adefwebserver's Journal, 29 September 2018

A person can only share their own experience and allow you to evaluate it. Telling someone else what they should do or trying to shame them is deadly.

If I tell a Type 1 diabetic to follow my low carb eating and then go for a run, because their pancreas cannot produce the insulin needed to prevent hypoglycemia, *that-advise-will-kill-them*.

In the same way, a insulin resistant person will have skyrocketing blood sugar levels if they think they can suck down 200 carbs a day like they see others doing. Forget about losing weight (I’ve been on this site for 8 years and during the first 6 years was only able to lose 15 pounds (2.5lbs a year))

So, I can only share my - OWN - experience:

🌟 For me insulin matters. Calories do not make me fat, insulin makes me fat. In *my* body (I don’t know about ‘yours’) insulin production is affected by the amount of carbs I consume. If I do not reduce my carbs I will not lose weight, period.

All my conclusions are backed my data I recorded day by day for the past 5 months. Even when a person is talking about their own experience, ask them to show you their data. Examine their data for yourself.

Here are my numbers:

🌟 May [194lbs-188lbs] : 551kcal (Fat: 25.63g, Protein: 23.44g, Carbs: 60.27g)
🌟 June [188lbs-177lbs] : 585kcal (Fat: 28.99g, Protein: 33.04g, Carbs: 46.91g)
🌟 July [177lbs-167lbs] : 797kcal (Fat: 50.53g, Protein: 59.97g, Carbs: 28.35g)

Notice in July my calories went UP but my carbs went DOWN and I still lost weight.

In August and September I had weeks where I intentionally gained weight to ‘bulk up’ for weight lifting so my calories went UP, however, if I only consume 1500 calories a day I am STILL in a calorie DEFICIT. So, it ‘looks like’ when I double my calories I stop losing weight:

🌟 August [168lbs-169lbs] : 1446kcal (Fat: 73.07g, Protein: 127.94g, Carbs: 64.82g)
🌟 September[168lbs-168lbs] : 1359kcal (Fat: 73.43g, Protein: 117.52g, Carbs: 46.79g)

This is where people will say: “See! It is only the CALORIES that matter! You just need to eat less and move more to lose weight! Simple! You Keto people are So Stupid for believing all that ‘insulin resistant’ crap!”

But let’s look “inside” the averages:

*My* raw numbers for September:

01 - 168lbs - Calories: 2982 Carbs: 90
02 - 169lbs - Calories: 1975 Carbs: 49
03 - 172lbs - Calories: 2273 Carbs: 19
04 - 174lbs - Calories: 865 Carbs: 10
05 - ---lbs - Calories: 920 Carbs: 12
06 - 171lbs - Calories: 920 Carbs: 12
07 - 171lbs - Calories: 920 Carbs: 12
08 - 167lbs - Calories: 1180 Carbs: 15
09 - 168lbs - Calories: 1440 Carbs: 18
10 - 169lbs - Calories: 920 Carbs: 12
11 - 169lbs - Calories: 920 Carbs: 12
12 - 169lbs - Calories: 660 Carbs: 9
13 - 168lbs - Calories: 2122 Carbs: 111
14 - ---lbs - Calories: 2231 Carbs: 148
15 - ---lbs - Calories: 2151 Carbs: 166
16 - ---lbs - Calories: 3420 Carbs: 313
17 - 178lbs - Calories: 920 Carbs: 12
18 - 178lbs - Calories: 920 Carbs: 12
19 - 176lbs - Calories: 920 Carbs: 12
20 - 175lbs - Calories: 1080 Carbs: 19
21 - 175lbs - Calories: 580 Carbs: 9
22 - 172lbs - Calories: 1310 Carbs: 18
23 - 170lbs - Calories: 2491 Carbs: 113
24 - 171lbs - Calories: 790 Carbs: 12
25 - 170lbs - Calories: 900 Carbs: 15
26 - 170lbs - Calories: 565 Carbs: 12
27 - 168lbs - Calories: 860 Carbs: 18
28 - 169lbs - Calories: 1260 Carbs: 74
29 - 168lbs - Calories: 930 Carbs: 18

Let’s looks at the data :

🌟 The biggest gain (10lbs) was from the 13th – 17th (168lbs-178lbs) - 9,924 calories - 738 carbs)
🌟 The biggest loss (10lbs) was from 18th – 27th (178lbs-168lbs) - 9,556 calories – 222 carbs)

Insights:

🌟 When I consume 1,984 calories a day for 5 days I gain weight
🌟 When I consume 955 calories a day for 10 days I lose weight
🌟 When I consume 147 carbs a day for 5 days I gain weight
🌟 When I consume 22 carbs a day for 10 days I lose weight

Analysis:

🌟 It would SEEM as if when I double my calories I will gain weight (quickly!) However, we have to assume my weight maintenance is NOT 900 calories (because I lose weight at those calories) so it has to be higher. According to: https://www.cnpp.usda.gov/sites/default/files/usda_food_patterns/EstimatedCalorieNeedsPerDayTable.pdf a 50 year old ‘sedentary’ man burns 1800 calories a day. So 100 EXTRA calories a day will cause me to gain 10lbs in 5 days?? This is where I have to just say that this makes no sense to me. The numbers do not add up.
🌟 However, if I LOSE weight on 22 carbs a day, we can assume that my maintenance is 40 carbs a day. If I then consume 147 carbs a day I am increasing my carbs over my maintenance level by 3.6 times! This would cause my body to produce a MAGNITUDE more insulin and move more glycogen into my cells. Each gram of glycogen stored requires 3-4 grams of water so the majority of this weight gain is this ‘water weight’ not fat, but there *is* fat also being stored by the insulin.

Conclusion:

This is why I feel insulin, controlled by the amount of carbs I consume, is the primary factor for my weight gain or loss.

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1330 kcal

Fat: 89.00g | Prot: 86.00g | Carb: 44.00g.   Breakfast: Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream. Dinner: Hillshire Farm Polska Kielbasa, Wegmans Zucchini Noodles. Snacks/Other: Just the Cheese Grilled Cheese Crunchy Baked Cheese, Quest Oatmeal Raisin Protein Cookie, Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream. more...

2416 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 1 hour, Resting - 15 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...