It’s definitely interesting how it affects each person differently. I did keto (kinda dirty at times) for 5-6 months. Felt the best I ever felt during it, was eating a ton but never gained any weight, my libido was strong, and somehow my strength shot through the roof in the gym. I’ve always been kinda weak on all of my lifts, but was plowing through PRs on keto. I also had less crashes/fatigue mid-day and never had to worry about feeling hungry. I ended up quitting it though because it’s so difficult to avoid carbs in modern day. However once I came off of keto and went back to a regular diet with carbs, j had libido issues for 2-3 months. Was the most bizarre and frustrating thing ever.
Now I’m trying to find my sweet spot of plenty of good fats & protein with a smaller amount of carbs. If I eat freely, especially carbs, I put weight on extremely easily. I have to lift + stair master 3-5 times per week just to keep a stable weight. Frustrating because I have friends that smash carbs and junk food all day everyday and never gain a pound, nor do they workout.
Why can’t “science” figure out how to modify metabolic rates so my body can just churn through food and body fat? LOL.
I hear you! I’m old enough to remember when we called this “Metabolic Syndrome“ and indeed it is an issue of each individual’s metabolism.
It’s precisely why one size fits all does not work for everybody. There are far too many variables such as gut microbiome imbalances, various stressors from jobs to family, exercise differences, hormone issues, nutritional deficiencies, age, gender, geographic location etc etc etc.
The best advice seems to be eating nutrient dense food with enough healthy SATURATED fat for proper hormone production, enough high quality protein for muscle growth and metabolism and enough nutritious carbs for LOW STRESS energy production.... unfortunate that combo looks different for everybody.
It’s definitely interesting how it affects each person differently. I did keto (kinda dirty at times) for 5-6 months. Felt the best I ever felt during it, was eating a ton but never gained any weight, my libido was strong, and somehow my strength shot through the roof in the gym. I’ve always been kinda weak on all of my lifts, but was plowing through PRs on keto. I also had less crashes/fatigue mid-day and never had to worry about feeling hungry. I ended up quitting it though because it’s so difficult to avoid carbs in modern day. However once I came off of keto and went back to a regular diet with carbs, j had libido issues for 2-3 months. Was the most bizarre and frustrating thing ever.
Now I’m trying to find my sweet spot of plenty of good fats & protein with a smaller amount of carbs. If I eat freely, especially carbs, I put weight on extremely easily. I have to lift + stair master 3-5 times per week just to keep a stable weight. Frustrating because I have friends that smash carbs and junk food all day everyday and never gain a pound, nor do they workout.
Why can’t “science” figure out how to modify metabolic rates so my body can just churn through food and body fat? LOL.
I hear you! I’m old enough to remember when we called this “Metabolic Syndrome“ and indeed it is an issue of each individual’s metabolism.
It’s precisely why one size fits all does not work for everybody. There are far too many variables such as gut microbiome imbalances, various stressors from jobs to family, exercise differences, hormone issues, nutritional deficiencies, age, gender, geographic location etc etc etc.
The best advice seems to be eating nutrient dense food with enough healthy SATURATED fat for proper hormone production, enough high quality protein for muscle growth and metabolism and enough nutritious carbs for LOW STRESS energy production.... unfortunate that combo looks different for everybody.