Ketogenic Diet: would anyone like to share their experiences good or bad?
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sharonmcloughlin1 wrote: »I have tried several diets in the past without much success. A friend recently suggested keto and I've done quite a bit of research online (mostly youtube) and to be honest it sounds a bit too good to be true. I would really appreciate it if anyone who has, or is currently eating this way would share their experiences.
Never research on Youtube, unless it's a known researcher. People often misrepresent science and make magical claims for clickbait and advertising. I suspect they talked about huge losses and such a short period of time, potentially increase fat oxidation and other things. These are half truths. Yes, you can lose a lot in a short period of time, especially if you are obese and aren't already dieting. As noted above, it's due to glycogen depletion. People who haven't dieted before also tend to cut calories a lot, which reduces food waste as well. Keto does increase fat oxidation but it also decreases carb oxidation. If went high carb vegan, the opposite would be true. Unfortunately, many people misconstrue that type of information to suggest that keto burns more fat (most people think it means more body fat). But what happens is the body stores more fat, and less carbs, so it's required to use more dietary fat as energy.
Now, having said all that, like some others mention, dietary compliance and adherence is key. All diets can be healthy or unhealthy. If you love carbs, or you tend to get satiated by carbs, this diet will not be for you. If you tend to get full from fats, this diet (or a low carb diet) might be worth your time. Personally, I just started calorie/carb cycling and the first low carb day was rough (i tend to get satiated by carbs). But I plan on changing a few variables to see if I can improve that.
At the very least, if you want, start to lower carbs (instead of going full keto) to see how your body responds. If you notice a decrease in hunger and increases in energy, lchf or keto might be for you. If you can't stay within your calorie budget, always feel hungry or tired, a moderate diet or higher protein diet might be beneficial. In the end, you just need to play with the variables and modify based on actual feedback.4 -
I am so confused because some say LCHF and no holds barred, go to town on butter and bacon, etc. While others say, No you do need to watch your calories, and fat intake if you want to burn fat. I want to burn fat. I have done Dukan Diet in the past, and Dr. Dukan has you limit salt intake, and no fat. Protein and veggies. Keto suggests increase in salt intake, and fat fat fat. I have set my macros to 5% carbs, 25%protein, 70% fat. 1300 calories. What do you suggest? Please and thanks!!!!!!!
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msolano713 wrote: »I am so confused because some say LCHF and no holds barred, go to town on butter and bacon, etc. While others say, No you do need to watch your calories, and fat intake if you want to burn fat. I want to burn fat. I have done Dukan Diet in the past, and Dr. Dukan has you limit salt intake, and no fat. Protein and veggies. Keto suggests increase in salt intake, and fat fat fat. I have set my macros to 5% carbs, 25%protein, 70% fat. 1300 calories. What do you suggest? Please and thanks!!!!!!!
People say no holds barred because they are often satiated by fat. They unconsciously restrict calories, while others do not have that ability or not satiated by fat. I can destroy some fat calories without touching my hunger.
That may be low in protein but what are your goals outside of weight loss. And what is your training program?2 -
msolano713 wrote: »I am so confused because some say LCHF and no holds barred, go to town on butter and bacon, etc. While others say, No you do need to watch your calories, and fat intake if you want to burn fat. I want to burn fat. I have done Dukan Diet in the past, and Dr. Dukan has you limit salt intake, and no fat. Protein and veggies. Keto suggests increase in salt intake, and fat fat fat. I have set my macros to 5% carbs, 25%protein, 70% fat. 1300 calories. What do you suggest? Please and thanks!!!!!!!
I find on this app 10/30/60 works for me with good success. the thing about keto is everyone has a different ketosis level. Some is as high as 100 g carbs per day and can stay in ketosis. There's ways to figure out your level by detoxing, 20 or less g per day for 3-5 days and then gradually adding 5g a day and using ketone sticks to check at what point you come out of ketosis.
The science I've taken from ketosis is your body uses sugar for energy and when that's not available it will use fat. The less sugar the more fat your body uses.
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msolano713 wrote: »I am so confused because some say LCHF and no holds barred, go to town on butter and bacon, etc. While others say, No you do need to watch your calories, and fat intake if you want to burn fat.
The "no holds barred" idea comes from the Atkins diet, I believe. The idea (and I have experienced it to be true for me) is that you eat as much as you want in the beginning, then after a few weeks you naturally taper off the amount you eat.
