Sun, Apr-10-22, 11:58
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Senior Member
Posts: 4,328
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Plan: vLC/GF,CF,SF
Stats: 197/136/150
BF:
Progress: 130%
Location: Alberta
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I've started my second DDF challenge after a 1-wk break of maintaining with no weight gain. I'm re-baselining (it does show your past triggers in the graphs, so you could still use the last one as your target to eat) just to see if anything has changed. I found that my 2MAD LC diet had hunger-trained me quite well and my DDF BGs confirmed that meals at 10-11am and 5-6pm still work best for me. I have intentionally nudged my protein up from ~30% to 40% (100g), carbs up from 5% to 10%, and my fat consumption decreased to 50%. That sounds high to low-fatters, but I don't find percents are the best way to describe it since I am undereating calories and losing weight. If I were eating 2000 cals per day, my fat percent would be considered low at ~25%. The best way to think of it is that my body is getting ~25% fat from my food and ~25% from the fat on my body.
I was skeptical of Marty's claim that going up to 40% protein would be satiating, since in the past plain chicken breasts or plain non-fat greek yogurt made me hungrier, not satiated, but eating them WITH or immediately before/after some vegs does seem to work.
My first week on my first DDF I was trying 3MAD and found that non-fat greek yogurt by itself (or whey protein powder) as a meal made my BG spike above of the desired range and left me hungry 2 hrs later. Someone suggested that I eat it with fibre, the thought of which made me gag as I detest chunks in dairy. So I decided to go back to 2 bigger meals a day and have my yogurt (or protein powder pudding) as a "dessert" protein top-up to a meal of meat/fish/poultry & vegs. This is working well for my satiation & gut, but dairy causes me psoriasis, so I'll probably have to go back to dairy-free again. I've stayed grain & legume free on DDF as they cause worse problems than dairy.
Last edited by deirdra : Sun, Apr-10-22 at 12:11.
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