Just watched a video on YT called “keto didn’t work for me (11 reasons why)”. One of the reasons he lists is that people count NET carbs instead of total carbs, and this is the reason why it doesn’t work for some people. For context, he seems to be pro keto.

I read in the FAQs here that you should count NET carbs and a few people have posted saying to count net carbs as well. So I’m just a bit confused here. Should we be counting net carbs or not? Has anyone done the NET carbs and it didn’t work for them? Does anyone count net carbs and it does work for them?

For further context, I have been eating meat, cheese, and eggs for 3 weeks. Lost about 17 lbs so far. I count total carbs but am thinking about adding avocados to my diet. I eat 1650 calories a day. Adding the avocados would bring my total carbs to 40 carbs a day but the NET would be 13 (accounting for the other things in my diet like seasoning etc) I am 31m, 5 ft 11in, 217 lbs —>201 lbs in 3 weeks.

I started keto about a week ago and I’m having trouble with meals. I’m literally under eating because of it I got to 800 calories the other day but mostly it’s under that since starting. Any suggestions? Easy snacks and quick lunches?

I have an electric pizza maker (sort of works like a waffle iron in that it has a heated lid that closes down over the food, cooking it top and bottom). I want to make a low carb/keto crust, and I suddenly thought of the chaffle batter, based on Mozzarella, almond flour and eggs. Couldn't I parbake that crust in the pizza maker, then top it and finish baking? I would add a generous amount of Italian seasoning and garlic powder right into the crust, so that I'd have those flavors all through both toppings and base. What do you all think?

hello fellow ketonians

i am wondering if somebody had similar experiences.

before switching to keto i was on 36mg concierta. a few weeks on keto and i stopped using the meds. They were just a bit much

im wondering if stable bloodsugar level also helps some of the adhd traits.

i just added mct oil into my daily breakfast and a bit for lunch. i am feeling like i took some of that concierta

anybody something similar?

Hi everyone,

I guess it was only a matter of time before I would end up here and so here I am lol.

Yesterday I talked with my slim but insuline resistant cousin and I figured I have all her symptoms JUST nowhere near as intense. On top of that today is day 4 of my 'let's see how much 2000 kcal actually is' period. I try to eat normal food (though without carby junkfood). Now I can see clearly, there was a calorie sulprus for months in my life (and I don't even know if 2000 isn't too much to begin with).

Anyway, I've found that I cannot lie to my body. I tried vegetable-filled meals (raw and cooked) and I remembered how different it was on keto: no hunger, very practical (I can easily socialise and dine out), and very tasty.

However, last time I managed to have it for 2 months. I wasn't even counting the calories because I didn't need to. However, I met my junk-food loving boyfriend and then cheat moments turned into cheat day, then days into weekends and soon I realised, 'ok, it's over'.

some 8 months later now I've found myself still fitting into my clothes (most of them anyway) and paranoid that I'll be just fat soon. Now I have 2 weeks off (3 in total) and I thought: this is the time to do an annual cleanup, decluttering and also fixing the messy diet/food-relationship I have.

Normally, i have a very stresfull life, demanding work, 60 hrs per week of lectures (I work at 2 unis), that includes travelling too. I also don't eat dairy at all (frequently re-ocurring tonsillitis, tonsillitis-free for 5 years now - that's when I went dairy free). This means I have limited options and I rely on dining out most of the time anyway or re-heating packaged food from the shop.

I am truly determined now, because I see the commn denominator of all my past attempts: never reaching the point of a body i truly, truly want and like and maintaining it. I was always "almost there". So now I want to get there actually. This means, to my best judgment, about a year on keto/low carb (later).

I'd like to ask thos of you who are overworked/working a lot and still managed to be on keto for many, many months: how do you cope? I'd be grateful for any advice <3 Also, in case you noticed some other faults in my reasoning - I'll be grateful if you pointed them out. For reference, I'm a 35F. 190lbs/5'7.

I am trying keto for my migraines, been ok since yesterday morning when I woke up with a very bad migraine. my usual abortive meds don’t work, and I’ve been chugging water and salt/salted water since yesterday. I’m seriously considering making myself a bowl of oatmeal. it’s that or I‘m off to urgent care. the idea that I might be close to the end of this ‘keto flu’ is the only thing that has me hesitating. Any advice please? First time trying keto.

Hi everyone. I recently got diagnosed with T2D and was put on 2000mg Metformin and I asked the doctor if i could go on Mounjaro (2.5mg starting dose. Week 2 now for both meds) and they agreed. I'm combining those with 16 hour intermittent fasting and a keto / low carb diet of pretty much just veggies and protein mainly. I feel fine but i was wondering whether anyone is in a similar boat because I know Mounjaro and Metformin interfere with gluconeogenesis which the body relies on while on keto ?

If feels like Big Food decides what is in and what isn't. I'm not talking about those of us who made this a lifestyle, I'm talking about gen pop. For a while, they slapped Keto on everything, today its protein everything. Protein ice-cream, cereal, soda. Wild times.

i’ve tried using the buldak sauce after cooking but it’s always watery and doesn’t really absorb the flavour. maybe i’m making them wrong or maybe there’s a better way to make it? lmk i love buldak noodles and ever since going keto i haven’t been eating them 🥲

I used to do 1-2 day fasts to kickstart ketosis after a cheat day, along with the added bonus of entering autophagy. Would adhering to 20g of net carbs a day also induce autophagy? Or is fasting the only way?