Maybe a dumb question, but I am being told 1000 things.
Do I really need to be eating so much fat, if my body is using stored fat? like yes moderate protein, low/no carbs but I rather my body use its stored fat?
How much fat?
EZB
(Ethan)
#2
It’s easy:
Keep carbs below 20g
Eat enough protein
Eat fat until full.
If you are not full, eat fatty foods. If you are full, don’t!
Screenack
(less is more, more or less)
#3
There is a ton of confusing info out there.
The 2 Keto Dudes putting something together, comprehensive but not overwhelming:
juice
(Running from stupidity)
#4
Which it will do, ONCE YOU’RE FAT-ADAPTED. Until then, you have to train it to use fat. So the answer is - depends where you’re at.
@juice Just tested while having not eaton in several hours and my meter says 1.0. Would that be fat adapted?
juice
(Running from stupidity)
#7
They’re unrelated basically. For me, I knew I was fat-adapted once skipping meals was a complete non-event. Took about 6-7 weeks. But it does vary wildly across people.
@juice so once you believe you are fat adapted did you eat less fat or same macros just less food in general?
juice
(Running from stupidity)
#11
(Warning - this is going to sound like I’m prevaricating.)
TBH, the only macro I obsess about, really, is carbs. Under 20g.
I find I can’t eat enough calories in one meal (I keep an eye on this to make sure I’m not getting too low which drops the metabolism level), so OMAD isn’t a good option for me currently, so I make sure I eat two meals (which I track).
I make sure I’m eating plenty of meat (steak! bacon! salami!), so I’m pretty good across the other macros in general.