You: "in the morning you will have low blood sugars"
Cubit: Morning BG is about 90. No low blood sugar here.
You assert that going too many hours at night without food leads to: "your
body will not have been able to use up or lose any fat for at least 7 or 8
hours" This is absurd.
You: "I eat a low-carb snack anywhere from 9 to maybe 10:30 in the evening.
That way I am not starved by morning."
Cubit: Night time hunger and eating is generally regarded as an eating
problem. I do not feel starved in the morning.
You: "Calories are a confusing distraction that does not work in the real
world."
Cubit: The only reason people report failure of caloric restriction is that
they cheat. The body is designed to prevent low calorie eating. The
calorically restricted generally become delusional about portion sizes.
You: "In fact, going hungry at all, is counter productive and is probably
what is holding you back right now."
Cubit: I am at normal weight. I'm doing maintenance because I had a biopsy
done, and it is normal for me to be bleeding internally for about 2 months.
Losing weight while the body repairs itself seemed like a bad idea. I don't
have cancer, but will need a minor operation in a month or two. Someday,
I'll drop an additional 10 pounds, but not just yet. I do avoid hunger when
doing weightloss.
320/153/?
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Quoted message said:
Cubit said:In adjusting to a maintenance mode I am embracing social dinners with
friends. I eat low carb. My problem is that I am adapted to eating
small
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:meals through the day, and then nothing after 6 or 7 PM.
If you are eating nothing after 6 or 7 pm then that is a major problem.
You are going without food for at least 12 hours of the day. That means
that by the time you get up in the morning you will have low blood
sugars and your body will not have been able to use up or lose any fat
for at least 7 or 8 hours. You are losing the advantage of a low carb
diet for about 1/3 of your 24 hour day.
I eat a low-carb snack anywhere from 9 to maybe 10:30 in the evening.
That way I am not starved by morning.
Quoted message said:Our social eating
is usually about 8 PM. If I add 1000 calories in the evening twice a
week,
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:then I need to cut back at other times to come out at break even.
Calories
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:do count.
Why do you waste your time with counting friggin' calories? You are
distracting yourself from what is really important, eating regularly
and eating low-carb.
Quoted message said:
I'm familiar with the book. I find that Dr. A erred in his rejection of
counting calories. LC works down to a plateau. I am below that plateau
because I counted calories.
If you had stuck to the plan you would have gotten past the plateau
sooner. Look, you did not put on that weight overnight and you will not
take it off overnight. It takes time.
If you want to jump start the weight loss and get over a plateau, what
you need to do is do some strength training and put on a bit more lean
body mass, ie. muscles. Starving yourself of "calories" is
counter-productive because you will start the same cycle that that
every low-fat/low-calorie dieter runs into. You will lose a few pounds
and think that you've succeeded and then you will gain it back, usually
with a few extra lbs.
Quoted message said:
Someday, I'll drop another 10 pounds, but for now, I'm working at
break-even. In some ways it is more difficult than my weightloss
regimen
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:was.
320/153/?
Calories are a confusing distraction that does not work in the real
world.
Count the carbs. Eat three low-carb meals a day. Eat two low-carb
snacks, one in mid-afternoon and one between 9:00 and 10:00 pm. You do
not have to go hungry for 12 hours out of 24 to lose weight. In fact,
going hungry at all, is counter productive and is probably what is
holding you back right now.
TC
