Low-carb healthy fat living. Intermittent fasting. What’s your why?

This is my first post I hope I’m doing it right! I had knee surgery Jan 22 and my activity was also limited the 2 months prior. In total I’ve gained 10 lbs from the whole injury- surgery. I’m 60 and with the limitations on movement I still have am struggling to lose weight using any method. I was doing low carb gluten and dairy free intermittent fasting and stayed same weight at least. I’m trying to keep the fasting but switch to keto and I was in ketosis 2 days then dropped out and despite following it strictly (yes eating enough fat and super low carbs right macro protein) I fell out of ketosis day 3 and haven’t gotten back. Very scary as without being it you’re eating way too much fat. I feel like my body has some metabolic issues and not sure how to correct them. Nutritionists just teach me to cover my plate with half veggies and a serving of meat looks like a hockey puck. My family can’t believe how my eating doesn’t reflect my weight. I really need to lose about 30 lbs for my whys- help my joints. ward off diabetes (a1c at the line) and feel better in my body- I feel very restricted in movement with the extra weight. Anyone else correct metabolic syndrome? I know one could argue what I’m doing now is perhaps exasperating it but the lack of movement issue feels like I need a chemically induced burn vs a eat well and move equation. Sigh.

Welcome @jillco, It can definitely be a struggle getting rid of the extra weight. I'm 80 and struggled most of my life with weight. What has helped me more than trying to strictly follow the low carb healthy fat along with intermittent fasting was to focus more on the fasting and lowering the carbs and fat. I have found eating one or two meals a day along with fasting 18/6 or 16/8 I can maintain my weight. If the pounds start creeping up due to what I eat, I switch to a 20/4 fast and on occasion fast for 24 hours or a little longer. I also try to get in 30 to 45 minutes of some kind of exercise 5 or 6 times a week. I know they tell you not to weigh yourself everyday but I do it at the same time every morning so that I know where I'm at. I have a Blue Tooth scale and use Weight Gurus app and scale which makes it easy to track daily - https://weightgurus.com/.

What fasting plan are you using?

Welcome @jillco, It can definitely be a struggle getting rid of the extra weight. I'm 80 and struggled most of my life with weight. What has helped me more than trying to strictly follow the low carb healthy fat along with intermittent fasting was to focus more on the fasting and lowering the carbs and fat. I have found eating one or two meals a day along with fasting 18/6 or 16/8 I can maintain my weight. If the pounds start creeping up due to what I eat, I switch to a 20/4 fast and on occasion fast for 24 hours or a little longer. I also try to get in 30 to 45 minutes of some kind of exercise 5 or 6 times a week. I know they tell you not to weigh yourself everyday but I do it at the same time every morning so that I know where I'm at. I have a Blue Tooth scale and use Weight Gurus app and scale which makes it easy to track daily - https://weightgurus.com/.

What fasting plan are you using?

forgot to add been using the simple fasting app, the spren tracker, and keto diet app

My son introduced me to intermittent fasting. I have been on it now for 2 weeks and have never felt better. I have Celiac disease so am always careful that what I eat is gluten free so this way of eating was not very difficult. I eat within the 8 hr window of time and fast 16 hours. My carbs and sugar content is limited.
I am excited to hear how others are doing especially if they have been diagnosed with Celiac.
Beanstick