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My plan is to reduce fats if I find that my stagnation in weight loss continues. But I asked Zand to see how she might deal with weight regulation.
My plan is to reduce fats if I find that my stagnation in weight loss continues. But I asked Zand to see how she might deal with weight regulation.Well, you have3 variables you can play with. Protein, fat and carbs. If I were you (which I am obviously not) I would be combining rigorous testing with reducing one of those variables at a time - then you can find what works for you.
I might choose to forego on satiety. I eat a lot.Not really if you put satiety into the equation. Is it actually physically possible to overeat on fats alone taking into account the very, very low insulin response to fats wrt to gaining bodyweight? Because we are all different whether we are aiming for weight loss, improved bg or both this can also change when we arrive at the state of satisfactory bodyweight and bg and then work to maintain. Which is exactly the theme of the OP.
Why? If you are hungry it makes life more difficult. I was hungry this evening so had a coffee with cream. No carbs (well 1g at most) and have no hunger now. Also cutting calories can slow the metabolism.I might choose to forego on satiety.
I have followed low fat diets for years. They don't work long term for me. I have worked hard in the past few years to increase my calorie intake. If you have never tried to lose weight before then cutting calories by reducing fats may work for you. It does seem to work better for men than women as females have more complicated hormones.My plan is to reduce fats if I find that my stagnation in weight loss continues. But I asked Zand to see how she might deal with weight regulation.
I see. I eat a lot of fat. Cream cheese, full fat milk, loads of double cream, Greek yogurt with the fat content, streaky bacon, fattier grades of mince etc etc. I eat tons of it.I have followed low fat diets for years. They don't work long term for me. I have worked hard in the past few years to increase my calorie intake. If you have never tried to lose weight before then cutting calories by reducing fats may work for you. It does seem to work better for men than women as females have more complicated hormones.
To forego satiety is a sure way to failure. You may as well just use CICO.I might choose to forego on satiety. I eat a lot.
Has it occurred to you that your 'moderate' carb level may not be moderate enough, just a thought.I see. I eat a lot of fat. Cream cheese, full fat milk, loads of double cream, Greek yogurt with the fat content etc etc. I eat tons of it.
I ideally need to get my bmi down a bit more.
So at what point do you call satiety?To forego satiety is a sure way to failure. You may as well just use CICO.
I have been losing weight at 2 kilos a month since February.Has it occurred to you that your 'moderate' carb level may not be moderate enough, just a thought.
People often stall, the reasons are sometimes unclear. Weightloss is about carbs and about insulin, you do the maths.I have been losing weight at 2 kilos a month since February.
I appreciate your help. It does however clash a little with other forum opinion. So my plan is to reduce my fat intake, not to low levels, but to not quite so high levels. I get through a lot of double cream so I can afford to adjust down a little there and see what happens. If it doesn’t work I will think again.People often stall, the reasons are sometimes unclear. Weightloss is about carbs and about insulin, you do the maths.
What is clear is that you are free to choose which macro to adjust.
Satisfied but not overfull. It can take some people a while to 'get it'.So at what point do you call satiety?
I think I overeat even now. So I have some wriggle room.
To get back to @achyut1939 's original post. I think he is probably doing the right thing for himself, if it isn't broke don't fix it, but that doesn't translate to the right solution for everyone else.
I can't think of a better way of putting this but the long term consequences are not so long term for him as they are for some of our younger members. Also we have the dietary choices that he may not have. Changing his diet of rice and vegetables may well have religious, cultural or just a lifetime of familiarity to contend with.
broccolli,califlower,spinach etc...Could you expand this "green stuff" a bit for me, please.
I would imagine there is another variable and that is activity levels.Well, you have3 variables you can play with. Protein, fat and carbs. If I were you (which I am obviously not) I would be combining rigorous testing with reducing one of those variables at a time - then you can find what works for you.
If you are a type 2 diabetic, you can eat your normal daily diet, which you are accustomed. It is not necessary to eat LCHF diet. However, you should control the portion size of your diet to less than 120 carbs per day, and take insulin/medicines of required dosage. This is my personal opinion only. I am 80 years old. I am having type 2 diabetes from 30 years. I eat cooked rice-vegetable diet every day limiting it to 120 carbs per day. I take 30/70 premixed insulin 40 units before breakfast, and 20 units before dinner. My bg levels are under control, except for occasional hypers, and hypos. I do not have any diabetic complications till now. I would like to invite the opinion/comments of the other members on this.
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