Weight Loss STALLED for 2wks on Keto...WTF?!?

[kitchenchemist]

This is my third run at a Keto diet.....The first 2 times/seasons it worked like a charm!....Dropped bodyfat easily and steadily right up until I hit 8ish percent, and I was able to maintain that til the season (summer) was over......This year, I've hit a WALL for the past 2wks!.....WTF!?!......Everything is the SAME as the last 2 runs except the cardio.....Theirs actually more this time around!
"Diet" started on Feb 15th.....Previous to that date I was living at 350grams/day Carbs for my "bulk".....I know that might seem low for some, but I'm VERY carb sensitive.......Dropped the Carbs slowly for 2wks before Keto started on March 1st......Dumped a ton upfront, and maintained a steady drop of 2lbs per week until the last 2wks, then NOTHING!

Running Clen @ 125mcg/dy + 100mcg T3 day

Daily Intake:
Meal1 - 3 Whole XL eggs
5 XL egg whites

Meal2 - 120g Cooked Chicken Breast + 1tbsp FlaxSeedMeal
26g Almonds

Meal3 - PostWorkout
45g Whey Isolate
10g Creatine
5g Taurine

Meal4 - 120g Cooked Chicken Breast = 1tbsp FlaxSeedMeal
26g Almonds

Meal5 - 45g Whey Isolate + 10g PsylliumHusk Fiber
1tbsp MacNut Oil

Meal6 - 40g Casein + 10g PsylliumHusk Fiber
2tbsp Nat PeanutButter
EVERYTHING is the same as the past 2 runs.......Macros have been worked according to bodyweight.
Equation I used is: .25g Protein/lb + .o9g Fat/lb
I do a weekly Refeed Day......Consume High GI carbs in 3 meals throughout the day.....Use 1 Glycobol cap, 400mcg Chromium PolyNicotinate, 10mg Vanadyl Sulfate with each High Carb Meal on my refeeds.

Cardio is 40min LOW intensity, Fasted first thing in the morning, and then 60min postworkout on training days (5days/week)

[sassy69]

Are you seeing bodyfat changes? "Progress" isn't always measured only on the scale. In the past as I was switching out of an off-season to a prep, in 5 weeks I dropped 8% bodyfat and 2 lb. Are you noticing your clothes fitting looser or anything?

Also what is your total cal intake (I also don't know anything about your current stats) - you're doing a lot of cardio so you'd want to make sure you're eating enough or your body is simply just holding on to everything because you're not eating enough to support the energy demands.

[kitchenchemist]

Hey, thanks for the response......I've actually been bodybuilding for quite q few years, and it wasnt until I started using Keto Diets 3yrs ago that I actually began stepping on a scale.....I've always used the mirror as my judge, but I started to utilize the scale to simply make sure I wasn't dropping too much weight too fast via muscle loss....Now I feel "OWNED" by that damn scale!!
Anyway, I had a good/successful first 6wks this time around, and on the 6th week weigh-in I was at 200lbs which was 2lbs down from the previous week....Then, wk7 weigh-in was 201!.....Wk8 was 198....Wk9 was 198.....And today at wk10 I'm 196.....HOWEVER, the mirror does look to be in my favor, just a mental-fuck, thats all!

If my math and weights are correct, my daily calories right now before I subtract 2cal/g for Fiber, are at approx 2050ish
Gonna do a 9point pinch test tonight to see if the calipers say I'm "FAT"! lol

[Big_Papa_B]

I have run keto a lot in the past....and loses will begin to slow eventually. To get thing started every third day take out your fats and only eat protien and veggies.....this will kick start the fat loss again....

[kitchenchemist]

Damn man!....The NO FAT DAY thing scares me....I read alot of mixed opinions/reviews on having a Protein/Veggie day, and every 3 days is even more questionable to me!
-How bout a NO FAT DAY on the day after the Refeed?

[data4]

Damn man!....The NO FAT DAY thing scares me....I read alot of mixed opinions/reviews on having a Protein/Veggie day, and every 3 days is even more questionable to me!
-How bout a NO FAT DAY on the day after the Refeed?

Timing Pro/Veg days after refeeds is a good idea imo. I think you would be alright with PV days a couple times a week.

[Big_Papa_B]

Damn man!....The NO FAT DAY thing scares me....I read alot of mixed opinions/reviews on having a Protein/Veggie day, and every 3 days is even more questionable to me!
-How bout a NO FAT DAY on the day after the Refeed?

you will be hungry on your no fat days but it will really kick your fat loss back into high gear....

[kitchenchemist]

Ok.....I'm gonna give it a try.......If I'm gonna plan 1 day/wk for a No Fat day, where should it fall after the refeed?......Refeeds are Tuesdays by the way, and is a NonTraining day.

[kitchenchemist]

^BUMP^
Any help/suggestions/opinions on the day and timing of the No Fat Day??

[Moxie]

I do my Pro/Veg twice a week: the day after my cheat meal and my off day. This has worked well for me but your mileage may vary. I actually enjoy the no fat days... o_O

As Sassy points out, progress is measured in many ways - weight is just one small part of it. The scale hasn't budged for me over the past 4 weeks but I'm still visibly dropping BF.

Also, you might want to double check your cals. (what are you using to track them?) My back-of-the-envelope calculation of your diet added up to 1,850 cals/day, which isn't a lot considering how much cardio you're doing. I'm cutting on 1,700 cals and I'm 120lbs, natty, and do very little cardio. Again, as Sassy points out, you may not be eating enough.

[Jameson829]

Wouldn't it make the most sense to do a pro/veg day while you're in deep keto rather than after a refeed when you would then be stocked and running on glucose?

[Moxie]

There are a couple of reasons I do my pro/veg day after the cheat meal:

1) I generally feel like balls after the cheat (full, bloated, and gassy) and the “lightness” of the pro/veg day helps settle my stomach, but this is a personal reason and obviously doesn’t apply to everybody.

2) I figure since I’ve refilled my glycogen and raised my leptin levels with the cheat meal that I don’t need the added energy the fats give me, so it made sense to me to time it after the refeed

My logic may be faulty, but this is what has worked for me so far.

[georgeman22]

Pro/veg really helpful to keep you perfect as the moxie said that it is a personal reason and obviously doesn't apply to everybody here i wanna say that moxie how you said that it doesn't apply. In my life many people i have seen they use pro/veg day and they are happy with that and apply it on their self regularly. Any how its your thinking you are satisfy with that.