Can I lose 50 pounds on keto?

Since going on keto and taking up CrossFit, Katrantzos lost about 50 pounds. “I definitely feel stronger, I have more overall energy, and I feel clearer mentally,” he says. For people just starting out, he advises, “You need to see the whole process as a lifestyle adjustment.

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For most of his life, George Katrantzos had been a bigger guy.

“I was chubby in middle and high school,” he tells Men’s Health. Even as he grew into his 6’2” frame as an adult, however, his challenges with weight continued. Poor diet choices and a chronic smoking habit caused his weight to climb steadily. Katrantzos weighed nearly 275 pounds by the time he was 33 years old. His turning point arrived in the Fall of 2018, when Katrantzos posed with his nephew for a family photo. “I thought it would look so good because we look so similar. I saw that photo and thought to myself, ‘You’ve really let yourself go—it’s time to make some changes,’” he says.

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First, Katrantzos decided to take a closer look at his diet and exercise routine—he’d tried different programs over the years, but none of them stuck. “I was always trying to lose weight by dieting and trying all sorts of low carb and low-calorie approaches,” he says. He also felt sluggish and unmotivated, part of which he attributed to a habitual weed smoking habit. “I was using marijuana daily, which kept me numb and feeling content, but without the desire to work towards anything,” he says. At first, he focused almost all of his attention on refining his diet. This time, he gave keto a try, focusing on a combination of low carbs, moderate proteins, and mostly healthy fats, he says. After about a month on the diet, he incorporated intermittent fasting. Then came the more difficult part: He would need to start working out. “I didn’t have the first clue what to do,” he says. He tried to join a local gym and even hired a personal trainer, but the training was costly—and Katrantzos felt he wasn’t pushing himself as hard as he wanted, nor seeing dramatic enough progress. “I realized that the more consistent and monotonous my programing and diet was, the slower my weight loss.” Hearst Magazines Men's Health Hearst Magazines Men's Health Now 73% Off Shop at Amazon Seeking a more dramatic change in his workout routine, Katrantzos joined a CrossFit box—CrossFit Unleashed—near his home in Astoria, Queens. At first, he couldn’t tell if the “WODs”—workouts of the day—were getting him anywhere, but he kept at it. In the Fall of 2019, his trainer, Ant Lucic, posted a few new photos, and Katrantzos was struck by the dramatic difference from nearly a year prior. Since going on keto and taking up CrossFit, Katrantzos lost about 50 pounds. “I definitely feel stronger, I have more overall energy, and I feel clearer mentally,” he says. For people just starting out, he advises, “You need to see the whole process as a lifestyle adjustment. There’s nothing short term about it, it’s hard work and you need to commit.”

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Is yogurt allowed in keto diet?

Any type of yoghurt could be included in the keto diet, as long as the total carbohydrate intake across the day remains low enough to keep the body in ketosis (using stored fat instead of carbohydrate to fuel the brain and body).

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The Ketogenic diet or “keto” diet is a low carbohydrate and high fat eating plan. While there are variations of the keto diet, they all include high levels of fat, moderate protein and very low levels of carbohydrate. The ratio of these nutrients is generally 55 to 60% fat, 30 to 35% protein and 5 to 10% carbohydrate.1 Any type of yoghurt could be included in the keto diet, as long as the total carbohydrate intake across the day remains low enough to keep the body in ketosis (using stored fat instead of carbohydrate to fuel the brain and body). Whilst different brands of yoghurt will vary in their carbohydrate content, on average a 200g tub of 3% fat, natural yoghurt will contain 10.8g of carbohydrate, compared with 31.2g of carbohydrate in a 200g tub of 2% fat vanilla flavoured yoghurt.2 Based on this, the natural yoghurt would be the most suitable on the keto diet. When choosing a yoghurt for a keto diet, it can be useful to read the Nutrition Information Panel on the product label and compare the amount of carbohydrate per 100g across different yoghurt types.

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