Sat, Apr-13-19, 10:20
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Senior Member
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Plan: mostly milkfat
Stats: 190/152.4/154
BF:
Progress: 104%
Location: Ontario
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When it comes to a ketogenic diet--I think we pretty much need to redo the meal timing studies--of which we need more of in the first place. Unlike even most low carbers, my very high fat intake while in maintenance means that I'm probably burning more fat versus glucose or protein as a percentage when I'm fed than when I'm fasted, a reversal of the usual situation for people on a higher carb or even on a higher protein intake.
I'm playing it by ear. The main reason I'm on a ketogenic version of a low carb diet is versus anxiety/bipolar/schizoaffective issues. There seems to be a strong relation of how I feel to meal timing and the nature of the meals.
I noticed I was more anxious at the beginning of the work week. I was eating a bit of extra protein on the weekend, I'm finding so far that that observation holds, if I keep it back, that helps. Also found that a total fast had me anxious as well. I think that may be consistent. I'm fairly lean. The leaner you are, the more of your metabolism during a total fast is going to be fed from your lean mass. A very heavy person fasted might burn 90 percent or more calories as fat, a very ketogenic ratio, where a leaner person might burn more like 70 percent from fat. So eating more protein is likely to be comparable to fasting in that a greater percentage of calories I burn is going to be protein, versus eating a higher fat ratio (around 85 percent).
There's a daily variation to my mood eating this way. I'm actually slightly down in the morning, but it's not too bad because there aren't a lot of people around. I eat most of my protein at breakfast, and most of my fat at supper, which I eat around 2 in the afternoon, just before leaving for work. I tend to be down in the morning, as I said, and I tend to be up during my work day. If I undereat, or eat more protein, or eat my protein closer to my work day, things are a lot scarier at work then.
Eat carbs--if things go well, in a couple of hours it's mostly glycogen or otherwise disposed of. Eat fat--five, six hours, maybe even longer, you can still be in the process of digestion/assimilation of that fat.
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