Low calories or low carbs..what worked better for you?

sunfastrose

mhazelip wrote: »

Great. So Calories In vs Calories Out rules all. But wait a minute...what about all of the studies/reports that show giving the same calories and same exercise programs to a study population caused wildly different weight gain and loss? Oh drat!

Please post a link to at least one of these studies. I'm not trolling or trying to lure you into anything, I honestly have not heard of experiments that gave a group of people exactly the same food.

HOKA36

Carbs all day, better fuel for endurance

anubis609

chanderson817 wrote: »

I have used both methods. I found it hard to hit my calorie intake. I was either way under or way over. Also, I was not able to concentrate on macros while trying to hit my calorie count. If I didn't take in enough calories over a period of time, the weight came back when I started to gain calories again.

I have been counting carbs and watching my macros now and have seen much better results. A low-carb diet equals your body regulating itself and burning what it should/needs to stay balanced.

If I had to vote, I would say low carb.

In your first example, you weren't carefully tracking macros, and therefore it didn't work. In the second, you tracked them carefully, and therefore it worked.

I think regardless of carbs, you could have seen results because you carefully tracked them.

If anything, being low carb helped you be mindful of what macros are, but it's more education and mindfulness that allowed success. Either way, the good thing is that you're now aware that macros are where calories are calculated from, and eating less of one (carbs) led to a calorie deficit.

bbell1985

Lowering my calories by lowering my carbs, and a little bit lowering fat.

emailmehere1122

If you have no carbs and your calories are below maintenance you will lose weight

If you have no carbs and your calories are at maintenance your weight will stay the same

If you have no carbs and calories are above maintenance you will gain weight

If you eat all carbs and your calories are below maintenance you will lose weight

If you eat all carbs and your calories are at maintenance your weight will stay the same

If you eat all carbs and your calories are above maintenance you will gain weight

There are all types of diet methodologies and they all have their pros and cons. My advice would be to research and experiment to find the one that works best for you.

rheddmobile

emailmehere1122 wrote: »

If you have no carbs and your calories are below maintenance you will lose weight

If you have no carbs and your calories are at maintenance your weight will stay the same

If you have no carbs and calories are above maintenance you will gain weight

If you eat all carbs and your calories are below maintenance you will lose weight

If you eat all carbs and your calories are at maintenance your weight will stay the same

If you eat all carbs and your calories are above maintenance you will gain weight

There are all types of diet methodologies and they all have their pros and cons. My advice would be to research and experiment to find the one that works best for you.

If you eat "all carbs" long enough, you will rapidly lose weight due to decomposition.

ianisha

Thx everybody for responding

emailmehere1122

@ianisha
Lol...I definitely wasn't recommending an all carb diet

ianisha

emailmehere1122 wrote: »

@ianisha
Lol...I definitely wasn't recommending an all carb diet

lol I didn't say that you were

JRSINAZ

I get about 50% of my calories from carbs but not starches. Mostly all fruit and vegetables. I love lettuce, tomato, and zucchini