No carb dieting and maintaining caloric intake

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  • ninjanoni83
    ninjanoni83 Posts: 4
    I never thought about it that way. If she hadn't kept up with current studies she may not have known. Thank you for the insight.
  • stroutman81
    stroutman81 Posts: 2,474 Member
    No problem. Thanks for not taking this as a personal attack, as so many are apt to do.
  • psychmz3
    psychmz3 Posts: 55 Member
    It's about time someone on this forum speaks facts. Everyone (it seems) on here is all about starvation mode and blah blah blah. They have no idea and are giving out the wrong information. Thanks Steve for putting them in their place with FACTS.
  • LisaKyle11
    LisaKyle11 Posts: 662 Member
    BUMP!
  • lockef
    lockef Posts: 466
    I really don't see the point of going into ketosis, only to force yourself to eat the same amount of calories. The big benefit of keto diets is the reduced appetite. Some people do it for medical reasons.

    To answer your original question, you can easily get more calories from EVOO, butter, or coconut oil.
  • Gigi_licious
    Gigi_licious Posts: 1,185 Member
    Hi Steve, good questions. Let me qualify that I can eat some carbs. I've been told to stay between the 10-20 range. I think that the doctor feels that the lack of calories may be causing my body to go into starvation mode. The ultimate goal of the program is to teach proper eating habits. The carbs will be back in a couple of weeks, and hopefully by the end of the program I will understand and follow a healthy eating plan.

    It sounds like you're doing a very expensive version of Atkins. You could have probably just bought The Atkins Diet book somewhere online for $5 or less. I really have nothing to contribute to this post, other than pointing out you're getting ripped off. Carry on.
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
    I really don't see the point of going into ketosis, only to force yourself to eat the same amount of calories. The big benefit of keto diets is the reduced appetite. Some people do it for medical reasons.

    To answer your original question, you can easily get more calories from EVOO, butter, or coconut oil.

    Lyle McDonald is the expert on Keto diets. It all makes sense in theory but it's not for everyone, and people have different results with it. I'm currently doing UD 2.0, and while it's not exactly a keto diet, it sucks and it's probably not worth the effort. However I wanted to try it.

    Trust me, Going day after day on low carb while doing high intensity pump training is not fun. It sucks on a good day, and this morning I felt like I wanted to choke someone at the gym after doing back to back full body workouts in 75 minutes. Glycogen depletion is imminent, and tomorrow is a 1200g carb (6000 calorie) refeed day. Can't wait to eat.

    I most likely won't ever do it again after this week, but it's something I wanted to try.
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