Low carb dieters!
jennibean40
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The best way ive found to drop lbs without pills or starving! Anyone else use this method? Interested in ideas, recipes, and success stories!
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Drop pounds yes, but not necessarily fat0
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According to my research ketosis (the state the body enters during low carb diets) burns almost solely body fat... and since i dont restrict calories i still maintain normal energy and function levels. Have you had different experiences?0
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nope…
low carb/keto is just a tool for getting yourself in a calorie deficit…
you could accomplish the same with just a 500 calorie per day deficit...0 -
I've been dropping weight slowly and painlessly on low carb. Recently I cut out fruit and now I'm dropping weight quickly and painlessly! I will ask my strength trainer to do a fat/muscle ratio analysis soon. Any gym can do this for you. Just takes a second with the gizmo they all have. Anyway, I will be able to compare myself to last summer and last fall and see what it is that I am loosing. (49 lbs gone on MFP, about 10 more lbs gone before joining)0
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classicalbk wrote: »I've been dropping weight slowly and painlessly on low carb. Recently I cut out fruit and now I'm dropping weight quickly and painlessly! I will ask my strength trainer to do a fat/muscle ratio analysis soon. Any gym can do this for you. Just takes a second with the gizmo they all have. Anyway, I will be able to compare myself to last summer and last fall and see what it is that I am loosing. (49 lbs gone on MFP, about 10 more lbs gone before joining)
that gizmo is notoriously inaccurate…
if you want reliable results have a dexa scan or bod pod…
why did you cut fruit out of your diet????0 -
classicalbk wrote: »I've been dropping weight slowly and painlessly on low carb. Recently I cut out fruit and now I'm dropping weight quickly and painlessly! I will ask my strength trainer to do a fat/muscle ratio analysis soon. Any gym can do this for you. Just takes a second with the gizmo they all have. Anyway, I will be able to compare myself to last summer and last fall and see what it is that I am loosing. (49 lbs gone on MFP, about 10 more lbs gone before joining)
Um why???0 -
jennibean40 wrote: »According to my research ketosis (the state the body enters during low carb diets) burns almost solely body fat... and since i dont restrict calories i still maintain normal energy and function levels. Have you had different experiences?
You're burning more DIETARY fat.
http://sigmanutrition.com/eat-more-fat-burn-more-fat-myth-magic-or-metabolic-advantage/0 -
jennibean40 wrote: »According to my research ketosis (the state the body enters during low carb diets) burns almost solely body fat... and since i dont restrict calories i still maintain normal energy and function levels. Have you had different experiences?
You're burning more DIETARY fat.
http://sigmanutrition.com/eat-more-fat-burn-more-fat-myth-magic-or-metabolic-advantage/
good article…thanks for posting...0 -
A 500 calorie diet is totally unacceptable for me... haha! I enjoy food. Also doesnt such a radical restriction of calories force your body to burn muscle as well as fat? Kind of counterproductive...0
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I maintain usually around 1000-1200 calories in my usual day. Combined with workout i lost 20lbs using this method.. in about 2 months.0
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jennibean40 wrote: »A 500 calorie diet is totally unacceptable for me... haha! I enjoy food. Also doesnt such a radical restriction of calories force your body to burn muscle as well as fat? Kind of counterproductive...
say what..??
500 calorie deficit is extreme??? that is one pound a week loss which is considered "normal weight loss"..
how do you think you lost weight on keto? The weight did not magically disappear. You were consuming less than you were burning - CICO = calories in vs calories out…
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So you're restricting calories then? Earlier you claimed you were not restricting.jennibean40 wrote: »I maintain usually around 1000-1200 calories in my usual day. Combined with workout i lost 20lbs using this method.. in about 2 months.
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jennibean40 wrote: »A 500 calorie diet is totally unacceptable for me... haha! I enjoy food. Also doesnt such a radical restriction of calories force your body to burn muscle as well as fat? Kind of counterproductive...
He said a 500 calorie "deficit." That means the number of calories you are eating below maintenance. So if maintenance for you is 2,000 calories per day, you'd have to eat 1,500 calories per day to have a 500 calorie deficit.
1,000 - 1,200 calories is not a lot of calories. You're losing weight because of that, not because you're eating low carb.0 -
No weight doesnt magically disappear obviously. Dont be arrogant. I have tried restricted calorie diets... and at most lost 2-3 lbs. Different diets work better for different people.. this one has worked for me0
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jennibean40 wrote: »No weight doesnt magically disappear obviously. Dont be arrogant. I have tried restricted calorie diets... and at most lost 2-3 lbs. Different diets work better for different people.. this one has worked for me
You are indeed restricting calories.0 -
jennibean40 wrote: »No weight doesnt magically disappear obviously. Dont be arrogant. I have tried restricted calorie diets... and at most lost 2-3 lbs. Different diets work better for different people.. this one has worked for me
If you're only eating 1000-1200 calories a day then you're still following a restricted calorie diet.0 -
Go here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
For some reason people have issues with anyone who isn't exactly like them.0 -
jennibean40 wrote: »No weight doesnt magically disappear obviously. Dont be arrogant. I have tried restricted calorie diets... and at most lost 2-3 lbs. Different diets work better for different people.. this one has worked for me
if you are losing weight then you are restricting calories..
