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high fat was not necessary - high exercise was not necessary

Well I congratulate you too, well done. But as some have said it isn't as easy for women. I too have been low carb (under 50) and I haven't lost any weight either, despite exercising. Done this for 3 yrs now and still no weight loss.
 
dawnmc said:
Well I congratulate you too, well done. But as some have said it isn't as easy for women. I too have been low carb (under 50) and I haven't lost any weight either, despite exercising. Done this for 3 yrs now and still no weight loss.
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Losing weight is a tough gig you have my sympathy it took me 71 years but I previously did not worry too much.

You have my sympathy but that does not help you lose weight

You have to outsmart your body that desperately wants to store fat in case you need it.

In engineering when I stike an "impossible situation" I use what I call the " Island Theory"

The Island Theory is you would think of something that works if it was the only way to get you off a desert island.
 
dawnmc said:
Well I congratulate you too, well done. But as some have said it isn't as easy for women. I too have been low carb (under 50) and I haven't lost any weight either, despite exercising. Done this for 3 yrs now and still no weight loss.
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try under 30...you need to find the trigger point of storage and burning,,some people will lay down fat at 50g of carb ..

no fructose..fruits /juice /sugars [and the 100 names they use to hide them]

 
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To be honest Ive even tried under 10 grams. I used Dana Carpenders fat fast, zilch. I thought it might not be too healthy to do it more than a week, its only recommended to do it for 4 days and weight loss would come. PMSL it just didn't .
 
Hello @dawnmc
That sounds very odd do you think you might not have given it a long enough trial - like I was previously saying taking it to a silly limit like 10 years do you think your weight would not reduce.
 
dawnmc said:
To be honest Ive even tried under 10 grams. I used Dana Carpenders fat fast, zilch. I thought it might not be too healthy to do it more than a week, its only recommended to do it for 4 days and weight loss would come. PMSL it just didn't .
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I would go to a bariatric specialist..do all the tests and see if there is a hormone/gland problem
if you watched the video, there's also the leptin that is a factor among other things
 
dawnmc said:
To be honest Ive even tried under 10 grams. I used Dana Carpenders fat fast, zilch. I thought it might not be too healthy to do it more than a week, its only recommended to do it for 4 days and weight loss would come. PMSL it just didn't .
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Thyroid? I had serious thyroid issues even with TSH well in range but with all the symptoms.
 
No idea. Even went to the doctor to see if he would refer me to an endocrinologist, he said there was no money in the kitty, so there you go. I did get my thyroid tested but apparently its fine.
I think 3 years is long enough to 'give' it a go. Ive no other choice than to eat this way. I'm not vastly over weight, 2 stones to lose - only put that weight on after hysterectomy. But heyho.
 
zand said:
No I'm afraid it doesn't help at all. I am trying to tell you that your way doesn't work for everyone.

It's the calories in calories out view of weight loss that helped to mess up my metabolism. I cut down more and more and didn't lose weight. Back then I walked a brisk 2 miles every day for months and either put on weight or stayed the same. The advice from professionals was dreadful. But of course rather than admit it was dreadful it was 'my fault' for not sticking to the diets!

I don't eat too much fruit, I low carb. I have struggled with exercise this winter because I have had coughs and colds and am asthmatic. I have had counselling to help with depression. Back in the Summer/early Autumn I walked 2 miles most days and one day on holiday I walked 14 miles.

I assure you I am enthusiastic about losing weight and have been for 25 years. I have lost some weight but it is really difficult, and I am not alone in this, many women have the same problem as me.

Now I am over my illnesses I am starting to lower carb again. I am aiming for less than 30g and am increasing my fat intake and NOT counting calories, because all calories are not equal. This I believe has been my mistake. I am still not eating enough fat, but I am getting closer.

I am truly pleased that your method works for you, but if there is someone else out there like me, I want them to know that they are not alone in their weightloss struggle.
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Zand, when I read some of your posts I feel like I could have written them.

I'm finding it so hard at the minute. Since Jan 1st I lost 5lbs, strictly sticking to 30g carbs a day. Whereas when I first started low carbing back in 2010, I lost 2 and a half stone in 5 months. It just fell off. Unfortunately the weight loss pretty much stopped. I have been Very LC since and I lose a few pounds here and there, get dispondant eat naughty for a week or so and find I've put on 9lbs in 2 weeks! I've recently had my female hormones checked and apparently they are all fine. It's so depressing.

It goes on soooo much easier than it comes off.:arghh:

:wacky: Oh well chin up and keep trying, that's all we can do.
 
Lenny3 said:
Zand, when I read some of your posts I feel like I could have written them.

I'm finding it so hard at the minute. Since Jan 1st I lost 5lbs, strictly sticking to 30g carbs a day. Whereas when I first started low carbing back in 2010, I lost 2 and a half stone in 5 months. It just fell off. Unfortunately the weight loss pretty much stopped. I have been Very LC since and I lose a few pounds here and there, get dispondant eat naughty for a week or so and find I've put on 9lbs in 2 weeks! I've recently had my female hormones checked and apparently they are all fine. It's so depressing.

It goes on soooo much easier than it comes off.:arghh:

:wacky: Oh well chin up and keep trying, that's all we can do.
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I've just had a weight loss plateau of about 4 months. But I still class myself as slowly losing weight (on LCHF) because in the last year I have lost 21 lbs, stopped losing in October, then last week, unexpectedly, another 4 lbs!

