Why Is Keto So Good For Weight Loss?

[@MailmanJustin]

I lost a ton of weight on keto (about 70lbs). When people asked me what I did I warned them that keto wasnt the reason WHY I lost weight, it was merely a tool I used to help control my appetite and keep calories down. It always has been and always will be a math problem, calories in versus calories out.

[@blainebickle1178]

Yes! I lost about 100lbs doing keto, and I'm still not convinced it does all the things biochemically that proponents say it does. But I know that I was just eating healthier in general, my hunger was under control more, and the food was good. The only diet I can think of that I can eat a lot, eat things that taste amazing, and lose weight easily.

[@whointhewhat]

Amen

[@fabiors10]

It may not be only this after all kzbin.info/www/bejne/op_boGeEj5aepKcsi=liF-P4W6BRjesb2t

[@daniellovesosrs]

I lost 1000 lbs on Keto and I can tell you the anabolic duck eggs and the shrute farms beet juice I included were really magical.

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

@@daniellovesosrs Beet juice ain't keto.

[@MariaEmmerich]

I’ve been keto for 27 years 💪 I’m 1/2 my body weight now, I no longer suffer with PCOS, my acid reflux is gone, my IBS is gone and I no longer have depression 🙌🙌🙌

[@Factasy360]

The main selling point for me was that keto lowered my serum triglycerides from 567 mg/dL to 70 mg/dL in 6 months. The upper limit of the reference range is 150 mg/dL so keto put me well within the safe zone. And since high trigs are a major risk factor for heart disease - especially when HDL-C is low keto may have saved me from an early demise. Oh yeah, and I lost 40 lbs which reduced my BMI from the overweight category to the middle of the "normal" BMI range.

[@archiesenol9104]

@maria: Geee, 27 years Keto!😊👏🏼👏🏼

[@adc834]

I started keto not long ago because it’s one of the few things that make me not have stomach pain from ibs, inspiring to hear you have been doing this for 27 years!

[@DUDEBroHey]

How did you hear about keto 28 years ago?

[@DUDEBroHey]

​@@adc834try to fast a bit too. Just go 36 hours without eating. It helps.

[@lightninlarry8936]

From personal experience, Keto helped me get on the road to losing weight. I weighed 263 pounds. Started by doing Keto. Lost around 40lbs doing it. Then after that I stopped doing Keto and lost another 20lbs. I think it really helped permanently get appetite under control. I feel fuller after eating less food than I used to eat.

[@happydude2163]

Not dissing Keto, love it, but I think your appetite just naturally reduces as you both lose weight and start eating better (whatever the diet).

[@jonathan1991z]

Also makes you handle yourself around a nutritional fact label and also may improve your diet discipline. Admittedly, you could learn that on your own but most people are too lazy to do that.

[@damo9961]

Cutting out sugar makes you stop craving sugar. Some of the bacteria in your gut that lives off sugar dies off. @@happydude2163

[@irielion3748]

So you are still 200 pounds now? Where are you at?

[@onpoint2292]

​@@irielion3748idk, but depending on height, 203 pounds is at the high-normal range of weight for males. His BMI could be within the healthy range now

[@Rather_B_Skydiving]

I did NOT expect to see this topic covered in a positive light on this channel! Now that I'm back strength training I'm eating more carbs, but Keto enabled me to EASILY keep my weight in the ideal range during the almost seven years i completely stopped working out.

[@m14hh5]

I’m in the same boat. Got back into lifting consistently for the last few months but I want to get my weight back down after 8 years of gaining weight. Never thought I’d try keto. Going to use it to kick off weight loss for a month and slowly transition into a regular diet (with a deficit) over the next few months. Day 4 now.

[@kentcontreras4692]

This is the most important aspect of diets, a persons bodily demands. An Olympic swimmer, Model, or Strongman is completely different than the average overweight dieter the idea that you can apply a single dietary approach to everyone is just dumb. Keto works for many if your only goal is to make calorie cutting easier without needing maximum athletic output. Keto Maximizes foods with better hunger satiety effects from a persons hormonal response, which are your Proteins, Fats, and Fiber which can make eating less far easier for some.

[@m14hh5]

@@kentcontreras4692yep excellent points and I think that’s why for a lot of people it can be a great short term plan as long as you know what you are doing afterwards. It’s great for fat loss but if you reach your fat loss goal, or you are getting closer to it even, and you want the best performance out of your body you will likely want to adjust your diet depending on the activity your doing. Just finished the month of keto i mentioned. Was about 225 at the start and I’m 211 now after 5 weeks of dieting. Slowly adding carbs and decreased the deficit slightly since even with water loss 14 lbs is a lot in 5 weeks.

[@geno5169]

@@m14hh5I did keto for years ! I eat up to. 6 eggs everyday . Then I got clogged arteries ! All the high fat isn’t healthy for our bodies

[@neoskhaos]

there are cheeseburgers and there are cheeseburgers

[@misecarp]

One additional benefit on the Keto water-weight issue: yes the initial rapid weight loss is mostly water, but also you hit some visceral in that first month, and those two combined make the obese+ feel massively better (you can move better, sleep better, breath better, leg swelling goes way down). While probably less noticeable for the 10-20 pound crowd, for the obese this just adds to the early positivity/motivation spike.

[@incurableromantic4006]

I'm not on full keto - but I have found increasing the proportion of protein in my diet and cutting carbs has really helped me lose weight after many years of trying to lose weight by cutting fat, and failing.

[@youraveragecarnivore1921]

So I was hoping this works too.. I'm planning to cut carbs for one meal.. easier for me than going keto

[@dylanadams1455]

yeah it's the sugar spike/ crash cycle that always made me over eat.

[@doryfishie2]

@@dylanadams1455 Sugar spike/crash is not an issue to most people who eat carbs. Either you're already diabetic or you are at risk. Eat more fibre, exercise more, lose weight. Try swapping whatever carb you were eating to boiled lentils. No sauce, no flavouring. You will never overeat unless you're actually starving.

[@biancalucia8388]

I’m doing the same. I avoid adding sugars to my coffee or drinking liquid calories. Except when I make a milkshake/ smoothie which substitutes 1 meal.

[@neoskhaos]

there are cheeseburgers and there are cheeseburgers

[@Andrew-be6eh]

Maybe the most useful thing RP has done for me is teaching me how to EXIT a diet successfully. I've lost 15 lbs on a 10 week cut and my rebound hunger is pretty minimal, it's a miracle.

[@DocHelliday]

Wait, what's the secret there? About to go on a cut

[@carloluis174]

​@@DocHellidaybuy the app.

