Low carb diet

saynow111
saynow111 Posts: 135 Member
edited December 25 in Health and Weight Loss
I been on low carb (limited to 100 gm carb aday)for 30 day now
I never takes a day off
Should I take day off I feel mental tiredness may be or may be not
I know mind depend on glucose to function at best ?
Should I take day off ?

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  • Unicorn_Bacon
    Unicorn_Bacon Posts: 491 Member
    Why are you low carb dieting in the first place? Is it a medical reason?
  • saynow111
    saynow111 Posts: 135 Member
    edited April 2020
    KrissCanDoThis wrote: »
    Why are you low carb dieting in the first place? Is it a medical reason?
    Diet to lose weight at best
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,312 Member
    How fast are you losing in Grams per week for the 21 most recent days (past 3 weeks)

    How many calories are you eating on average during the same time period
  • CardinalComb
    CardinalComb Posts: 66 Member
    The brain prefers to run off ketones, not sugar.
  • saynow111
    saynow111 Posts: 135 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    How fast are you losing in Grams per week for the 21 most recent days (past 3 weeks)

    How many calories are you eating on average during the same time period

    I don't count but lose well may be 1kg/week
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,312 Member
    edited April 2020
    It's good to know numbers because they allow you to have an opinion as to what is happening.

    A kilo a week means an effective deficit of a bit more than 1000 Cal a day.

    If you're eating 4000 Cal and still have a 1000 Cal deficit this would be great, and I wouldn't suspect a too aggressive deficit as a potential cause of your tiredness.

    If you're eating 1000 Cal in order to achieve your 1000 Cal deficit my reaction would be quite different.

    And I'm sure that there are some in-betweens.

    The pyramid's foundation is your caloric balance. The macros (protein, fats, carbs) are important; but far less critical.
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