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Anyone else here on the keto diet?

Oran G. Utan

I've been putting a concentrated effort into weight loss for the past six months. Over the past month and a half, I started doing keto for extra appetite suppression, but also becauce glycogen encourages water retention and I've had issues with that. I'm doing kind of ok. Got a blood ketone meter that's sort of jumping around. I'm finding it pretty easy to maintain a calorie deficit. The problem comes that being autistic and having reduced options of what I can eat... well it's harder to enjoy food these days.

Texture is the worst for me when it comes to food. I ordered these keto pizza bases the other day and made a simple pizza. Took a few bites and enjoyed it reasonably well. Until I found a large seed in it. Suddenly my appetite was gone and the pizza bases are unusable. I really hate having too many textures in my food. And of course the diet itself isn't the cheapest. Right now I'm snacking on some cheddar and iberico ham, but that's a rare treat.

Anyone else here on the diet? And if there are, how have you found managing meals?

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  • I did it a fews ago, it was when low carb high protein diets were a big thing. I basically just cut out carbs almost completely. I only ate when I was hungry which was about twice a day.

    After the first week I felt really weird but shortly after that I started to feel better, my fogginess disappeared and I felt so much clearer. I basically just ate meat, fish, cheese, eggs and salads excluding tomatoes, red peppers, carrots, sweet corn etc. I can get boring very quickly. I kept it up for about 6 weeks as I'd exceeded my weight loss goal and people were getting concerned by the rapid loss.

  • in reply to Hergé

    Yeah boredom's kinda my problem too. Well, really it's just making these foods that I like, but replacing the good tasting stuff with healthier stuff that brings the whole dish down in how enjoyable it is. But it's for the best, since I can't portion control for the life of me. Thankfully with all the hunger suppression I've got going on, now I'm finding myself often with leftovers on my plate.

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  • in reply to Hergé

    Yeah boredom's kinda my problem too. Well, really it's just making these foods that I like, but replacing the good tasting stuff with healthier stuff that brings the whole dish down in how enjoyable it is. But it's for the best, since I can't portion control for the life of me. Thankfully with all the hunger suppression I've got going on, now I'm finding myself often with leftovers on my plate.

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