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Has anyone try the ketogenic diet and how did you like it.

Keto takes a lot of dedication. Sometimes it doesn't take much to kick out of ketosis. Not everyone can handle chowing down on steak and broccoli with a side of lemon water while your friends carb it up to no end.  
 
Carb cycling is a gentler alternative. Chris Powell makes it pretty easy in his books.  
 
 

I was on this for awhile and lost weight quite easily and quickly but it is so limiting and I got so tired of eating the same few dishes day after day. My grocery bills were also more and I had to replenish veggies often which meant the amount I spent on groceries increased even more. I would start slow and work your way to full ketosis over a period of time rather than an over night because it is a HUGE change and that's how diets fail. If you like veggies and meat and will not crave sugar or carbs then this is the diet for you.

So I joined my fitness pal in January and started calorie counting with the help of that app and have lost more weight faster than I ever have before with ANY other diet/program.

Hate to say it folks but just because something is called a 'diet' does not mean it is intended for weight loss.  
 
History of ketogenic diet is intended to help minimize seizure activity in epilepsy. That is why it is so restrictive. It may or may not work and it certainly not a 'diet' for the general population.  
 
As always sticking to a healthy eating pattern with increased activity is what you need to stay healthy for your entire life.

Spades!! said "Hate to say it folks but just because something is called a 'diet' does not mean it is intended for weight loss.     History of ketogenic diet is intended to help minimize seizure activity in epilepsy. That is why it is so restrictive. It may or may not work and it certainly not a 'diet' for the general population.     As always sticking to a healthy eating pattern with increased activity is what you need to stay healthy for your entire life. "

for saying it.  
 
My daughter has epilepsy. The keto diet is essentially the "last stop" of treatment prior to surgery, when anti-seizure medications fail.  
 
Why? Because  
 
1. it's difficult to maintain. You are severely limited to the foods you can eat, and your carbs are so closely monitored that even the carbs in your medication needs to be counted in your daily intake (and in some cases, consumes your entire daily allowance).  
 
2. it can be dangerous, which is why it requires strict medical supervision. It requires the consult of nutritionists to design the diet, and many people actually live in hospital the first week or so of the diet to ensure they tolerate it well as it can cause a host of problems including tachycardia.  
 
I find it incredible that people would use the keto diet for weight loss when there are other options out there.

It was on bodybuilding or bodybeach website that I saw an ad about this keto diet and wanted to know people's thoughts of it.

Ketosis is hard on your kidneys. It is not really a safe thing to do. Like a couple others have stated, it is a last ditch effort to control seizures and they are being monitored by doctors.