Whenever you go on any diet, the urge to quit is strong. After all, you’ve spent a long time nurturing bad eating habits. Choosing a highly restrictive diet like a ketogenic one is even harder for some people.
The key is to pick a diet plan that will work best for you. If you really want to lose weight fast and select a keto diet, then there are some things you can do to strategically prevent yourself from falling off the wagon and adhering to the diet until you reach your weight loss goals.
The first thing is to track everything. One of the biggest problems people have are the sneaky carbs that are in things like ketchup. Tracking ensures you don’t accidentally knock yourself out of ketosis, get frustrated with a lack of weight loss, and quit.
Secondly, you should make sure you’re getting plenty of healthy fats. Your fat ratio should be between 60-75%, and it’s these fats that will create a satisfied feeling in your mind and stomach, preventing you from being struck with hunger, as happens on some low calorie plans.
Healthy fats include things like olive oil, butter, avocado and fats from a variety of meats. This isn’t the kind of plan where you have to avoid marbled meat – in fact, it will help you on a keto diet.
Being on a keto diet also helps curb your sweet cravings, if that’s an issue for you. This is what often causes people to quit a diet. They ban foods from their meal plans. But on ketosis, you can make some sweet keto fat bombs for things like chocolate mousse made from cream cheese, real butter, fake sweetener, cocoa powder, and heavy cream.
For some people, cutting carbs means they start craving fruit that is now off limits because of the heavy carb count. Things like watermelon, peaches, pears and other fruit is loaded with carbs.
But all you have to do to keep on your keto plan and avoid quitting is learn which fruits are keto-friendly. For example, the berries are much better in carb count. You can have strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in moderation.
Worst case scenario, before you completely quit, if you’re at your rock bottom and considering it, simply have one day of low carb instead of ketosis and then jump right back on ketosis again.
