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I think it is impressive to hit ketosis for like a week straight. The amount of carbs in a single slice of bread is enough to take you out of it for a week, even if that was literally the only carbs you had. If you have a personal chef or make all of your meals from scratch its probably a little easier. But almost anything pre-made has too many carbs. Meat with bread crumbs on it is stupidly common. Any pre-prepped meals always have most of their calories coming from a carb item like pasta. Even if you only eat things that are "keto-friendly" you can still have too many carbs for ketosis, because those things can still have a serving or two of carbs.
This is probably coming off as a rant directed at you. Its not. I've been doing low-carb for about two years now. I called it Keto originally, but I don't think I've ever hit Keto, so I stopped using that label. I love the diet and what its done for me, but damn is it frustrating sometimes. So many sugar traps everywhere.
I didn't get too much of a rant impression.
I have tracked macros when serious about training, so I know at least some of the pain that surrounds common prepared foods. I've always kept at least some carbs around workouts though, but was curious about potentially using Keto if I ever do a hard fat loss phase again.
The only person I have know personally that has for sure done Keto proper, with ketone strips and all, staid on for about 3 months. They seemed to get good results, but I don't think they thought it was sustainable to stay in ketosis for a longer period.
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