Great to hear from another keto fan, and about your success story as well.@FreeSoul well done for starting Keto! That really is a lot of vegies. Are you weighing them and using an app to ascertain the number of carbs? What is your carb limit? Mine was 20 grams or less. Are you actually in Ketosis yet?
I've been on Keto six months and have lost 16 kg or 35 pounds. I'm now very near my goal weight so adding a few carbs back into my diet to get into a maintenance cycle and will probably graduate to 50 grams of carbs or less which will still theoretically keep me in ketosis.
Chocolate 90 >% is not cheating and I'd defy the most devoted chocoholic to eat more than a few bits and not feel their craving satisfied. Onions are definitely out but I found using spring onions (scallions) was okay because you can get more bang out of just one than you can from half a white or brown onion.
The dietician recommended the amount of veggies which I just make a guess. I measured first few days, and then I make a guess of how much 7-10 cups might be when I place them in a bowl before extracting the juice. My carb limit is 20 gms as well which don't come from wheat, rice, etc.
If I am in ketosis yet or not? I don't do any tests and I am not planning on one either. I do get craving of carbs and once a week, I do have a cheat meal where I eat a doner. Fortunately, I haven't had any artificial sweeteners until yesterday when I finished 2 bars of chocolates, which is still quite decent compared to bread.
I checked my weight after about 3 weeks from starting the diet, and to my surprise I weighed 1 kg more than when I started the keto diet. My assumption is either I am gaining muscles, or the fat from my body isn't being emptied for which I need to take bile salt which I cannot get in my city. My trouser belt did get little loose, and my shoulders also look thinner.
I started keto and intermittent fasting due to fatty liver; and some of the symptoms of fatty liver such as right shoulder pain have gone. I plan to get tests done this week or the next.
I hope you reach your target and your keto diet is successful