Week 3 of Keto but struggling and need help!

[littledarling]

Hey guys!

I'm in my 3rd week of Keto and just want to make sure I'm doing things right. I got great results in my first week, and lost about 5-6cms off my waist and my legs trimmed down, without any exercise (I took some time off the gym for an injury) and that was great!

Going into my second week, all those cm's started to creep back on and I'm into my 3rd week and I feel just as chubby as I did before starting this.

Im not overweight, but could probably lose at least 5kgs and I want to get some lean muscle too - I don't weigh myself because a) I don't feel its accurate representation for weight loss, i would rather measure and b) I've had a problem with obsessing over scales before and I don't want to fall back into that.


I've been using Carb Manager to track everything and my net carbs are always under 20g a day and my calories are around 1300, and i struggle to eat any more because I'm rarely hungry now. I generally always hit my protein and fat goals (more often protein than fat)

A typical day of food would be
Breakfast: Chia Pudding (2 tbsp chia, almond milk, sometimes low carb protein powder)
or
Low carb bread (5g per 2 slices, I usually only have 1 and a half) made into french toast (so just egg and butter with it)

Lunch: Small amount of some sort of meat (usually chicken) - Some days its by itself and some days I'll add a handful of green veggies and maybe a slice of halloumi

Dinner: Always some sort of seasoned meat with green veggies (Broc****, Cauliflower and a little bit of green beans)

If I'm going to snack, it'll be on a handful of sunflower seeds but I try not to snack.


Am I going wrong somewhere? Everyone else I've spoken to has gotten tremendous results within the first few weeks and I seem to be getting nothing. I don't want to give up because i've tried so many other ways to lose the little bit of weight I put on over the last year, and this is the only thing that has shown even the tiniest bit of progress, even if it was at the start.

Thanks guys! Please be kind too - I came here to avoid the *******s that were on ******** and am pretty clueless here so genuinely want support not condescension

[Mrpb]

If you're not losing weight you're not in calorie deficit. It's that simple.

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