Has anyone ever done the Keto diet? Thinking pretty heavily about doing it. My wife started doing 2 weeks ago and has already lost almost 10% of her body weight. Not sure how healthy that type of weight loss is, but she feels good and doesn't feel like she is starving herself.
Has anyone ever done the Keto diet? Thinking pretty heavily about doing it. My wife started doing 2 weeks ago and has already lost almost 10% of her body weight. Not sure how healthy that type of weight loss is, but she feels good and doesn't feel like she is starving herself.
There are a ton of benefits to the keto diet other than weight loss. If you are really interested I would check out the keto subreddit.
Also don't worry that your wife might have lost an unhealthy amount of weight because she didn't. You'll lose weight fast when first starting the diet because your body will retain less water so you drop a lot of water weight at first.
My only critique with paleo of keto diets is that I find a lot of people that stick to them don’t eat enough vegetables.
The problem with the keto diet is the problem with all diets....they give results but people can't stick to them long term so the weight comes back. The best advice I can give is unless you are training for something specific where you have to make a weight, stay away from diets. If you want to lose weight, make small changes that you can sustain, that will give you real, long term results.
Beautiful day for a ride out here today. Mid 50s. Perfect.
Has anyone ever done the Keto diet? Thinking pretty heavily about doing it. My wife started doing 2 weeks ago and has already lost almost 10% of her body weight. Not sure how healthy that type of weight loss is, but she feels good and doesn't feel like she is starving herself.
Dang nice bike and nice view!
Been around 10 weeks since I set up my home gym. Wow, once I started Starting Strength type plan, you realize half the people in the gym have no clue what they are doing at the gym.
@ 185lbs:
Bench - 170
Squat - 120
Overhead Press - 90
Chin Ups - +7.5lbs
Deadlifts - 175lbs
Barbell Row - 100lbs
Majority of these are still easy for me since I have been "lifting" for 5-6 years, Squats are getting more difficult since I never did them before. Fun time is over soon, weights are starting to get up there. I was benching 185lbs-225lbs before switching to this routine.
Highly recommend it for anyone who wants to size up. As well as a home gym if you have the space, you lucky guys in Chicago get basements which helps, I have a 3rd car garage slot I had to sacrifice. You can save big money on gym membership fees over the long run.
After losing 10+lbs in the first 2 weeks, she has levelled off and has now only lost 12-13lbs over 4 weeks.Agreed. As long as she is getting the proper nutrients, it's no big deal. 10% is nothing to worry about, no matter where she started. Like you said, a lot if it is water. Would be interesting to get an update from @Hawkaholic 2 weeks later now. You would think she gained a few back then maybe now is starting to head back down. 10 pounds per month is considered normal. So even if she lost another 5-10, it's perfectly fine since it's month 1. Damn though, makes you think this Keto diet could be something to try out. But everyone is different and you have to find out what works for you. For example, early on in my weight loss, I was obsessed with those nature valley protein peanut butter granola bars and other gronola bars too. Unfortunately, those extra carbs and stuff slowed me down. I can't eat too much of that and have tried to avoid them since. For others, it might be an ideal between meal snack.
No not at all. She is 5'-0" 139lbs when she started, so a little overweight ,but not much.Was she severely overweight to begin with? That's the only way I see this being OK.
If I dropped 10% or 18.5lbs, I would be getting an appt with my PCP.
Starting strength and programs like it are pretty solid. Are those your one rep max or is that what you are doing sets with?
No not at all. She is 5'-0" 139lbs when she started, so a little overweight ,but not much.
These are my sets. I haven't done my max rep yet. Even though I was working out prior to starting, I dropped to really light weights to focus on form and routine. I didn't want to start extremely high in one and low in the other. So I pretty much went from bar/45lbs. I am starting to get to where I need to put in decent effort. I'm shooting for 1000lb Club but not sure I will be able to get there. It will be close, but I am at least 16-20 weeks away from even sniffing that.
I'm doing Phrak's Greyskull. Do you follow a SS program?