Coming from an almost 10-lb weight loss on the first week, my second week of doing Keto showed underwhelming results. I only managed to lose 1.7 lbs, after hoping for another miracle week. This made me decide to stop taking my weight measurement on a weekly basis, rather, just get my measurements monthly instead.

What I’m probably doing wrong

Some of the reasons why I think I’m not losing as much weight are as follows:

1. Eating (too much) greens. On my first week, I barely ate any greens – but I saw somewhere that we shouldn’t include greens in the count. There are conflicting theories here, but as I want to still eat healthy, I continued consuming mostly lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, and eggplant. Of course, I still log them on MyFitnessPal to make sure I don’t exceed my macro-ratio for carbs.
2. Not drinking enough water. My body has already adapted to the Keto diet so I’m not feeling as thirsty as I was on the first week. Therefore, my water intake slowed down (less than 2 liters a day), so I’m also not excreting water as much. Since I did not stop taking in more sodium than usual (to keep my electrolytes), I’m probably holding more water in my body as compared to the first week.
3. Lack of exercise. The bulk of my weight loss during the first week is more likely from water weight, so I need to start exercising, even just a bit already. This is to ensure I burn fat from the food I eat (which I limit to a certain calorie count), and eventually start burning the fat from my body. I also noticed that I’m not as tired and quickly exhausted compared to the first two weeks, so I should be ready for some strenuous activity. I plan to go back to running at least 4 times a week starting this week!

Again, these are just based on my personal assessment, and may not be backed necessarily by science. There are however a lot of resources/videos on YouTube which explain the whole chemistry behind Ketosis and weight loss, so you might want to check those out!

Keto Food for the week

These are some of the food I have been eating this week. One of my favorite restaurants, Persia Grill, surprisingly has some Keto-friendly options on their menu.

Another staple for Keto is Samgyeopsal. It’s Korean pork belly barbecue, and the side dishes are good for Keto, too! There are a lot of Samgyeopsal places near our house so this for me is accessible when I want to eat out for a change. This one’s from Gangnam Style (yes, after that infamous song by Psy).

I also eat home-cooked meals when I have time, so for this week, one of the food I prepared is Nilagang Baboy (like a pork stew/boiled pork soup):

While this recipe called for potato, I replaced it with another root crop (locally called “gabi”) to make the soup a bit more sticky. I decided it would be OK, as long as I don’t eat the whole pieces by themselves.

There you go, that was my Week 2. Sorry the update is a bit late (I’m supposed to post every Tuesday), but things got busy this week at work. Hopefully I’ll be on time next week! Keep calm and Keto on!