But yes, in the long run, the total calories are important. You can't eat thousands of calories every day (without a huge volume of exercise) and still lose weight.2 -
I've done keto a few times in the past with a lot of success. I was calorie counting before Christmas as I do like my carbs but as I ate far too many of them over Christmas/New Year I am doing keto again this week as I feel I eat more healthily on this type of diet as I'm not going for convenience food which is what I normally do on a cico diet. I've never calorie counted on a keto diet in the past but I am this week.
Fyi, cico isn't a diet. It's the scientific principle on which *all* diets are based. If you lost weight eating a keto diet, you lost the weight because of cico. 2 -
getoffin1year wrote: »msolano713 wrote: »I am so confused because some say LCHF and no holds barred, go to town on butter and bacon, etc. While others say, No you do need to watch your calories, and fat intake if you want to burn fat. I want to burn fat. I have done Dukan Diet in the past, and Dr. Dukan has you limit salt intake, and no fat. Protein and veggies. Keto suggests increase in salt intake, and fat fat fat. I have set my macros to 5% carbs, 25%protein, 70% fat. 1300 calories. What do you suggest? Please and thanks!!!!!!!
I find on this app 10/30/60 works for me with good success. the thing about keto is everyone has a different ketosis level. Some is as high as 100 g carbs per day and can stay in ketosis. There's ways to figure out your level by detoxing, 20 or less g per day for 3-5 days and then gradually adding 5g a day and using ketone sticks to check at what point you come out of ketosis.
The science I've taken from ketosis is your body uses sugar for energy and when that's not available it will use fat. The less sugar the more fat your body uses.
The human body runs on glucose (a monosaccharide - or simple sugar) regardless if they eat a lot of sugar or not. Our bodies can create glucose through the process of glucenogenesis. Our brains though, can run on ketones (driven from fatty acids).
And you are correct, when you eat less sugar, one burns less sugar, but they also eat more fat which means they store more fat. All you are doing is changing the substrate utilization %. Some people burn more fat, some burn more carbs and some burn equally. Ultimately, it doesn't really matter which one you eat or what % you are, because energy balance requirements dictate weight state.1 -
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I love it.
20g or less net carbs a day med/high fat (i have more than enough of my own to use so i dont set a goal to meet) med to high protein (100g per day).
The higher protein than the standard/epileptic keto diet suggest allows me to feel fuller with a higher calorie deficit.
Once you're fat adapted there is an amazing mental clarity and hunger supression.
I cannot get enough of LC life!1 -
imo, the "hunger suppression" from ketogenic diets is an illusion. What happens, is that diet boredom sets in from having eliminated 75% of the foods you once ate. After a week or two of bunless hamburgers and few carbohydrates , you just get tired of the limited choices and automatically reduce your food intake.People say no holds barred because they are often satiated by fat. They unconsciously restrict calories, while others do not have that ability or not satiated by fat. I can destroy some fat calories without touching my hunger.
That may be low in protein but what are your goals outside of weight loss. And what is your training program?
In my experience, 4 or maybe it's 5 years now, ketosis still suppresses/normalizes my appetite. I agree that for people who didn't grow up eating meat and vegetables and don't know how to cook trying to turn their SAD hamburger-hotdog-sandwich-cereal-snackfood diet into a ketogenic one might be a challenge but that's certainly not a universal experience.
Anyone who takes the least little bit of initiative can certainly do better than bunless hamburgers everyday of the week. For example: pictures of 385 keto friendly meals4 -
imo, the "hunger suppression" from ketogenic diets is an illusion. What happens, is that diet boredom sets in from having eliminated 75% of the foods you once ate. After a week or two of bunless hamburgers and few carbohydrates , you just get tired of the limited choices and automatically reduce your food intake.
Completely false, and a very bad excuse. Anyone who is bored from eating the same thing repeatedly simply doesn't know how to prepare food. I have done "low fat, high carb" CICO diets and felt starved the entire time. One year and counting on LCHF and I don't have any hunger problems except those days when I run 5 - 10 miles, but then thats a LOT of extra calories my body is looking to replace.4 -
silverfiend wrote: »imo, the "hunger suppression" from ketogenic diets is an illusion. What happens, is that diet boredom sets in from having eliminated 75% of the foods you once ate. After a week or two of bunless hamburgers and few carbohydrates , you just get tired of the limited choices and automatically reduce your food intake.
Completely false, and a very bad excuse. Anyone who is bored from eating the same thing repeatedly simply doesn't know how to prepare food. I have done "low fat, high carb" CICO diets and felt starved the entire time. One year and counting on LCHF and I don't have any hunger problems except those days when I run 5 - 10 miles, but then thats a LOT of extra calories my body is looking to replace.
