Why do not losing weight on keto diet? We often see people who try the keto diet for a while, and quickly throw the towel back in the ring. They often get frustrated and feel defeated. Everywhere they saw those beautiful promises about how well the keto diet works and how much weight people have already been lost, but why did not they work with them? Why does that scale always indicate the same? Why do not those numbers last for a few days or even weeks?
One of the biggest advices we can give to you is to put your scale at the garbage (or hide it somewhere in your closet), take a tape measure and take it You measure up!
There may be many reasons for losing weight, but three main reasons are:
Water.
Water...
and water!
First, many people are very excited when they see what good things you can eat when they start the keto diet. Think of bacon, sausages, tasty meat, cheese, pepperoni and so on. All of these foods have a high sodium value. You may not be able to eat these foods first or low, and if you are eating a lot now, it is almost certain that your body will keep moisture tight. Therefore, prepare yourself to feel blown up. It may sound strange, but this is largely countered by drinking a lot of water.
Second, if you've just wasted your whole life and you've started a whole new lifestyle of which sports are a part, you can expect muscle aches! This sounds of course logical, but in addition, your body will also hold more moisture if you have muscle aches. Muscle pain is actually the 'repair' process of your muscles, and your muscles will retain moisture if they are in this process. This can make your weight 1 to 2 kilograms fluctuate during the day. Do not let this down. If you are doing sports, and you feel like you are doing well, then every weight gain is temporary! Keep it up!
In addition , there are many other factors that help keep your weight fluctuating from day to day: hormones, weight of your diet, moisture intake, climate (yes, weather also causes a change in weight) , constipation, time of day, illness, insufficient sleep, etc.
It is in fact that weight loss or increase is almost never linear, and often too unpredictable. The best way to measure your progress is to measure the size of different body parts:
- Hips
- Belly
- Chest
- Neck
- Upper legs
- And keep this weekly in an excel form.
Lessons you've learned today:
- Weigh yourself up to 2 times a week
- Always weigh yourself at the same time of the day. Most preferably in the morning, if you just woke up and went to the toilet.
- Do not just fix your weight, keep looking in the mirror and take measurements of your body.
- Not everyone falls as fast as possible. Hold on, take a dip? Then contact us and we'll pull you through!
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