Tell me why I need to be fat adapted?
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fknlardarse
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I’m new. I’ve read most of the posts in the launch pad but I guess I’m struggling to absorb it all and I keep asking myself ‘do I need to be fat adapted?’ Can you tell me what the advantages are in simple terms? I get the ‘how’ you become fat adapted but I’m struggling with the ‘why’.
I’m calorie counting and finding that LCHF keeps me satiated and happy and it seems to be working for my weight loss goals.
So is there any benefit to me focusing on being fat adapted?
I’m not diabetic.
I’m not into endurance sports.
I’ve realised carbs make me HANGRY hence the joy of LCHF.
I’m a 48 yr old woman focusing on moving more to get healthy and want to lose 21pounds. I don’t aim to look ripped I just want to feel nice and fit into my clothes.
Thank you so much 😊
I’m calorie counting and finding that LCHF keeps me satiated and happy and it seems to be working for my weight loss goals.
So is there any benefit to me focusing on being fat adapted?
I’m not diabetic.
I’m not into endurance sports.
I’ve realised carbs make me HANGRY hence the joy of LCHF.
I’m a 48 yr old woman focusing on moving more to get healthy and want to lose 21pounds. I don’t aim to look ripped I just want to feel nice and fit into my clothes.
Thank you so much 😊
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You don't HAVE to be fat adapted. That's kind of the beauty of two metabolic pathways in the human body. You can run off fat(ketones), you can run off carbs(glycogen), or you can switch between the two, which is actually what the human body was designed to do.
The main advantage you will get from building your metabolic flexibility is not getting HANGRY because your body will smoothly switch from glycogen to ketone use without having that awful blood sugar drop that causes the hangry moments.
If you are LCHF for 6 months, then you are fat adapted. You don't have to get as low a keto level to get fat adapted. You don't have to reach a point where you only have ketones for fuel in order to achieve fat adaptation. You will get there because your body will do both at the same time, it's an AND scenario, not an OR one...you can burn glucose AND ketones in varying quantities based on the availability of fuel. Your body will produce the necessary quantity of mitochondria to fit whatever you are eating and if you are eating low carb levels and higher fat levels then your body will produce more ketone mitochondria than it was before.10 -
Hallelujah!!! Thank you!! Now that makes sense. I honestly thought it was a rigid ‘you must do this at these levels for this long to become fat adapted and if you deviate then start again’ scenario (so I was thinking do I ‘neeeeed’ to do this) but this explanation makes total sense to my layman’s understanding of how bodies work.
Thank you 🙏1 -
To me the advantage of being fat adapted is my body can finally burn up that fat it stored from a meal I ate in the past. tcunbeliever did a great job of explaining things. I have days when I eat up to 75 net carbs and other days when 5 carbs are enough. It is great to go back and forth. I have lost the weight I wanted to lose, and maintained for over 2 yrs. now. Good luck to you on your Journey.4
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For me... being fat adapted means that I don't think about food all the time.4
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For me, the appetite suppression that comes with Ketosis is the best part. Now I eat to live instead of living to eat.2
