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So after almost 4 months I find I'm eating a lot more protein than many LCHF people advocate. Whether or not this is a good thing is up for debate as there's seems to be a lack of clear information.
I've also not lost any weight in the last couple of months. It has fluctuated around 82-83KG. I don't know why this is. It has been suggested it's insulin resistance or stress or whatever. This is frustrating because shifting the weight would be very healthy.
People talk about intermittent fasting quite a lot, in connection with LCHF. This ahas been suggested to me many times and I have to say, in all honesty, I am not comfortable with the idea. If people don't feel hungry then by all means don't eat, but that should come naturally, IMO. To starve myself, which is how it feels, seems a bad thing. There is also the question as to whether this is healthy in terms of cortisol and blood sugar as I have read that it affects both. The latter might noe be an issue for me, but if I suffer from stress that means high cortisol which isn't a good thing.
However I feel hungry enough that eating even twice (never mind once) a day is a big ask.
Unfortunately I don't have any other answers to the stall I am in. My experience in dealing with the online keto community at large is not terribly positive. There are so many differing and even conflicting opinions, all put forward no doubt honestly and earnestly, that people become very angry very quickly if you dare to question the person giving advice. I don't know who's telling the truth, or who has the facts. But I cannot deal with the evangelists; they are doing this cause no good at all. It's already difficult enough when the medical community at large is still wedded to the dietary orthodoxy of carbs/balance.
I've also not lost any weight in the last couple of months. It has fluctuated around 82-83KG. I don't know why this is. It has been suggested it's insulin resistance or stress or whatever. This is frustrating because shifting the weight would be very healthy.
People talk about intermittent fasting quite a lot, in connection with LCHF. This ahas been suggested to me many times and I have to say, in all honesty, I am not comfortable with the idea. If people don't feel hungry then by all means don't eat, but that should come naturally, IMO. To starve myself, which is how it feels, seems a bad thing. There is also the question as to whether this is healthy in terms of cortisol and blood sugar as I have read that it affects both. The latter might noe be an issue for me, but if I suffer from stress that means high cortisol which isn't a good thing.
However I feel hungry enough that eating even twice (never mind once) a day is a big ask.
Unfortunately I don't have any other answers to the stall I am in. My experience in dealing with the online keto community at large is not terribly positive. There are so many differing and even conflicting opinions, all put forward no doubt honestly and earnestly, that people become very angry very quickly if you dare to question the person giving advice. I don't know who's telling the truth, or who has the facts. But I cannot deal with the evangelists; they are doing this cause no good at all. It's already difficult enough when the medical community at large is still wedded to the dietary orthodoxy of carbs/balance.