I can't lose weight when I eat carbs

[northwestmuscle]

Hi guys,

I have a tough time losing weight when I eat carbs. I've been following a 40c/40p/20f diet for the last 2 months but I haven't lost 1 pound! I had a blood test recently and my doctor said I was not insulin resistant. When I did keto (carnivore) I lost 54 pounds in 16 weeks.

Has anyone else been in this same boat? ie You're not insulin resistant but can't lose weight when you eat say 150-200g of carbs a day?

Thanks

[AdamWW]

Hi guys,

I have a tough time losing weight when I eat carbs. I've been following a 40c/40p/20f diet for the last 2 months but I haven't lost 1 pound! I had a blood test recently and my doctor said I was not insulin resistant. When I did keto (carnivore) I lost 54 pounds in 16 weeks.

Has anyone else been in this same boat? ie You're not insulin resistant but can't lose weight when you eat say 150-200g of carbs a day?

Thanks

If you're not losing weight, then you're not counting calories correctly.

Even insulin resistance would never account for this difference.

I've lost weight before eating 400g+ of carbs a day... it's about energy, not carbs.

[Duplicitous]

^ What he said. CICO, calories-in < calories-out = weight loss.

[TolerantLactose]

I've been following a 40c/40p/20f diet

That's a ratio. What were the amounts?

[northwestmuscle]

That's a ratio. What were the amounts?

I eat 1700 calories a day, which is a 25% caloric reduction under my TDEE.

I eat 170g carbs, 170g protein, and 38g fat.

[AdamWW]

I eat 1700 calories a day, which is a 25% caloric reduction under my TDEE.

I eat 170g carbs, 170g protein, and 38g fat.

I don’t buy that for a second... you’re not tracking correctly or you’re having huge ‘cheat’ meals/days

[Luclin999]

Has anyone else been in this same boat? ie You're not insulin resistant but can't lose weight when you eat say 150-200g of carbs a day?

Nope.

"Carbs" are irrelevant, a calorie deficit is what matters.

In the very short term, a significant increase in carb consumption (while maintaining the same overall caloric deficit) over what you had been eating could cause you to gain water weight but that would only change the scale for a few days at most.

If you haven't lost weight for two months then you have been eating at your maintenance calorie levels and have tracking your food incorrectly. You are probably undervaluing one or more items that you eat regularly from what the real calorie levels for those foods are.

[RapidFail]

I eat 1700 calories a day, which is a 25% caloric reduction under my TDEE.

I eat 170g carbs, 170g protein, and 38g fat.

What's your gender, height current weight and age?

If you're not losing weight, you're not eating under your TDEE.

[SuffolkPunch]

You don't get the instant weight reduction from loss of glycogen like you do on low carb - that's probably the issue here. Underlying fat loss will be the same if the calorie deficit was the same.

[faithbrah]

no point in macro splits (exact percentages) since they just overcomplicate things. make sure you're counting your calories correctly

[snailsrus]

no point in macro splits (exact percentages) since they just overcomplicate things. make sure you're counting your calories correctly

Ops profile says
Male, 200lbs and 5’10
Eating 1700 calories he most definitely would be losing weight. So he’s not counting right. And percentages don’t mater but minimum fat and protein does. 38 grams of fat too low

[ManwittaPlan]

Hi guys,

I have a tough time losing weight when I eat carbs. I've been following a 40c/40p/20f diet for the last 2 months but I haven't lost 1 pound! I had a blood test recently and my doctor said I was not insulin resistant. When I did keto (carnivore) I lost 54 pounds in 16 weeks.

Has anyone else been in this same boat? ie You're not insulin resistant but can't lose weight when you eat say 150-200g of carbs a day?

Thanks

You’re in Canada which is great news. Look for a biosignature practitioner, there should be more there than in other countries. It’ll cost you a bit of money for a consultation but if you have all your labs and a log of your diet from say the last 12 weeks they can target exactly why you’re body composition isn’t improving.

Seriously google it, look at the feedback FIRST then go from there.

Hope this helps!

[northwestmuscle]

What's your gender, height current weight and age?

If you're not losing weight, you're not eating under your TDEE.

Male, 5'11", 200lbs, 36yo

[Luclin999]

You’re in Canada which is great news. Look for a biosignature practitioner,

"Herbalife 2.0" isn't going to do anything but cost the OP a lot of money.

[RayBcomplex]

200lb at 5'11. Based on my online calculator your maintenance is around 2200 and a 20% cut is ~1750 calories daily.

One common option is to do 0.9g of protein and .4g of fat per pound. Works out to 180g(protein) 80g(fat) and fill in the rest with carbs which is about 75g. That's closer to a 40p/40f/20c for a ratio.

Works out to almost a pound a week depending on your workouts.

[snailsrus]

200lb at 5'11. Based on my online calculator your maintenance is around 2200 and a 20% cut is ~1750 calories daily.

