A Weight Loss Plateau and Self-assessment

I've been messing with my dieting for the past 3 days. I am eating more grams of carbohydrates in the form of milk, bread and crackers or a combination of all three. I am eating carbohydrates above the 50 grams allocated for each day. I am doing it to see if my body will react negatively with any of my health markers. I have mentioned the blood pressure spike yesterday. But the number subsequent stayed flat the next day. I guess just like everything else my body follows the laws of physics. It tries to maintain its direction and rate of motion. For a while, that is. I don't want to have to find out how long that is.

My weight loss seemed to be stuck around 76-77 kilograms. It looks like a plateau. I am eating at 1100-1200 calories this week. Could my metabolism slowed down considerably to outpace my weight loss plan. I am considering a reset of my plans.

If I do reset I want to reset UP. Around 1500-1600 calories. Continue with a ketogenic diet.

A ketogenic diet means the lowest possible carbohydrate intake without dropping vegetables, turmeric, flaxseeds, sesame seeds, sweet potatoes and a few other foods in the whole foods website list of highly nutritious foods. I don't want to leave out foods that are nutrient dense. This rule works fine for me so far.

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