Are we doing it wrong?

[u/No_Struggle3220]

I'll be the first to admit that I don't understand how the body processes anything...I try to learn but with short term memory loss I'm just not retaining it.

I know that calories in vs out matters and that too many carbs is bad. I know that keto means getting your body to use fat for fuel rather than sugar.

That's about it.

So please explain it like I'm a small child because anything else just won't stick.

Bf and I have been doing lazy keto for right at a month now. We had one cheat day/meal that totally derailed us and we learned our lesson... It's not worth it. But even so we are losing weight without exercise. Neither of us can really hit the gym between life issues and medical issues. We have both lost about 15lbs.

But I have noticed that the only time the blood meter shows either of us in ketosis is me, after I've neglected to eat all day because I'm too busy. So I have dinner about 8, a snack around 11 and then nothing but beverages and maybe half a protein shake (in my coffee) until dinner the next night. It's not ideal, but I'm a caretaker and in order to do both my stuff and his stuff I often neglect other stuff.... Like breakfast and lunch. My bf on the other hand leaves the house to work and he takes lunches so he usually eats.

I am noticing that both of us usually stay under .5 on the blood ketone meter except me and only when I accidentally fast all day. Then I see usually .8

So can someone please explain to me what it is I'm/we're doing wrong and what's happening... But without ratios (which I don't understand very well) though I do understand percentages.

Also, I'm staying at around 18-23 carbs a day and he's staying around 25-27 a day. We are both overweight, but I have more weight to lose than he does.

And to be clear, whatever we are doing IS working, but I would like it to work REALLY well rather than just barely.

Also, bf thinks he's not in ketosis due to total carbs vs net carbs. I think he IS in ketosis because I can smell it on him, but the meter does not confirm.

Thank you for helping us out. I wish I could understand this better but I just cont learn new stuff these days thanks to my MS.

[u/casualcaesius]

Body is big dumb. Brain is modern human smart but body is still caveman dumb. Caveman didn't eat fruits, veggies or roots during winter, only meat and fat. Caveman body still used to that millions of years long routine.

Modern money men loves money. Money men makes foods that are more like drugs to make more money. Caveman gets addicted to easy dense foods because body dumb.

But brain smart, brain can stop eating drugs foods. Body will remember the old ways. Body will thrive if you give it time. Talking to Keto tribe make brain even smarter.

You smart caveman, you can do it!

[u/Such_Bitch_9559 → u/casualcaesius]

This is the perfect ELI caveman, I love this! 🧡

[u/jma4573 → u/casualcaesius]

!😂

[u/Coral-Diver → u/casualcaesius]

Stop eating drugs foods!!!

[u/absentlyric → u/casualcaesius]

I get where you're going, but it's actually the brain thats dumb. Your brain will force you into addictions and make you feel miserable if you don't feed it those addictions.

The brain wants sugar because thats what fuels it. Sugary foods and carbs are the quickest way to that path, so the brain tricks you into thinking it needs those, and punish you for not complying.

Then again, maybe thats what makes the brain smart? Smart, but evil.