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Why do people gain weight after keto?
Plan ahead before stopping the keto diet
Six tips for maintaining weight loss after keto
Keep moving to maintain your weight loss after keto
Choose healthy proteins, complex carbs, and home cooking post-keto
Keto-cycling could lead to harmful weight-cycling
Partner with Everlywell on your healthy living journey
Written by Amy Harris, MS, RN, CNM on January 31, 2023
Why do people gain weight after keto?
Plan ahead before stopping the keto diet
Six tips for maintaining weight loss after keto
Keep moving to maintain your weight loss after keto
Choose healthy proteins, complex carbs, and home cooking post-keto
Keto-cycling could lead to harmful weight-cycling
Weight cycling is losing and regaining weight multiple times [4]. Keto-cycling is like “keto-lite”—following a keto diet a few days in a row, followed by a day at a more normal carbohydrate consumption level before returning to a stricter keto diet.
The problem with going on and off the strict or keto-lite version of keto is that your weight may “yo-yo” up and down. Some studies suggest that weight cycling or yo-yo dieting may harm your health [4]. Health risks of weight cycling include high blood pressure, gallbladder disease, and high cholesterol. However, these findings do not apply to everybody.
The best strategy for achieving a healthy weight is to avoid weight cycling through a commitment to increased physical activity and healthy eating over the long term in a sustainable way.
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In addition to our six tips for maintaining weight loss after keto, Everlywell’s option for weight management online and innovative collection of at-home laboratory tests can boost your chances for successful weight loss maintenance post-keto.
You do not need to navigate your healthy living journey alone. When it comes to successful long-term weight loss, people do better when they are part of a community and are supported with information, tools, and emotional encouragement [3]. Our bodies and their health are individual and complex. Everlywell is your health partner at any weight or on any diet.
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References
- How to smoothly transition off of the keto diet? Cleveland Clinic. URL. Published April 10, 2019. Accessed January 30, 2023.
- Wing RR, Phelan S. Long-term weight loss maintenance. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005;82(1 Suppl):222S-225S. doi:10.1093/ajcn/82.1.222S. URL.
- Healthy Weight, Nutrition, and Physical Activity. CDC. URL. Published May 15, 2015. Accessed January 30, 2023.
- Maintaining Weight Loss. Johns Hopkins Medicine. URL. Accessed January 30, 2023.
- Tiwari A, Aggarwal A, Tang W, Drewnowski A. Cooking at Home: A Strategy to Comply With U.S. Dietary Guidelines at No Extra Cost. Am J Prev Med. 2017;52(5):616-624. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2017.01.017. URL.
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Table of Contents
Why do people gain weight after keto?
Plan ahead before stopping the keto diet
Six tips for maintaining weight loss after keto
Keep moving to maintain your weight loss after keto
Choose healthy proteins, complex carbs, and home cooking post-keto
Keto-cycling could lead to harmful weight-cycling
Partner with Everlywell on your healthy living journey
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