Ketogenic Struggle.

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Day 2 of the Ketogenic life. I am struggling with this whole carb deal. I have no issues not eating "carby foods" like pasta, bread, rice, cake, etc. BUT...as I am logging what I am eating...I am finding that most everything has CARBS! How do you differentiate between what carbs are okay and which one's aren't?

Does anyone know anything about the Ketogenic diet?
Have any expereicne ro advice in this area?

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Hi Critcrittle

I hear you!

My 2 cents:
Unless your an athlete or have a special needs medical diet I don't think you need to be doing diets like keto, paleo, military, 5:2, Atkins, detox etc. In fact if you see your doctor he or she will probably tell you the same thing.

You just need to use the app and exercise IMO. Keep it simple. Calorie counting and using the app works and its simple. Keto diets are a highly specialised diet which is why many people who do it eventually give up and or fail.

I have done many diets and they all work in the beginning the problem is that they are hard to maintain, some of them like the keto diet in my opinion are not realistic and could even cause health problems so you should always get medical advice first.

But again, if your a regular person IMHO you do not need a highly specialised and unrealistic diet. Its just going to stress you out and make your life harder which clearly from your post, your experiencing.

The problem now days is that information is so easy to obtain and everyone thinks they are an expert. What usually happens is you go online, you want to lose weight you hear or read about some fancy new thing you have never heard of before and so you dive in head first. Usually there is little to no support for these types of things other than forums and communities and pretty much never and medically or nutritional support from a medical standpoint so what end up happening is you lose a little weight and then the stress and pressure of said new diet become too much and you eventually stop.

I recently made a decision to stop all diets and instead just use the app and exercise. So far so good. 3KG down, I eat what i want within my calorie goal, exercise with walking, swimming, wrestling and jujitsu when I feel like it and generally my stress level is reduced massively because I no longer have to think about what to eat and when to eat it, or go shopping and make sure I have enough of X in the fridge, or wasting money on expensive things that are keystone parts of the diet.

In the last year I have attempted a diet given to me by a naturopath that limited basic things like carbs, milk, cheese, coffee etc. A keto diet that limited you know what... a fasting diet were I lost massive amounts of weight really quickly (about 7KG in two weeks) eventually I had a massive fight with my wife and we almost split up because of how hungry I was... and in previous years have done body building diets where I had to eat 6 meals a day or mixtures of paleo and high protein diets and for me personally none of them are realistic lifestyle choices.

With MFP, I can go out to dinner and not look like some weirdo freak when all I'm eating is spinach and butter, I can have a beer if I feel like it and I only have to exercise if I need to in order to remain within my calorie goal.

Thats just my 2 cents, do what works for you, but for me diets are a pain in the *kitten* and with something like MFP I think I can work that into my lifestyle on a long term basis because after all its just a fancy calculator.

My current goal is to use MFP every day for 30 days. If I can do that, i'm betting that not only will I lose weight but that i'll also create a new habit of using the tool and exercising.

Cheers