My issues were exacerbated by exercise while younger. Some is genetics, some is overuse. Exercise is important but for the long run low impact is probably better.The goal isn't to perpetually reduce calories, it's to get to the point that 'reduced calories' is the maintenance caloric need. You get hungry running a calorie deficit eventually and nothing (other than drugs) is going to change that. You do get used to the new weight and needs. At my fattest of some 280-285, I would smash a Chinese buffet for at least 4 trips plus dessert. Now? 2 and I'm stuffed. Same food, big weight difference and years of training my body on what a normal portion is.
Sure, if the carbs you were eating before were from sweets and treats, I don't doubt your experience in the slightest. Heavily processed, refined, and sugary carbs =/= fiber, complex carbs, etc.
My breakfast today was 2 eggs and a 350 calorie rice/bean/cheese burrito. Roughly 500 calories, I'm 'full'. I would also be 'full' on the same amount of calories of all eggs and maybe on eggs and bacon. On pancakes with syrup? No way, I'd be smashing through 1500 calories easy. 500 calories of oatmeal and nuts with a little jelly swirled in? Stuffed. Pancakes are like tequila, portion control can be problematic...
Carbs act the same as sugar in the blood. They increase glucose level. Increased glucose triggers an increase in insulin. Insulin is used to direct removal of glucose into cells like muscles and fat for storage. Type 2 Diabetes is caused by the body unable to create enough insulin to handle the load so insulin needs to be supplemented with shots. Everyone is different but diabetes has exploded since the new dietary guidelines (80s I think) and it’s not just in overweight people but including experienced athletes.
Reduced mobility in older age is the primary reason I do exercise. I was out at Yellowstone recently and, given the season, it was heavily weighted toward retirement age folks in the park at the time. Kids are still in school, etc. so not nearly as many younger people. You could see a huge difference in ability among them. We got absolutely smoked by some 70-ish year old woman and her 40-ish year old presumable son. My wife thought they were German, I thought some Nordic country, but either way they were hustling along uphill and conversing with no issues. Meanwhile some people are winded just getting out of the parking lot. I know which I want to be.
True enough, but when you start giving advice to others I think it's important to provide other viewpoints as well, and "carbs cause metabolic disease" is worth addressing. I've repeatedly said a meat based diet can work, just disagreed that carbs are the evil that pop-sci says they are today. Carbs today are the 90's fat. Neither is problematic if used/consumed correctly and in proper portions.
I no longer count calories because I don’t need to. I am almost never hungry and when I am, I no longer crave certain foods. Mind you I am experimenting on myself.The goal isn't to perpetually reduce calories, it's to get to the point that 'reduced calories' is the maintenance caloric need. You get hungry running a calorie deficit eventually and nothing (other than drugs) is going to change that. You do get used to the new weight and needs. At my fattest of some 280-285, I would smash a Chinese buffet for at least 4 trips plus dessert. Now? 2 and I'm stuffed. Same food, big weight difference and years of training my body on what a normal portion is.
Sure, if the carbs you were eating before were from sweets and treats, I don't doubt your experience in the slightest. Heavily processed, refined, and sugary carbs =/= fiber, complex carbs, etc.
My breakfast today was 2 eggs and a 350 calorie rice/bean/cheese burrito. Roughly 500 calories, I'm 'full'. I would also be 'full' on the same amount of calories of all eggs and maybe on eggs and bacon. On pancakes with syrup? No way, I'd be smashing through 1500 calories easy. 500 calories of oatmeal and nuts with a little jelly swirled in? Stuffed. Pancakes are like tequila, portion control can be problematic...
Reduced mobility in older age is the primary reason I do exercise. I was out at Yellowstone recently and, given the season, it was heavily weighted toward retirement age folks in the park at the time. Kids are still in school, etc. so not nearly as many younger people. You could see a huge difference in ability among them. We got absolutely smoked by some 70-ish year old woman and her 40-ish year old presumable son. My wife thought they were German, I thought some Nordic country, but either way they were hustling along uphill and conversing with no issues. Meanwhile some people are winded just getting out of the parking lot. I know which I want to be.
True enough, but when you start giving advice to others I think it's important to provide other viewpoints as well, and "carbs cause metabolic disease" is worth addressing. I've repeatedly said a meat based diet can work, just disagreed that carbs are the evil that pop-sci says they are today. Carbs today are the 90's fat. Neither is problematic if used/consumed correctly and in proper portions.