Diario de moopie321, 23 may. 19

I like that - 'calmer dieter'. I lean toward that same logic a lot - I may exceed the net carbs but still try to maintain a caloric balance and portion control. After five months I cannot seem to get into ketosis so I wonder about what's happening physically. I dunno.  

I realize it's all CICO but lchf helps me eat less and not be hungry. When I was always low cal low fat I was miserable.  

I started lifting weights and going back to martial arts in February. Keeping up with the group was hard with keto, this is a good medium of weight loss while being able to workout. You’ll get back into it when you’re ready.  

Yes, you decide how you want to eat the calories in that keeps you satisfied. CICO doesn’t dictate what you eat. It’s just math.  

CICO isn’t diet specific, it just says if you eat more than you burn you gain, if you eat less you lose, if you eat the same you stay the same. I wasn’t sure why people got offended by this. Then after reading some comments it sounded like people confused “CICO” as another name for a diet like “Keto” or “Paleo”.  

I find more satisfaction in a low carb diet and also fewer gastrointestinal problems. 

The conflict with 'just the concept' of CICO is for people with eating disorders like me it's hard to practice portion control and mindful eating. If the only 'logic' is 'I need to consume less ### than I use' then it's easy (was for me) to find a way to manipulate that. A whole box of spinach or head of lettuce. More bang for the buck. So when I did encounter a high cal dense cal type food I hadn't taught myself to control the portion.  

Of course, that same wrong perception can be used in keto where people think they can eat a trunk of bacon & eggs but as long as they under the net carbs it's all good. That's not accurate either. 

Portion control and mindful eating are tools that people use to reduce calories just like keto. The hard part is finding the right tool where you feel satisfied, is in a healthy state (mentally and physically) while getting to your goal. LCHF and keto seems to work for you.  

I’m controlling perfectly what I’m eating and drinking. Never an issue for me. My issue is that for the last several days I’m up down up down up down...you get the point, the same .6! Ugh!! How do I get past this. No big deal, just monotonous now. 😜 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxvPkygq-E/?igshid=ngl5ydxzw2ez There are more tools for controlling calories in and exercises for calories out. I just listed some off the top of my head.  

Wifey are you keto? How many cal are you eating? 1. Play with the macros, bump up the carbs for a day while keeping the calories the same, suffer one day of being a little hungry. Or increase the fats for 2-3 days while keeping calories the same. 2. Drink extra water 3. Depending how long you’ve been in this “plateau” you might just need to be patient if you’re sure you’re tracking everything correctly 4. Sleep more 5. Check other measurements: fat percentage, tape measure, how clothes are fitting. Sometimes the weight stays the same as we lose fat and gaining muscles... 6.try moving the timing of when you eat to earlier in the day and see if that helps. 7.use a keto calculator or weightloss calculator to recalculate your new numbers  

Moopie WOW! Thank you soooo much. All great suggestions. Btw I’m not Keto. I eat everything and anything in moderation. 2000 cals/day. I’ve been slacking on the exercise for three weeks, intentionally. One week to go. May is one of my craziest months business wise. Hey burn so many cals daily that I try to limit my burn by less workouts. Could be why, but unsure. I’m constantly lifting moving climbing etc. Could be more muscle. I’ve also increased water, go to bed earlier cause I’m beat. I know it’ll even out soon. See what June brings. 😁 

Just remove the words keto from the response for non keto plateaus lol