[@aldum3738]

@@DocHelliday RP has videos such as "The Maintenance Phase | Fat Loss Dieting Made Simple #8" and "How to Reverse Diet The RIGHT Way" that go over this. A summary (I'd recommend still watching one of them) is add back half of your calories from what your maintenance was before the diet, using the same food from you were dieting. Gradually adjust calories to get to new maintenance (will be less that before you lost weight). Once you've stabilized you can slowly introduce some junk food (you want to reduce hunger and cravings ideally before introducing some junk so that you don't go overboard).

[@GoblinWar]

Same boat, just jumped off and I feel great

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Awesome work! 💪🏻

[@DTux5249]

Honestly, best part of keto was just the ability to get unaddicted to sugar. A donut tasted terrible to me when I first readjusted; couldn't stomach more than a bite or two, went back to some macadamia nuts and fresh fruit. The habit change can be POWERFUL.

[@donedeal00051]

I think any diet that makes you more cautious or thoughtful about what you eat will almost always work...the problem is usually that most people never pay attention to what they eat.

[@snakejazz]

That's literally what a diet is. It's a way of constricting and being more conscious about what you're consuming. The bigger problem is that people can't stick to them or they go right back into bad habits afterwards.

[@naulfps4556]

Thats why counting calories is the best whey to go...I still eat my chocolate, a lot of rice, fill full of energy and still getting leaner

[@zerrodefex]

That's why I track. No gimmicks and it revealed multiple deficiencies to correct. Fixing those cleared up so many issues that were still happening on other diets. With a bit of planning I easily leave some room for treats as long as I meet my protein target and stayed under my calory deficit.

[@naulfps4556]

@@zerrodefex Yes! Just that! Today im having my fav 70% chocolate and going for a huge leg workout, still being on a defict and feeling good

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Yep. Or they get so tired of the crazy restrictions some diets program, they careen out of control. - Dr. Mike

[@ceejay506]

Keto worked out good for me. I went from 280 lbs to 175 and i feel so much better

[@tonybp]

When I started doing keto, everybody was laughing at me. They thought eating all those eggs, bacon, etc. was unhealthy. 11 weeks later and 40lbs lighter some didn't recognize me, they were in shock and would ask me "if I got sick" (this was annoying, as if being fat was healthy). I did some blood work and my sugar levels, my cholesterol, triglycerides, etc. all came up top notch after being through the roof, same with my BP, it got back to normal. Now those that were laughing at my keto diet are asking me to guide them and tell them exactly what I did.

[@devilsadvocate2643]

People didn't ask you if you got sick out of malice but smply because when you're sick you don't eat, so you'd have lost lots of weight too. People that get sick for long period of time end up losing lots of weights too. No need to be so sensitive.

[@tonybp]

@@devilsadvocate2643 I didn't look sickly. A few asked me if I was working out. You don't need to be a dumbass.

[@mrddcass6540]

Lol, eggs and bacon with top notch cholesterol levels 👌

[@tonybp]

@@mrddcass6540 That's what ignorant folks say, the numbers say otherwise. Try to catch up, millions of us can't be wrong.

[@DUDEBroHey]

When I've lost plenty of weight I've gotten sick from the detoxing but blood results as I've lost weight showed I'm healthy.

[@juliannesylva3883]

I've been keto for 3 years and it absolutely changed my life. I never want to be out of ketosis again. I also make keto treats so I don't feel deprived. Have you seen the research about the effects on mental health. Not only did I lose weight but I also felt a thousand times better mentally. Thanks for the superb content. So glad I found your channel!

[@vincentbeere3942]

I went from 462 lbs to 258 lbs in one year (2/8/21 - 2/8/22) on keto and a weekly one day fast. Keto was the template for discipline in my journey. I had very little self control in my eating but once I peeled back my list of things I could fuel my body with it made it quite easy to hit a routine that I could commit to. Now I’m about 285 because I loosened my parameters and reintroduced lifting and actively trying to build muscle but I’m still on keto and going strong

[@JourneyFitness210]

Building muscle is the greatest thing you can do. It’s much more calorically “expensive.” Also, who wouldn’t want to be stronger?!?

[@JohnsMotivationalmotives]

Dam, that's incredible!!!

[@NikolaTeslaEE]

I got back into keto after reading “Brain Energy” by Chris Palmer MD. Not for weight loss, but for fighting major depression, memory loss, fatigue, cognitive decline, and things along that line. I’m not a keto zealot. I could care less how people eat & exercise, as long as it’s working for them. But keto has major health benefits beyond weight loss. Fighting depression and mental/mood disorders, type 2 and 3 diabetes, and seizures just to name of few. Thanks Dr. Mike for a fair and balanced video on keto.

[@leonardoyi3183]

keto is great...i got rid of around 60 pounds, acid reflux, sleep apnea, chronic inflammation. All my blood test are good (fast glucose, HDL, triglycerides, PCR, uric acid)....Only thing high is my LDL which increase in my last 3 months from 101 to 160 when i switch to carnivore...and i'm not really worried about that number. Blood pressure is great at 113/73 the last time i checked..

[@lizarttherapy2425]

I started keto years ago because of my epilepsy - the weightloss was just another positive effect. And it definitely helped with my mental health too!

[@veredictum4503]

Thanks for the book tip. I have family member with mental illness, but I am the researcher. Beyond mental illness - many symptoms - I also notice that they get very tired after a few hours, then crash and sleep long hours. And this may be a clue.

[@mrsbluesky8415]

Keto worked great for me several years ago. My body just responded so well to it, lost 60 lbs in about a year, kept it off for 5 or 6 years by doing moderate carbs. But then had a couple personal traumas and fell into a dark hole. Now I’m back to try again mostly for health reasons. I’m motivated and am in this for the long term.

[@muzammilansaree]

All the best. You got this.

[@rick4135]

I’ve lost 65 pounds on keto, and went from benching 225 to 315 in about 8 months. I felt extremely great on workouts, after being leaner I raised healthy carbs gradually with occasional cheat meal about every other week. Now I’m benching 320 about 3 sets for 3 reps. Overall a positive experience with keto especially if you have a ton fat weight to loose

[@CodepageNet]

did you feel strong on keto right away? i'm mostly keto myself again since some 4 months, trying to go from 12kg overweight to sixpack (almost there!). but if i don't have the preworkout meal with good amount of complex carbs (oat, whole grain rice etc) i can't deliver in the gym. but yeah, keto or mostly keto is amazing for stopping the unhealthy carbs craving. i'm in marketing and we often have boxes full of chips in the office from events. after a few weeks of keto there's not even a flinch of desire to rip open a bag. what i crave for is a jucy piece of meat with fresh salad on the side. keto has worked greatly numerous times for me and this time i feel i'm just going to stick with it after reaching my goal - mostly keto minus the pre-workout meal. and i also won't sweat eating something outside of keto when dining out. edit: one problem with keto is price IMO. i mostly go for 50% discounted, end of date, meat and got a second freezer to fill up when opportunities show up. and also drinking tons of protein shakes of course.

