Not Losing on Keto: See 9 Reasons Why
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 6 May 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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In this podcast, we're going to talk about weight loss plateaus. I'm going to cover why you're not losing weight on keto, and also some keto weight loss tips.
What is normal?
When someone does keto and intermittent fasting, they typically lose a lot of water weight in the first week, maybe even 8 pounds. But then, in the second week, they are hardly losing weight at all, maybe 2 pounds. Well, the maximum amount of fat you can lose per week with a healthy metabolism is only 2 pounds. 1/2 - 2 pounds in actually really good.
It's get healthy to lose weight, not lose weight to get healthy.
Your health comes first, weight loss second. If you start the ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting and you're not losing weight, but you notice your hunger is gone, realize that it's working. You just need to give it more time because the body has to get healthy first.
Muscle weighs more than fat per volume.
If you have a loss of muscle protein, and you start the ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting, your body is going to repair that first. So, you might start to gain more muscle. You might notice that your waist is still shrinking, and that means it's working.
Keto not working? Try this:
1. Double-check your carbs
2. Adjust your fasting pattern
3. Cut down on vegetables if you're bloating
4. Cut down your fat to about 75g
5. Exercise
6. Add 30 minutes - 1 hour of sleep
7. Add apple cider vinegar, potassium, vitamin B1, magnesium, and vitamin D
8. Reduce stress
9. Fix health problems
Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, 51 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in weight loss through nutritional & natural methods. His private practice is located in Alexandria, Virginia. His clients include senior officials in the U.S. government & the Justice Department, ambassadors, medical doctors, high-level executives of prominent corporations, scientists, engineers, professors, and other clients from all walks of life. He is the author of The 7 Principles of Fat Burning.
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| 0:00.0 | So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or intermittent fasting, whether you're starting |
| 0:05.3 | keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or you have a question about a product, |
| 0:10.6 | call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 540-299-1557. That's 540-299-1557. |
| 0:21.6 | Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminute Fasting Podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. Are you doing keto in intermittent fasting perfectly, yet you're not losing any |
| 0:49.5 | weight? I have a lot of videos on Plateau. So what I did is I combine all of them into one video to make it |
| 0:56.3 | really, really simple. Let's first cover some basics. First thing is what is normal. When someone |
| 1:04.8 | does keto and IF, they usually lose a lot of water weight, sometimes up to eight pounds in the first week. That means they're carrying a lot of water weight sometimes up to eight pounds in the first week that means |
| 1:14.1 | they're carrying a lot of water then the second week they're hardly losing any weight at all |
| 1:18.8 | maybe two pounds well the maximum fat burning the actual fat you can lose per week with a healthy |
| 1:26.7 | metabolism is only two pounds. Okay, that's actually really good. |
| 1:32.3 | So if you're losing a half a pound or a pound, don't take a loss on that. That's actually |
| 1:38.1 | quite good, especially as you get older or postmenopausal. That's probably going to be the most you're going to actually |
| 1:45.7 | lose because the metabolism is slowed down. So just consider what normal is. Second point, |
| 1:54.5 | it's get healthy to lose weight, not lose weight to get healthy. Health comes first, weight loss second. And let me define health. Energy improvement, |
| 2:04.6 | no more cravings, hunger is gone, feel vibrant. So if you're focused on losing weight before that, |
| 2:14.4 | not a good strategy. Our body will release some of this fat once we get healthy. |
| 2:20.2 | So when you start the program and you notice that you're not losing weight, yet your hunger |
| 2:25.5 | is gone, realize it's working. |
| 2:29.2 | Just give it more time because the body has to get healthy. |
| 2:32.2 | And there's all sorts of things happening at the cellular level |
| 2:35.3 | building proteins and fixing repair actions and things like that. Okay, next point. Muscle weighs more |
| 2:42.9 | than fat per volume. So if you have atrophy, loss of muscle protein, which actually looks like fat, |
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