Carbs

haha wow it is spelled their and losing.. i basically stopped eating grains and meat besides fish which is helping me lose personally!

Under 20g of net carbs per day, down 21 lbs.

welcome to glycogen depletion. it doesnt matter in the end of how many carbs you take in



OP fat oxidation and carb oxidation are at a constant and will vary upon availability of the other one. caloric intake is king in this

how are you losing weight while eating carbs like in donuts? man i would love to be able to do that my MD has me on a LCHF diet and it's hard

You lose weight by being in a calorie deficit - simple as that.

Under 20g of net carbs per day, down 21 lbs.

Yeh, I used to do that too until I realised that there was no metabolic advantage, these days I eat anyfink.

Sandwich anyone?

carbs are so important for fuelling your body! you need them for your body to absorb all the good stuff like protein and your brain feeds off carbs too. just make sure all your macros are in the right proportions. cutting them out is silly

Only no carb diet I approve of...

how are you losing weight while eating carbs like in donuts? man i would love to be able to do that my MD has me on a LCHF diet and it's hard

I'm currently eating 210g of carbs a day. And those carbs consist of english muffins, bagels, pop tarts, ice cream and/or donuts. It's all about being in a caloric deficit.

I average about 120 carbs per day, though the individual days vary a lot. I don't really think about carbs much, but I do try to limit added sugar and make sure I get enough fiber.

Average about 300 grams a day. Mmm, ice cream...

40/30/30 and looking forward to a sandwich

Honestly, cutting carbs (to below a reasonable amount) is something you should worry about if you're getting ready for a body competition or a fitness shoot. Fat loss is all about deficit. Some would argue a psychological benefit to cutting them (restriction makes some people feel like they're doing something), but others would say its disordered orthorexic thinking to demonize a macro. Metabolically, there is no reason to cut them unless you have some sort of medical condition.

I am diabetic here, so I have my carbs set at 10% (30 grams) max per day. I don't lose if I eat higher than those levels. I also feel better , less lethargic if I eat less carbs, higher healthy fats, moderate protein. This works for me, maybe not for everyone.

So much bro science in this thread. Before I comment, let me first state that I am not advocating a keto diet for anyone, merely stating the biological advantages that have been studied adequately enough to be applied.

While there might not be an metabolic advantage in relation to weight loss, there are biophysiological advantages to a low carb high fat diets. Carbs are essentially toxic to the body, especially in the amounts normal people eat them. You know its bad that 100g/day is considered "low carb." Keto doesn't start till you drop below 50g/day.

Biologically, a ketone-adapted body will drop weight with a better fat:lean mass ratio than a typical low fat diet. Ketogenic diets are neuroprotective ... there is a reason why they are being used for everything from cancer to cognitive issues like Alzheimers. The heart is actually MORE efficient on ketones than carbs. Imagine what could happen if you simply adopted the diet altogether as a prophylactic measure?

Exercise-wise, once the body is adapted, the amount of energy is much more steady across long bouts of static training. This is because ketones are a direct energy source, they can go straight into mitochondria and be used. They do not need intracellular conversion to purer forms.

The fact that all I have seen in this thread is "calorie deficit is king," "carbs arent bad for weight loss," and "no metabolic advantage" only serves to tell me that the only thing people care about is pure weight loss on the scale. Unfortunately, I was the same for the first 120lbs of loss, then I educated myself. The additional 60lbs leading to my total loss of ~180lbs has been so much better when I take into account my entire health and not just a meaningless number on a scale.

Claims without citing sources are no different than "broscience."

Yep, most of my days are around 50% carbs. I've lost 58 pounds.