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Exactly, hence why low carb diets have an adaption period before your body will switch to using fat for fuel. The body wants carbs and will put up a small fight when it doesn't get them.
The whole point of losing weight is to trick your body in to burning more fat, not carbs. This can be achieved by either restricting your calories or limiting carbohydrate intake.
There is no one way to healthy weight loss. I wish people would understand that.
My kid wants candy instead of veggies and will put up a fight. Does it make it right? No.
Once eaten, carbohydrates breakdown into smaller sugars (glucose, fructose and galactose) that get absorbed and used as energy. Any glucose not needed right away gets stored in the muscles and the liver in the form of glycogen. Once these glycogen stores are filled up, any extra gets stored as fat. Great. Good for athletes looking for short, intense bursts of energy, but guess what.... most of us are not athletes.
Fat provides the highest concentration of energy of all the nutrients. One gram of fat equals nine calories. This calorie density, along with our seemingly unlimited storage capacity for fat, makes fat our largest reserve of energy. While these calories are less accessible to athletes performing quick, intense efforts like sprinting or weight lifting, fat is essential for longer, slower lower intensity and endurance exercise such as easy cycling and walking.
^I think it is, in fact it's the first one I thought of.
In a sense, the body "prefers" not to lose fat at all, so I don't know why we're on a diet and weight loss forum talking about what fuel the body "prefers." Yes, I realize d2mini used that terminology first.
^I think it is, in fact it's the first one I thought of.
In a sense, the body "prefers" not to lose fat at all, so I don't know why we're on a diet and weight loss forum talking about what fuel the body "prefers." Yes, I realize d2mini used that terminology first.
Well, it's not, and I'm honestly surprised I have to explain this. In D2's example, his daughter is a human being making a conscious decision between a healthy and unhealthy food. That's quite different than the body choosing to use a more readily available and efficient source of fuel. His comparison might be a little valid if the consumption of carbs was inherently unhealthy. It's not.
But, I have lost weight and kept it off eating those same foods that you malign. I have lost weight while working at a desk job and going to school at the same time (aka lots of sitting). I don't shop at Whole Foods or Trader Joes. I don't eat anything organic. Most of my food comes from Walmart SuperCenter, or Winn-Dixie.
So how have I lost over 50 pounds and continue to keep it off for about four years now? I eat oatmeal for breakfast, a sandwich at least once a week, etc. I eat cottage cheese with fresh fruit every night before bed. My bloodwork is normal. And I was an overweight child. I inherited my mom's lifestyle, not some fat gene.
How do the carb-phobic people explain those who have lost weight while eating carbs? Are we an anomaly? Do our bodies magically do something that yours does not? First, we blamed the fact that we are an advanced society that does not have to move around as much as our ancestors. Then, we blame the food itself.
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Good for athletes looking for short, intense bursts of energy, but guess what.... most of us are not athletes.
