If low carb works, why are people still fat?

It's all about calories in, calories out? Really? Why did I lose weight eating "over" my calories (way over) while only changing my carbohydrate consumption? Magic?

Inaccurate calorie tracking.

It's all about calories in, calories out? Really? Why did I lose weight eating "over" my calories (way over) while only changing my carbohydrate consumption? Magic?

Inaccurate calorie tracking.

Of course! What was I thinking? If it does not jive with your beliefs it must be my fault. Silly me.

It's all about calories in, calories out? Really? Why did I lose weight eating "over" my calories (way over) while only changing my carbohydrate consumption? Magic?

Inaccurate calorie tracking.

Of course! What was I thinking? If it does not jive with your beliefs it must be my fault. Silly me.

Well if you mean my belief that low carb is beneficial for some, you'd be wrong but if you mean my belief that people who claim weight loss while eating way over thier TDEE are fatasizing, you be correct. Unless you really are a unique snowflake! (or have some kind of medical condition that make you an exception like insulin resistance or PCOS or something.)

you have taken his statement totally out of context...but you have convinced yourself...good luck

What context would that be? The fact that he's talking in hypothetical terms? That doesn't change the fact that he obviously sees steroids as safe and beneficial. There's also the weird way he phrases it, "when I have gone to the well too much" that stops just short of admitting that he takes them himself.

If a someone needs testosterone therapy there's no reason to buy it illegally. Testosterone is available by prescription to men with a genuine need for it. The only reason to buy it otherwise is to use it as a muscle builder or performance enhancer, which is both illegal and damaging to health in any context.

I stand by what I said.

obviously? nice jump in logic

ya...whatever dude

Yes, it's pretty blinkin' obvious. If he didn't think illegal steroids were fine then why bring them into the discussion? Where is my "nice jump" in logic exactly?

obviously? nice jump in logic

ya...whatever dude

Yes, it's pretty blinkin' obvious. If he didn't think illegal steroids were fine then why bring them into the discussion? Where is my "nice jump" in logic exactly?

They're illegal in the sense that you can't compete in certain events while using them, presumably even with a prescription, not in the sense that you would be arrested for using them.

To provide a little more context, here's the whole paragraph:

I would incorporate therapeutic amounts of testosterone (yes, I know it's illegal, but I'm giving you the best-case scenario), to balance out high levels of cortisol when I have gone to the well too much. (On a side note, I find it doubly ironic that Floyd Landis was allowed to take thyroid hormone because of his exhausted thyroid and cortisone because of his necrotic hip, but was not allowed to take testosterone during training. If he had been allowed the testosterone, it's quite likely he would not have required the other two meds! And I believe he did not take testosterone).

I think that side note is important, because it indicates that the event(s) that Floyd Landis participated in did not allow testosterone, period (thank you, sweeping, generalized rules made out of fear after some idiots abuse/misuse something).

The section as a whole is talking about the anti-aging process. Part of aging in men is reduced levels of testosterone (hampering the ability to deal with cortisol? I'm not a doctor, but that's what the above statement suggests), which can be mitigated through hormone replacement therapy (go figure).

As for the "gone to the well too much," I think that's supposed to mean something along the lines of "overdoing it" or "depleting it" (with that "it" being anything; likely, the original saying stemming from taking water from a well so much that you drain it dry). A quick search of the phrase on Google turns up contexts with similar meanings.

It's all about calories in, calories out? Really? Why did I lose weight eating "over" my calories (way over) while only changing my carbohydrate consumption? Magic?

"Eating", as in putting food in your stomach, and "consuming", as in your body absorbing and using what you put in your stomach, can be very different in some people.

Calories in referes to consumption.

So, I magically did not absorb the food I ate? Just pooped it out undigested? Or are you just picking at the words I chose?

Is this better? - I lost weight EATING over my calories and the only thing I changed was how many carbohydrates I ATE.

:grumble:

Don't you just love it when someone corrects your verbiage and then misspells a simple word? "Calories in referes to consumption." "Referes?" :happy:

Bump

This article is from March but I just read it this morning and thought it was a particularly thoughtful response to a real and valid question.

If low carb eating is so effective, why are people still overweight?
http://eatingacademy.com/nutrition/if-low-carb-eating-is-so-effective-why-are-people-still-overweight

Fair Warning: Dr. Peter Attia supports the Alternative Hypothesis* and is associated with Gary Taubes the science writer.

*Alternative Hypothesis – Obesity is a growth disorder, just like any other growth disorder, and fat accumulation is determined not by the balance of calories consumed and expended but by the effect of specific nutrients on the hormonal regulation of fat metabolism.

Hmmm...Wonder if the dude has ever picked up some weights.