Weight Loss/Maintenance

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Fri Jul 24, 2020, 08:40 AM Jul 2020

Any thoughts on this article from 'Good Morning America' TV show?

Woman loses more than 100 pounds following 'lazy keto' diet

Nearly two years ago, Megan Faraday, a now 25-year-old woman from Ontario, Canada, decided she was ready to make a change to her health.

"I just felt really uncomfortable with myself for a really long time, a whole lifetime of dieting and binge eating," Faraday told "Good Morning America." "I woke up one morning and was like 'I'm going to try keto and see if it sticks,' and it did."

Faraday has since lost more than 100 pounds following "lazy keto," a version of the popular ketogenic, or keto, diet, known for its focus on foods high in fat and low in carbohydrates.

For Faraday, following a "lazy keto" diet meant skipping counting every macronutrient, like proteins and fats, she was eating and focusing solely instead on the amount of carbohydrates, or carbs, she was eating every day.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/woman-loses-100-pounds-lazy-keto-diet-71846919

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Any thoughts on this article from 'Good Morning America' TV show? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 OP

Yes, it's what I'm doing and it works. phylny Jul 2020 #1

What is your limit for carbs? left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 #2

My doctor says 50 phylny Jul 2020 #4

Me Too Desert_Leslie Jul 2020 #3

Wow left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 #5

Dropping carbs is good. Adding fat is questionable to me. I would add protein instead. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #6

phylny

(8,819 posts)

1. Yes, it's what I'm doing and it works.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 08:46 AM

Jul 2020

I feel great!

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

2. What is your limit for carbs?

Reply to phylny (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 08:57 AM

Jul 2020

Daily max?
Thanks

phylny

(8,819 posts)

4. My doctor says 50

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 10:25 AM

Jul 2020

but I’m usually under that.

Desert_Leslie

(131 posts)

3. Me Too

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 09:52 AM

Jul 2020

Last year I lost 74 pounds on keto, going from 191 to 117. I'm a 5'3" woman, 66 years old.

This year, staying at home nearly 24/7, I've gone up to 128, eating a bit more but staying strictly keto.

Just FYI, I have type 1 diabetes and take insulin. The keto lifestyle has vastly improved my diabetes ... cut way down on insulin intake and improved my A1C score down to 5.5.

I don't count carbs but try to avoid them like the plague. You really lose your carb craving. My husband LOVES dessert and has it around, and I can easily avoid it.

Here is a typical day's food:

Breakfast: Never eat breakfast. (Keeps overall food intake lower.)

Lunch: 3 oz. chicken, 2 oz. cheese, tablespoon mayo, 2 big dill pickles

Dinner: 3 or 4 oz. protein, low-carb veggie or two ... e.g., roasted cauliflower, grilled asparagus, sauteed spinach, braised cabbage, sauerkraut

Snack examples: cheese, marinated goat cheese (Costco - delish), ricotta cheese mixed with sugar-free syrup such as butter rum, diet soda mixed with various sugar-free syrups, GG brand fiber crispbread (2 net carbs per cracker), roasted seaweed snack (very crispy), fried pork rinds, whole head of butter lettuce with oil/vinegar/Dijon mustard dressing

Tillamook makes a no-carb jerky that is very good.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

5. Wow

Reply to Desert_Leslie (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 10:52 AM

Jul 2020

I would not know where to find or prepare some of that.

Midnight Writer

(25,741 posts)

6. Dropping carbs is good. Adding fat is questionable to me. I would add protein instead.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2020, 04:16 PM

Jul 2020

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