LCHF is CICO, too.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »I've done keto a few times in the past with a lot of success. I was calorie counting before Christmas as I do like my carbs but as I ate far too many of them over Christmas/New Year I am doing keto again this week as I feel I eat more healthily on this type of diet as I'm not going for convenience food which is what I normally do on a cico diet. I've never calorie counted on a keto diet in the past but I am this week.
Fyi, cico isn't a diet. It's the scientific principle on which *all* diets are based. If you lost weight eating a keto diet, you lost the weight because of cico.snickerscharlie wrote: »silverfiend wrote: »imo, the "hunger suppression" from ketogenic diets is an illusion. What happens, is that diet boredom sets in from having eliminated 75% of the foods you once ate. After a week or two of bunless hamburgers and few carbohydrates , you just get tired of the limited choices and automatically reduce your food intake.
Completely false, and a very bad excuse. Anyone who is bored from eating the same thing repeatedly simply doesn't know how to prepare food. I have done "low fat, high carb" CICO diets and felt starved the entire time. One year and counting on LCHF and I don't have any hunger problems except those days when I run 5 - 10 miles, but then thats a LOT of extra calories my body is looking to replace.
LCHF is CICO, too.
It appears both of those comments were using CICO to refer to calorie counting, which is a pretty common occurrence on the forums, and fits in the context of their posts. They also reference the energy balance in conjunction with keto/LCHF. 1 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »I've done keto a few times in the past with a lot of success. I was calorie counting before Christmas as I do like my carbs but as I ate far too many of them over Christmas/New Year I am doing keto again this week as I feel I eat more healthily on this type of diet as I'm not going for convenience food which is what I normally do on a cico diet. I've never calorie counted on a keto diet in the past but I am this week.
Fyi, cico isn't a diet. It's the scientific principle on which *all* diets are based. If you lost weight eating a keto diet, you lost the weight because of cico.snickerscharlie wrote: »silverfiend wrote: »imo, the "hunger suppression" from ketogenic diets is an illusion. What happens, is that diet boredom sets in from having eliminated 75% of the foods you once ate. After a week or two of bunless hamburgers and few carbohydrates , you just get tired of the limited choices and automatically reduce your food intake.
Completely false, and a very bad excuse. Anyone who is bored from eating the same thing repeatedly simply doesn't know how to prepare food. I have done "low fat, high carb" CICO diets and felt starved the entire time. One year and counting on LCHF and I don't have any hunger problems except those days when I run 5 - 10 miles, but then thats a LOT of extra calories my body is looking to replace.
LCHF is CICO, too.
It appears both of those comments were using CICO to refer to calorie counting, which is a pretty common occurrence on the forums, and fits in the context of their posts. They also reference the energy balance in conjunction with keto/LCHF.
Oh, nevermind.
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CICO is NOT a diet. It is about energy balance! CICO can be low carb, low fat, high carb, high protein, whatever diet. They all involved eating less calories than your TDEE.silverfiend wrote: »imo, the "hunger suppression" from ketogenic diets is an illusion. What happens, is that diet boredom sets in from having eliminated 75% of the foods you once ate. After a week or two of bunless hamburgers and few carbohydrates , you just get tired of the limited choices and automatically reduce your food intake.
Completely false, and a very bad excuse. Anyone who is bored from eating the same thing repeatedly simply doesn't know how to prepare food. I have done "low fat, high carb" CICO diets and felt starved the entire time. One year and counting on LCHF and I don't have any hunger problems except those days when I run 5 - 10 miles, but then thats a LOT of extra calories my body is looking to replace.
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lost 4 lbs in 2 week , considering I am only a 115lbs person, that is FAST!
Bounced back in 2 days, I promise I was just eating normal during that 2 days (1700calories/day)
Will NEVER do it again.
This isn't that surprising though...
Let's walk through what you're asking your body to do.... "Hey Body, I know you're used to storing glycogen in your muscles and using that whenever I need to exercise, but I want you to now start processing fats and using ketones to fuel yourself from the foods I eat and the natural fat store I have... by the way body, I'm going to do this for two weeks only, too little time for me to adapt properly or have any real physiological changes, but definitely long enough for me to drop a bunch of water wait ( look up inflammation from carbohydrates and water retention" then you get to your goal weight, which is great, but then you say "Hey body, so I know I've been asking you to burn ketones for the past couple of weeks, but I'm now going to push carbohydrates back on you, can you just forget what you did in the past two weeks and go back to burning carbohydrates?"