[@rick4135]

@@CodepageNet Yes, I even fasted on Saturday and felt great with tons energy. I cut all procecessed foods even protein poweder, had basically 2-3 meals a day and that's it. Now I'm at well balanced whole food nutrition and have kept improving a lot on the lifts My Body weight has stayed constant for probably a year now in range 255-265. Bench 375 last week. 315 I can do sets of 6 reps. and hold for passed reps 225 for 15 reps Squats 405 - 5 sets of 6 reps 225 for 30 reps dead lift 500 - 2-3 reps 6-10 pull ups and body weight dips like 8-12 with perfect form, can pump anywhere from 20-25 tho... I don't feel keto was hard on my budget...but that depends on case by case

[@davidmeloche3563]

I found keto after being diagnosed with diabetes (type 2) at 30, after powerlifting and yoyo dieting for years. Crushed my the 7a1C down to 5.1, and kept it there for years. Doing keto and caloric restriction and cardio while diabetic is a great way to reduce visceral fat, take care of fatty liver/kidneys/whatever organs are unhealthily surrounding it. Went from 272 down to 214 over the course of a year, felt way better. Fixed some skin issues. Now, 8 years later, I can maintain with healthy carbs in my diet, and if I fall off the wagon due to my daughter wanting ice cream or Mac and cheese in the house constantly...I'll get back on the keto train and get back to regular steady blood sugar levels.

[@HeadCannonPrime]

FANTASTIC! My job is helping people in your exact situation get on and maintain low glycemic diets for controlling diabetes and metabolic syndrome (pre-diabetes) without the use of insulin. When caught early, type 2 diabetes is 100% manageable without the use of insulin in the vast majority of people. You are an absolute success story and I wish you many years of happiness with your daughter living injection free.

[@bloodgain]

@@HeadCannonPrime Smart! Carb restriction is the only diet with research backing it up for actually reversing Type 2 diabetes. Dr. Sarah Hallberg led the first big studies on this, and last time I checked, her colleagues are carrying on her work (she died in 2022 from lung cancer). She started the research because the diets recommended by the ADA for treating her patients weren't stopping their progression, and she found they had few or even NO studies (!!!) backing them up. Except for a TEDx talk, all her talks were given to the medical community; she wasn't trying to sell a pop diet book or become rich as a lifestyle guru, just treat her patients' metabolic syndrome. She got most of them off all drugs except metformin; the damage already done to the liver remains even after you reverse diabetes symptoms, and there's little reason to get patients off metformin. While it's probably not necessary to restrict carbs as extremely as keto does, the nice thing about using it for research is that you don't need to rely on food diaries or other unreliable methods. You can just test your subjects for ketone levels and _prove_ they are sticking to the plan. She was still working on more studies, but she hypothesized that other low-carb or low glycemic index diets could be effective. This is probably why the Mediterranean diet, which was the only one recommended by the ADA with much evidence, was partially successful for diabetic patients. It mostly recommends high fiber carbs like whole fruits and grains, and with all the other things it recommends you eat daily, you won't just fill up on carbs.

[@trxe420]

Most balance, sane video I have ever seen on the subject. Keto is a tool, plain and simple, and it absolutely works for a lot of people, but there are reasons for carbs that if you have those reasons, you should not ignore. Love it!

[@Snookbone]

balanced

[@DarthDainese]

Keto saved my life, I lost my job due to too many accidents, my health nosedived to that just climbing the stairs had me lethargic, finding Keto gave me back my energy and I went from 195 lbs down to 147

[@RickLilShore]

I belong to this one cult where the bald, jacked leader drives several Lambos, makes people suffer with full ROM workouts and tells low-brow jokes in the middle of explaining pretty high-brow science

[@wolfiemac32]

Rank 1 cult members are referred to only as "Butlers" and aren't allowed to talk.

[@BowlerTheHatGuy]

Who drives several lambos?

[@tonyus8197]

Understandable. I've heard that the leader might be an extraterrestrial, which wouldn't surprise me, just look at the shape of his head... P.S.: please don't hurt me, I was just trying to make a joke... Please, no more anal probing!

[@sammelibertram1054]

that was good

[@Saltivasaltiva]

i'm picturing that Indiana Jones seen where they're chanting before ripping the heart out "Mike is good, Mike is great, Mike is one of us {dumdum}Mike is good, Mike is great, Mike is one of us {dumdum}..

[@hadensnodgrass3472]

I lost 115 pounds on keto back in 2015. After almost a decade , it slowly came back. I'm thinking about doing it again. It was the only diet that worked for me.

[@smradztoiek]

Similar for me. Like 62 pounds melted away in two months. Christmas came... well, I am back to that weight now, but that's after two years, so... you know... Could be worse :)

[@Ciiran]

Been there, and now I'm down again. Just do it. No reason to wait.

[@Win7ermu7e]

You absolutely have to stay on low carbs with true keto intervals if you can.

[@metagaminguniversemgu2240]

I've lost 60-70 lbs several times in my life and it comes back. I'm now over 330 and starting the journey again. I can do the diet and the work when I'm focused on weight loss, but I've never figured out how to maintain once I reach my target weight. Unfortunately left to my own desires, I eat and drink anything I want and play video games. Not a good recipe for keeping healthy while I'm aging.

[@guibox3]

@@metagaminguniversemgu2240 Having a good maintenance strategy is important. Like you, I've lost 50lbs a few times over. My problem is that I'm an 'all or nothing' eater. If I'm keto, I do it hardcore. When I go off...I go off hardcore. lol. Incorporating more fasting will be a good way to eat bad stuff but still not pack on the lbs. It is a mindset of changing your eating habits and how you think about food if you want to be successful off of keto. I'm still learning that process.

I love that new text format! A lot better than the previous slides, those where a bit hard to read.

[@matthewcreelman1347]

Point 3 has another useful effect - if you’re not seeing the results you expect over a few weeks, it makes it really easy to dial up or down the caloric intake. Since you’re mostly eating the same things, any errors in measurement are usually going to be fairly consistent.

[@Ratchetti]

A super good point!

[@fran2911]

@@Bramble20322 The no pump Andy lmao

[@Cryptic.0_o]

Glad to see the recent success of this channel. Finally, the algorithm is rewarding, rich, accurate and responsible information.

[@Junitaco]

Doing keto changed my life for the better. Lost weight energy levels through the roof, feel amazing 24/7. I have reintroduced some carbs since I started lifting. If you're thinking about doing keto keep in mind you should eat a LOT of leafy greens and other fiber-rich foods. Also, protein is not fat. Just because it's not a carb does not mean you can/should eat it. People kept asking what I did for weight loss and then they would try it and I noticed almost everyone makes the mistake of eating too much protein, especially lean proteins to be keto.

