Anyone doing Keto?

I did it last summer and dropped 30 pounds in 5 weeks. Managed to keep most of it off since then, but it's hard to maintain for a long period of time. If you are going to do it, i suggest planning your meals in advance so you aren't tempted to grab carb loaded snacks at the gas station.

What is it exactly?

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What is it exactly?

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you eat in a certain way to get your body into ketosis

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Ketosis /k?'to?s?s/ is a metabolic state in which most of the body's energy supply comes from ketone bodies in the blood, in contrast to a state of glycolysis in which blood glucose provides most of the energy

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In glycolysis, higher levels of insulin promote storage of body fat and block release of fat from adipose tissues, while in ketosis, fat reserves are readily released and consumed.[5][7] For this reason, ketosis is sometimes referred to as the body's "fat burning" mode.

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if you can get your body into ketosis, you burn the living shite out of fat

hulkloggan has been doing it for years

hes probably lost a pound or two

Looks like another fad diet. Gotta love watching people cycle through these diets. Eating a balanced diet and staying relatively active will help you lose weight, and it's actually sustainable, whereas people go on these diets then stop and get fat again. It's good for your heart, muscles and bones too.

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Read about it the last time it was on the board. I guess some people just don't know how to eat right and exercise to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and need these gimmick plans to expedite results?

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^^this. I used to be think all the gimmick plans were the key, but i have been able to shed 15 pounds since New Years with better eating like

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75-80% of my intake are vegetables. I drink water, limit fat intake, all but cut out sugar (it's the devil)and eat lean proteins.

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and weight training. hardly any to zero amount of cardio. weekend cheat days are good too.

but to each his own. if you wanna eat shitty and your body can take it and still look good more power to you. I wish I could do that. I miss pizza and Mexican food all day err day

I just started it for lent a couple weeks ago. Lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks and pants fitting way looser.

disciples of Mark Sisson

i'm not promoting ketosis so i'm not going to look up info, but he's written a ton about it if you want the arguments

*ETA: changed "answers" to "arguments"

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why would any athlete, let alone any human, avoid carbs?

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Well, you dont have to avoid carbs, just certain types. We were never meant to eat carbs the way that a modern human does, especially a modern America. We have a "fatfrick syndrome" in America, mainly due to over consumption of carbs.