Tue, Jan-03-12, 16:03
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Senior Member
Posts: 3,948
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Plan: Protein Power
Stats: 213/167/165
BF:35%/23%/20%
Progress: 96%
Location: United States
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Low-carb + low-cal (under 1600) is usually a recipe for disaster: - slowed metabolism, making weight loss hard, if not impossible
- not enough raw materials to make essential fats, hormones, and enzymes
- chronic hunger
Calories ultimately matter. LC eating gives us an edge (fat's a little less efficient than carbs for fuel), and keeping insulin low keeps the "fat gates" open. But as we get closer to our goal weight, as we get old (45-50 *is* old, biologically), if we have thyroid problems (Graves or Hashi's), and if we happen to be female, calories matter more.
How much more they matter is an individual thing; YMMV, as we say around here. If you stall in your weight loss, cutting calories a bit might be necessary. What you want to avoid is making your body slow down its metabolism in response to cutting calories, and that response is quite individual.
Sorry that there's not a simpler, more definite answer.
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