Do carbs make you fat?

I have lost over 300 pounds eat a diet with macros set to 40% carbs 30% Protein and 30% fat (sometime macro set to 50% carb/ 25% protein, 25% Fat)..... I am not paleo/vegan/or keto, I eat whatever I like as long as it fits my caloric intake and macros... Carbs have not hurt me in the least bit...... Best of Luck

Carbs are energy, as long as you burn it off it's fine. I don't even know what I would do without pasta!

well, yes and no. it's true that excess calories of any macro type will cause weight gain. but the type of macro does matter. if you eat a bunch of carbs and don't burn them off, they are stored as glucose. for every 1 gram of glucose the body holds, it holds 4 grams of water with it. so there's that. i've also found that carbs aren't very satiating relative to protein and fat. if i eat a 300 calorie meal made mostly of fat and/or protein, i'm usually stuffed for a few hours (fat digests slower). but if it's mostly carbs, then i'm hungry an hour later. so i'm more likely to consume more calories, which results in weight gain. i did lose close to 30 lbs. after cutting my carb intake to below 30 grams per day.

Im interested in the replies on this topic, so posting for that.

But from my experience, carbs in themselves don't make you fat.
Only a calorie surplus will.
When I was losing, I lost 65+LBS eating 200 - 300g of carbs a day.
Mostly from bad sources, also.
Now, this set me up for a HUGE blood sugar crash and I was hungry ever few hours.
If it wasnt for logging food and counting calories, someone like that WOULD have gained weight.
And it did tend to make my weight loss slower ONLY because I would binge some nights, because of this.
You say you're vegetarian, so you're not going to get the blood sugar crash like you would on a typical diet, I believe ( correct me if im wrong ) unless you're getting the carbs from elsewhere OTHER than fruits / veggies / healthy starch

I have since switched to primal/paleo - but not for weight loss, just for personal health issues / reasons / I prefer that way of eating and it keeps me full with all the slow-digesting fat. I havent binged since I switched.

I got confused after reading and including myself in the community as they love the low carb craze.
It made me afraid of carbs and I was eating under 30 - 50gs a day, but now I realize that as long as my carbs come from vegetables, fruits and healthy starches and whatnot - then it's a significant difference than eating them from crappy sources.
Now I eat as much as I like, I usually stay between 60 - 100g a day consistently, without trying to reduce them, so that is significantly less than the average person / what I was at. And it's from clean food. So its not a big deal.

Id also like to add yes I am on maintenance, but some weeks I still lose.
So its obviously not the carbs.
There are people who benefit from low carb, such as people with diabetes & metabolic disorders.
But if you're an average healthy person, it's not a necessary lifestyle.

Long story short, eat whatever you want under goal and don't worry about the rest.
IF you really want to track macros, track your protein macros and let the rest fall into place.

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I have been doing lower/moderate carb (about 80 - 100 a day) and was losing weight. this past week, i went lower than that, and i am showing a 1 pound loss on the scale every day since last week. (7 pounds). I am not hungry because when i am hungry i eat. today i could not believe it went down another pound, so i actually laughed at my scale. I am not sure how long this will last, but so far so good.

i am eating fruit and dairy but not so much to put me into over-eating carbs.

so i dont know what to tell you, all i can do is say what happened to me this month. I do see a better weight loss with lower carbs.

Try it for a week to see how it affects you. Oh and by the way, my appetite is down, but when im hungry i eat. like i made a pot of chicken curry and that is so good, and it fills me up, yet is low carb.

I do find that I feel hungrier on days I go over 150 g of carbs, which makes it harder to stay within calorie goals. I'm guessing it is because my blood glucose is yoyo-ing.

Do they make YOU fat? No clue.

Do they help keep me fat? Sure as heck do.

Why? Because I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, which affects insulin resistance and makes losing weight a b*tch most of the time. I still have a hard time committing to a low-carb lifestyle (though I do it once in a while when particularly frustrated with the scale), even though I know that eating the same number of low-carb calories makes a world of difference in my weight loss. I just enjoy my breads and pastas too much for that.

<<< I don't think so.

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I eat around 300g of carbs a day. No.

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Well that's why I included a "no". You're correct in that carbs in and of themselves don't make you fat. I believe carbs have about 4 calories per gram. But if someone is trying to avoid weight gain, it's best to avoid the carbs because of the reasons I mentioned-glucose weight and lack of feeling full, which in turn, causes overeating. I got the feeling that the OP was referring to just getting "bigger" mass-wise, not necessarily fat, so glucose weight would count

No, if someone is trying to avoid weight gain they do not have to avoid weight gain.

Glucose weight gain? Please don't explain to make that 1g of carb will attach to 4g of water, I already understand all that, if that's what you meant by glucose weight gain, which is a new term for me. Unless you meant to say glycogen. Which doesn't matter because added glycogen is not the same as gaining fat.

OP asked about carbs making you fat. I will it make me retain water.

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