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I'm still thinking you are eating too much!!! Setting off all kinds of hormone reactions. That's why fasting works so well for some people. I'm not suggesting fasting but eating 'enormous' amounts of food isnt good for anyone and surely is spiking insulin and leptin. Like azure, I like to eat every few hours but very small meals. Half an avocado and a slice of turkey size. Then 3-4 pecans a few hours later. Maybe a few olives.
Until you bring your insulin and leptin levels down the hunger most likely will not go away. Eat a normal meal. I small piece of chicken and some veggies and be done with it. Remember, protein spikes insulin and leptin almost as much as carbs so to be keto you NEED to watch protein just as much. Maybe try a fat fast for a day or two. Avocado, a few raw vlc veggies in a mayo based dip, egg Yolk ( no whites) and mayo. Atkins website has fat fast ideas or just google it. You need to bring down insulin and leptin or I'm afraid nothing will change.
How would we know this? The keto orthodoxy tells me the opposite: i've even had someone tell me to go as far as 2700 calories by gorging myself on fat. I couldn't begin to imagine how much fat you'd need to eat to do that. I couldn't manage it, no matter how healthy fats turn out to be.
You could be right. I don't know. But i've tried all sorts of different nutrient ranges and none of them seem to make a difference. If this kind of hunger was a symptom of insulin and leptin resistance - which we haven't even established for certain - then why can't i find others who have similar experiences?
Isn't fat not supposed to spike insulin? How can my insulin be spiked if i'm insulin resistant, and if I am why have I experienced blood sugar crashes before? The recommended diet for fixing insulin resistance is this diet, so how can we know that is the cause of it as well?
Yes, too much protein can affect insulin, but what is the threshold?
I've been following the established macros because that is the only guide a newbie has on this diet, and it's what the community advocates above all else. So if the macros are throwing up values that cause these problems, why can't i find anyone else experiencing them?
I have no idea what's going on and following your example, which I don't doubt works for you, would mean following what appears to be an extreme level of calories. You are on less than 1000. I don't know if that's normal, I have no idea what your physical qualities are that might play a part. What I do know is that would put me at a huge deficit.