r/keto

My whole life, my favorite food has far and away been pizza. I'm loving nearly everything about keto so far after 1.5 months except I haven't been able to solve the pizza puzzle. I tried the zero carb frozen pizza by Lyfe, but even baking it in the oven air fryer, the crust is just floppy and gross. Anybody have any suggestions on what I can do for a tasty pizza without a gross crust? I am missing my favorite food on earth here. 😓

I realized that I always avoid fennel bulbs because I thought they weren't compatible with keto (not sure why). I just checked the USDA database, and it seems that fennel has 4.2g of net carbs per 100g, which is about the same as Broccoli or Brussels sprouts, both of which are considered keto friendly (correct me if I'm wrong).

Do you eat Fennel bulbs? If so, what do you cook with them?

Hi everyone, I’ve been on keto for 12 days and so far I haven’t lost much weight. I’ve been eating mostly meat cheese and eggs and hitting the gym 4 times a week, but I’m not seeing results. Do you know why could this be or some tips fasten the weight loss process? Thank you

I would like to keep enjoying my coffee with a small blueberry muffin! When it comes to baking I am very careful with the ingredients substitution! Is it a taste thing or do you really need both for a better texture? Right now I only have almond flour.

Thank you!

Wondering if anyone does ketogenic diet including daily low sugar fruits like berries or melon? A strawberry has one gram of carbs so one should be able to fill the plate with fruit instead of fat along with the protein and end up with less calories.

I have been really low carb, less than 20 g a day for months now and just bought some fruit yesterday. Wondering if the concept is something others are doing.

Hello,

I tried keto many years ago, but it was so boring and couldn't enjoy much...

I got more energy, but the foods I ate were merely fatty meat, broccoli and some chocolate bombs made with coconut oil and stevia.

I was fat adapted, but so sick of these foods...

Is there a way to find more joy in this diet? Do fats will taste like carbs?

Thank you.

- My body doesn't switch to ketosis, and after 7-8 hours without food, I experience hypoglycemia. So can't push through it.

- I experienced a severe hypoglycemia episode last year that left me with fogginess, dizziness, and off feeling for 4 months (disabled)

- I have long history of health issues, but want to do keto to heal.

- I measure my ketones when I attempt to fast, and it hardly rises.

- I tried for 5 months Intermittent fasting (7pm to 12-1pm next day) - so around 17 hours of fasting per day and still couldn't convert to ketosis. If i push till 3 or 4 pm, I suffer fogginess immediately.

Hello,

The main reason why I prefer keto is the mental performance.

Artificial sweetners such as stevia, monk fruit and so on will cancel the keto mental benefits?

Did you find other disadvantages in using them?

Thank you.

I love lucky charm. I once set my keto diet and gave lucky charm an exception once or twice a week with small dose.

I am also kinda of on low carb than strict keto.

What would you use to substitute lucky charm

Hello,

Is keto the best diet for mental performance?

I found that when I am in ketosis, my mental faculties skyrocket, but many swear by carbs.

For instance, if I eat a carb heavy meal (over 130g), I can't learn for the rest of the day, most probably from the high blood sugar response.

I’ve got about 5% of fat loss to lose for my ideal fat percentage. What do you find as the best ai for exercise in terms of effectiveness, good commitment and not needing to change into a sports bra? Do you think skipping, weights, speed walking on the walking pad, HIIT rowing or other? At home I’ve got weights, rower and walking pad.

I am 26F, i have hypoglycemia and have been managing it with a ketogenic diet for almost 3 months. I have recently been eating 1/2 cup of blueberries with peanut butter for one of my meals and it seems to go up to the 120/130s range. I think for a normal meal it would be normal but for keto, i thought it was a little strange for it to spike up from 80 to 128 something like that. Please let me know what yall think!

I should also mention: possible causes
I also dont know if high LDL levels have anything to do with it. I finally have normal liver enzyhme levels again, i recently have stopped working out after doing light workouts 3-4x a week because of my busy schedule.

I’m in Canada and considering buying either the Keto-Mojo or the Fora 6 meter. However it seems to be difficult to find Lancets for the Keto-Mojo, because Keto-Mojo does not currently sell lancets to Canada. Keto-Mojo Reccomends purchasing Lancets from Fora but I want to ensure they are going to be compatible. Does anyone else in Canada have experience with the Keto-Mojo and where do you purchase your lancets?

Hi, so I've been doing carnivore for one year in 2025, and now I'm doing keto (<20g carbs per day) for 6 months since December 2025. All for gut and mental health and not for weight loss.

Keto has been better for me than pure carnivore so far, but the keto rash I have since March 2025 hasn't been so comfortable.

I've been to the dermatologist a couple of times and they couldn't find out what the issue was, eventually I tried raising my carb intake a little and the problems seem to go away which confirmed it's actually keto rash, but the problem is that I can't really go back to ketosis as the keto rash then immediately comes back. As in, it comes back within 24 hours.

An additional issue is that when my carb intake is higher to cure the keto rash, (so high it bumps me out of ketosis), my intestines go entirely crazy and kind of push me into what I like to call a 'intestinally induced depression'. I don't know if that exists, but if go out of ketosis, my mental health suffers greatly. I get higher muscle tension, have less control over my thoughts, forces me to ruminate, and on top of that worse thoughts and feelings that I won't describe here, etc.

So I'm stuck between having a keto rash or having gut issues due to carbs.

This is not great, I thought I had found the diet that could support me for a long time but walking around with a fulltime rash that I can't seem to fix (unless going out of ketosis) is throwing a wrench into the works. Keto is great, but carbs are not, yet keto triggers this rash..

Does anyone have some advice I can try?

To make it more difficult, I also have issues with most FODMAPs.

Am I just not equipped with the right genes for keto? I just don't know anymore.. What I can do?

Whenever i increase my salt my throat hurts i have been trying to do this diet from ages its been 7-8 months

the issue in starting i feel is i start feeling dizzy by the evening and when i drink salt water with lemon and vinegar or anything i always end up messing my throat i tried with boiled eggs too but i can take only minimal amount with eggs

so please can anyone guide me how i can make sure that i can get my electrolytes in check whats the correct way to increase salt intake

My life feels like it’s falling apart at the minute I’m waking up after 7-8 hours of undisturbed sleep feeling completely destroyed mentally and physically and I’m starting to highly suspect it could be sleep apnea. I’m requesting a sleep test on Monday so hopefully I can get some answers soon.

I’m desperate to find things that can help combat the root causes and I have heard how keto has helped people but it seems like weight loss is always a big factor and so I wanted to ask and see if people have had success with combatting sleep apnea without weight loss being a factor?

I am a 6ft 4, currently 330lb man. So far I've been keeping really simple, ill lay out what I've been eating below. I was just wondering if anyone would mind telling me what they eat, and if you tend to stick to the same few meals or mix it up? Ive only been eating 2 meals a day, my first at 12-1pm and my second between 6-7pm. Ive been switching out the steak mince for chicken thighs (Skin-on) and salmon of roughly the same weight.

Meal 1:

4 Rashers of Bacon

4 Eggs

25g Butter

200-250g Mushrooms/ Spinach

20g Zero Sugar Ketchup

40g Cheddar

Meal 2:

250g 20% Steak mince

80g Soft cheese

200g Broccoli

Half a head of romaine lettuce with some Homemade Vinaigrette (1tbsp EVOO)

Was looking for a low calorie substitute for Honey Sesame Chicken and thought of using Allulose as the “honey” anyone tried using it as sauce for anything? its going to be my first time cooking with it if ever.

and tips cooking with it would be appreciated!