[@DanijelaJunghagen]

80% fat, 15% protein and 5%carbs or lower. Did in many years and I felt amazing. I did long pause from Keto and now in my 40’s Keto doesnt work for me anymore. I almost have phd in Keto 😂 but something went wrong with my body since I turned 40+. 🙄

[@aliasanew3398]

I’m so happy to have come across this channel. Happy with my overall youtube lineup but man what a time to be alive. All this juicy unlimited access to information.

[@JohnBergeronDinobot]

This video really hit me - I jumped on the Atkins craze my last year of highschool, and lost about 50 lbs, I was in shape for the first time in my life. And I bought into the whole thing of "you're in fat burning mode, that's why this works." Then I learned more about nutrition and calorie deficits, and couldn't reconcile that with how I *felt* on Keto the first time, even though I understood that it was only effective because it generated a calorie deficit. Hearing the description of the appetite suppressing effects, and the crazy waterweight loss at the beginning finally clicked for me. It was nice to really understand why it worked so well for me.

[@Lizard008]

Been doing keto for 2 years, and I really appreciate the non-demonizing outlook, as well as the cycling out of keto strategy you bring up. It's more or less what I do when I cycle out for 4 to 6 weeks. The thing is, though... I'm not doing Keto for weight loss, but for all the other benefits. Two of the biggest ones are the reduced inflammation (most passive pain and allergy-related symptoms vanish) and steady energy/mood. Overall it just feels a lot better - for me... But the point you make of not eating crap has had me wondering from near the beginning: am I feeling better on keto because there's no more carbs, or is just because it promotes a whole lot of healthier food choices? There's a compound effect: you eat less processed crap, no more junk, no more grains, no more added sugars... but also better sleep, more micronutrients come in, etc... because of that compound effect, it's hard to determine what exactly are the main active components. Gaining weight on keto is tough, I'll say that much. I need to go for bulletproof coffees, and need to drown veggies with olive oil and eat a bunch of cheese / nuts. (do mind, we've got pretty good quality cheeses in Europe. I wouldn't advise boosting calories with "American cheese products") Thanks again for your points!

[@RegentDevil2]

Thank you big Mike for all your vids. Your obsession with eccentric movement has helped me up my bench and chest gains exponentially. At 165 got my 1rm to 250 after it sitting stagnant at 205 for months.

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Awesome! - Dr. Mike

[@raq1024]

Tried Keto and it worked really well for me. Had no problem staying in, loved the the limited food choiced cause it made the selection easier and I was happy with what I could eat. Had to go out because of family vacation in Italy where carbs are around every corner 😅- but I eased out of it slowly and it showed me that the most "junk" of the carbs aren't good for me - I felt bloated and gasy after each crappy food to the point that I started to recognize them as junk food actually instead of something tasty. Back home I could make myself an omlette with spicy meat and cheddar that would satisfy my taste way better than pizza without the bloat. I stick to the "low carb" / "healthy carb" variant now because the only thing I missed were the fruits. Feels great 👍

[@georgemoonman2830]

I think its fair to say that I was addicted to carbs, I constantly felt hungry and could never turn away doughnuts, cheescake etc. My diet was admitedly crap. I did calorie restriction in my 20's and got down to 85kg and then slowly ballooned back up to 120kg and I must have been over 40% body fat. I did keto for 1 year and lost around 30kg but then started to plateau, I also couldn't excercise effectively as I still felt lethargic a lot of the time, and it was so easy for me to pickup injuries, I think I even had depression. Initially it helped with cravings and reducing junk but even that started to wane. I've now gone to carnivore and in 3 months I've lost another 20kg, it has resolved a litany of health issues including blood pressure, old injuries that prevented me lifting weights consistently, I feel energised and am now walking 10,000 steps a day on average, I can lift weights daily. It has been completely transformative for me. Even my testosterone is 3x what it was, all of my markers are vastly improved even compared with when I was doing keto. I am about 95% carnivore, I eat my meat first at every meal and then if I feel like some extra flavour I will add in some nuts, olives, cheese etc. for variety. For anyone that is currently metabolicaly unhealthy and looking for a way to lose weight and get motivated, it has been an absolute life changer for me.

[@Doomzdayxx]

5. Makes the body fat-adapted. Burns fat. 6. More even, consistent energy levels throughout the day 7. Reduces/removes brainfog 8. Removes "counting calories" from the equation, since "calories in calories out" might be true, but it's controlled by hormones. 9. Stabilizes blood sugar levels. Helpful with both type-I and type-II diabetes 10. Anti-inflammatory benefits Exercise and intermittent fasting can be huge boosters for weight loss as well as everything else listed here. I type this not to fulfill Dr. mike's prophecy about the comments, but to share my own experience and hopefully inspire others to improve their lives. Great video, I mostly agree!

[@JoeAuerbach]

I definitely get a lower hunger response when I eat fewer carbs. I never really go properly ketogenic or anything, but I am definitely less hungry when I eat more protein and more veggies.

[@imtakiny0c00kies7]

I needed this advice back in 2018. Was keto for ~9 months till I came home for thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie was a religious experience

[@reshape_your_life]

Thanks for taking an objective look at this. "No carbs" is an easy blanket recommendation that eliminates virtually everything that causes people to overeat. I used a high protein / very low-carb (ketogenic) approach with high carb cheat meals on weekends to lose 75 lbs permanently. It works and for myself and the clients I work with, it's easier than moderating carbs.

[@grantcallaghan7839]

Would you class that as a type of carb cycling?

[@reshape_your_life]

@grantcallaghan7839 Great question! I'll address this in a future video and send you a link. Briefly, this is technically a cyclical ketogenic diet as the low carb phase lasts longer than the 3 days required to get into ketosis. On a carb-cycling approach, the goal is not to enter ketosis, so carb-refeed days could be as frequent as every other day.

[@ElderMoreMind]

Not sure if anyone will see this- but acarbose has helped me a lot when transitioning out of keto or when I decided to eat something that had a few carbs while cutting. Don’t try it before eating a bowl of spaghetti (there will be unpleasant results, lol) but it works well with a small amount of carbs.

