CAN I BE IN KETOSIS AND NOT LOSE WEIGHT?
With the risk of all hell breaking lose, I regret to inform you that not losing weight while being in ketosis is very much a possibility. Most people who ask this question skip over a very important fact – keto is not a weight loss diet; it is a fat loss diet. A fat loss diet is made up of two components – fat loss and weight loss.
WHAT IS KETO FLU? CAN I AVOID IT?
Keto flu is nothing but your body’s way of punishing you for not being on keto soon enough. Ha-ha just kidding.
Keto flu is your body’s reaction to consuming less carbohydrates. When you go off any old habits, your body has a way of reacting towards that change. Smokers experience withdrawal symptoms when they try to quit smoking. You might be shocked to know that sugar reacts with our brain just like addictive drugs! So, letting it go is like getting over a breakup – uncomfortable at first, but better for you in the long run.
WHAT HAPPENS IF I UNEXPECTEDLY CHEAT ON KETO? WHAT CAN BE THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF UNEXPECTED CHEATING?
We all have days when nothing seems to go our way and the only thing that makes sense is a slice of pizza. But what follows gulping down that pizza is a big serving of guilt. Unexpected cheat days can jump at us out of nowhere in the form of bad mood, mood swings or simply boredom. What happens exactly in such a case, you might ask. Well, for starters the world comes crashing down.
DO I TAKE CHEAT DAY ON KETO? CAN I EAT ANYTHING ON CHEAT DAYS? HOW MANY DAYS CAN MY CHEAT DAY LAST?
Hold your hearts for the answer you’ve been waiting for – Yes, you do get cheat days on keto. Cheat days are an extremely essential component of a ketogenic diet. When placed correctly, they act as a much needed shock to your body.
The amount of weight you can lose on keto can be calculated by multiplying the square root of your age with the exponential dividends of your weight and then subtracting the seconds you lost while reading this completely made up equation. If you didn’t get the drift, that was a brief intro to my sarcastic abilities.
While your bucket list might demand losing weight in 1 month, keto has its own time-table to follow. Losing weight on keto depends how your body responds to it and that is based on various factors.
Frankly, I don’t know.
And trust me, nobody does.
Firstly, your definition of desired results needs to be put under the scanner. You might want a 6 pack or target a healthy BMI or simply want a quick fix for a party. When you want a summer body, that also depends on how far your summer is. And while you might think this year is definitely the one, it might take you until next year to be where you want to be.
ARE THERE ANY LONG TERM NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS OF KETO? IS IT HEALTHY TO DO KETO LIFELONG?
You can and you should be on keto for as long it gets to meet your desired results. That is your endgame. As a keto coach I try my best to help my clients power through moments when they want to give up on it just because it’s hard. It is definitely hard but oh-so-worth-it!
Yes, you can do keto as a crash diet. But should you do it as just a crash diet? I’d suggest not. As I’ve said earlier, ketosis is a metabolic state of the body so it doesn’t make sense to get out of it, in say just three weeks.
