Keto to Paleo

#21

The function of fat on a keto WOE is to keep your caloric intake up where it needs to be, to fill in for the role of the carbs you’ve dropped. But this doesn’t mean that you have to eat high fat; if you’re getting enough calories daily just eating whatever while remaining low carb, then that’s still keto.

Naturally, some (if not all) will need to tweak to get things to work for them, but I will say that since I’ve been able to raise my overall caloric intake per day, I’m noticing much more rapid change in my body composition.

That’s not always from eating more fat though. Some days I’m pretty protein heavy. And of course, if you really go crazy on the fat then there’s a chance you can be taking in more than you’re going to burn, and so possibly be at a point where your body has no need to burn your stored fat as a result.

#22

I’m not saying anything different from you here. Perhaps I need to lower the fat on the keto diet to burn off the belly fat.

#23

Ketosis comes from a lack of carbohydrates, not a high fat intake. You may have to reduce overall intake, but possibly just fat. Many of us eat lower fat and higher protein.

My fat intake being too high was one of the (many) things that screwed my progress for way longer than needed. Also keep in mind belly fat is usually the last to go for many. Mine didn’t start noticeably going away until I dropped below 15% BF or so.

#24

I never researched or learned what actually ‘Paleo’ consists of and how they ‘handle’ their plan. SO I am no help :clown_face:

but yea you can do anything you want for sure. Just experiment a bit and see where you fit in but make low and slow changes to adding foods that will be new from that Paleo plan and be careful cutting fat too low…fat holds us all mostly in a good area, we truly need it so going lean which is mentioned alot? is that in Paelo? I don’t know but watch yourself in changes. Low and slow and check how you do.

best of luck!! :100:

#25

Thanks just cutting the fat while on keto may help.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #26

It’s a high-fat diet in the sense that we recommend eating more fat than the standard dietary guidelines do. After all, our energy has to come from somewhere, right? And the choice is either glucose or fats, since protein is expensive to metabolise and the body prefers to use it for other purposes.

But fat contains over twice the calories per gram as carbohydrate, so it takes less than half the amount of fat to give us the same number of calories as the carbohydrate we are no longer eating. I did the arithmetic, and it turns out that 133 g of fat and 300 g of carbohydrate both yield 1200 calories. So we need far less fat than you might think to be fully fed.

That is why the advice is “eat fat to satiety,” not “stuff all the fat down your gullet that you can.” (Although you’d never know that from some places on the Internet.) In other words, eat a minimal amount of carbohydrate, a reasonable amount of protein, and enough fat to satisfy your hunger. Don’t eat unless you are hungry, stop eating when your hunger is satisfied, and don’t eat again until you are hungry again. On a day-to-day basis, some days you’ll be hungrier, other days less hungry. But over seven or eight days, it will all balance out and match your energy needs surprisingly precisely.

(Laurie) #27

Yes, just whatever fat is already on the pork chop or whatever. (You can even cut off the excess if you don’t like it.) And not being terrified of using a bit of butter here and there.

It’s not about adding fat to everything. But I think @trucha already knows that :grinning:.