It takes around two weeks for actual meaningful physiological change to occur for most people, with Keto, generally it takes 3-6 weeks for your body to adjust fully and get to around 80% of its potential burning ketones that it had burning Glyocgen... that's important to note, because ultimately what you're experiencing is an evolutionary response to what you've asked your body to do.
Think of the hunter/gatherer times - during winter or other periods you would have less access to carbohydrates and likely supplement that more with fatty meats and things like nuts that store longer (and have a lot of good fatty acids) - your body then starts to go ketogenic to supply it the fuel it needs through using your existing fat stores in order to ensure you're still functional enough to survive winter, you then come out of winter and have more ready access to carbohydrates (fresh fruits, etc) and your body says "Great, we survived!! Let's just stock up on gyclogen, build up some body fat and rest/restore those injuries you picked up" - where inflammation occurs, pressing water, white blood cells and such into your joints which happens much more when you're fueling your body with gylocgen, because your body realises that it's not needing to ensure it's only response is against starvation'
Keto in itself, of itself will not help you lose weight unless you're following the same principles of CICO that any other diet has; what Keto will do is assist your body in dropping water ( i.e where realistically you probably lost those 4lbs in 2 weeks) and getting it to fuel itself on fat, both introduced and pre-existing within your body)
One key though is not cutting carbs entirely, I eat approx 70-80g of carbs through sources like Broccoli, Coconut, Capsicum, Green Beans, Avocado, Nuts each and every day. It translates to around 45-50G once you subtract the fibre, the reason I'm able to maintain a ketogenic state is that I utilise intermittent fasting via eating windows on an 18/6 ratio - i.e I only start eating from 12PM and finish eating by 6PM - after six hours (i.e midnight, when I'm asleep) my body goes into a natural ketogenic state for the evening, I then get up, have my coffee, do some light exercise and down water until 12, where I start my eating day.
I'm reasonably new to the practice of the diet, but I've spent approximately three months researching everything I could get my hands on to understand it more, understand the risks, benefits and how I could make it work for myself. I'm looking to shift weight, so I'm working on a calorie deficit of approximately 300-600 each day and that is highly important for the weight loss portion, but what I'm also teaching my body to do is become a fat burning machine so that when I am in that deficit, my body is seeking out fats in itself to burn rather than burning whatever it can find.msolano713 wrote: »I am so confused because some say LCHF and no holds barred, go to town on butter and bacon, etc. While others say, No you do need to watch your calories, and fat intake if you want to burn fat. I want to burn fat. I have done Dukan Diet in the past, and Dr. Dukan has you limit salt intake, and no fat. Protein and veggies. Keto suggests increase in salt intake, and fat fat fat. I have set my macros to 5% carbs, 25%protein, 70% fat. 1300 calories. What do you suggest? Please and thanks!!!!!!!
Look - 100% you absolutely need to watch your calories if weight loss is your goal - as someone above said, CICO isn't a diet, CICO is pure physics - energy cannot be generated from nothing; therefore if you're consuming less calories than your body is burning, your body needs to burn itself in order to function further.
The key with keto is finding out what range you start producing ketones and adjusting your macros accordingly, once you've got your macros (i.e mine - 10% (Net) Carb, 30% protein, 60% fat) you then work out your BMR which can take some trial and error, the commonly held "2000 calories" is just a rough guide but it is different for everyone. - my body, I'm around the 2050-2150 BMR per day, so I'm looking at approximately
Net Carbs are carbohydrates minus fibre, however I'd suggest only calculating net carbs in unprocessed food, if you eat a piece of bread, mark down all the carbs regardless of fibre because the realities are fibre has likely been added from other sources and isn't attached to the carbohydrates you're consuming (i.e sugar/corn syrup within breads)
The reason people say "Go to town on butter and bacon" is that carbs themselves have a LOT of calories in them, so when you're taking them out of your diet, your body needs to replenish them, I think a lot of people wrongly think this means "eat as much fat as you can" - I personally work on the method of "Only eat enough fat to ensure I never feel hungry) -which is why I'm down at 60% of my calories coming from fat, rather than 70-75% like some.2 -
The other thing to note is that we're notoriously bad at being honest about what we're putting in our mouths, which is why trackers such as the one built into this awesome site are so important, and so important that we're actively recording the right information.
