1st month in, a little frustrated

(LeeAnn Brooks) #42

Well ultimately you are calorie reatricting with EF, but not doing it daily with regular but small amounts of food that trigger insulin spikes and instead simply bring calories as close to zero over a longer period of time doesn’t hurt the metabolism as it unlocks stores fat deposits to be used for fuel, so you aren’t actually depriving your body. You’re just redirecting it to a different fuel source.
Restricted calories daily, especially if you’re not fat adapted, keep the body running on glucose by triggering insulin responses.

#43

Reading up through your posts, you used to be very active with at least running, you’ve calorie restricted way to long, trashed your metabolism and now it’s very hard to loose. Sadly that’s common. You MUST go against your pre-programmed brain washing fear of caloric intake. The REASON you don’t have a descent appetite is BECAUSE of the calorie restriction! Your body has adapted to being calorically starved. You NEED to start working on getting your metabolism up and running at a respectable level. Like it or not, you can’t loose weight without a working metabolism, and you can’t have a metabolism without correctly fueling your body. Luckily at 54 this is still very fixable, it becomes harder the older you get.

Read these quotes of your own words

That sound normal to you? Sounds like an eating disorder to me! You CAN expect weight fluctuations AND you can expect some gains along with losses in the process of getting the metabolism up. So get that in your head, accept it ,and lets get that metabolism going! Also, stop weighing yourself every day, that’s seriously a problem.

(Brandon) #44

I’d add that you should SLOWLY work up to this calorie level. If you’ve been calorie restricted for so long, and you suddenly jump up to twice the caloric intake, you will definitely gain weight and possibly do more damage. With my clients I add 100kcal/week until we get to the desired amount.

And stay away from the scale for a few weeks. This will only perpetuate the fear you’re already dealing with. Pay attention to your sleep, energy levels, and mood.

Also, someone else mentioned exercise and I wanted to piggy back on that and suggest that you start doing some form of resistance exercise 2-3x/week. There’s no better way to increase your metabolism than to pack on some muscle. You’ll get stronger and lose weight much faster with resistance training. The cardio that you were doing was only making the problem worse, forcing your body to adapt to a higher energy expenditure with a lower calorie intake.

(Ashley) #45

Thanks for the info!! I just know that’s way too less calories!

#46

It would sound like an eating disorder to anybody else, but to me, because I don’t lose and still gain, I feel like I’m still eating too much. It’s hard to say I’m trying to lose weight while I’m putting food in my mouth. I get it now, I am going to try a lot harder to eat.

#47

Yeah, I thought about that. Ended yesterday at 789, I’m about there today but I’m home tonight and still haven’t had dinner, so I can get close to 1000+ today.

#48

Question, I ordered a Keto shake mix for when I can’t eat a meal. When you calculate carbs, you take that and minus the fiber to get the actual, correct?
The mix claims 14 grams of carbs for 2 scoops, 7 dietary fiber. so that’s 7 grams for 2 scoops right?
When I entered it in my app, it came back with the same name brand but said 0 carbs?

#49

problem is we do not know if the fiber is bound to any of the carbs and if the carbs are released upon drinking the drink then the fiber does not count for anything

(Ron) #50

That is the way I would read it as well. Seems your calculator app is in error.

#51

Okay, I went and checked the label and the front says 2% net carbs.

#52

general rule do not drink your calories

(Chris Robertson) #53

Yes. When your body realizes there is another fuel source, body fat, then it decides to burn extra energy to fuel things like your brain so that you are more capable of finding food.

(icky) #54

I don’t think that’s right.

Yes, it increases the rate at which body fat is burned.

But I think that metabolic rate is slowed during fasting.

#55

What is the reasoning for this?
I found it a convenient way to get some calories and fat when I don’t have time to eat.
I had one scoop with 8oz of almond milk. 185 calories, 11g fat.

(Doug) #56

Yes. During the third day of fasting, the average metabolism was increased by 14%. Lesser increases (12%, 10%) were observed on the fourth day and second day.

(icky) #57

So why do people say that after a fast, they gain the weight back, that they lost?

I’m TOFI so I don’t understand the details, but I always understood it as: fasting suppresses your metabolism/ it’s a form of starvation, so when you stop fasting, your body compensates and clings on to the additional calories?

(Ellie) #58

Most people will gain back a little after fasting because they have food in their stomach rather than it being empty. The gained weight is food weight for the most part.

#59

Update; got over 1,000 calories yesterday 100gfat, 15 carbs. No scale.

(Ellie) #60

Good progress, keep pushing those calories up with lots of fat. :grinning:

#61

@sugar-addict, @Anniegirl9 I think the essence is this: assuming you have fat to burn, if you’re fasting (and you’re not triggering a release of insulin), then you have access to your fat stores, so you’re not actually calorie-restricting. Endogenous calories :wink: