Hello! Started Keto 7 weeks ago

 Doing 16:8 IF, macros at 5.25.70, lost 10lbs the first 4 weeks in, and now haven’t lost anything since then. Tested high on urine Keto strips. What am I going wrong? Getting a little frustrated the scale is not moving.... help. 

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  • Wait for the ‘woosh’ effect... keep doing what you are doing... maybe change your excercise up a little bit?

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  • normenvanamersfoortbb8a Thanks for the advice! I read up on the whoosh effect, and will keep that in mind. I also just started walking 2 miles a day. Hopefully I’ll see some improvement soon. Until then I shall keep on Keto-ing!

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    • scjudd1986
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    • scjudd1986
    • 5 yrs ago
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    Measure beyond the scale. For the last 5 weeks my weight hasn't been changing (only fluctuating up and down 2 lbs). I was getting frustrated until I took a waist measurement, and it was down 2 inches!

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  • normenvanamersfoortbb8a normenvanamersfoortbb8a  - is the "whoosh" effect the sudden dizziness you feel? I've been on Keto for 7 weeks also, and just last weekend , I got up and had a nasty case of vertigo. Is that what the call the "Keto flu" ? I still get it - but milder and sporatically.

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    • LorieS
    • LorieS
    • 5 yrs ago
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    I’m in week 3 and feel the same. I’ve gotten sick twice in 4 days. Vomiting. Not pleasant!  Thoughts anyone?  

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    • Crkwolf
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    • 5 yrs ago
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    Dagmar VonBernewitz No. "One of the stranger phenomenon that occurs when you are losing weight is the so-called “whoosh effect” that I really wish had a better or more scientific sounding name. It’s the name we give to a very common occurrence where you are eating right and doing everything you are supposed to do but no weight loss happens for several days and then all of a sudden, you lose 3-5 lbs in a single night. " -Aarn, from his MySugarfree Journey blog.

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  • Crkwolf  I guess what I experienced was the "keto flu" - I thought that was the "whoosh" effect. Thanks for the clarification.

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