It might seem tedious to weigh/measure everything, but ultimately if you're consuming say 1400-1600 calories a day and you haven't seen weight shift within a couple of weeks, the first thing to do is actually ensure you're only consuming 1400-1600 calories a day.0 -
SymbolismNZ wrote: »lost 4 lbs in 2 week , considering I am only a 115lbs person, that is FAST!
Bounced back in 2 days, I promise I was just eating normal during that 2 days (1700calories/day)
Will NEVER do it again.
This isn't that surprising though...
Let's walk through what you're asking your body to do.... "Hey Body, I know you're used to storing glycogen in your muscles and using that whenever I need to exercise, but I want you to now start processing fats and using ketones to fuel yourself from the foods I eat and the natural fat store I have... by the way body, I'm going to do this for two weeks only, too little time for me to adapt properly or have any real physiological changes, but definitely long enough for me to drop a bunch of water wait ( look up inflammation from carbohydrates and water retention" then you get to your goal weight, which is great, but then you say "Hey body, so I know I've been asking you to burn ketones for the past couple of weeks, but I'm now going to push carbohydrates back on you, can you just forget what you did in the past two weeks and go back to burning carbohydrates?"
It takes around two weeks for actual meaningful physiological change to occur for most people, with Keto, generally it takes 3-6 weeks for your body to adjust fully and get to around 80% of its potential burning ketones that it had burning Glyocgen... that's important to note, because ultimately what you're experiencing is an evolutionary response to what you've asked your body to do.
Think of the hunter/gatherer times - during winter or other periods you would have less access to carbohydrates and likely supplement that more with fatty meats and things like nuts that store longer (and have a lot of good fatty acids) - your body then starts to go ketogenic to supply it the fuel it needs through using your existing fat stores in order to ensure you're still functional enough to survive winter, you then come out of winter and have more ready access to carbohydrates (fresh fruits, etc) and your body says "Great, we survived!! Let's just stock up on gyclogen, build up some body fat and rest/restore those injuries you picked up" - where inflammation occurs, pressing water, white blood cells and such into your joints which happens much more when you're fueling your body with gylocgen, because your body realises that it's not needing to ensure it's only response is against starvation'
Keto in itself, of itself will not help you lose weight unless you're following the same principles of CICO that any other diet has; what Keto will do is assist your body in dropping water ( i.e where realistically you probably lost those 4lbs in 2 weeks) and getting it to fuel itself on fat, both introduced and pre-existing within your body)
One key though is not cutting carbs entirely, I eat approx 70-80g of carbs through sources like Broccoli, Coconut, Capsicum, Green Beans, Avocado, Nuts each and every day. It translates to around 45-50G once you subtract the fibre, the reason I'm able to maintain a ketogenic state is that I utilise intermittent fasting via eating windows on an 18/6 ratio - i.e I only start eating from 12PM and finish eating by 6PM - after six hours (i.e midnight, when I'm asleep) my body goes into a natural ketogenic state for the evening, I then get up, have my coffee, do some light exercise and down water until 12, where I start my eating day.
I'm reasonably new to the practice of the diet, but I've spent approximately three months researching everything I could get my hands on to understand it more, understand the risks, benefits and how I could make it work for myself. I'm looking to shift weight, so I'm working on a calorie deficit of approximately 300-600 each day and that is highly important for the weight loss portion, but what I'm also teaching my body to do is become a fat burning machine so that when I am in that deficit, my body is seeking out fats in itself to burn rather than burning whatever it can find.msolano713 wrote: »I am so confused because some say LCHF and no holds barred, go to town on butter and bacon, etc. While others say, No you do need to watch your calories, and fat intake if you want to burn fat. I want to burn fat. I have done Dukan Diet in the past, and Dr. Dukan has you limit salt intake, and no fat. Protein and veggies. Keto suggests increase in salt intake, and fat fat fat. I have set my macros to 5% carbs, 25%protein, 70% fat. 1300 calories. What do you suggest? Please and thanks!!!!!!!
Look - 100% you absolutely need to watch your calories if weight loss is your goal - as someone above said, CICO isn't a diet, CICO is pure physics - energy cannot be generated from nothing; therefore if you're consuming less calories than your body is burning, your body needs to burn itself in order to function further.