CICO applies to all….0 -
Go here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
For some reason people have issues with anyone who isn't exactly like them.
so we should never comment when people post blatantly wrong things? Or is this no longer a public forum?-2 -
Let me rephrase.. i dont keep track of calories. Any diet will restrict calories to some degree. If you go low carb.. you automatically cut out calorie high foods. So yes your calorie count goes down. But say i consume 1200 calories a day that include high carbs... my weight loss slows (practically stops) as compared to a 1200 calorie diet that is low in carbs and i lose .5-.6 lbs a day. The only difference is the carb count. Therefore the restriction of carbs is what helps the weight come off.0
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Go here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
For some reason people have issues with anyone who isn't exactly like them.
so we should never comment when people post blatantly wrong things? Or is this no longer a public forum?
My biggest fan again. I told her where to talk to other low carb people who can direct her to the best places to find the answers she needs. I didn't realize I was supposed to ask your permission first, your highness.
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jennibean40 wrote: »Let me rephrase.. i dont keep track of calories. Any diet will restrict calories to some degree. If you go low carb.. you automatically cut out calorie high foods. So yes your calorie count goes down. But say i consume 1200 calories a day that include high carbs... my weight loss slows (practically stops) as compared to a 1200 calorie diet that is low in carbs and i lose .5-.6 lbs a day. The only difference is the carb count. Therefore the restriction of carbs is what helps the weight come off.
ummm that is still restricting calories…
eliminating carbs just lets you restrict a whole food group ….
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Go here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
For some reason people have issues with anyone who isn't exactly like them.
so we should never comment when people post blatantly wrong things? Or is this no longer a public forum?
My biggest fan again. I told her where to talk to other low carb people who can direct her to the best places to find the answers she needs. I didn't realize I was supposed to ask your permission first, your highness.
you don't need to be my permission to do anything…
Your holier than though attitude is amusing though …
so keep on WK'ing the threads….its cute...-2 -
Im so glad low calorie dieting works for you dear. @ndj19791
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jennibean40 wrote: »Let me rephrase.. i dont keep track of calories. Any diet will restrict calories to some degree. If you go low carb.. you automatically cut out calorie high foods. So yes your calorie count goes down. But say i consume 1200 calories a day that include high carbs... my weight loss slows (practically stops) as compared to a 1200 calorie diet that is low in carbs and i lose .5-.6 lbs a day. The only difference is the carb count. Therefore the restriction of carbs is what helps the weight come off.
The extra weight you lose in the beginning when you restrict carbs is water weight.
No matter the method you choose for restricting your calories (which is what you're doing), the long-term effects will be the same. The only difference, really, is that low-carb is very hard to maintain long term as opposed to eating a balanced diet in moderation.
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jennibean40 wrote: »Im so glad low calorie dieting works for you dear. @ndj1979
it works for everyone…
unless you are saying you live outside the laws of math and physics…?
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jennibean40 wrote: »According to my research ketosis (the state the body enters during low carb diets) burns almost solely body fat... and since i dont restrict calories i still maintain normal energy and function levels. Have you had different experiences?
You're burning more DIETARY fat.
http://sigmanutrition.com/eat-more-fat-burn-more-fat-myth-magic-or-metabolic-advantage/
^ op you really need to read this article…it explains the concept very well….0 -
I'm sorry, I really don't want to come off as brainy or smart a** but I think that isn't necessarily true for all.jennibean40 wrote: »Let me rephrase.. i dont keep track of calories. Any diet will restrict calories to some degree. If you go low carb.. you automatically cut out calorie high foods. So yes your calorie count goes down. But say i consume 1200 calories a day that include high carbs... my weight loss slows (practically stops) as compared to a 1200 calorie diet that is low in carbs and i lose .5-.6 lbs a day. The only difference is the carb count. Therefore the restriction of carbs is what helps the weight come off.
I know a woman who chose to eat mostly cheese and meats like ground beef that wasn't low on fat while on a low carb diet. This is extreme, as I don't expect many would do that, but as you could guess, it made her feel icky and didn't do anything for weight loss, as she lost some at first and gained it back when she began eating carbs again. The carbs aided in water loss. The meat and cheese was still pretty high in calories. Not that these foods are necessarily bad, but they both can be high calorie and low carb.
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Not at all.. i just know my results. And there are multiple studies, diets, and doctors who agree low carb diets can be more effective than low calorie diets. I could maintain my carb count and increase my calorie count.. and continue to lose weight at the level i have been. If you do some research you will find that the clean eating diets, while not marketed as low carb.. boast a MUCH lower carb count than a basic low calorie diet. It comes down to the foods you choose. Most carbs are bad for your body. Yes you need some carbs. This is known. And in response to "hard to maintain" i disagree... not any harder than a low calorie dieter who wants icecream. There is a vast array of foods you can eat and on a maintenance low carb diet you can still consume many regular foods. Ps every diet sheds water weight at first.0
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But wouldn't low carb still imply low calorie? My point of the meat and cheese lady is that she didn't lose much because while she was eating low carb, she wasn't maintaining a good deficit because she was just eating all the meat and cheese she wanted, sometimes overeating, just because it's "low carb" and therefore would help her lose weight under a "low carb eating plan" and the food choice made her feel sick so it was unsustainable. As I have mentioned, I understand that her low carb choices were extreme, but I think that may speak a bit for other low carbers.
My mantra is why not eat the ice cream if it's what I want and I can still create a deficit by eating it? That's just my way of thinking.0
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