Tue, Aug-01-17, 13:36
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Senior Member
Posts: 4,324
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Plan: vLC/GF,CF,SF
Stats: 197/136/150
BF:
Progress: 130%
Location: Alberta
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If you are insulin resistant, you may find that more than ~12g carbs at one sitting can cause a higher bump in insulin and stall fat burning. Dr. Bernstein recommends up to 12g for T1 diabetics; I'm not a diabetic, but found this seems to be my number too, so I aim for <10g/meal to be on the safe side. If I have more than that, or eat carbs with no protein & fat, I'm hungry 2 hrs later so I know it is affecting my insulin and hunger-suppression hormone levels.
When IFing in a 4-6hr window, I can handle two ~10g carb meals if they are at least 3 hrs apart (or 3 meals/snacks in an 8-hr window). YMMV, but trial & error and writing everything down is how I figured out what works best for me.
You've been doing a great job and are still losing more than 1 lb/week, which may be the fastest your body can go right now, and this will slow to 0/wk when you hit your goal. So a slowing pace of weight loss is to be expected. The key thing is to find other things besides the scale to motivate you, like how liberating it is to be hunger-free. For me it was also coming to this form to learn new things to tweak to get even more health improvements.
Last edited by deirdra : Tue, Aug-01-17 at 14:03.
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