Keto vs Macros

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My prefered method is steak, seafood and eggs.

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Yep - knock it out and good luck!

In case you missed it we have a Keto community here on tigerdroppings...

LINK

Keto is all about macro counting also, just in a different way. Read the thread I linked above and it will explain most of your questions.

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Thanks guys. I had a sports nutritionist figure out my macros last time I did this. I think I'm going to go the IIFYM route. I really don't want to lose performance.

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just use this, select the leangains option and use that as your macros then.

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The cult of keto has gotten out of hand here

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shite is easy and works. gfy if the OP wants to give keto a go.

Longer fasting periods have more effect than stressing over macros. To lose fat you just lower insulin which is easiest to do by not eating. Carbs and protein raise insulin, carbs moreso. Fat does not. If you eat once a day, your insulin can raise, to what extent depends what you consumed, but your body will go through the process and insulin will drop back down. It will remain down and begin signaling your body to fat burn until you eat again.

Healthy unprocessed carbs during your feeding window, especially when paired with fat and protein, will not spike it out of this world. It's a balanced meal and you'll go right back to burning stores of fat after insulin goes down.

Your body does not have a hormonal signal for calories. Plenty of research showing that certain populations in a study were drastically over fed and their bodies kicked into gear to burn it up. You have a set body weight point, basically your body trying to remain in homeostasis. At extreme levels, the body won't keep up so weight gain will occur but eventually if those extreme calories are dropped back to the previous standard diet of the person, the body throws that weight right back away within a pretty short time frame. That is due to metabolic rate. Caloric restriction will lower your metabolic rate. Look up the biggest loser study. It also is true that a lower insulin diet such as keto is better at preserving muscle mass and metabolic rate. But if you are eating healthy carbs and only once a day, you're insulin can still be very low allowing you to eat a little more flexibly.

A week researching fasting, hormonal influences of macros, and listening to Dr. Jason Fung will tell you more than anyone here as far as diet goes. Of course not everyone is the same and as a woman, you'll find the myths that women are hurt even more by fasting than men, which is not true. After fasting , women benefit more from lower Ghrelin than men do.

the research on insulin really is amazing. I was sloppy earlier trying to explain about the calories. On a caloric restriction, you may eat four meals and stay within your restriction, but the insulin spikes signal your body to continue to store that as fat, eventually leading your body to adapt to that restriction as the new baseline. It really is neat and amazing that people have been lied to for so many years.