The key with keto is finding out what range you start producing ketones and adjusting your macros accordingly, once you've got your macros (i.e mine - 10% (Net) Carb, 30% protein, 60% fat) you then work out your BMR which can take some trial and error, the commonly held "2000 calories" is just a rough guide but it is different for everyone. - my body, I'm around the 2050-2150 BMR per day, so I'm looking at approximately
Net Carbs are carbohydrates minus fibre, however I'd suggest only calculating net carbs in unprocessed food, if you eat a piece of bread, mark down all the carbs regardless of fibre because the realities are fibre has likely been added from other sources and isn't attached to the carbohydrates you're consuming (i.e sugar/corn syrup within breads)
The reason people say "Go to town on butter and bacon" is that carbs themselves have a LOT of calories in them, so when you're taking them out of your diet, your body needs to replenish them, I think a lot of people wrongly think this means "eat as much fat as you can" - I personally work on the method of "Only eat enough fat to ensure I never feel hungry) -which is why I'm down at 60% of my calories coming from fat, rather than 70-75% like some.
A couple small corrections. First, when you calculate needs, it's based on TDEE, not BMR. BMR is only apart of the equation. And second, carbs do not have lot of calories as compared to fats. Fats are 9 calories per grams, carbs are 4.0 -
I've done low calorie, low fat, WW, Medifast, Jenny Craig, smoothie diets, walking two hours a day, you name it. Going LCHF has been the best thing I've ever done. I started out doing low carb then quickly switched to strict low carb then keto. I've been doing this for almost a month and have lost 18 lbs and have had numerous other health issues disappear, too. I was a total carb addict that ate bread and pasta almost daily. I now have no more cravings for carbs but if I allow myself to eat them I know that it will be a slippery slope that will quickly take me out so I stay away. Low cal/low fat was unsustainable for me. I was always hungry, always dealing with cravings, and always putting the weight back on. Now I'm even able to do intermittent fasts without any difficulty. It's a whole different world and sometimes I still can't believe I'm losing weight and feeling this good eating this way. It's not for everyone but I believe it can work better for many more people out there than anything else can. There are numerous health benefits to giving up refined sugars, grains and processed foods that go way beyond weight loss and this is why I've chosen this as my lifelong way of eating. I live where the majority of people are diabetic or pre-diabetic. I'm determined that that won't be me. I highly recommend the documentaries "That Sugar Film" and especially "Cereal Killers" and also the book, "The Obesity Code". They were what motivated to start down this path. Good luck on your journey, whatever you decide! 6
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A couple small corrections. First, when you calculate needs, it's based on TDEE, not BMR. BMR is only apart of the equation. And second, carbs do not have lot of calories as compared to fats. Fats are 9 calories per grams, carbs are 4.
I use BMR mostly because I eat back any of the calories I burn in exercise, but that's an argument of semantics, either one so long as it's accurate and you remain in deficit will cause weight loss.
In terms of carbs vs fats - again you're absolutely right; except try and consume 50 grams of fat within a single meal, unless you're using something like MCT Oil or eating raw butter, it's actually very hard to get your macro level of fat up, even though it's calorie dense, where as eating 50 grams of carbs? That's an easy snack, hell, eating 300 grams of carbs is usually what some people have for a meal.2 -
I used it to get my blood sugar under control when I was first diagnosed diabetic. Hated it. After a while, I began to feel sick at the though of yet more fat and protein, eggs, cheese and chicken. I much prefer higher protein, dairy and healthy carbs when I'm in control of my food. Fatty carbs like sweets cakes and processed food just make me hungry as a wolf, and more likely to eat more of them.
Despite the claims, most of us still can't eat all we want. A calorie is a calorie, and I still needed to be in a deficit to lose. But the volume of food was too low for me. A handful of berries now and again would put me over carb limit to stay in keto. I missed fruit too much.1 -
SymbolismNZ wrote: »A couple small corrections. First, when you calculate needs, it's based on TDEE, not BMR. BMR is only apart of the equation. And second, carbs do not have lot of calories as compared to fats. Fats are 9 calories per grams, carbs are 4.
I use BMR mostly because I eat back any of the calories I burn in exercise, but that's an argument of semantics, either one so long as it's accurate and you remain in deficit will cause weight loss.
In terms of carbs vs fats - again you're absolutely right; except try and consume 50 grams of fat within a single meal, unless you're using something like MCT Oil or eating raw butter, it's actually very hard to get your macro level of fat up, even though it's calorie dense, where as eating 50 grams of carbs? That's an easy snack, hell, eating 300 grams of carbs is usually what some people have for a meal.
I am not even keto and eat 50g+ of fat in a sitting, quite often. Look at my diary and you see it even on my high carb days. I even do it with 70g+ of protein and 50g+ of carbs. Fat may satiate you, but it certainly doesn't me. And these are all cut calories in my diary. I maintain at 3K.1
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