb life is pretty sustainable these days. You may not stay in ketosis, but it's still a very smart way to live.

[The Franchise]

I did Keto back in like 2012 and was doing great. Had dropped like 40 lbs and then went in to get my appendix removed in an emergency surgery. Didn’t start back up again after that.

Now I’m just doing intermittent fasting and CICO. It’s a slower process but it allows me to not be so strict about everything.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

100%. Keto takes pretty-much a whole household effort to sustain, along with friends and social life. It's very deliberate and precise, and a lot of counting. And if you have friends who like to go to bars, unless they totally are OK with you drinking coffee, it's very tough.

That said, while it's short of Keto, a low carb life is pretty sustainable these days. You may not stay in ketosis, but it's still a very smart way to live.

Hard liquor has zero carbs as long as you don't mix it with stuff, or mix it with diet stuff. Light beers are fairly low carb. A couple of glasses of wine aren't that bad. The only tough thing is you can't drink much of it when your blood sugar is zero or you'll probably be more wasted than you want.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by wazu

Hard liquor has zero carbs as long as you don't mix it with stuff, or mix it with diet stuff. Light beers are fairly low carb. A couple of glasses of wine aren't that bad. The only tough thing is you can't drink much of it when your blood sugar is zero or you'll probably be more wasted than you want.

Yes, that is why you do your best to stick to straight whiskey or bourbon.

Good article..

I'm a G&T drinker, so I have to stick with the diet tonic.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

It's a band-aid at best. Meta-analyses of low-carb diets show that the effect on A1C lowering is transient and disappears after one year compared to a higher carbohydrate diet, in part due to issues with adherence.

That doesn't disprove the diet - it proves people have no self-discipline. Probably why we're all over weight to begin with.

We're seasonal creatures. We're not meant to binge on high carb/high fruit/high sugar diets year round. You look at where most humans evolved there are seasons, foods come in and out of season, and people actually vary their diets with the seasons. No fruit in winter - more protein and fats eaten in winter. Don't need a study to realize that variety in your diet is a good thing.

I also think we evolved eating high sugar and carb foods in late summer and fall as they naturally ripen or mature. We build fat that carries us through the winter when less food is available. You take that creature and feed it macaroni, fruit, and cereal year round and it's going to gain weight year round.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

I did Keto back in like 2012 and was doing great. Had dropped like 40 lbs and then went in to get my appendix removed in an emergency surgery. Didn’t start back up again after that.

Now I’m just doing intermittent fasting and CICO. It’s a slower process but it allows me to not be so strict about everything.

I've done Intermittent fasting for about 2 or 3 years now. I've gone off keto here and there but never gained back more than 5 lbs and as much as 2 lbs a day fluctuation is normal. Hell, bowel movements can be a pound or more.

Keto should be a tool you use based on how you feel and how your body is changing. You need the vitamins and nutrients in high carb foods as well.

[allen_kcCard]

I'm trying to get back into keto, but right now I've been pretty lax in it. Trying to use Factor meals on the keto list, which aren't bad, although a little pricey, but right now I've been coming off it on weekends, so I haven't sustained it at all so far, still down 5-10 or so though.

My birthday, and my son's birthday were in the span of starting it, thus the weekends things...and I nervous eat during chiefs games....so...I should be able to sustain better soon.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Rausch

I've done Intermittent fasting for about 2 or 3 years now. I've gone off keto here and there but never gained back more than 5 lbs and as much as 2 lbs a day fluctuation is normal. Hell, bowel movements can be a pound or more.

Keto should be a tool you use based on how you feel and how your body is changing. You need the vitamins and nutrients in high carb foods as well.

I'm not going back to the keto diet. It's just way too tough with a family that eats normal foods. IF works just fine with me and cutting my calories down to 1800-1900 a day allows me to have foods that normally I wouldn't as long as they're in moderation.

[scho63]

I came off my fast today after 15 1/2 days with no food.

Had some issues about 45 minutes after eating. Had some bone broth with grilled strips of chicken breasts, English muffins, 4 pieces of Fontina cheese and about 7 small Glory tomatoes. My body got very unstable and I was very dizzy. Thought I would pass out 5-6 times over the next 3 hours. Took until 8-9 pm before I felt better.

Anyone who fasts 5 days or more needs to understand and learn about "refeeding syndrome." If too much food is eaten by a fasting or starving person as their first few meals, they can send their body into shock and even die.

I ate too much to start. Not good.