One of the biggest misconceptions out there is we need the eat less to lose weight. This is wrong. Ok, well, not completely wrong. Eating nothing at all is eating less. But that’s getting into a fasted state. That’s not just eating less.
A calorie restricted diet does not help you lose weight. Case in point… me… a year ago… 245 pounds pre keto. I changed my diet, was eating suggested foods that the ADA and the VA suggested. It was low calorie, I was hungry, I wasn’t losing weight. I actually gained some weight, about 5 pounds. I was hungry all the time. I felt like I was starving.
So I went keto. More than just keto. Zero carb keto. I went all in. I was eating twice the calories as before. I lost 40 pounds in two weeks eating about 3,000 calories a day.
So it’s not the calories them selves. It’s what kind, and how often. I went from the suggested 5 meals a day to two meals and eventually down to one meal a day.
Once I learned the dirty little secret about insulin, so many things began to make sense.
When you eat carbs, your insulin goes up. When your insulin goes up you can’t burn fat. It takes a while for insulin to come back down to normal levels. If you. A re eating 5 meals a day (I’m counting snacks as well) then your insulin is just high all the time. It doesn’t go down for very long.
Then there is BMR. Your metabolism. If you eat less, or lower your energy input, your body will adjust its metabolic rate to save energy for the things it needs. You can actually gain weight by eating less. Counterintuitive I know. But by keeping your caloric intake high enough, your body can take care of its needs, and increase its metabolism as to just burn off the excess it doesn’t need.
The human body is an impressive machine.
and still feeling great… no keto flu yet. Hoping to avoid it this time around.