[@pensive8552]

Lost 50 lb, 210 down to 160, doing keto. It was pretty easy, I felt full all the time, and felt like I got to eat whenever I wanted to. I think I'm one of "those people" you're talking about. There were carb cravings, like a addiction, but they did go away. The first 2 weeks was a... processing... change, if you know what I mean, but my body evened out again after that. Like you mentioned, the diet was super easy to follow and control, which made it easy for me to stick with it. I've held at 160 - 165 for a year now and a couple months ago started calisthenics and some resistance training. Everything's great. I am transitioning some carbs back in, based off of advice from this channel and others, oat meal and peanut butter, but honestly I don't like alot of the carbs I used to eat anymore. I've dabbled in a controlled way here and there, but so much of it just doesn't make be feel good - it either brings me down or wires me up. Pizza makes me feel lethargic, sugar makes be feel wired, for example. Plain oat meal is good though ☺️ (especially with som protein, flax milk, and a spoon of peanut butter ☺️ I want to add a banana, but haven't gotten around to it yet) I'm rambling lol, keto has been magic for me /thread 😛 I'll add how it went for me, so people can know what can happen: I lost 15 lb the first month, and 10lb the second month, then I reliably lost 5lb a month after that (kind tapering off, it was probably actually a curve). After the first 3 months I was down to 180, but I deliberately took some time (9 months) from 180 to 160 to go slow down and test how I feel, because I didn't know what my weight should be, so I wanted to try and safely find my best weight. I would spend my month and drop my 5lb then spend some time feeling out the weight to see how I felt, holding at the new weight. I decided my best weight was 160, because trying to go lower than that started to make me feel fatigued all the time, so that's where I stopped dropping weight. Keto was a great tool that was super controllable for me, I felt like I could easily turn it on and off intuitively. I hope this helps someone else who might be on the journey, GL! JUST DO IT!! 😛 Oh, last thing: make sure to get your fiber, look it up for you but 30 - 40g a day is the quick and dirty. It's easy to miss you fiber on keto and that can cause issues you don't want. My fiber was muscle milk and walnuts, but If nothing else, get the fiber gummies (which have carbs so be careful). Also, I aimed for 20g of carbs a day, always less than 50g, but exceeding 20g by much felt like it made the diet less effective, so I stayed pretty strict. Cheat days can cost you 2 weeks.

[@justinw1765]

There are these things called non starchy vegetables.... lots of fiber and micronutrients while being low calorie. Really helps with weight loss and general health.

[@Mello675]

this is youtube, not reddit

[@War624]

​@@Mello675Reading isn't hard

[@Zurpanik]

Dude I love and appreciate the analytical consideration you make and that you apply scientific thought and stress the importance of data and actual repeatable results to all of your videos... It's like a dream come true to know that there are in fact ways to feel great and do good and feel good without being lied to, and most of the time that is with good old fashioned science and a few dashes of love.

[@libertyprime5965]

The absolute main reason for me personally is the hunger suppression.

[@jebernard5]

This is just what I was looking for. I was strictly on keto from 1/2020-10/2023 and lost 80+lbs. I fell off hard and gained 40lbs. Been trying to get back on it’s been rough. This vid reminded me of how good I felt while doing it. The exit strategy is where I messed up. Let’s do it!

[@dannyrwagamba]

I’m on the carnivore diet (which is a ketogenic diet), and the BEST benefits I would say I’ve experienced are that: - I eat however much meat, eggs, and animal fats as I want when hungry without having to count calories. - Little to no craving for carbs, processed food, smoking, drinking, or any other unhealthy habits (BIGGEST BENEFIT to me, because I used to struggle with those but now I’ve beaten off all my bad habits since I beat off my carb cravings).

[@neoskhaos]

there are cheeseburgers and there are cheeseburgers

[@MrSnakekaplan]

It's simple too which is underrated.

[@KornyKornball]

Went from 255 to 200 in 5½ months on Keto. Also added muscle training.

[@kasperrieberg3495]

Way too go 👏

[@Benboy1980]

Most of my problems were ‘habitual’ snacking. The odd beer, crisps or chocolate etc. Mostly removing those from my diet and eating reduced volume of carbs has helped my gradually lose weight

[@clifton6919]

Exactly. Lowering calories is actually pretty simple.

[@juancolon887]

Now that is sustainable. Cutting out almost all carbs to me is crazy. Just cut out the processed foods and simple refined carbs and you'll be fine. Well done my friend!!!!

[@JohnWilson-mc4vd]

I’ve been watching your KZbin videos for a while now, (3 month’s roughly). I like the information and perspective on nutrition and working out. It’s given me a lot of tools I’ve been applying daily. On the keto side of things, I’ve been using the diet for 3 years now without a single cheat day. What I found is that, like you mentioned, you don’t get as hungry. So I’ve added an additional meal to get the right amount of calories and macro nutrients. As always, I enjoy the content. And I appreciate the educated approach to learning how to maintain overall health.

[@almor2445]

Mike I never ate any of that junk before Keto/Carni. I just over-ate good food. What works about Keto and Carnivore is that I don't have the blood sugar spikes and troughs that come from eating Carbs. When I feel "hunger" on Keto, it's like "I could eat at some point." When I was on a home-cooked Mediterranean Diet with Potatoes, Rice and Past, I was CONSTANTLY hungry. And I mean desperately, anxious with hunger, painfully so. Whenever I wasn't physically full, I felt ravenously hungry. 7 days into Keto/Carnivore every one of half a dozen negative symptoms vanished. I'm 95% better and have no intention of ever eating Carb heavy foods again.

[@almor2445]

Where you're spot on is that it's down to individual genetics. Some people thrive on Carnivore, others on Keto, others still on Vegan (with supplements) I've always been a fan of the Mediterranean Diet myself but it just didn't work for me. The only thing that did was to remove everything except Meat, Fish, Eggs, Feta and the occasional Vegetable.

[@Jiraiyashouse666]

You described me to a tee. Being of Asian descent, I would scarf down 2 bowls if rice... not cups, but bowls and then consume meats and sauces on top of that and then go on a good coma only to be hungry again. Keto changed my life.

[@MrYouTubeAndWatch]

Love this guy, knows what he's talking about. So many of these people online say Keto is terrible because as soon as you come off it, you gain it all again. Finally, someone that knows their stuff!

[@Botkilla2K12]

Your first 2 points about Keto are spot on! Doing keto for a month killed the sugar & junk food cravings I was having that fucked with my health. To this day I still don't want candy that much. I've found ways to enjoy sugar in moderation. When I was cutting last year I did Keto for the first month. I ultimately wasn't able to stick with it longer because I started plateauing after a month and had to start using starvation levels of calories to see continued results, which I knew wasn't sustainable. In addition to that, I noticed it massively increased my RHR to the point I was getting winded walking uphill. After that I decided to switch back to a balanced diet where protein, carbs, and fat were roughly equal.

[@StevieGYaSee]

I had a similar thing happen to me too. My RHR went up and I felt dizzy and miserable. Plus my blood pressure was sky rocketing. When I went back to equal macros including carbs everything started to level out. My BP dropped like crazy and I found for me personally carbs are good for me because I process sugar quick. I did blood work with a full stomach of pasta and my sugar was only 85 which is a normal fasting level for some people. Thankfully I stopped keto before it really messed me up. It just shows it's not one size fits all.

