My first experience with it came after 6 months of regular diet and exercise (daily). I was losing a little weight steadily, and exercising gave me more energy.

My first experience with it came after 6 months of regular diet and exercise (daily). I was losing a little weight steadily, and exercising gave me more energy. When I started the ketogenic diet, I felt much better, stopped exercising, and started losing a lot more weight rapidly. I don't think it's simply lifestyle change, the diet specifically targets ketosis (which we are in naturally after 8 hours of not eating, i.e. Sleep) and maintaining the state to prolong the effects of ketosis (maybe indefinitely). What makes you stop though is social eating, especially if it's pizza and beer :)