Getting into shape

[Freed Roger]

Do any of you take supplements other than the basics?

I currently take a men's multi, a greens supplement, a DHA supplement, an immune system booster, and biotin (probably for no reason) along with protein powder which contains creatine. I'm curious if there's anything else worth taking.

i dont do any of those. i eat the Snowpiercer (protein) bars at work. I take fish oil regularly. occassionally lysine. once in a awhile glucosomine. thinking of doing less.. i have read some negative things about supplements lately. a lot of unregulated untested and unprescribed products (how does one know they are deficient in some vitamin enough to take supplements).

[CardsofSTL]

Do any of you take supplements other than the basics?

I currently take a men's multi, a greens supplement, a DHA supplement, an immune system booster, and biotin (probably for no reason) along with protein powder which contains creatine. I'm curious if there's anything else worth taking.

i dont do any of those. i eat the Snowpiercer (protein) bars at work. I take fish oil regularly. occassionally lysine. once in a awhile glucosomine. thinking of doing less.. i have read some negative things about supplements lately. a lot of unregulated untested and unprescribed products (how does one know they are deficient in some vitamin enough to take supplements).

[ZigZagCardsFan]

Do any of you take supplements other than the basics?

I currently take a men's multi, a greens supplement, a DHA supplement, an immune system booster, and biotin (probably for no reason) along with protein powder which contains creatine. I'm curious if there's anything else worth taking.

i dont do any of those. i eat the Snowpiercer (protein) bars at work. I take fish oil regularly. occassionally lysine. once in a awhile glucosomine. thinking of doing less.. i have read some negative things about supplements lately. a lot of unregulated untested and unprescribed products (how does one know they are deficient in some vitamin enough to take supplements).

For me personally I use what I use as something of an insurance policy. Most of these things are water soluble so they’re just peed out if I get to much. I’d rather know that I’m fulfilling these dietary needs than end up having a void and it’s cheap enough to where I don’t worry about wasting the money.

I question a lot of stuff outside of the basics and that seems to be the stuff that costs a ton for what may end up being little to no gain. One example is branch chain amino acids which I was prepared to start using but decided against after doing more research.

[Michael]

One more thing... If you do decide to go down this road, there will be bumps along the way. It's not a straight down-hill path. It's easy to get frustrated. I really struggled with that through my first several plateaus.

On the keto reddit page, they like to say KCKO (Keep Calm, Keto On) meaning, if you're in a stall, be patient. Don't give up. Trust the process. Bodies shed fat differently. But over time, it WILL work.

(Yes, I know I'm dividing by the wrong number of days in some of my month grids. It's a copy/paste thing and I'm too lazy to fix it for now, LOL)

This post is very helpful. I'm finding mini plateaus are more common with Atkins induction phase (Keto lite) than other diets. Sometimes I'll have very little weight loss for a week then I'll drop like 1.5-2 pounds overnight that stays off. I've read fairly unscientific water weight reasons for this, but as you note it's important to double check your diet and stay the course. Eventually it works.

[GeddyWrox]

Funny you should mention plateaus...

[Fat_Bulldog]

Funny you should mention plateaus...

Man - that's impressive! Way to go.

How difficult do you find it to stay on course. I love pizza and beer!

[Michael]

Stay strong Brotha!

I'm coming to the conclusion with these diets I think it's important to not weight yourself everyday. In the Atkins book they suggest once a week or a rolling average of the past 3 days.

[GeddyWrox]

Man - that's impressive! Way to go.

How difficult do you find it to stay on course. I love pizza and beer!

Beer is what I miss the most. But with whiskey and occasional dry red wine, I can deal. Pizza, you just scrape off the toppings and discard the crust. Voila! Keto pizza!

[Michael]

Fathead pizza(!): viewtopic.php?f=9&t=44620&start=1250#p1824854

[GeddyWrox]

Stay strong Brotha!

I'm coming to the conclusion with these diets I think it's important to not weight yourself everyday. In the Atkins book they suggest once a week or a rolling average of the past 3 days.

Yeah, it varies. A lot of people weigh daily, and a lot weekly. It seems about 50/50. I weigh daily, but I don't get as upset as I used to when I have a stall or a quick spike. I just feel like it would be too easy for me to lose focus if I went weekly. With daily weighing, I can course-correct a lot faster.

Case in point... I probably got too many carbs this weekend. Ate out a couple of times at places I hadn't been, and I got things that I wasn't 100% sure about. Predictably, my weight went up 2 lbs this morning. If I didn't weigh myself for another 5-7 days, I could be up 10 before I knew it.