[@dsy1081]

Yes to this entire video - I'm going to recommend it! I tell anyone who asks about how I've lost the weight that I don't think keto is magic, and I've never bought those stupid strips to make sure that I'm in "ketosis." It just so happens to work for me purely because I'm eating fewer calories with little effort. I'm full every day, and I've never felt deprived. Now, I'm able to eat what I want when I travel (which is once a month at least) and when friends visit, etc. I would say now I'm more in a low carb diet, rather than keto to maintain.

[@kristapedia]

Years of restricting my carbs w/Keto gave me a legit eating disorder. I don't think it's the diet itself, but the way it's pushed as the "perfect human diet" and a "lifestyle" meaning you can never leave. Which leads to failure, which leads to guilt, which leads to binging, which leads to restricting, which leads to failure, which leads to guilt and so on and so on for eternity.

[@GenghisGaming]

Yeah this is a problem for many, often you need to sustain what you did to lose the weight to keep it off, and most people can do keto but most won't want to keep doing keto forever. The whole demonization of tons of foods and food groups can lead to orthorexic behavior in many and often leads to the all-in, all-off binge/restrict cycle. Something similar happened to me when I went hardcore keto/fasting in like 2018, now I'm much more balanced and if I have hunger struggles I find much more sustainable ways to fix that.

[@estherruth4692]

I hear you. I just like to eat what I like to eat, and I try to pay attention to what makes me feel sick. I get legit sick from eating processed foods or prepared foods (think- frozen lasagna from Costco or canned soups). I pretty much cook everything from scratch, and use sourdough to make all of my bread - I make sourdough burger buns, sourdough naan, sourdough sandwich bread, sourdough pizza, etc. and I mill my own whole wheat for the sourdough bread. So even though I do eat carbs, they’re sourdough carbs, which has drastically lower gluten and lower phytic acid. I just try to always eat real food, and fermented food, and focus on protein.

[@Casual_Shots]

This is why I’m surprised the channel is promoting Keto now.

[@Hertz2laugh]

Sounds like you're a sugar addict looking for something else blame.

[@ScottSeab]

This sounds a lot like The Atkins Diet. My dad often said that the only thing that works long term is moderation. Anything extreme is short term.

[@DrJuliusG]

I dropped the carbs, dropped 66 pounds and dropped triglycerides by 350 in seven months. After two years, my weight remains low and stable. Don’t make the mistake of cutting portions and transitioning to keto simultaneously. Eat big through the keto transition and back the portions off later.

[@Valkaneer]

I really like these exit steps you added. That is some good stuff. Another thing to remember is that you lost a lot of weight your body even after and exit is going to think it's starving if you lost 40+ pounds. It wants to get back to the weight you use to be at. From what a doctor told me it takes about a year for your body to reset itself to your lower weight and not feel hungry if you were heavy for a long time.

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Yes, definitely very true. It's going to take some time, and to be honest, it might always be a bit of a focus if you've ever been heavier to stay lighter. If for no other reason than the fact that you've still got the same genetics that let you get bigger in the first place! - Dr. Mike

[@Valkaneer]

@@RenaissancePeriodization It's what happened to me the first time I lost a lot of weight. I went from around 300 to 240 and I felt ravenous all the time, even after eating a reasonable meal. Now doctors are trying to push Ozempic, I didn't want to be dependent on a drug, so I told my doctor I would go back to keto. It's the only diet that doesn't make me hungry all the time. The hardest part of keto and trying to lift is eating enough protein, but keeping a calorie deficit. In this situation there's very little information on the internet about cutting weight with a high BMI (I estimate I'm around 40) and trying to make muscle gains. The only guy I know that's ripped and does keto, now carnivore, is Tristan Haggard. He was doing Keto videos years ago, the dude is ripped, but I think he's just a pro keto nutritionist who now lives in Venezuela.

[@JohnBrown-lk9ml]

I love your frank, straight-talk over these topics, keep it up!

[@cestmoi5687]

More power to people who can do keto. I love carbs too much and I don't love meat (although I am trying to eat more to get more protein), so keto seems nightmarish to me, LOL. I've successfully lost weight, including currently, without major restrictions of any food group through the good old calorie deficit.

[@estherruth4692]

I love carbs too lol. I got into sourdough this year, so I basically make all of our bread with sourdough - I even made sourdough pasta last night! I have been eating more protein lately, and I’ve noticed when I eat like 40g of protein from red meat for breakfast, I have incredible energy all day and I don’t crave carbs. My husband doesn’t really like red meat all the time so I don’t eat like that all the time.

[@Farquad76.547]

Start buying filet mignon you’ll eat it

[@jousis_]

I feel the same. Those doing keto seem superhuman to me 😂 No way I'm cutting/swapping greens, grains and beans for fat. (Lean meats are fine, I do eat them to meet my prot requirements)

[@LivewellCheck]

I was pre diabetic (insulin resistant) I was trying to learn more about healthy food and followed a couple channels that promoted healthy keto and I delved into the nutrition side. I lost weight of course but felt great I felt lighter and more clear and used it as a springboard to a better lifestyle

[@Robot-Overlord]

Whats wrong with cheeseburgers? The most amount of carbs in cheeseburgers is in the bun. A standard hamburger bun has 20g carbs. If you eat one big ass cheeseburger youre actually getting really good macros. 3 patties would be a ton of protein, low carbs from the bun, and the cheese is a decent amount of fat. Cheeseburgers get a bad rap and nobody does the math on it.

[@northwestcoast]

Come on 😊

[@Podzhagitel]

“Are we going to tell him?” - your arteries

[@phendranaa]

Yeah why is bread, meat, diary, lettuce tomato healthy but put them together they are bad? 🤭

[@Skamhes]

My personal tips for Keto. First eat lots of leafy greens like he mentioned towards the end. I found I struggled to get enough of some micro nutrients (particularly potassium) at first and this helped a lot with that. My go to options were spinach and avocado. Second try and find recipes that are naturally Keto instead of Keto versions of regular meals. The Keto version is almost always gonna be worse and will just leave you wanting the real thing. I was a big fan of making fajitas filling. It’s basically just strips of meat and veggies that you can top with avocados and cheese and it’s was great!

[@charliebaker1427]

It depends man keto pizza goes hard as fuck

[@danielkanewske8473]

I tried keto once. Replaced my white rice with more meat. It was brutal; choking down a half pound of chicken every meal. 200g of white rice is just easier to get down as it gives me something slightly different to eat but it is boring enough where over eating plain white rice is not really a problem. I think keto works best for people with out of control diets.

[@caravaneerkhed]

But chicken stock in with your rice and a bit of oil, and that rice will be much more delicious… you are welcome lol

[@metalguitar777]

You didn’t need to replace all the rice with just meat or just one type of meat. I did keto for a few years, not to lose weight but strictly for health reasons, and I never felt like it was a struggle. I was eating a ton of vegetables along with beef, fish, turkey, chicken, eggs, cheeses, nuts, avocados and greek yogurt and just combining them into different meal options. Even bulked on it for about 6 months. Just sounds like you didn’t do it in a well thought out manner.

