Does low carb make you lose faster?

It did in my case. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and was a carb fiend!!! When I stopped and switched to "good carbs" whole wheat and what not I lost 65 lbs in 3 months (diet and a hard core workout routine) but the I'm sure the lower/good carb switch had a lot to with it. If you stick with it, the cravings go away. I was a pasta monster and now have it once in a while but use whole wheat now... it's an acquired taste but now when my Italian mother-in-law has pasta when we visit (white pasta) I barely eat it, it's too bland for me now... I've totally lost the taste for it!

Me too. T2 Diabetic and was just put on Low Carb High Fat diet. I found the weight is just flying off. 40 pounds in 11 weeks. Have another 70+ to go. I bicycle at least an hour 5 to 6 days a week at 14-16 mph. Mostly, I have lost size, as the bike tends to tone you up real fast (core and legs, upper arms).

The cravings have mostly gone away for me, also. Unless I go into the truck stop and they have a Cinnabon center there and all I smell is buns cooking....then I have to get out quick (I am trucks driver). Also have some trouble walking by the doughnut cabinet (maple glazed my fave).....that said, I have not had any trouble saying "no" to them. About the only carbs I can eat without much affect are the Wasa Rye Crisp bread (1 slice per day) and about a max of 2 cups berries in a given day. Anything more than that and I am in trouble with my sugars.

This has been the only lifestyle I have been able to stick to and not cheat once in almost nine months. I can do this for a lifetime and my blood labs are better than they have been since I was 23 years old (49 now). BEST....off my diabetes injections and only on half of one oral med now.

i think it does! it helped me lose my initial 40 lbs

Oh, have we reached the absurd comparisons portion already? I love this part!

Which will help you lose weight faster, 500 calories of organic grass-fed beef from a local farm cow who you helped deliver, name, and crocheted sweaters for in colder weather, OR 500 calories of gelatinous goo-like substance scraped out of a truck-stop deep fryer that the cooks use for "can we fry it" experiments after the dinner rush?

OMG, I about spit out my carb load (also known as a tasty, cold, adult beverage)!!!

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.

Ah. Okay.

And remember, I already stalked your profile. I don't need to see more gooey food porn! :laugh:

That's good. And I also definitely recommend you do not venture into my group as studies have shown it can cause the diabeeetus.

:laugh: Now I want to know if looking at pictures of food does anything to blood glucose levels in preparation for the body expecting to eat it.

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.

Talk about defamatory statements. Feel free to ignore my posts -- remember, you responded to me, not the other way around. But not hypocritical there either.

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.

Lower carb helped me. You have to make a lifestyle change not a diet. You'll always gain back what you lost if you go back to bad habits. If you're not ready then don't even bother.