Re: Can a man gain weight on 2500 calories?



Berna Bleeker wrote:
> TC schreef:
> >
> > whyisthis@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >>To TC,
> >>
> >>So if you ate the amount of calory on a mixed food diet, your going to
> >>gain weight, is that right? Out of curiosity how many calories might
> >>you eat on a typical work day?
> >
> >
> > If you eat a lot of carbs while cutting fats you will gain weight. I do
> > not know how many calories I eat in a typical day. It is irrelevant, so
> > I do not count calories.
> >
> > At first I did count the calories I was consuming, and I lost weight
> > when I was eating as much as 300 calories more than when I was doing
> > low-fat and still gaining weight.
>
> That's strange! I lost weight eating low-carb (Atkins) too, but I didn't
> count calories before I started - I assumed I lost weight because I
> automatically ate less calories on low-carb. And IME calories do count.
> After a while I got stuck doing low-carb, and didn't lose any more
> weight, though I was still overweight. I was stalled for about 2 years,
> and when I started counting (and limiting) calories at the start of this
> year, I started losing again, even though I am eating lots more carbs
> then I used to (I had been missing *fruit*!). In terms of energy, I eat
> more-or-less 1/3 fat, carbs and protein each. I'm almost at my goal
> weight now.
>
> Berna
>
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I was losing weight after having shifted to low carb and I was eating
more calories, so I got to thinking, what if I ate even more calories?
I added an ounce of olive oil a day (a shot glass), still kept losing
weight, then I upped it to 2 oz. and kept losing weight. I specifically
ate more fat, more butter, didn't trim pork chops, etc. and kept losing
weight.

That is when it finally hit me: Calories don't matter. My subsequent
research has borne that out. There is no definitive study or research
paper that actually made *the* finding that weight management ie. fat
storage is strictly and solely dependent on calories in vs calories
out.

The basic and fundamental science that says that "calories are all"
does not appear to exist. I've read multiple university level bio-chem
textbooks, medical historical documents, biographies of scientists,
etc. and I've fished far and wide for the seminal science that found
and proved that calories are all, and so far I've not found it. I've
even challenged the brainiacs in smn to come up with it and nothing
useful came of it.

Weight management in humans is controlled by hormones. Specifically the
insulin/glucagon balance. Screw with that and your weight will
fluctuate.

Too much carbs = too much blood glucose = too much insulin = trigger
fat storage.

Restrict refined carbs = normal blood glucose = normal insulin/glucagon
balance = normal fat storage.

TC

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