[@snakejazz]

@@caravaneerkhedbetter yet use bone broth and actually turn your rice into a decent source of protein

[@caravaneerkhed]

@@snakejazz that’s true! That’s actually a great idea

[@jeffbunnell9961]

You shouldn't have to replace the rice with a lot more meat as protein requirements don't really change with keto, protein is the same as a bodybuilding diet with more carbs. Tt's more like you replace the rice with more leafy greens and healthy fat sources like avocado, as the avocado is now essentially your cup of rice (fats being the substrate for fuel in keto). You can add bulk & volume to recipes with cauliflower rice and shirataki noodles, more veggies etc. Some people have the laughable idea that keto is just chugging butter and eating lots of bacon and eggs.

[@papaspears5035]

Keto works but like most people 🙄 we fall off. Don't beat yourself up. Just get back on it. You know the mental clarity is worth it. ✨️

[@b1zarr01]

Going Keto was definitely instrumental in helping me go from 250+ lbs at the beginning of 2023 down to 171 in July of 2023 at which point any weight/fat loss totally stalled out and I made an executive decision to start having carbs again (albeit at a much lower rate than I did when I was at my heaviest). I'm still GENERALLY mindful of the lower net carb options of some foods. Like when Im craving pizza I've learned that I'm actually just craving melted cheese on some pepperoni so I just melt some cheese on some pepperoni and leave out the carb heavy components like sauce and crust that contribute extra calories but don't contribute to my enjoyment of pizza anyhow.

[@drivinolered5835]

Thank you Dr Mike for addressing Keto in such an objective manner. I’ve been keto/carnivore for a couple years now. It has always worked well for me even from the early days when the Atkins concept first emerged. I noticed, I just don’t have the desire for carbs and junk food anymore. I do protein shakes almost every day sweetened with stevia, monk fruit or allulose, and that takes care of any ice cream craving I would have.

[@MariaEmmerich]

You can have great athletic performance on keto. I won 2 marathons on my keto diet 💪

[@mfe1462]

I'm glad to hear that! I've tried it a few times and can't say the same thing. Did you notice an immediate dip, followed by an increase in performance? Or was it better right from the start?

[@davidtatro7457]

This is the best, most pithy, balanced, and accurate summation of keto and how to do it successfully that l have ever seen. I'm one of those people who do very well on a keto diet, mostly because of the massive appetite suppression and the fact that l actually gain energy on such a diet rather than losing it. Well done, good sir. Everything you said here exactly matches my own experiences, and you also perfectly described the experiences of others l know for whom keto is not ideal.

[@chethansingh9565]

That appetite reduction really worked well for me. At some point I was only eating 1 maybe 2 meals a day yet I didn’t feel too sluggish or out of energy. Also noticed some of the best muscle gains cuz I was eating so much protein. I lost about 8 kgs in about 2 and half weeks.

[@xjet]

The best thing about Keto is that it is so easy to spell. By comparison, "carbohydrate" is a very long and complex word that can be mis-spelled so easily.

[@davidroberts2476]

Haahahahahaha

[@screwball69]

Aww the power point is gone, it was charmingly low fi

[@cgrass4035]

I think this is a very useful approach and explanation. Keto taught me a lot about food and how it can feel to eat differently, but most people don’t want to do it forever.

[@TheAlinaCretu]

That is exactly how you described that i dropped from.63 kg to 52 in about 9 months, except i renounced all grains containing gluten. I did a targeted ketogenic diet, meaning i ate about 80 g to 100 g of carbs the days i was lifting weights, for performance obviously. I couldn't hipthrust 10 kg 4 years ago. Now i can 86. I am 1.58 cm tall, 45 years old, 2 C sections, had extreme lombar pain and knee injury. Proud to say lifting weight is a passion now and pain mostly gone. Eating carbs though make me hungry. Keto helps me satisfied. Been keeping my weight for 3 years now.

[@tylerhatch8962]

The cool thing about keto to me was that I did continue losing fat incredibly fast even months into keto. if you need to shed fat keto is great.

[@yoshi1951]

Im keto for 4 years now. The biggest plus for me is feeling satisfied for hours and never panicing because I forgot my banana or snickers when I go outside. Feels muich more natural.

[@smooth_pursuit]

I agree with you, it feels natural. No cravings, steady energy, no bloating or awareness of the digestive process lol

[@jakubchrobry3701]

I feel the same after eating oats and veggies. As Mike says, it's amazing what eliminating junk food can do. Maybe it only comes down to eliminating junk food. A Snickers bar is not a sprig of broccoli. Why do an unhealthy diet that leads to heart disease? It's not natural.

[@pensive8552]

Same. The only struggle for me was getting enough fiber, 30 to 40g a day. Other than that it feels as natural as breathing.

[@elduderino1329]

Not panicking over forgotten bananas and snickers is the “smartest” reason so far I’ve ever heard from a keto zealot. Sounds reasonable :)

[@yoshi1951]

@@elduderino1329 😅

[@TheDevintomb]

I did keto for about a month to kickstart my weight loss journey. The carb craving was too hard for me, so I went low carb instead. The first two weeks, I did indeed shed a lot of weight from the lack of carbs coupled with walking a lot more. It’s all about moderation and figuring out what works/compliments you

[@dolaudz3285]

I already miss the Powerpoint slides..

[@guibox3]

I appreciate the fact that, unlike most diet influencers, you didn't crap all over keto. It does work and it is healthy. Another reason it works well is that because of the development of ketones that increase your energy output and make it more effective. When you don't have carbs to burn, your fat is your fuel, thus fat burning is quicker.. Lowered insulin allows this to happen. I can attest to the lowered appetite. I have been used to eating between 1800-2100 calories in 2 meals a day and lately, I've been eating OMAD on occasion because I'm just not hungry, even when that one meal basically comes out to 1000-1400 calories. I'm fine until the next day.

[@fawardrazeek7169]

Dr Mike always explains the best ways to transition from in between workouts to different dietary plans. Par Excellence!

[@1neomonkey]

The appetite control on Keto or Carnivore is simply amazing. You can easily feel completely satiated off of just eating one big meal a day and not think about food whatsoever. The challenge then becomes trying to eat more food on keto/carnivore , rather than less food. It's a game changer.

[@StarTrekBro]

The reason I think everyone should try keto once is just to see how addictive Sugars and Carbs really are! You dont realize until you cant have them anymore.

[@williamdahl3318]

True that!

