Flexon said:
nukatide said:
Appreciate it, man! It genuinely means a lot that you'd take the time to give me some encouragement. For me, weight loss has been an all-out trench war — I keep gaining and losing ground, and the battles I've lost outnumber the lbs I've dropped. I stuck with each of these for at least 3 months: keto, vegan, vegan-keto, carnivore, Daniel fast, and slim fast. I gave fasting a shot for as long as 20 days, and dry fasting a couple days at a time. It honestly feels like trench warfare — I lose some lbs, put it all back on and then some. You might have pointed out something I overlooked during keto, which is how important it is to get good amounts of fats. I'd heard that before, but I was still hung up on cal in/cal out, so I'd go light on the fats. Just wondering out of curiosity — would you suggest pairing high fats with glp products? Some randos claimed carbs somehow activates the reta, so I'm curious whether you know anything about that?
Apologies — your question slipped past me because no notification came through. Clicking Reply is the way to go, then alerts actually reach people.
So, a seasoned diet fighter, huh?
As for what you asked: glp wasn't part of my approach. My view is that plenty of folks can manage through dietary changes alone (granted, that's no small feat!), and high-fat keto in particular tends to be both healthier and easier to keep up over time (barring any specific conditions you might have). Getting sufficient fat matters enormously — around 70% of total calories — while keeping protein from creeping too high. Results can shift depending on which fats you choose, too. Cutting out dairy (butter stays!) or spices, or every form of sugar and sweetener, works better for some. Experimentation is the only way to know. My own win came from nudging lowish-carb into keto: capping rice at 25gr and replacing it with low carb vegetables. If it were feasible I'd drop rice entirely, yet it isn't so straightforward — without some starch my gut struggles to digest fat, and carbs lend a hand.
One more point: fat intake needs to be adequate, and so does protein — in short, eating enough, full stop. Finding your sweet spot requires trial and error. Both sufficient energy and sufficient protein are needed (without going beyond that!
). Starving yourself over a long stretch is a bad idea and can stir up all sorts of problems. Learning to heed your body's signals takes time...
