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Keto's been around for a long, long time. In my own experience with keto, the biggest reason why it works is that it's very difficult to eat at a surplus. I ca
by omegaham 11y ago
Keto's been around for a long, long time.
In my own experience with keto, the biggest reason why it works is that it's very difficult to eat at a surplus. I can eat a pound of pasta in one sitting. In contrast, eating that same amount of calories in meat and vegetables is much more difficult. You can get fat very easily by eating pizza and drinking beer. It is significantly harder to do so by drinking water and eating lentils and chicken.
- rhaps0dy 11y agoDon't lentils contain too many carbs for keto? One friend of mine started doing it a few months ago, he has lost a lot of weight. He eats less than 25g of carbs a day, and lentil servings usually surpass that.
- david_shaw 11y agoLentils are popular in the "slow carb" diets, as they are a moderately low-carb legume. People doing full-on keto would probably avoid them.
- kazinator 11y ago> eating that same amount of calories in meat and vegetables is much more difficult Only if it's lean meat, though. Fatty meat with a creamy, cheesy dressing on those veggies on the other hand ...
- douche 11y agoMy experience has been that I can lose weight if I eat all I want of bacon, nice marbled chuck steaks, broccoli with (flour-less) cream sauce, cottage cheese, fried eggs and bullet-proof coffee. God save you if you are trying to do low-fat keto, that sounds almost as awful as being a gluten-free vegan. Fat is not the devil, and one calorie does not equal one calorie metabolically.
- kazinator 11y ago> Fat is not the devil The devil may be the definition of "all I want" based on what foods it is restricted to. Convenience is a factor. It's easier to reach for another bagel and put peanut butter and jam on it, then to fry up more eggs or grill another steak. Not to mention cheaper. If additional servings of meat are readily available, you might suddenly find that "all you want" actually more closely corresponds to "all that is there". I've eaten leftover meat from a company BBQ like it's potato chips! Put ten "nice marbled chuck steaks" in front of me and they are gone. Some ten years ago, I tried the "low carb, eat meats without restriction" approach and I started gaining (and so pulled the brakes on that experiment). The thing is, I was very lean at that time from a regime of diet and endurance exercise. For someone who is obese and eats uncontrollably due to the abundance of easily prepared carby snacks, it is easy to see how switching to satisfying food that contains protein, requires preparation, and is more of an actual meal, is helpful.