Does low carb make you lose faster?

I want to go low carb to help lose weight faster but I know it's not something I can stick to long term and would just gain the weight back. I'm trying to make this a long term lifestyle change so it's not realistic to eat such low carbs for the rest of my life.

Don't bother. This is an old argument that gets done over and over again. Some will say it's all purely CICO and then in the next breath talk about macros and micros. They don't see the inherent contradiction that if micros and macros are important, then it can't be all about CICO only. The way most try to reconcile it is by making this silly differentiation between health and weight loss, and even that doesn't fully reconcile the contradictions.

No. What you fail to realize is that we are talking about 2 different things that at the end of the day for our situations go hand in hand.

If I simply wanted to lose weight I would eat at a deficit, simple. I wouldn't bother with food selection or macros, if pure weight loss was my goal.

However, my goal isn't pure weight loss. It's body composition and overall health. Being stronger and seeking full vanity goals that I desire. Simple. And yes for that paying attention to macro and micronutrients are important.

You seem to think that if someone says the one thing then they say the other then they are contradicting themselves. With that said, I won't really waste my time with you because as always it will eventually turn into a conversation on how diabetes, PCOS, blah, bla, blah. Sorry boring circle with you.

I know, all those other situations and examples that don't fit into your nice little black and white world. Continue to ignore them and think that weight loss is this simple black and white situation for everyone -- or that your personal experience applies to everyone. Ignore the fact that if you lose different proportions of muscle versus fat, the number on the scale is different. Ignore complex hormonal issues, which we're only starting to scratch the surface of in research. Whatever makes you feel safe and secure regardless of the objective reality. But continue to use things like IFing yourself, which acknowledge these things. Nope, no contradiction and hypocrisy there. None at all.

Not ignoring metabolic issues that can be addressed. Just not willing to debate with a wall who prefers to use that all as an excuse and allow everyone to play the victim. You are the queen spokeswoman for the MFP pity party. You're not worth my time or effort.

Don't bother. This is an old argument that gets done over and over again. Some will say it's all purely CICO and then in the next breath talk about macros and micros. They don't see the inherent contradiction that if micros and macros are important, then it can't be all about CICO only. The way most try to reconcile it is by making this silly differentiation between health and weight loss, and even that doesn't fully reconcile the contradictions.

No. What you fail to realize is that we are talking about 2 different things that at the end of the day for our situations go hand in hand.

If I simply wanted to lose weight I would eat at a deficit, simple. I wouldn't bother with food selection or macros, if pure weight loss was my goal.

However, my goal isn't pure weight loss. It's body composition and overall health. Being stronger and seeking full vanity goals that I desire. Simple. And yes for that paying attention to macro and micronutrients are important.

You seem to think that if someone says the one thing then they say the other then they are contradicting themselves. With that said, I won't really waste my time with you because as always it will eventually turn into a conversation on how diabetes, PCOS, blah, bla, blah. Sorry boring circle with you.

I know, all those other situations and examples that don't fit into your nice little black and white world. Continue to ignore them and think that weight loss is this simple black and white situation for everyone -- or that your personal experience applies to everyone. Ignore the fact that if you lose different proportions of muscle versus fat, the number on the scale is different. Ignore complex hormonal issues, which we're only starting to scratch the surface of in research. Whatever makes you feel safe and secure regardless of the objective reality. But continue to use things like IFing yourself, which acknowledge these things. Nope, no contradiction and hypocrisy there. None at all.

Not ignoring metabolic issues that can be addressed. Just not willing to debate with a wall who prefers to use that all as an excuse and allow everyone to play the victim. You are the queen spokeswoman for the MFP pity party. You're not worth my time or effort.

Wow, you lost the point and instead of counter attacking the argument, you attack the person and then retreat?

I know you can do better than that.

The point was not lost by me. I'm just not willing to run in the same circles with her.
You haven't been around here long enough to witness the back and forth between the 2 of us throughout the year. If you'd like search through my 5000 post history.

To the point where I'm pretty sure a moderator had requested that each party block each other.