But I never expected to lose weight. for me, it is all about the blood glucose.

After years of insidious, steady, slow weight gain, I take the view that stable blood glucose and stable weight is a triumph.
Losing any weight at all is a bloomin miracle.

And (this is a very important point) just because the bog standard basic tests run by your doc haven't turned up a hormone problem doesn't mean that you haven't got one.

I was undiagnosed for about 15 years, then an enlightened doc (at a family planning clinic, of all places) decided to check a few things, and voila! weird hormone shenanigans an unusual diagnosis, and suddenly consultants are nodding understandingly and congratulating me if I lose even a pound in weight.

Its quite refreshing, after decades of doctors patronising me about failing to slim down, and blaming every weird symptom on my inability to use a modicum of self control...
 
Brunneria said:
I've just had a weight loss plateau of about 4 months. But I still class myself as slowly losing weight (on LCHF) because in the last year I have lost 21 lbs, stopped losing in October, then last week, unexpectedly, another 4 lbs!

But I never expected to lose weight. for me, it is all about the blood glucose.

After years of insidious, steady, slow weight gain, I take the view that stable blood glucose and stable weight is a triumph.
Losing any weight at all is a bloomin miracle.

And (this is a very important point) just because the bog standard basic tests run by your doc haven't turned up a hormone problem doesn't mean that you haven't got one.

I was undiagnosed for about 15 years, then an enlightened doc (at a family planning clinic, of all places) decided to check a few things, and voila! weird hormone shenanigans an unusual diagnosis, and suddenly consultants are nodding understandingly and congratulating me if I lose even a pound in weight.

Its quite refreshing, after decades of doctors patronising me about failing to slim down, and blaming every weird symptom on my inability to use a modicum of self control...
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I am going to see if I can get a print out of my results. The Endo did say that my symptoms do seem to go with me having PCOS but as I have a contraceptive implant it would be hard to diagnose.
 
@forge Another thing I should have said to you was - well done on your weight loss :) You're fortunate that you had a professional who gave you good advice - I so wish I had had that help - but you did all the work in losing the weight :) I know you weren't picking on me, and I'm sorry if it seemed I was picking on you. I just get frustrated about not losing weight. Having said that, I am hopeful that it may shift with having less than 30g carbs a day.

You have helped me a little by mentioning fructose because that is something I need to keep an eye on. I am sure the bit about losing weight while we sleep is correct because it was even harder for me to lose weight when I had months of broken sleep.
 
forge said:
Hello @Ali H
I like to use professionals not forum advice!
Maybe you are not type 2
Fruit and those juicers are a problem when my brother cut those out it helped far too much sugar in fruit.
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Fruit and juicers, what fruit and juicers lol? The only fruit I have is a small amount of berries in yoghurt, that's it. No satsumas, oranges, apples, pears etc, zilch. I track stuff on my fitness pal and endomondo, believe me cals in and cals out is a misnomer....... I can regularly come in under my TDEE which is set for a 2lb a week weight loss, ie 900 cals below a maintenance calorie intake, and still I lose nothing! I walk daily.
 
jack412 said:
there was a fluid drop the first weeks then I stabilised/plateau...then I lost 13kg in fits and starts and have stabilised again,,I eat too much..

my pleb T2 opinion is you cut your carbs and get the insulin resistance down which reduces the amount of insulin in your system, this may be 20g of carb or it may be 150g of carb, the more insulin resistant, the less carbs
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when your BG is in normal range and not flushed with insulin, the switch is turned from insulin induced storage to being able to use what is stored.

to lose weight..also make sure you don't eat too much protein..google your RDA it will be between 45-70g..
20g protein is equivalent to meat / fish that will fit in a sardine tin
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Nope not too much protein and I am low carbing, averaging around 40 grams a day now including fibre because for some reason I seem to have to bolus for so called insoluble fibres.
 
dawnmc said:
To be honest Ive even tried under 10 grams. I used Dana Carpenders fat fast, zilch. I thought it might not be too healthy to do it more than a week, its only recommended to do it for 4 days and weight loss would come. PMSL it just didn't .
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Have you ever thought it may be genetic or as Brunneria said hormonal. Not all overweight is due to eating
 
Ali H said:
Fruit and juicers, what fruit and juicers lol? The only fruit I have is a small amount of berries in yoghurt, that's it. No satsumas, oranges, apples, pears etc, zilch. I track stuff on my fitness pal and endomondo, believe me cals in and cals out is a misnomer....... I can regularly come in under my TDEE which is set for a 2lb a week weight loss, ie 900 cals below a maintenance calorie intake, and still I lose nothing! I walk daily.
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Have you ever tried LCHF? It just might work.
 
Totto I am on LCHF, I am eating around 40g of carbs a day mainly derived from veg and salad. Hence no potatoes, bread, rice, pasta etc as discussed earlier.

Ali
 
Ali H said:
Totto I am on LCHF, I am eating around 40g of carbs a day mainly derived from veg and salad. Hence no potatoes, bread, rice, pasta etc as discussed earlier.

Ali
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Are you? I got the impression you were restricting calories. Sorry, my bad.
 
Bluetit1802 said:
You can do both, very successfully. I am living proof of it. I am still having to count calories in order to stop losing.
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Yeah I know you did loose weight.
But the basic thing with LCHF is that you don't need to count calories and that counting calories often stops weight loss.
 
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