If you cut your carbs enough to get your body into ketosis then you should be able to eat as much fat as you want and still lose weight.

I don't watch how much fat I'm eating at all and I'm steadily losing weight.

I have weight gain in I don't eat enough fat. I know that sounds odd but it's true, just remember it's called healthy fat for a reason!

Good luck, be brave.

Welcome Ckj92

Calories will always matter but generally especially in the early days, the satiating effect of ketosis should take care of it all for you. A knob of butter, fatty cuts of meat etc are perfectly fine, you will get the hang of it. If you've been eating low fat then you may need to increase gradually to give your body enough time to catch up and start making the right amounts of enzymes. But remember you need the fat, too much lean protein can tend to make you hungry and cravey plus it's boring!

Good luck!

It certainly is possible to eat too much but it would be hard once you're in ketosis because your appetite will decrease.

I don't measure or count and haven't for a long time time but when I was measuring in the early days whilst losing I was eating at least 100g fat per day on a 1500 calorie limit as I was close to goal at that point. But if you have a lot to lose you could get away with more.

Just dive in and see how you go, if you're concerned then rather intentionally eat large amounts of fat just choose fatty cuts of meat, have cream if you like, avocado, use butter and see how you go, as long as your carbs are low you may have a pleasant surprise in about 3-4 days

Hi Ckj92,

I've been on low-carb for a month now and I've found that my appetite has decreased so much that some days I'm not eating much more than 1,000 calories. At my current weight I should be eating around 3500 calories just to maintain my weight.

I'm not monitoring how much fat and protein I am eating, just eating what I feel like and trying to keep the carbs reasonably low. And sometimes I have to remind myself to eat even when I'm not hungry - I'm so used to being a slave to cravings for sweet and carb-rich foods that with those cravings gone there is nothing prompting me to eat.

I find that if I go below 20g of carbs per day it is extremely difficult to not lose weight, regardless of how much fat I eat.

Hey @Cjk92

How are you getting on with LCHF?

You have to watch your calorie intake, for average girls should be 1200 cal / day. If you're going on a diet you can have a calories lower than 1200 a day.
But that is so hard to achieve unless you just eat fruits and veggies the whole day or biscuits.

No this is not true, limiting to 1200 calories is not necessary and can cause problems.

Really? a fitness trainer told me that a lot of times hahaha.. so what's the supposed calorie intake of average women in a day?

BMR and Calories

Hi all, I was on the road for 10 days for work, then left home to take my elderly mum to medical appointments. During my travels, I fell off the Induction wagon so I'm back where I started a few weeks ago. Spent most of yesterday reading posts in the Lifestyle section here, learned some new things.

During the week before I left, I lost a couple of pounds but was tired and lethargic. Last night, I reviewed my food diary for that week: carbs 15-20 g, fat from 30-40 g/day, protein from 40-90 g/day, calories between 900-1,100/day. I don't have a huge appetite so was trying to keep carbs below 20 g, calories below 1500, and increasing protein. I did not get into ketosis.

I think I made a mistake by not moving the fat intake higher but I'm not clear on what I should set as a fat goal. How much higher?

Related question: What do you all think about using fat bombs to increase fat intake? Last night, after reading about "fat bombs," I made my first batch with 1 cup of coconut oil, 8 oz (224 g) block of cream cheese, 4 T (64 g) sugar free peanut butter, with a little cocoa powder and erithytol to taste. They tasted pretty good tho they would taste better if they had a crunchier texture (but on Induction, can't have nuts so crunch can wait). Nutrition info per bomb: Calories: 127, fat 12.5 g, carb 1.65 g, protein, 1.9 g.

I can't eat more than one without feeling a little sick so I don't think this is a sufficient solution to the "not enough fat" problem. Thoughts?

When I was on 1500 calories my fat intake would be atleast 100g

I think you will find being so used to low fat that you need to increase it slowly over the next couple of weeks to give your body a chance to catch up and start making the needed enzymes.

If you scroll down to the macronutrients calculator you can put in your calories and then play with the protein, fat and carb percentages and it will give you the equivalent in grams: Quick and Easy Low Carb Calculators

Thank you, Sherrie.

I've read many of your posts - old and new. I'm struck by how well you know your body and how you respond to different circumstances. You know when you are in ketosis without looking at ketosticks. Like observing a skilled musician tuning her instrument. Awesome!

Checked out the Macronutrients calculator - cool tool! You were right on the money - keep calories around 1400, P C F = 105, 18, 101. Guess you've done this a few hundred or a few thousand times before.

Nope it was back in 2002 when I counted, I just remember, probably because I've been asked lots over the years which has kept it in my memory, otherwise I'd forget

Thanks Sherrie! To be safe i consume more fruits and veggies to hit a low calorie diet and low carb.. i juice in the morning and evening since i had my juicer, it makes me full and doesn't want to eat fatty foods anymore

Low carb needs to be high fat, this is important because the fat becomes your energy source.

So i think i can use avocados more in juicing, its high in fat as well as nuts, but sadly no fruits and veggies that is high in fat. But though i drink more fruits and veggies now, i believe i have a lot of stored fats, and there are juice recipes that are energy booster.