BillBrasky
#PSF
FWIW, I went the Keto cycling route. 5 days on per week, weekends I take off. I do Territory Keto reset meals for lunches, cook Keto-friendly stuff for dinners. Coffee breakfasts to limit eating hours. Some bourbon and a glass of red wine on occasion at night. During the weekends it's pretty much whatever I feel like.
Compared to friends who went hardcore Keto, my results were certainly slower. But they were still legit, plus it's been easier to keep going for months at a time. Overall it feels like a relatively easy lifestyle change and the results have been excellent.
This is my plan starting in March. Revert to more of a "soft keto" which still avoids white carbs, but allows for a weekend cheat day. Eating bread just makes me feel bad, I've probably got some sort of gluten thing. I also really enjoy not waking up feeling full or bloated, and the coffee breakfast is so easy. After a week I stopped feeling hungry in the mornings, and now I mix in a weeknight were I skip dinner and end up fasting for about 24 hours. I actually did this last night and just ate lunch. I drink coffee, water and the occasional flavored sparkling water and don't get hungry at all.
I guess having a diet with rules and whatnot is helpful for some people, but to me, the principles of eating healthy are super straightforward and don't involve peeing on strips to determine ketosis or whatever
The only thing that has ever worked reliably for us is counting calories and monitoring macros. Just buy a scale and log everything you eat/drink in an app like myfitnesspal. I know having strict rules and elimination diets works for some folks, but doing it this way has one rule: if you consume it you log it. I never feel guilty about anything I eat/drink this way either since I always know where I stand.
Yeah I need the structure and the feedback. If I don't follow rules and track my eating, then I'll eventually let it go to hell. It is the same as when I was training for marathons or triathlons. I have to stick to a preplanned schedule. I also you MFP, and not eating because I don't want to cross a calorie or carb threshold is very motivating to me.
Next steps will be integrating a more consistent workout schedule. I've been good about riding the bile or doing a strength workout Fri-Sun, but not really during the week.