I’ve lost 8 pounds in less than two weeks. Stopped eating bread,pasta,French fries,anything with wheat in it, potato chips,no sugar soda. No crackers and cut way back on any sugar. I put heavy cream in my morning coffee instead of sugar.
What I’ve been eating:
Hamburger meat,lettuce wedge with blue cheese dressing.
Hot dogs sauerkraut.
Steak & broccoli.
Bacon or sausage with eggs.
Lunch meat, pickles,cheese. Still eat oranges, apples which have some sugar. Fresh Raspberry & blueberrys with heavy cream.
Cottage cheese with fresh berries.
Low carb Yogurt with fresh berries.
When I went low carb fifteen years ago I lost a lot of weight right away in the first month, but then it slowed down. I started at 225 then Lost 25 pound. Got down to 200. Didn’t get below 200. Kept it off for a few years until I started eating bread & pasta again. I think wheat is the cause of gaining weight.
I was at 230. I’m at 220 now. Hope to get below 200. Be great if I got down to 180-190
“I think wheat is the cause of gaining weight.”
Agree. I think today’s wheat is basically sugar in disguise. The other carbs, potato and rice, aren’t great either (and obviously are severely restricted if low-carb), but sugar/wheat seems to set off a chain reaction, and it’s next to impossible to not gain weight, as the obesity rates in the West are proving.
Look into intermittent fasting if your weight loss stalls and weight loss is your goal.u
Mentally track carbs... Aim for no more than 20 net/30 total carbs. That means cutting the carby fruit and carby milk products. For instance, even low carb yogurt is higher in carbs.
Your diet mimics mine. I had been thin my entire life until around 62 and then all my eating habits caught up with me. Prior, I used to eat the normal food pyramid food. Whole grains, lean meats, plenty of leafy veggies, brocolloi, fish and did not worry about the cookies. I worked out and was an avid hiker of these Southern California mountains. Then type 2 diabetes type issues began to happen, hypoglycemia with the episodes of very low blood sugar, full skin burning rashes, migraines, detached retinas in both eyes, prostate issues and then TURP surgery, Constant constipation with hemmorids. Heck I was eating organic fruit just about every 2 hours, convinced I needed the fiber.
My daughter and her husband were having success with paleo eating ( a little less restrictive than keto). I honestly thought the guy was a food nazi and I was irritated by what I felt was a controlling viewpoint on this. However he was controlling in any other way.
I gave straight keto a try, following doctors like Ken Berry MD. He’s not selling pills, vitamins or package food like the non keto docs such as Gundry. I lost 40lbs in 3 months. Ate as much meat, eggs, cheese, fermented food like sourkraut, avocados as I wanted. Took all seed oils out of my diet. All bread, all pasta (except for cassava pasta). I’m paleo now and I do break my diet about time a month. I’ve had pizza twice in the last year and loved it with no ill effects.
Not as much wine as the old days. You get drunk too easily eating like this.
Weight has not returned. I went down 2 pant sizes. All my old shirts fit. I’m 158 to 161 up and down between that. That’s my high school wight. I’m male and 67.
Life is good and I don’t plan on going back to my old eating habits. Still working as an analyst.