437 lbs to 250 - low carb

You're sensitivity to carbohydrates is primarily a genetic issue. There's not a lot you can do to "repair" it. What you're doing now is practically tricking your body into behaving as if carbohydrates simply aren't available. When you're down to a target weight that you maintain every day, it'll get a bit more rhythmic, but until that happens you're going to be sensitive. Tolerance is just naturally low. I can still gain weight off certain fiber-based foods, which is confounding, but that's just how my body is. A lot of people designed to be fat alternate from being sensitive to insulin activity when they haven't had carbs in a while, to resistant to it when they have carbs routinely. Staying somewhere in between is the hat-trick.
 
Sinister said:
You're sensitivity to carbohydrates is primarily a genetic issue. There's not a lot you can do to "repair" it. What you're doing now is practically tricking your body into behaving as if carbohydrates simply aren't available. When you're down to a target weight that you maintain every day, it'll get a bit more rhythmic, but until that happens you're going to be sensitive. Tolerance is just naturally low. I can still gain weight off certain fiber-based foods, which is confounding, but that's just how my body is. A lot of people designed to be fat alternate from being sensitive to insulin activity when they haven't had carbs in a while, to resistant to it when they have carbs routinely. Staying somewhere in between is the hat-trick.
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Yeah I figured as much, thanks for the information and feedback though!

I don't ever want to routinely eat carbs again (i love the feeling of being keto too much),but it would be nice to have a cheat meal without it delaying my weight loss by 2-3 days or more.
 
Like I said in the future it'll become more rhythmic. Like I don't need to particularly lose any weight. So when I cheat if I gain 2-5lbs, I know it's going to come right back off that next week. And since I'm not trying to get any leaner, that's fine. It's a lot less disheartening.
 
Wrote a guide for weight loss for extremely fat (300+ lb) people:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24521327/fatassguide.pdf

Not going to officially publish it anywhere until I am at my target weight, i'm sure I still have stuff to learn, but this represents the most important lessons and information I have gained thus far.

I know it's tl;dr but if you are a giant fat ass like I was I would recommend reading it.
 
Holy fuck, started using butter yesterday. It makes everything taste so much better than olive oil. In the past I used either olive oil or bacon grease to cook omelettes and meat - but after watching some documentaries and lectures on low carb recently all I heard were the virtues of butter for a ketogenic diet.

Well, I decided to experiment - and I am glad I did. I need the fat in my ketogenic state, but a bonus is also the taste. Chicken in a skillet at medium heat with 2-3 tbsp of butter + montreal seasoning = orgasm in my mouth.

Gonna get a new full body pic up once I hit 300, I am at 305 right now.
 
Nemesis48 said:
Holy fuck, started using butter yesterday. It makes everything taste so much better than olive oil. In the past I used either olive oil or bacon grease to cook omelettes and meat - but after watching some documentaries and lectures on low carb recently all I heard were the virtues of butter for a ketogenic diet.

Well, I decided to experiment - and I am glad I did. I need the fat in my ketogenic state, but a bonus is also the taste. Chicken in a skillet at medium heat with 2-3 tbsp of butter + montreal seasoning = orgasm in my mouth.

Gonna get a new full body pic up once I hit 300, I am at 305 right now.
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Im surprised your just now discovering butter after being LC for this long. My butter of choice is KerryGold (grassfed).
 
K Flow said:
Im surprised your just now discovering butter after being LC for this long. My butter of choice is KerryGold (grassfed).
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Yeah well - it's one of those things where I didn't NEED to use it because i always had olive oil and bacon grease handy. I love the cooking properties of butter though, nothing ever burns onto the pan and it gets soaked up by meat and vegetables. The taste is amazing.

Also I think one of the reasons I delayed using it until now was still a bit of leftover "butter is bad for you" government/corporation installed paranoia. But I did a bunch of independent research and heard some testimonials from LC doctors and speakers I respect and decided to give it a go. I was worried that I wasn't eating enough fat in my diet either - some days when I didn't have bacon or beef at night, I was probably only getting 60-70% my DV, and it needs to be more than 100% considering i'm ketogenic.
 
Especially grassfed butter. As cheap as it is currently, there's no reason not to have it in your fridge. I just wish it was just as easy (and cheap) to find grassfed cream and yogurt.
 
"Butter" has milk in it, thus has lactose, thus has sugar.

How do you stay Keto with butter?
 
hardheart said:
"Butter" has milk in it, thus has lactose, thus has sugar.

How do you stay Keto with butter?
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I dont know if youre being serious or not, only because you've been around the D&S forums for some time now, but you still don't know the nutritional content of butter? The lactose that remains in butter has got to be just trace amounts, as there are 0 grams of sugar per serving of butter, so there's no threat of bumping out of ketosis by consuming butter.
 
K Flow said:
I dont know if youre being serious or not, only because you've been around the D&S forums for some time now, but you still don't know the nutritional content of butter? The lactose that remains in butter has got to be just trace amounts, as there are 0 grams of sugar per serving of butter, so there's no threat of bumping out of ketosis by consuming butter.
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What he said.

You can eat small amounts of carbs (20-30) and stay keto. I eat vegetables on a daily basis and also cheese. I also sometimes eat nuts and seeds. Most butter has 0 carbs.
 
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Nemesis have you experienced any lack in appetite? I know it's sort of common with keto diets.
 
IgnorantBloke said:
Nemesis have you experienced any lack in appetite? I know it's sort of common with keto diets.
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The only time I get hungry is in the morning after my fast period, I am never hungry at any time during the normal day. Never have any desire to snack (and I don't) and only eat at times I have pre-planned.

I guess that means lack of appetite but I don't consider that a bad thing.
 
Trying a 36 hour IF today to see if it's more effective at getting rid of cheat meal related weight - body science mode, engage!
 
Finally at 300 as of today, here's my data for the past few weeks to demonstrate the effect of 36 hour fasts following a cheat meal - they seem to greatly stimulate fat loss and destroy the cheat meal weight rapidly:

2-Feb 309.4 4 slices decadent pizza - baked zitta + bbq chicken
3-Feb 315 2 slices decadent pizza - baked zitta + bbq chicken
4-Feb 313.2
5-Feb 313.2
6-Feb 311
7-Feb 309.4
8-Feb 309.6 brother's bday smokie bones
9-Feb 311.8
10-Feb 310.8
11-Feb 311.2
12-Feb 308.4
13-Feb 306.2
14-Feb 306.8
15-Feb 306.6
16-Feb 307 morning constipated
17-Feb 305.8 3 slices pizza pepperoni grill
18-Feb 308.8
19-Feb 306.8
20-Feb 304.2
21-Feb 304.2
22-Feb 304.6 wtf
23-Feb 304.4 wtf
24-Feb 304.6 taco bell
25-Feb 308 40 hour fast
26-Feb 304.6
27-Feb 303.8
28-Feb 302.4
29-Feb 301.8
1-Mar 301.8 Bowel not empty
2-Mar 301 taco bell +_ 12 midnight small feeding, begin fast
3-Mar 304 36 hour fast
4-Mar 301.6
5-Mar 300.2

Planned on taking pics at 300 or less, so will have some new ones up soon
 
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