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<blockquote data-quote="Nick1974" data-source="post: 1699337" data-attributes="member: 463093"><p>keto is not weight loss, it is a lifestyle. If you are grossly overweight and start this specific diet you will shed pounds quickly in the first few weeks mainly because you are loosing water. When your glycogen storages run out or start to run low, you loose water. Keto diet is a natural diuretic, which is why when your on a keto diet you need to drink more water and intake more salt. This will also help you eat more because on a keto diet when you measure the macronutrients you will find it very hard to eat 1500 calories a day at least. Don't worry about high amounts of sodium in your diet making your blood pressure shoot up. Sugar and processed foods are the biggest culprit of raising blood pressure, more than salt. Brunneria are you doing this to loose weight and fix type 2 diabetes.. It works for loosing weight which is a consequence for fixing t2d. You have to be on it on average for at least 4 months. After that time your body will be extremely adaptable from burning sugar to oxidizing fats for fuel. Even if you are thin this is good because it burns deep fat that mainly surrounds your heart and liver. Reading your article it sounds like your going all sixes and sevens (had to ad that in there, sorry) on starting this diet like when I did years ago. This stress could increase your cortisol levels and cause you to gain weight or prevent you from doing so. Their is no such thing as quick weightloss. You have to keep with it over a long period of time, Enjoy the journey, not the destination. The BEST thing I did for t2d and to drop 30 pounds which took over 6 months is TO LEARN HOW TO COOK AND STUDY ABOUT NUTRITION!!!!! Not diet or exercise. I do not want to make this article too long. Take a length of time like on a sunday night and make a plan and cook your meals for the next few days. Do this when you have the time so you are not cooking everyday. Make it simple at first, do not make it a giant rigmarole. Make it fun, pretend your the iron chef or something, take a few shots if you can while cooking. I became good friends with two things my steamer and olive oil. I do not like using other oils and studying nutritional biochemistry I avoid frying anything because it is researched that it does create carcinogens and negates any health effects of any oil including olive oil. Steaming chicken with skin on actually tastes good. A steamed burger without the bun and worstershiere sauce and mustard is so good and juicy. This is coming from an American who used to live in Texas so trust me on this one. Watch sauces, they contain lots of sugar which is why they taste so good and addictive. Learn to make your own. Nobody has a hair trigger metabolism, It takes 3 to 4 months of severe caloric restriction to considerably lower metabolism which you do not do in keto diet. Their is a difference between starvation and caloric restriction which you do not do in a keto diet. Make sure u eat enough so u not hungry and stop counting cals so much. Trust me u will find it hard to get 1500 2000 cals in your diet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nick1974, post: 1699337, member: 463093"] keto is not weight loss, it is a lifestyle. If you are grossly overweight and start this specific diet you will shed pounds quickly in the first few weeks mainly because you are loosing water. When your glycogen storages run out or start to run low, you loose water. Keto diet is a natural diuretic, which is why when your on a keto diet you need to drink more water and intake more salt. This will also help you eat more because on a keto diet when you measure the macronutrients you will find it very hard to eat 1500 calories a day at least. Don't worry about high amounts of sodium in your diet making your blood pressure shoot up. Sugar and processed foods are the biggest culprit of raising blood pressure, more than salt. Brunneria are you doing this to loose weight and fix type 2 diabetes.. It works for loosing weight which is a consequence for fixing t2d. You have to be on it on average for at least 4 months. After that time your body will be extremely adaptable from burning sugar to oxidizing fats for fuel. Even if you are thin this is good because it burns deep fat that mainly surrounds your heart and liver. Reading your article it sounds like your going all sixes and sevens (had to ad that in there, sorry) on starting this diet like when I did years ago. This stress could increase your cortisol levels and cause you to gain weight or prevent you from doing so. Their is no such thing as quick weightloss. You have to keep with it over a long period of time, Enjoy the journey, not the destination. The BEST thing I did for t2d and to drop 30 pounds which took over 6 months is TO LEARN HOW TO COOK AND STUDY ABOUT NUTRITION!!!!! Not diet or exercise. I do not want to make this article too long. Take a length of time like on a sunday night and make a plan and cook your meals for the next few days. Do this when you have the time so you are not cooking everyday. Make it simple at first, do not make it a giant rigmarole. Make it fun, pretend your the iron chef or something, take a few shots if you can while cooking. I became good friends with two things my steamer and olive oil. I do not like using other oils and studying nutritional biochemistry I avoid frying anything because it is researched that it does create carcinogens and negates any health effects of any oil including olive oil. Steaming chicken with skin on actually tastes good. A steamed burger without the bun and worstershiere sauce and mustard is so good and juicy. This is coming from an American who used to live in Texas so trust me on this one. Watch sauces, they contain lots of sugar which is why they taste so good and addictive. Learn to make your own. Nobody has a hair trigger metabolism, It takes 3 to 4 months of severe caloric restriction to considerably lower metabolism which you do not do in keto diet. Their is a difference between starvation and caloric restriction which you do not do in a keto diet. Make sure u eat enough so u not hungry and stop counting cals so much. Trust me u will find it hard to get 1500 2000 cals in your diet. [/QUOTE]
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