Lee Simeon
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What has helped you the most and what is the best way to reach 10 %?
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Nice @ecstatichamster. I also am losing by slightly lowering fat and reducing stress. My loss s a bit slower than yours but definitely steady. Also I think because this diet is anabolic, my gains are not just fat but muscle, bones, just simply bigger, stronger.i'm losing weight now.
I'm at about 26% BMI.
I'm eating eggs, nonfat milk, orange juice, guava juice, coke, nonfat yogurt, rice, lean beef, gelatin. A few butter cookies as a cheat.
I slowly lose weight. I am down about 4 pounds over 2 weeks. But it's real weight loss. Maybe 6 or 8 pounds. And expect to be at 175 in about 3 or 4 months. It's low fat and not being hungry that helps. Keeps cortisol at bay.
What is your current caloric intake?i'm losing weight now.
I'm at about 26% BMI.
I'm eating eggs, nonfat milk, orange juice, guava juice, coke, nonfat yogurt, rice, lean beef, gelatin. A few butter cookies as a cheat.
I slowly lose weight. I am down about 4 pounds over 2 weeks. But it's real weight loss. Maybe 6 or 8 pounds. And expect to be at 175 in about 3 or 4 months. It's low fat and not being hungry that helps. Keeps cortisol at bay.
What is your current caloric intake?
4000-6000 calories & you're lean? That would be nice.By weight loss I take it you mean fat loss. A high metabolism leads to muscle gain and bone density increases, which add weight.
For a while I had more fat than ever but now I'm at typical leanness. The periods I had the most fat I was still eating lots of fat, total calories above 4000, and I was stuck in glycolysis with high cortisol and adrenaline.
Starch-free Peat-suggested diet alone was insufficient to correct these within a year, though diet allowed me to quickly improve with immediate results from:
Pregnenolone and red light lowered cortisol
B1, Diamox, Naltrexone inhibited glycolysis
Tetracycline and Penicillin lowered adrenaline. Clonidine helped diagnose.
And switching to skim milk allows me to cut fat pretty much whever I want. I still eat queso fresco, chocolate or some other fat with skim to slow absorption of its sugar and protein
Daily calorie consumption is still 4000-6000 but I've shifted to more sugar less fat as my metabolism repaired
I eat pretty much the same as @ecstatichamster with 2500-3000 calories a day. Except there's no non-fat milk here (lowest is skim 1.5%) and I eat some cheese and a little potatoes.
I can't lose weight, at all, and I doubt is that little extra fat.
Besides basics like preventing cortisol and free fatty acids (small meals with carbohydrate, niacinamide) in my opinion the REAL thing has to do with lifestyle. Getting out of the house, playing, walking barefoot in the ground, exercising, getting sunlight, meeting friends, laughing.
I just started calisthenics classes, super inspired by Ido Portal. He's the Ray Peat of movement.
how many calories per day?i'm losing weight now.
I'm at about 26% BMI.
I'm eating eggs, nonfat milk, orange juice, guava juice, coke, nonfat yogurt, rice, lean beef, gelatin. A few butter cookies as a cheat.
I slowly lose weight. I am down about 4 pounds over 2 weeks. But it's real weight loss. Maybe 6 or 8 pounds. And expect to be at 175 in about 3 or 4 months. It's low fat and not being hungry that helps. Keeps cortisol at bay.
4000-6000 calories & you're lean? That would be nice.
How old are you & what weight are you & what is your daily activity like?
I love eating, so 5,000 calories a day would be very enjoyable.
Were you eating lower than this amount usually or were you always eating 6000 calories with this job?I'm 38, guessing 165lb, sedentary except for the stairs and walking to the kitchen to eat or running errands.
Once or twice a week, or at least once a month depending on rain and road closures, I'm vigorous in the forest running saw and clearing brush to build trail, and I eat over 6000 calories those days, including 5-6 cokes that fit in my pockets. Muscle mass is still increasing from that.
how many calories per day?
These days if I'm active. Say I go backpacking, on a 5 mile hike, etc. I eat an extra few thousand calories. Intense mental activity can also increase demand.Were you eating lower than this amount usually or were you always eating 6000 calories with this job?
I can relate to the soft centre and skinny arms and legs with high carb low fat. Maybe increasing protein would help with this?For me; Very low fat drops weight fast, but I am very catablolic, and the weight seems to come off in the wrong places. I get lean but skinny arms, shoulders, and legs but stay soft in the middle. Plus I need to eat constantly.
Low carb with enough to stay out of ketosis, and limit gluconeogenesis, drops fat from my middle and face, and makes my chest/arms/shoulders/legs more heavily muscled. Plus it's easier to run in a caloric deficit without feeling like I am.
I do think my protein intake is fairly constant with both approaches. But I do enjoy my protein more when it comes with fat. I can't do skim milk or lean meats for very long.