Keto Weight Loss Plateau Week 3

A keto plateau can normally last for days to months.

Keto weight loss plateau week 3. After you lose the initial water weight you ll slowly regain it as your body adapts to keto this means that you can have rapid weight loss during the first three weeks and then a really slow loss or plateau for several weeks sometimes months when you gain back those 5 10 lbs of water. That s largely due to carb restriction. You ll most likely lose water weight during your first week on keto.

After 3 4 weeks the body is burning fat as its main fuel and the brain has switched to running on ketones. It can be immensely frustrating when you ve started a new plan and seen great results maybe even the cleverly named keto whoosh only to find down the line that your progress is stalling. But if you fail to see improvements despite your efforts consider going to the doctor.

But thats still an average of one lb a week. This can help with speeding up weight loss or breaking through a weight loss plateau. The trend is bumpy because there will be days or weeks when your weight stalls or even goes up slightly.

Fasting especially intermittent fasting can be very beneficial for weight loss on the ketogenic diet. I was so foggy at work i could barely concentrate. What makes the keto diet so appealing is the fact that it provides quick results.

Rather follow the strategies we discussed to overcome it. Don t be surprised if you drop 10 pounds or more in the first week. You may have a medical condition that hinders weight loss.

Some people think eating keto makes you lose weight twice as fast as other diets and it doesn t so when the weight loss slows down a a crawl they think its not working i haven t been 100 perfect with my eating and i have had a half dozen cheat meals in that 8 months not cheat. However weight loss isn t the same as fat loss. The transition to ketosis involved a major energy drain caused from carbohydrate withdrawal.