[@Ricardo-dg4eg]

I really enjoyed your explanation of the exit strategy. I’m employing some healthy eating and it is working too good. About 2 months ago I went full ham on carnivore. Eating steak everyday, eggs here and there, mostly steaks most days. Lost 10 lbs in first 2 weeks, then I get back to the weight I’ve been struggling to get under for the past 2 years. Now I have been watching a lot of your fat loss videos trying to get a better understanding of the science of food and its effects on the body. I don’t have it down obviously but it is starting to make sense. For a long time I have been afraid, if you will, of carbs due to my exposure to other diet fads, mainly keto and carnivore and it’s mental psych on one. After watching how employing carbs into my diet, keeping a calorie deficit, not being too hungry, just manageable, it’s been helping and I’m losing weight too quickly I think. So keeping a decent eye on my calorie and macro intake daily, I’m just hoping to not lose a ton of muscle, anyway enough banter, thank you for your videos, they carry a ton of info and I’m very appreciative of your work.

[@oriley14]

Bring back the powerpoint slides!😭

[@Mikaeel84]

I like this more objective approach to fitness videos than in the past having a somewhat condescending tone on whatever you don't personally side on with what is absolutely most optimal. 👍👍

[@kfitz2711]

Music seems distractingly loud on this one. The dulcet tones of your voice are all the music we need, Dr Mike.

[@Sanjeevkhatoi]

I can’t agree more with the points you’ve shared. I’m an over eater and keto keeps me in check.

[@bryanc.5463]

“Lower Insulin Levels” didn’t make the list?

[@jm85811]

Your channel is the one I never knew I needed. Now that I’m here you were exactly what I was looking for. Thanks doc!

[@david_daga]

This worked for me kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6e5c5afZZZ2bJY I like some of the transitions, but sometimes they're a bit too much and are seemingly random. Since we use these persistent elements that transition across pages to indicate some kind of relationship between the previous and the next states, some of your transitions confuse me because I can't immediately see what the relationship is. For example 2:23 of the selectable tiles (which weren't selected) transition into being two switches... does that mean anything? are they related in some way? I see this as random and a bad use of the design language. However, at 1:14 I like the transition from switches to the ticks on a paper, that makes sense to me. Epic presentation tho

[@thomasa8814]

Been doing it for 19 days now and down 23lbs. That appetite suppression is awesome and I noticed it after the first week!

[@anthonymarconi761]

Pizza and pasta are junk food? *cries in Italian* 🤌

[@Cdfitness90]

Not definitely but in the manner we prepare and cosume them yes haha its just a lot of carbs when you eat 4 slices of pizza usualy little protein... but youre a psychopath if you just eat 1 😂

[@toke7342]

You think it's healthy? Wow

[@christinaheltabbott7337]

LOVED this! Finally, I found someone that actually explained what I do and how much I love it. I use keto as a tool exactly. ❤

[@kellyhoesing2573]

Instructions unclear, ended up eating only Cheetohs

[@neuropsicologianapratica2527]

Great video as always. I'd just like to add that not only ultraprocessed foods are highly palatable so you want to eat more, the chemicals also haywire your hormone system so it doesn't raise gremilin (hormone that tells your brain it's full and to stop eating). Futhermore, the UPFs are usually high in calories but very low in nutrients, so you feel full but your body is actually still starved and a couple of hours later it will feel the need for more food and the hellish cycle goes on a loop. For more information I highly recommend "Ultraprocessed people: The science behind food that isn't food" by Dr. Chris Van Tulleken.

[@mikek860]

I’ve been on a fitness journey for 4 years almost to the day after. I started at 239 at 6’2”. Phase 1 was weight training for 2 years with no change in diet. It got me below 220. Phase 2 was to cut out sugar with weight training and I got down to 200. Phase 3 was TRT with everything above and I packed on muscle and my weight went up to 209. Phase 4 was implementing keto which has led me to my current weight of 190 at 13.2% bodyfat and a visible 6 pack while maintaining most of the muscle I’d built. I also feel phenomenal. I never thought I’d be able to stick to it because fuck, I love carbs, but it’s actually super easy. I recommend trying it highly.

[@freddierodriguez3036]

Best Keto video yet. Keto for a lifetime? Not for everyone but a powerful tool to achieve wanted results.

[@BrittenMcDowell]

I am always entertained with Dr. Mike's perspective and presentation! I appreciate his rational approach and sensible advice! Thanks for the info!!!

[@magicmacify]

Wow the exit strategy was life saving for me, thank you man!

[@valdius85]

Keto worked for me. Low carb worked better as my sleep was so much better. Not eating carbs, being in ketosis and easily burning fat for energy are not exactly the same. Keto community got dogmatic quickly and made it into religion, losing the nuances.

[@ArticBeatle]

Easily one of the best Keto videos from a Non-Keto person. I've lost a ton of weight through Keto, Fasting and now CrossFit. I am very close to my goal weight and look forward to transitioning to a balanced diet soon.

[@mpukas]

I've been keto for 6 years since 2018. It works well for me. I work from home, and I'm an avid cook and cook nearly all of my own food. I've never eaten junk food (except rare occasions). I didn't start to loose weight. I've been athletic and active my entire life. I'm 55. I tried it at the recommendation of a "ahem" chiro that was helping me with PT to recover from hip replacement surgery (it was my 2nd). He said other clients that went keto had lower inflammation and responded better to his treatments. I feel so much better being keto than when I was eating carbs. My blood sugar levels were approaching pre-diabetic, now normal levels. My LDL is slightly elevated, but all my other markers are good. All my Dr's keep an eye on me and say they have no concerns about my health. I do CF 3-5 days per week, among other things. While I struggle to keep up with and simply cannot do things guys 10-20 years younger than me do, I hold my own. I get that if I ate carbs my performance would probably improve, but I'm not a competitor and not willing to give up keto for how I feel overall. When I eat carbs I feel gross. When I go out for a meal (2-4 times per month), I eat whatever, and generally stay low-carb.

[@brianslavin6313]

My girl is tired for the first 2-3 days of keto then has amazing energy. I’m trying it now. I’d love to have the energy she has on keto.

[@TSoneonetwo]

thank you for this objective and balanced take on Keto, Doc. very helpful.

[@aroyalpriesthood7515]

Keto is amazing, I don't eat till one and my strength and recovery is amazing. I never get tired. I always have energy. The focus is incredible.

[@purplatypus7405]

I lost 115lbs on keto. Never even worked out once in thst 1.5 years and had a cheat day every week. I felt good and energized and my meals made me feel more awake opposed to being tired. Thst being said I was always starving I just got very comfortable feeling hungry and powered through it but despite the energy the weight loss and health I was less happy than I used to be. Long story short even if it can get results it might not be right for you.

[@lizbecker1677]

Whenever I need to loose weight, Keto (formerly Atkins) has always been my go-to. I'm one of those people who can eat carbs all day long, but about three days into keto I start feeling full more quickly. Friends always used to joke that they don't understand why it works, but I've always suspected it's because of the four reasons Dr. Mike says. I don't think this is for everyone, but I'm happy to know it's there for me whenever I need it.