MelRC117 Member

Did you miss the part where it was quoted from someone to said legitimate eating disorders? Good for you to have everything figured out. People who need to hear this will have to figure it out on their own. Nothing you can do about that.

That's only for you to answer. I like low carb, others don't. You may or you may not. If you've already had success with the macros you are at, not sure what benefit you see to low carb.

Edited: January 7th? Why can't these old threads be locked so you can't reply?

Out of curiousity if you're willing to answer: those low carbers that are still in this thread: are you eating low carb because of a medical condition? Alliwan Jpw1990 RockstarWilson Me: No medical condition

I don't understand how saying "*I* feel more full" equates to "everybody feels full eating low carb and can't possibly feel that way eating any other way". What people experience doesn't have to be the same as you experience.

Maybe some people wouldn't feel full? Some people wouldn't feel as satisfied with your macros. Some people wouldn't feel satisfied with mine.

Saying that LCers like the benefit of feeling full is NOT saying that those that eat higher carb diets don't feel full. NO ONE IS SAYING THAT. ETA: if you feel full that's great for you. Personally I don't feel full after eating oatmeal or cereal. So I focus calories on eggs, butter, cheese, etc which help me feel more…

Seems that several people that don't eat lower carb see threads that they believe it is implied sugar is the devil when it's just asking about low carb eating. That is seen in this very thread....

I will be the first to admit I'm not good at will power. It's very difficult to me to eat half of a donut. If I don't eat low carb, I've found I don't make very nutritious choices. I don't make space for sweet potatoes or a banana. Ive started days with the best of intentions. Then I go to work and see donuts. I play this…

This is again going back to that HOW you get to a calorie deficit can be individual but the fact that you are losing means you are in a calorie deficit. Also, plenty of people lose weight without tracking. However, when people are cutting calories and not losing week after week, then tracking and measuring could be…

I wouldn't assume when that person said cake,chips, pretzels, ice cream, cookies it was necessarily low carb cake/ice cream/cookies/chips. That person can eat whatever way they want, but I'm not sure if it really is LCHF is the point.

Well an orange is a fruit. Right, but not just the standard baked desserts you can buy at the grocery store or any ol ice cream. I don't know about you but I typically didn't stock my cabinet with coconut flour before low carbing.

I don't because my ratios are more at keto level. I would eat some berries here and there but not go eating an orange.

Depending on your macro goals, you could have some fruit. I personally don't because if I eat all my carbs in one shebang, then I find myself hungry. Plus, still need to fit in the veggies. One apple could have 20g or more of carbs. I'm curious about that poster's ratios because I'm wondering if they are really LCHF. I…

That's my confusion Onlythetruth. You talk about low carbs and about all these LCHF books, but you eat fruit and still eat ice cream, cake, etc. I don't really see that as LCHF...probably eating a balanced diet (the sense of what people eat). Even if you cut down, I just wonder how much you cut if you consider yourself low…

But the point is those methods, those "diets" boil down to one thing: CICO.

What are your ratios if you eat fruit then? Fruit has sugar?

Well it is like nails on a chalk board when people say "low carb and low sugar" lol

For those that are claiming carbs come from the devil, they may NEVER make that transition to acknowledging that it is just a tool or a way to cut calories. Or that there is something magic about low carb and that you can eat as much butter and sour cream as you want. Honestly, until I started using MFP I honestly thought…

And to me, from the people I see in LCHF, they don't give a crap if the carbs are from an organic, non GMO apple or from a Snickers bar. And that's not to say that carbs are "evil", but that at the end of the day it doesn't matter if it comes from fruit or from a candy bar, sugar is sugar. I'm sure there are your paleo,…

@lemurcat12‌ That is my frustration that people are making assumptions on those that are newbies, whether one or off MFP, to low carb. I don't know if its for everybody who started eating low carb and has made it long term, but I would have insisted cutting carbs was the answer. It wasn't until I started using MFP and…

I do see that but again, from one person with one post. But then it turns into everybody who eats keto.

See again, there are those assumptions that "all act like this". The way people get to a calorie deficit for some people is to eat LCHF Who are you to determine how they get to a calorie deficit? Great that works for you, but it doesn't work for everybody.

That wasn't what I was implying at all. I know there are nutritous carbs out there. Again another assumption that because there are a few low carbers that make certain claims that all of them do. Which leads you to assuming I was implying that people who don't eat low carb only eat junk?

I never once said junk. Never once.

I didn't say that. I know for me, and others on LCHF, it was difficult maintaining a calorie deficit keeping carbs higher and fats lower. It just became EASIER eating LCHF compared to the standard macro ratio. I wasn't constantly thinking about when and what I could eat next. If what you are doing works for you and you…

Yes I agree. It seemed some people think most low carbers just count grams of carbs or no counting at all but that yes, macros are really a big discussion on the LCHF forums.

Gothca yes. I would agree with that.

That would be about correct. Keto is I'd say at least 65% but probably more like 70-75%, protein around 20-25%, and then carbs around 5% MAYBE max 10%. Keto is more low carb than say what your ratios look like eating Atkins.

I understand that. I'm just not sure what the poster meant by that line. That since a gram of fat is double the calories that is why people claim to feel more full, that there are more calories per gram? Just not sure. Either way, I think that feeling full is a big plus for people that eat LCHF.