Low carb diet question
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Carbs don't make you gain weight. Energy above and beyond that which is required by your body will cause you to gain weight.
How come people dont agree with the Atkins diet then? Strictly because its unhealthy?
bowulf
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The point with any weight loss program is to develop long term eating and exercise habits. For example, with Atkins there is no "after" there is a OWL and pre-maintenance phase where you add carbs and other foods back into your diet until you start gaining weight. In the final maintenance phase, you could be eating what other people would consider "normal." Even at goal, I am still probably eating below what others consider normal. (50g or less/day) As for why people add weight after going back to a high carb diet from a low carb, some is definitely the glycogen refill in your muscles.
I hope this helps, and if you have any questions, feel free to PM me.
Some do, some don't. I don't think there is a general concensus out there that Atkins is bad or wrong.
Some just think it isn't good for long term adherence. That said, I know many who have used it with success.
Do I recommend it? No.
Why?
Because I have had much more success having someone follow a balanced diet that contains carbs. They enjoy it more. But there are a select few who don't handle carbs well. They need more rigid parameters.
there are also some folks who never read the atkins book or researched the plan and saw it as carte blanche to have 1 dozen eggs for breakfast and a lb of bacon - plus all the meat you want... so the diet got a lot of bad press because of people's misconceptions.
It really has no interest to me because there's no point to butter if i can't put it on a potato or slice of toast.. I'd rather have everything inmoderation..
Isnt it the Endomorph which supposedly doesnt handle carbs well?
I've currently gone below 20g of carbs for two days, how long should i give it until i decide whether its working or not?
Low carbs doesn't make you lose weight. Make sure you understand that. The idea of atkins it they minimize one of the three macronutrients; carbs.
This in turn reduces carlories.
You lose weight because you are reducing calories.
So, if you weren't losing weight before by watching calories, you won't lose it with atkins.
Calories in vs. calories out trump all diets.
This in turn reduces carlories.
You lose weight because you are reducing calories.
So, if you weren't losing weight before by watching calories, you won't lose it with atkins.
Calories in vs. calories out trump all diets.
And because there are no carbs in the diet, the body's new primary source of energy is bodyfat. So you lose fat quicker.
Thats what i heard anyway.
Then why does Tom Venuto advise to cycle carbs if you hit a plateau? Low carbs must do something to make you lose fat again.
Carb cycling has more to do with hormonal control than anything else. When people become lean, your body begins to oppose any more fat/weight loss. This is when starvation signals are sent.
Cycling carbs/calories confuses your body. You can trick it, making it think that you are not dieting. (not that our bodies think, but you know what I mean)
Cycling carbs/calories confuses your body. You can trick it, making it think that you are not dieting. (not that our bodies think, but you know what I mean)
I dont know if its just me but i cant copy/paste from a link i found written by Tom.
But like i said, it forces your body to burn fat, Tom Venuto says so himself on that link.
He recommends moderate carbs though, nothing too drastic.
And yea im aware you actually know him better.
And he also says you can infact gain tons of fat back when you have normal carb intake after being restricted for a while.
But like i said, it forces your body to burn fat, Tom Venuto says so himself on that link.
He recommends moderate carbs though, nothing too drastic.
And yea im aware you actually know him better.
And he also says you can infact gain tons of fat back when you have normal carb intake after being restricted for a while.
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Yes, I know Tom.
I never said I agree with everything Tom says. We have had numerous discussions/debates on numerous topics.
Some people fare better with low carbs. However, based on my own experience with myself and those I have helped..... the majority of people have fared better following a balanced diet more than anything else.
Don't forget, we are talking generalities here. I, myself, concentrate my carb intake mostly around times of activity. But I do have carbs at every meal. It's just that my carb intake is much, much higher in meals that are close to activity.
I never said I agree with everything Tom says. We have had numerous discussions/debates on numerous topics.
Some people fare better with low carbs. However, based on my own experience with myself and those I have helped..... the majority of people have fared better following a balanced diet more than anything else.
Don't forget, we are talking generalities here. I, myself, concentrate my carb intake mostly around times of activity. But I do have carbs at every meal. It's just that my carb intake is much, much higher in meals that are close to activity.
Well then i'll at least try the low carb approach and see what happens.
By the way you know that week where i upped my cardio a lot and lost nothing? Well after i weighed in on the Saturday and found i didnt lose anything, i lost motivation and had a lot of calories for the rest of the day and Sunday (it was Easter) then on the Monday morning i weighted in and lost 1lb of BF (BF% went down 0.4) and gained 0.1% muscle mass.
I dont understand why though, do you have any idea?
Man, hear me when I say this:
You over-analyze everything to death. And I would honestly place a bet if there was a bookie out there dumb enough to accept it and there was a way to prove it, that your over-analysis of everything is what keeps your weight loss stagnant.
I am really not being mean. At least I am not trying to be.
I am saying, I think you need to sit back and let nature play its course. If you think low carb is the approach for you, great. Try it. But stick with it for a good month. And don't be silly and think that low carb over-rules an energy deficit. You can be low carbing all you want, but if you are in an energy surplus, you are STILL going to gain weight!
Best of luck to ya.
Thanks.
I'm starting to regret this low carb thing already, i tried my workout today after about 50 hours of low carbs and i couldnt lift anything.
I managed to do 3 squats before failure, and 3X6 military press. Bench press was probably the worst.
Is this effect only for the first few days?
When you go low carb diet is a disguised "low calorie" diet. When you cut carbs, you cut a major part of the calories that you used to consume. Now when you start eating carbs again, you usually eat a lot more calories. This is where people get into trouble.
If you keep the same amount of calories that you have been eating on the low carb diet and add some healthy and unprocessed carbs to replace it, you should be fine.
If you keep the same amount of calories that you have been eating on the low carb diet and add some healthy and unprocessed carbs to replace it, you should be fine.