RockstarWilson wrote: » Asharp22 wrote: » I just started my keto diet, been logging successfully for six days and have lost five pounds. My question is, what calorie count did your stick with? The keto counters that I have seen project my calories at about 1800, however I have read that calories don't count at all, even eating 2500 could cause loss. Is there any truth in that? Calories are ALL that matter, whether you count them or not...this diet is simply a tool to overcome the odds. If I consistently track calories, I use the Mifflin St Jeor equation, with only a sedentary multiplier. I then count any strenuous activity as exercise, but it is arbitrary bc I dont really need to eat to my activity level. Like today, I was shoveling sand for 7 hours. I burned an extra 2000 calories, but I wont even come close to eating them back. As far as your TDEE and how much you need to eat to gain/lose/maintain, that is 100% subjective. Also, you will not lose 1 lb per day throughout the diet. Next week, the rate of loss will probably taper off.
Asharp22 wrote: » I just started my keto diet, been logging successfully for six days and have lost five pounds. My question is, what calorie count did your stick with? The keto counters that I have seen project my calories at about 1800, however I have read that calories don't count at all, even eating 2500 could cause loss. Is there any truth in that?