Any keto mamas?
 

If you're doing any kind of ketogenic diet, post here and let us know how it's going :) Also, I hope we can share favorite recipes and tips for success with meal planning, exercise, etc.

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I did Keto for a while not just for inflammation but to lose the last 15 lbs of baby weight... I'm at my goal weight now and have added fruit back to my diet, so pretty sure I'm not longer in ketosis... lol,
But I've never felt better! Aside from really missing fresh fruit it's been the best food change I've ever made!


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I tried this winter and want to try again. The book my doctor had me read was frustrating. It was pretty condescending and self-righteous ('the other scientist are all wrong, but this is scientifically generated, so follow it strictly') and did NOT prepare me for the side effects I experienced. Still healing from the rash :blush

A friend of mine is doing this and says she lost 15 pounds in a month.

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I had been doing keto for almost 5 months. I only lose weight on keto if I track every single thing I eat. I LOVE the idea of it and still eat pretty low carb/high fat/moderate protein. I also never felt satiated on keto, even after 45 days of 30-ish net carbs daily (that was everything weighed and measured, so I was not guessing).

So now I am eating closer to 100 grams net carbs, which is working much better for me. Still a lot less than most people. I get 50% of my calories from fat. I can actually wait to eat between meals.

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CJ that sounds frustrating :( I've been reading a book called Keto Clarity and found it very enlightening. Hmm there were a couple of other books I got from the library that were mainly recipe books but had a couple chapters of really great info at the beginning. I can look up their titles if you want :)

Squiddles that's encouraging! So let's see, I started keto at St Patrick's Day. Partly because my hubby wants to keep his blood sugar stable (to avoid diabetes, which he's at risk for) but also because I wanted to lose 20 lbs. It's been 2.5 months and I've lost 10 lbs :) Yay!

Currently this "granola" is my favorite keto recipe :D Except I used homemade buttered toasted pecans instead of almonds

http://www.wickedstuffed.com/keto-re...free-low-carb/

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I found some pretty good info on dietdr.com (I think that's it) and it seemed much more reasonable and listed the potential side effects I experienced (so I didn't feel like I was crazy anymore)

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I did Keto from Thanksgiving until 2 weeks ago. We went on a cruise and we have visitors, so this is a sort of planned break. (I had planned to break only on the cruise, but now I'm extending the break until the second set of visitors leaves.)

I have really loved the weight loss! And it's coming back now that I'm on my keto-break!:doh But, I feel confident about returning to keto next week!

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CJ thanks for listing the side effects. I hadn't looked into them or even considered them before. I did a pseudo keto diet change many months ago and it went very very wrong for me. Heart palpatations that go away in a few weeks is not an acceptable side effect for me when we have a history of heart issues in my family.

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Hubby and I did an under 20 carb diet for around a year....felt great.....gained weight....went back to our lower than average carb "normal" diet.

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So, between this thread and a person on fb selling some sort of keto product, I've begun to wonder if we might have been doing it wrong....we only tracked carbs - not proteins or fats. My book just says "higher fat, moderate protein" with no definitions. Would anyone care to share what levels worked for them and what that looked like in food terms? I really feel like it *ought* to work, like it *wanted* to....it just never quite got there.

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Oh! Read the book Keto Clarity. :yes This really is a high fat diet, but our bodies are all very individual in what percentage of fat/protein/carb we need to keep our bodies in a natural state our using fats (dietary and bodily reserves) for energy instead of sugars/carbs.

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Thank you, I will look for that!

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Here's an interesting article about kids on keto. Did you know that the metabolism of a breastfed baby is naturally in a state of ketosis? :)

https://www.ketovangelist.com/is-keto-safe-for-kids/

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I am not actively seeking ketosis, but I get in there when I do HCG 2.0. I'm chiming in because I was wondering more about the rash -- why it happens and how I can prevent it. It's AWFUL, so I find myself toeing the line of low carb until the spots start to appear, then I add some extra fruit to get it to calm down. I probably have to stay above 40 g to keep it away.

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The diet dr page said they THINK it has something to do with chemcials released at keto stage being excreted through sweat. For me it was bad under my arms and around my bra line. Is still have some dry patches from the damage done, but finally not so raw it hurts to use deoderant.

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Yeah, don't think it's that at all for me. :scratch We've been very natural/organic for 8 years. :shrug3 I can literally turn the rash on and off with the amount of carbs within a day or two. I get it on the back of my neck so my hair covers it well, but the itching! Once it starts traveling around the front of my neck and people wonder if I have measles, I know it's time to turn it off. :giggle

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I think the reaction to the rash/itching made it last so much longer etc.

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Does it help if you take a toxin-absorbing supplement like food-grade calcium bentonite? Or even just drinking a lot more water?

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Didn't know to try the supplement. Don't know that I coud have taken in more water - I couldn't get enough at that point.

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So now I am confused. If babies are in keto and they are supposed to be tripling their weight in a year, why is this a good diet for adults?

I'm really not up for dieting until 2018, but I follow all these threads about the various diets. So interesting.

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Ketosis is a state in which your body uses dietary fats for energy. Breastmilk is very high in fat, so a young baby who is exclusively breastfed is using dietary fats for fuel. They do put on some chub, but much of a baby's weight gain is from building bones, muscle, and brain tissue. So they're really not "gaining weight" in the same way that adults do (by packing excess fat tissue on our hips).

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There are several formulas for figuring out how much protein to have. They generally put the protein pretty low. I aim for about 25 g per meal, and that's actually quite high. One formula I read in Mercola's new book had me at like 47 g of protein a day! I don't know how that's really feasible.


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Keto Clarity is at my library, though both copies are unavailable.


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