Low carb, low fat, calorie deficit, etc. allows me to have more bourbon.

I'm about getting the best information to people. CICO is a great guideline, but it's not perfect nor absolute. And getting information out there to people that are frustrated to help them optimize their results is my goal. It's about working smarter, not unnecessarily harder.

What is smarter for any individual varies -- some will fare better with more carbs, some will fare better with less carbs. Protein helps maintain LBM in a deficit. If they're having trouble with a deficit, look to other issues that may impact them as there are quite a few out there. Thyroid 8% of the US population. PCOS 5-10% of the US female population. Insulin resistance over 40% of US adults at prediabetic or diabetic levels.

Those are important issue, especially because so many of them are unknown or undiagnosed. And because they often contribute to weight gain or make it difficult to lose without some adjustments to CICO, the numbers are probably even higher for those looking to lose weight.

This complicates things and makes people expand their perspectives of their nice black and white world. But, it helps people who actually have these issues to know that they aren't necessarily doing something inherently wrong. There may simply be a better system for them as individuals. They aren't necessarily lazy, not working hard or want pity parties as people like you will throw around. Why you feel the need to denigrate people is beyond me. It seems to speak to a bigger psychological issue you must have to put others down or insist that your truth is the only truth.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0100652
FTA:
Our results show that the weight loss in overweight and obese subjects with or without diabetes on isoenergetic low CHO or balanced weight loss diets was similar at 3–6 months and at 1–2 years. Thus, the weight loss is the result of a reduction in total dietary energy intake rather than manipulation of macronutrient contribution. It follows that when considering dietary strategies for weight loss, less emphasis should be placed on an ‘ideal’ macronutrient composition and more emphasis on reduction in total energy intake, as well as improvement of behavioural adherence to reduced energy intake. This will go a long way to ensure that weight loss is achieved and maintained to gain health benefits. Guidance on macronutrient composition to meet nutritional requirements and prevent disease [12]–[15] remains integral to healthy sustainable weight management.

I know that when I hit a plateau I go to a two weeks of 15 -20 net carbs. But normally I prefer to be around 50-60 carbs. Under 13 months I have lost 157pounds I consider that to mean it is working. I have had cheat meals...and do not gain. Because I know how to be healthy and still have fun with my food.

That’s weird, I have lost roughly 200 pounds, when I do low carb I stall out. I guess this means low carb doesn’t work.

Side note to all the people who talk about “low carb and insulin resistances.” Low carb diets cause insulin resistance in themselves. It’s called physiological insulin resistances. What happens when you don’t eat carbs for a long time? Your body adapts to the lower carb intake. Once you eat more carbs (normal intake) your body can’t handle it, it doesn’t produce enough insulin. There you are, insulin resistances due to low carb diets.
I won’t say anything about T3, one of the most important hormones that effect metabolic rate produced in the thyroid. How low carbs also lower T3 production which slow down metabolic rate.

I know that when I hit a plateau I go to a two weeks of 15 -20 net carbs. But normally I prefer to be around 50-60 carbs. Under 13 months I have lost 157pounds I consider that to mean it is working. I have had cheat meals...and do not gain. Because I know how to be healthy and still have fun with my food.

That’s weird, I have lost roughly 200 pounds, when I do low carb I stall out. I guess this means low carb doesn’t work.

Side note to all the people who talk about “low carb and insulin resistances.” Low carb diets cause insulin resistance in themselves. It’s called physiological insulin resistances. What happens when you don’t eat carbs for a long time? Your body adapts to the lower carb intake. Once you eat more carbs (normal intake) your body can’t handle it, it doesn’t produce enough insulin. There you are, insulin resistances due to low carb diets.
I won’t say anything about T3, one of the most important hormones that effect metabolic rate produced in the thyroid. How low carbs also lower T3 production which slow down metabolic rate.

False. Insulin resistance is when the pancreas overproduces insulin…………..

What came first the chicken or the egg?

Your body doesn’t produce enough insulin as before to handle the carbs so the pancreases makes more insulin than before.