No weight loss after a week

I’m in your same boat. I think I may be eating too much fat? Let’s keep treading along. 

It’s been over a week and the scale mocks me but I’m gonna stick to my guns. I may have to shave off extra calories to get faster results. Think I’ll drop my calories from 1600 to 1400.

Follow the 5/25/70 macros and only eat between noon and 6pm.  Just coffee outside of that.  The weight will come off easily if you do this.  Make sure you go back in monthly to input your new weight so it adjusts your macros or you'll stall out!  Took me ages to figure that one out.

Supermom Good advice. But if you get hungry in the evening, set your eating window to between 3 and 9 pm (no breakfast or lunch other than coffee).  I usually exercise daily at 3 then after a shower I break my fast with a bit of protein and a bulletproof coffee, which tides me over until dinner around 7 or 8. Your daily schedule might not support this but you get the idea. Intermittent Fasting in conjunction with a Keto diet is a powerful combination!

Hutch Ah that's brilliant Hutch thanks, I will amend my eating window to be a bit later.  I was worried that eating too close to bedtime would be an issue but you're right, it will stop me pacing around the kitchen at 10pm.  Summoning up all that extra willpower has been rather exhausting.  Many thanks.  I suppose I should move my duff more too.  I literally have no tush left and need to rebuild that.  I see lots of stairs in my future :-)  Thanks for the reply, and congrats I think I saw you reached your goal somewhere???  Awesome!  

mathewsdv8 1600 is a lot of calories, is that what the carb manager gave you for your height and weight?  If so maybe just keep following the carb manager and let your body adjust.   Good luck!  Stay with it.

My scale stood still for a week also but it finally went down 2 pounds today. Just be patient. I know it’s not easy ❤️😊

Supermom It gave me 1700 but I am continuing to lower it due to plateauing.

mathewsdv8 Okay well just be sure you alter your macros in accordance with your planned calorie reduction.  I had plateaued but had been going over on my protein or my fats fairly regularly.  Then I started planning my daily food each morning and sticking to my plan and surprise, I got off that plateau.  So I find Carb Manager and the 5/70/25 ratio really works but it's not very forgiving, you really have to nail it especially near the end of your weight loss.  Good luck Mathew!  

malibu. darby 2 lbs in a week is awesome great job!  I got down 1 lb and really fought for it but am happy.  I found I had to stick like glue to the macros to make it happen, moreso than before.  Have a great week ahead!

Hi Guys, Alan newbie here, in the same boat, finding it difficult with the lockdown. anyone found any good sites or resources/info to get some focus? Thanks

Supermom  how many calories should we get?  Mine is at 1543

I’ve lost 26 lbs in 72 days, and it goes in waves—I’ll go days at virtually the same weight, and then drop 3-4 lbs over a couple of days. Then another plateau...  Just stick with it. 

juliemduruf0e2 I couldn't possibly answer that, but that's a lot of calories I think.  If you're really heavy or quite tall, it may be quite right for you.  I'm only 5'4", I put in that I was sedentary in the settings/profile, and I think it gave me around 1365 calories to start with.  I go back into settings every month and enter my current weight and let it rejig all my limits for me.  I now only get 1032 calories a day but I only have 1.5 lbs left to go.  Yay me!  So just check your settings carefully to be sure that's right.  Then ignore calories altogether because on keto they don't matter one iota.  Count your net carbs, fats and proteins.  You'll find you nail the calories by just following the carb manager and building each day to hit your targets.  

Alan Geni I found Dr. Berg videos helpful, and interesting.  Dr. Ken Berry is great.  There are some by Dr. Jason Fung. Look up the lecture called something like Why Salt Got Blamed for What Sugar Did.  Gives the whole history of the wretched food guides we have been following for years which led us to our obesity problem and cancer and dementia.  Oy.  That should keep you busy for a while!  And get out and walk.  Just walk 40 minutes in one direction, then turn around and go home.  And the computer keeps me out of the kitchen too.  Mine's in my home office.  I live in here!  It helps.  Good luck!  You can do it!

Supermom I'm pretty heavy. . 200 pounds and only 5'6.  I wasn't hungry until about 2pm today so I'm hoping the later eating window will help me cut calories.

julie LOL hey I'm only 5'4" and I started off at 205 lbs so take heart.  I'm 136 today, with one pound to goal!  If 2pm was your breakfast time, yes you can eat til about 8pm max I would think.  And really, stop worrying about calories.  Keto means you do not have to count calories at all, as this isn't a restriction will power diet we're on.  Really just watch your macros.  Mine is down to 13g carbs, 80g fat and 65g protein and I am full.  Hard to believe but I'm actually full.  I had 3 small eggs with cream for breakfast + half an avocado.  They were out of large ones at the store.  Ginormous salads are now a habit every single day, with strawberries and blackberries and chevre goat cheese, so awesome.  I had one chicken thigh with that, and then a full ounce of white cheddar cheese.  Burp!  I'm rooting for you.  Keep me posted on your progress!

Supermom Congrats!!!  136, wow!  

Sghilliard is good to hear that, my first week I went down 7lb then nothing the 2nd week am in my third week let’s see how this goes I DONT WANT YO GIVE UP 

sslopezjoy , I have found if my weight is stalled, doing some exercising usually helps the scale move again!

Supermom Ive been doing that from the start, and I’ve already lost 11 lbs and this is just the start of day 4! I saw your advice on another post and it’s really working! Thank you! 

Hi eveyone I am frustrated that I have been following my macros and I still after a week can't get past a trace on the sticks and I haven't lost anything. Any suggestions?

TLF Are you sticking to your calories, getting enough sleep and fiber, and eating enough veggies?  What is your calorie limit and macros limits?

Supermom  When you say coffee outside of the noon and 6pm, can it be keto coffee with cream/coconut oil?