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<blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2160902" data-attributes="member: 506169"><p>Hi TerryJK,</p><p>You really seem to be doing well. Don't concern yourself that you aren't finding it the same as others - we really are all different. Some only need to reduce Carbs slightly to get the Low Carb effect, others need to go all the way down into Keto. Some go into Keto on 40gms of Carbs per day, others need to be down to 20gms or less.</p><p></p><p>Use your common sense and your BG meter and weight to tell you what works for you.</p><p>Your BG figures are great for such early days - so no worries there. However you may want to test both before and 2hrs after every meal until you know how different foods in different quantities affect you.</p><p></p><p>LCHF is a very broad spectrum of 'Ways of Eating'. The main reason for including the High Fat (or Healthy Fat) part is because it is important to get your body 'fat adapted' before reducing Calories too much - this way when your Calorie intake is low your body just uses up some of its fat stores (mainly the bad visceral fat around your internal organs) and so you still have plenty of energy while losing weight and maintaining good BG levels!</p><p>If somebody goes straight onto a very low Calorie diet without being Fat adapted, the Insulin from what Carbs they eat will still prevent them burning up their stored fat and so the metabolic rate lowers to 'starvation mode' - making further weight gain almost inevitable when the diet restriction is slightly eased! <strong>Note that this reduction in metabolic rate doesn't happen when fasting - so skipping some meals (Intermittent Fasting) , or even fasting for several days at a time don't cause this rebound or YoYo effect.</strong></p><p></p><p>So what the Higher Fat content of LCHF does is to give your body time to adjust to running off Fat without restricting Calories, like preparation for the main event. If you don't feel hungry, or low in energy, then you almost certainly are 'fat adapted' and you are losing your visceral fat making up the Calorific deficit.<strong> That is why Calories don't matter!</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianf0ster, post: 2160902, member: 506169"] Hi TerryJK, You really seem to be doing well. Don't concern yourself that you aren't finding it the same as others - we really are all different. Some only need to reduce Carbs slightly to get the Low Carb effect, others need to go all the way down into Keto. Some go into Keto on 40gms of Carbs per day, others need to be down to 20gms or less. Use your common sense and your BG meter and weight to tell you what works for you. Your BG figures are great for such early days - so no worries there. However you may want to test both before and 2hrs after every meal until you know how different foods in different quantities affect you. LCHF is a very broad spectrum of 'Ways of Eating'. The main reason for including the High Fat (or Healthy Fat) part is because it is important to get your body 'fat adapted' before reducing Calories too much - this way when your Calorie intake is low your body just uses up some of its fat stores (mainly the bad visceral fat around your internal organs) and so you still have plenty of energy while losing weight and maintaining good BG levels! If somebody goes straight onto a very low Calorie diet without being Fat adapted, the Insulin from what Carbs they eat will still prevent them burning up their stored fat and so the metabolic rate lowers to 'starvation mode' - making further weight gain almost inevitable when the diet restriction is slightly eased! [B]Note that this reduction in metabolic rate doesn't happen when fasting - so skipping some meals (Intermittent Fasting) , or even fasting for several days at a time don't cause this rebound or YoYo effect.[/B] So what the Higher Fat content of LCHF does is to give your body time to adjust to running off Fat without restricting Calories, like preparation for the main event. If you don't feel hungry, or low in energy, then you almost certainly are 'fat adapted' and you are losing your visceral fat making up the Calorific deficit.[B] That is why Calories don't matter![/B] [/QUOTE]
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