Intermittent LCHF
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AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »For those just trying to lose weight, I don't see a need to be all in or all out. For those with medical conditions, being all in could be very important. I don't see the necessity to be all in if I don't need to. I do want to use it as a tool though to help with my weight control.
I AM 'just trying to lose weight.' I'm very petite (4'10", 11" on a good day) and exercising is limited for me due to a deficiency in my left leg due to a spinal injury 15 years ago. I'm also hitting the menopause and got drawn in by the lie that 'menopausal women carry more fat round the hip/belly zone because it's needed to support the pelvis/internal organs during the menopausal process which is, I am fast learning, utter b.ulllshyte.
I've gone from 9st 6 (134lbs, just over) or around that mark, down to 8st 13 (113 or so) in around 4 weeks, and am still progressing in a downward direction.
And up to now, I have not been keeping a diary, nor counting calories (which some might say is foolish, and they'd be right) but carbs = sugar, and sugar = calories. The desire to eat carbs is part of the sugar addiction.
Now: granted, virtually everything you eat, even on a NO carb regime - will have SOME carbs in it; But what I mean by NO carbs, is not even permitting myself the 'luxury' of adding them or considering eating them as a deliberate component of my lifestyle.
Meh, look, everyone has to find their own balance/centre. I know this is Lchf, but I'm distinctly in the Nchf camp, because it works for me, and I'm a 'no half-measures' kind of person...
All I can say, is give it a chance for 4 weeks or so. As far as weight loss is concerned, even with no medical condition, it's made a massive difference to me.
And as insistent as I sound, I really AM trying to be supportive, here....
I'm sure I would lose weight faster being strict with it but I'm not far from ideal body weight so I'm not in a rush either. I don't really want to give it 4 weeks or any amount of time for that matter because I don't need to. I just want to use it as a tool is all. Thanks for the comments.0 -
AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »For those just trying to lose weight, I don't see a need to be all in or all out. For those with medical conditions, being all in could be very important. I don't see the necessity to be all in if I don't need to. I do want to use it as a tool though to help with my weight control.
I AM 'just trying to lose weight.' I'm very petite (4'10", 11" on a good day) and exercising is limited for me due to a deficiency in my left leg due to a spinal injury 15 years ago. I'm also hitting the menopause and got drawn in by the lie that 'menopausal women carry more fat round the hip/belly zone because it's needed to support the pelvis/internal organs during the menopausal process which is, I am fast learning, utter b.ulllshyte.
I've gone from 9st 6 (134lbs, just over) or around that mark, down to 8st 13 (113 or so) in around 4 weeks, and am still progressing in a downward direction.
And up to now, I have not been keeping a diary, nor counting calories (which some might say is foolish, and they'd be right) but carbs = sugar, and sugar = calories. The desire to eat carbs is part of the sugar addiction.
Now: granted, virtually everything you eat, even on a NO carb regime - will have SOME carbs in it; But what I mean by NO carbs, is not even permitting myself the 'luxury' of adding them or considering eating them as a deliberate component of my lifestyle.
Meh, look, everyone has to find their own balance/centre. I know this is Lchf, but I'm distinctly in the Nchf camp, because it works for me, and I'm a 'no half-measures' kind of person...
All I can say, is give it a chance for 4 weeks or so. As far as weight loss is concerned, even with no medical condition, it's made a massive difference to me.
And as insistent as I sound, I really AM trying to be supportive, here....
First, I just want to say that is great progress in a short time being down 21 lbs in 4 weeks, especially given your starting point wasn't that high.
There seems to be 2 kinds of people. Those where moderation works and those where it doesn't. Most things in life seem to be on a continuum. This doesn't seem like it as much and therefore seems to cause controversy frequently.
I am in the camp of @AlexandraCarlyle where I am more all or nothing. We are in good company. Mark Twain said the doctor told him to cut back on his cigars. He said that he couldn't do that. He could quit, but he could not cut back.
If I go to an "all you can eat," I find it nearly impossible to not take that as a challenge to see just how much I can eat. Most of my weight loss was achieved by simply not going to those types of restaurants nearly as often.
If @blambo61 can be successful moderating, that is awesome. @blambo61 is lucky.3 -
I tend to eat my carbs as the day goes on. If I have them early I get hungry.
I would be careful with the BG roller coaster though. You described reactive hypoglycaemia. Insulin goes high, too high, and then BG falls quickly. It can creat the feeling of low BG but it is falling BG that feels badly.
I had that for years before my BG started testing high...
Good to know didn't know the rate of fall mattered.
i had an oral glucose tolerance test once. I started at about a 6, went up to a 9 at one hour then was at a healthy low 4 by the second hour but by then I had cold sweats, felt weak, light headed and was shaking. It was just because of the fast fall. My brain got worried it wS going to run out of glucose. When in ketosis, it doesn't happen any more.... It used to happen daily.3
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