Fasting and fat loss

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Originally, I decided to try out the keto diet late in 2018; unfortunately, because of possible genetic factors, the diet itself or otherwise, my Gall Bladder gave out very early into the diet and once it gave out, I would have Gall Bladder Attacks anytime I ate a food with fat in it... Ironically, the only type of food that I could eat that would not trigger an attack, was carb heavy food. So from time of first attack to operation was just under a year, definitely the most brutal year of my life diet wise, if you choose to do Keto, do it smart.

Now, I am back on Keto, without a Gall Bladder so I am very restricted in what my body can process; from what I understand, the liver has to work extra hard to break down fats without a Gall Bladder, so its been salad, meat, eggs and thats it, still managing to maintain a deficit while in Ketosis, avoiding carbs and fats as much as I can to an extent, supplementing with rasperry keytones daily since I just can't get the fats in.

So basically, I have lived carb heavy for a year and lived on a very modifided keto on and off for about a year, I say on and off because I am pacing my liver, give it some time off, definitely dont want it failing lol.

I ballooned up while on carbs, real bad, I never weighed myself but I had to be at least 280, I plan on hitting 180 in 3 months.
 

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I'm doing fasting from 6pm to 12pm the next day. Eat 3 meals a day.

12pm
3pm
6pm

Sleep at 8pm, wake up at 4am.

I drink a 1-2 green teas and a black coffee or two during the fasting hours. About 3 litres of water a day. Around 1500 calories a day and keto. 30g of carbs a day. 120g protein. 100g of fat. 1 hour of walking a day, 5 mins every hour over 12 hours. 3 sets of pushups and pullups 3 times a week. bodyweight squats and crunches 3 sets 3 times a week.

Only doing this until I lose 25 kg. Then slowly introduce good carbs and fruits again for maintenance and health.
Looking at getting there in 6 months. Might be less. Getting there in 4 months just in time for new years will be good.
Hey man, i had to react to this because what you're doing is not healthy. Your intake is 1500 calories per day AND you work out which puts your deficit way over 1000 calories per day compared to recommended normal intake for a man (2500). Meaning your weight loss will be unhealthy for your body. About 500 calories per day, meaning 3500/week (or 0.5 kg) is a recommended pace. You want to lose mostly fat and not too much muscles. When you exceed 500/day, your body is using fuel by breaking down (more) muscles.
Fasting is also really not fasting when drinking tea and/or coffee. Coffee is a great filler and your feelings of hunger disappears but it will break the fast even though it's without milk and sugar. Try to stay off it and drink it during your "eating window" instead, if you can. This is nitpicky and you will still see positive benefits but if you want to do the real fast and give your cells truly the time to regenerate, try to cut it out. Good luck.
 
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