I tried it for half a year and after few weeks I actually got less hungry, was not craving carbs or sweets at all. Lost some weight on it. No side effects but also nothing amazing, felt no different, there was no kicked-in effect. Biggest problem for me was foods, I just didn't have enough variety, only had breakfasts covered (eggs, beacon, sausages, that's easy), but lunch and dinner were always a problem. So eventually I switched to high protein low carbs and later on to something like: 200g proteins, 200g carbs, 60-80g fats. With this, I just modify carbs to be more or less depending how much calories I need. I might one day replace some carbs with more fats or proteins if I feel like it, but I don't think I would be signing up to something strict like keto.

You should try carb cycling. It works wonders.

I ran the oldschool Anabolic Diet for almost 4 years straight, which essentially cyclical keto (5 days high fat/protein, 2 days high carbs/protein)

I actually gained a bit of size on it, felt great and it was easy to maintain since carbs were eaten on weekends. Only problem was occasionally those carb days had me hitting the floor, and spending a weekend asleep wasn't gonna work.

Honestly it only worked for me because im stubborn and forced it too, just something different really. I couldn't imagine the food bill with all that meat right now.

1 - what’s the goal?
For bodybuilding…nope. For weight-loss; there are smarter ways to diet that are more sustainable. For athletic performance… maybe (you’ll have to experiment for yourself - every body reacts differently to macro ratios)

Keto has been great for me for quick (2-4 week) lean outs, but it's too restrictive for the long haul for me. I'm a fan of IF a la Eat Stop Eat.

While I found Keto Diets to be a bit of a pain, Low Carb Diets (100-125 grams) seemed to work pretty well.

I did it for years..
One thing you should be extremely careful.
After some time, you face with depression and it's not understand that it's coming from your diet.. And it's pretty bad one.

Why don't we try replacing carbohydrate calories with fat calories? So is it a low-carbohydrate diet

I have been doing it for over 2 years now and it's worked very well for me.

I've been doing low-carb/keto for years. But now I realize the benefits of more carbs both pre and post workout.

If you eat it and love it its not a diet. If it isn't look for something you do and keep it healthy and you'll be generally good

I ran strict keto for 2 years. I lost muscle and gained BF through the majority of the latter part of the two years. My lifts didn't really go up either. Do not recommend this diet at all, other than to reset insulin sensitivity for short periods.

I ran Keto for nearly a year straight and lost 50lbs. Here's the thing with keto it's really simple but really hard. Why is it hard? Because you need to be extremely disciplined, the only reason any diet fails is a failure to understand what you're doing but above all discipline. First of all in any diet the most important thing above anything is being in a caloric deficit. For Keto its difficult to get passed the first week but it gets much easier from there, days 1-5 are really hard because your cravings will go through the roof and you will probably experience keto flu, keto flu is when your body is transitioning from carbs as its main fuel source to fats/ketones. The keto flu is not extreme or anything, for me it was just a bit of a headache and I would get dizzy sometimes and this is where most people will quit the diet because you might think its making you feel tired and overall like crap but its normal. Past week 1 you'll start to feel awesome and you'll have way more energy and wayyy less cravings, after about 3 weeks nearly all cravings go away and you'll have the will power to just stay clear from all the junk food you used to consume. It's really important to do your research on how to do keto properly if you're going to, you cant just eat bacon and butter all day because that isnt nutritious or healthy in any way, you want to eat clean keto, you want to be consuming coconut oil, avocadoes, meat, eggs and limited vegetables but cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and this is where mostly all your carbs will come from. You'll have to read the label of every single item you buy and google the nutrition info of different foods to stay within your daily carb limit (Usually under 30g/day), it isn't easy, theres a lot of hidden carbs in a lot of things you just dont know about also fruits are essentially off the table. Understand difference between total carbs and net carbs. Its easiest to have a daily routined diet because that will make sure you're following it consistently and properly. I ate mostly only coconut oil, eggs, chicken, broccoli, no carb bread, cottage cheese and cream cheese, almond milk and no carb protein bars as a treat. Goodluck if you have more questions just ask.

Heres the thing about diets and why they fail. Discipline, and determination. Without either one you fail. You deprive yourself of anything you will become a glutton when you fall. Everything in moderation and you will succeed, Deny yourself anything and you will fail miserably.

I ran keto from March 2021 - July 2021 for a weight loss of 40-lbs. Given increases in muscle, I estimate 50-lbs of fat dropped in that time, but it cannot be done half-ass. As a rule of thumb, it will take a week or two to be in honest keto as your liver holds 454g of carbs, that is a full pound. Because keto pretty much means running 25-50 grams a day carbs, you just cannot really stray from what is a discipline. Lots of protein drinks with water only, fruits have to be counted and scarce, breads eliminated, including crumb on fish fingers, etc. If you reach keto, then your body has already adapted to a fat burning mode, so cravings for carbs is going to be mind, not body. As honestly as I can put it, when I started looking at 40" waist Levi's, my craving for carbs was over... belly taped at 43.5" and I was sickened. Currently, I am down at 34", so yes, keto works but it is not an on and off again program. You cheat on the carbs for a bit and your liver will tuck away a pound of them.... then you gotta' burn off 454g of carbs before you can get it back. I also had plenty of energy, just not the kind that lets me build mass, but one has to choose, build mass or lose mass. If you are considering keto, then likely you in need of big weight loss, so you just have to choose a goal and then go get it. Good luck.

Sure it works, I tried it once. Lost a good bit a muscle tissue but ended up nice and lean.

It’s really only about self discipline..

The statement “foods I really want to eat” is uh, sketchy sounding. What foods are we talking about?

Most often when I hear that it’s from somebody who wants to justify 4 sodas, 3 pieces of cake and a whole bag of Candy..