Does low carb make you lose faster?

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.

I don't think you understand the mechanism of insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is when your cells are resistant to insulin, so your pancreas produces more insulin in response to compensate. Sure, you can get to a point where your pancreas can't produce enough insulin because of the insulin resistance -- diabetes land (type I, I think) -- but that's not the same thing.

And as parkscs has pointed out, I've only seen evidence that low carb diets tend to improve insulin sensitivity (as does certain types of fasting). Also, there is a difference between low carb and keto. Some folks will reduce carbs and be low carb or lower carb, but not enough to be truly keto.

Yes you’re right, insulin resistance is when you are resistance to insulin. If you eat low carbs for a long time your muscles adapt to this new low which means less insulin production. You go back to eating normal carbs, your glucose concentration is what is considered normal, but since your insulin cells have a lower tolereance before, what was considered normal glucose concentrations actually become high. More than normal amounts of insulin need to be produced. Hence insulin resistance.

You’re leaving thing out in what parkcs said, he said in OVERWEIGHT/OBESE individuals. That is a very important keyword you left out. I agreed with him, and I stated that we’re talking about people on this forum topic stating they plan to stay on keto the rest of their lives.

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.

I don't think you understand the mechanism of insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is when your cells are resistant to insulin, so your pancreas produces more insulin in response to compensate. Sure, you can get to a point where your pancreas can't produce enough insulin because of the insulin resistance -- diabetes land (type I, I think) -- but that's not the same thing.

And as parkscs has pointed out, I've only seen evidence that low carb diets tend to improve insulin sensitivity (as does certain types of fasting). Also, there is a difference between low carb and keto. Some folks will reduce carbs and be low carb or lower carb, but not enough to be truly keto.

Yes you’re right, insulin resistance is when you are resistance to insulin. If you eat low carbs for a long time your muscles adapt to this new low which means less insulin production. You go back to eating normal carbs, your glucose concentration is what is considered normal, but since your insulin cells have a lower tolereance before, what was considered normal glucose concentrations actually become high. More than normal amounts of insulin need to be produced. Hence insulin resistance.

You’re leaving thing out in what parkcs said, he said in OVERWEIGHT/OBESE individuals. That is a very important keyword you left out. I agreed with him, and I stated that we’re talking about people on this forum topic stating they plan to stay on keto the rest of their lives.

Newb question. If newb questions annoy you, you may want to leave now or risk being annoyed. Anyway, I can't do low carb because as soon as I go off of it I stuff my face with the carbs I've been missing for so long. But I did seem to lose faster on it for some reason. For 4 months of my weight loss journey I was strictly low carb (25g or less carbs per day). I lost about 73 pounds in 17 weeks. I didn't track any calories during those months so maybe I was just way under TDEE? Or is there something about low carb living that makes you lose weight faster?