Low Carb - High protein - not enough calories?

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  • TheSlorax
    TheSlorax Posts: 2,401 Member
    What the actual **** is even going on in here?


    OP, it would be helpful to know your stats and to be able to look at your food diary but for the most part 160g protein per day is not an amount to be concerned with. 11.5 lbs in 3 months is a decent rate of loss. Are you weighing and measuring all of your food?

    Also, the recommended amount of protein is 1g per pound of lean body mass, not total body weight. How many grams of dietary fat are you averaging per day? Dietary fat is an important macronutrient, despite what conventional dieting wisdom would have you believe. Since you say you are generally significantly under your calorie goal i am guessing that your fat intake is lacking (especially with the high protein). As other posters have said, meeting your fat goal will help you take in more calories.

    But, again, please open your diary so you can get some accurate advice. :smile:
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    so has it always been difficult for you to eat enough and gain weight?
  • transmute
    transmute Posts: 50 Member
    Body can't fuel cardio from fat stores - adding significant cardio and going to low carb while on a caloric deficit is just asking for trouble.

    It can fuel low to moderate intensity cardio just fine.

    No, it can't. For anybody not obese, even walking at a moderate pace for an hour requires more energy than can be metabolized from fat stores in that hour. Once you get to running speeds, you've also outstripped the bodies ability to metabolize energy from ingested fat, as well.

    That doesn't mean that you "can't do cardio", it means that cardio will have to be of limited duration and intensity. IE, low calorie burns.

    LMFAO guess that means those 10k runs I do before breakfast were all a figment of my imagination. Is your *kitten* jealous of the crap coming out of your keyboard?
  • uconnwinsnc
    uconnwinsnc Posts: 1,054 Member
    Spoon some peanut butter into your mouth. It is the best way to get some extra calories.
  • gigglesinthesun
    gigglesinthesun Posts: 860 Member
    You are right... our bodies were meant for low carb... our bodies were not meant to process simple carbs (fake food) The preferred fuel for the body is fat. It is the same for EVERYONE

    you mean simple carbs like simple sugars like the ones found in fruit ... yes you are right, our bodies were totally not meant to process those at all :huh:
  • Huffdogg
    Huffdogg Posts: 1,934 Member
    You are right... our bodies were meant for low carb... our bodies were not meant to process simple carbs (fake food) The preferred fuel for the body is fat. It is the same for EVERYONE

    o_O

    The human body's preferred method of energy uptake is glucose based. I have no idea what you are talking about, nor, I suspect, do you.
  • Huffdogg
    Huffdogg Posts: 1,934 Member
    Also, the recommended amount of protein is 1g per pound of lean body mass, not total body weight.

    Yes, yes, but there's no reason NOT to go to 1g per lb of total bodyweight unless you have existing kidney issues, and it's far easier to figure out ;)
  • agstone1
    agstone1 Posts: 4 Member
    Keto has worked best for me. My doctor was concerned, but I think I may have made a believer out of him, that this LCHF way of eating is best for me. :happy:
  • Louttie
    Louttie Posts: 138 Member
    Ok thanks guys. I will carry on with everything im doing then, plus adding in a bit more fat to my diet!
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    No, it can't. For anybody not obese, even walking at a moderate pace for an hour requires more energy than can be metabolized from fat stores in that hour. Once you get to running speeds, you've also outstripped the bodies ability to metabolize energy from ingested fat, as well.

    Good job we have glycogen reserves then, as regardless of diet you're going to be using them with high intensity exercise. The 5 grams of glucose in your blood isn't going to get you far and the gluconeogenesis process works in low carb people too and maintains glycogen reserves albeit at a lower level than on a high carb diet.

    I can run 5km in approx 30 mins and I eat <30g of carbs a day. I know that isn't fast, but I'm 52 and anaemic and have not run at all for most of my life.

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