One common option is to do 0.9g of protein and .4g of fat per pound. Works out to 180g(protein) 80g(fat) and fill in the rest with carbs which is about 75g. That's closer to a 40p/40f/20c for a ratio.

Works out to almost a pound a week depending on your workouts.

op doesn’t need that much protein

[ManwittaPlan]

"Herbalife 2.0" isn't going to do anything but cost the OP a lot of money.

Seeing a qualified specialist vs nobody’s on some random forum....you’re highly brilliant!

[AdamWW]

Seeing a qualified specialist vs nobody’s on some random forum....you’re highly brilliant!

Being Qualified in nonsense doesn’t mean they’re trustworthy.

Do you have any idea how many morons tout the title ‘nutritionist’?

[ManwittaPlan]

Being Qualified in nonsense doesn’t mean they’re trustworthy.

Do you have any idea how many morons tout the title ‘nutritionist’?

How many of you?

[AdamWW]

How many of you?

what?

[AwakeningDragon]

If your coming off a keto diet the answer is glycogen and water. This is assuming you gained weight when you converted to your 40/40/20 split, and now you've came back down to your low weight after 2 months. 8 pounds is well in the range of gain coming from keto.

I'd recommend continuing your current diet for 2 more weeks to see if weight loss occurs. If it does not then you'll have to add in cardio sessions or change your macros slightly. I would not drop calories further at this point.

[Luclin999]

Seeing a qualified specialist vs nobody’s on some random forum....you’re highly brilliant!

Seeing a "qualified salesman" (which is all those guys are) isn't going to do anything but waste the OP's money.

[Luclin999]

If your coming off a keto diet the answer is glycogen and water. This is assuming you gained weight when you converted to your 40/40/20 split, and now you've came back down to your low weight after 2 months. 8 pounds is well in the range of gain coming from keto.

I'd recommend continuing your current diet for 2 more weeks to see if weight loss occurs. If it does not then you'll have to add in cardio sessions or change your macros slightly. I would not drop calories further at this point.

OP has claimed to be on the same diet and stayed same weight for two months.

That isn't "Glycogen recovery" that is "eating at maintenance".

OP has screwed up his calorie counting.

[ManwittaPlan]

Seeing a "qualified salesman" (which is all those guys are) isn't going to do anything but waste the OP's money.

Saw your first message to me, if you want more attention from me you’re barking up the wrong tree

[ManwittaPlan]

what?

Go back and read what you asked me, then see if you can process what I wrote

[AdamWW]

Go back and read what you asked me, then see if you can process what I wrote

I have a hard time understanding nonsense...

“How many of you?” does not make sense in this context at all.

If you’re asking who here is a nutritionist, then you should ask “How many of you are nutritionists?”

Answer: potentially all of us.

Being a ‘nutritionist’ for example requires no formal training at all.

Anyone can make up whatever they want, that doesn’t prove they know what they’re doing.

[ManwittaPlan]

I have a hard time understanding nonsense...

“How many of you?” does not make sense in this context at all.

If you’re asking who here is a nutritionist, then you should ask “How many of you are nutritionists?”

Answer: potentially all of us.

Being a ‘nutritionist’ for example requires no formal training at all.

Anyone can make up whatever they want, that doesn’t prove they know what they’re doing.

Anger issues?

[snailsrus]

I have a hard time understanding nonsense...

“How many of you?” does not make sense in this context at all.

If you’re asking who here is a nutritionist, then you should ask “How many of you are nutritionists?”

Answer: potentially all of us.

Being a ‘nutritionist’ for example requires no formal training at all.

Anyone can make up whatever they want, that doesn’t prove they know what they’re doing.

im a nutritionist and have a fancy NASM cert, took an online class and made an instagram. Now dietitian that’s different kinda still a lot are quacks

[AdamWW]

Anger issues?

LOL I just looked up that nonsense you’re referring to...

It’s a system from the Poliquin group which is based on dietary crap from the LATE Charles Poliquin.

Guess what, he died of a heart attack at age 57 and never had any formal training in nutrition whatsoever... he studied exercise, NOT diet.

All they do is charge you money and make you take an online course in order to become ‘qualified’ in their silly model.

So yeah, let’s flock like sheep to the advice of ‘experts’ who just pay a one time fee to regurgitate the recommendations of a dude who died at 57 from a heart attack and never even had nutritional training himself.

[ManwittaPlan]

LOL I just looked up that nonsense you’re referring to...

It’s a system from the Poliquin group which is based on dietary crap from the LATE Charles Poliquin.

Guess what, he died of a heart attack at age 57 and never had any formal training in nutrition whatsoever... he studied exercise, NOT diet.

All they do is charge you money and make you take an online course in order to become ‘qualified’ in their silly model.

So yeah, let’s flock like sheep to the advice of ‘experts’ who just pay a one time fee to regurgitate the recommendations of a dude who died at 57 from a heart attack and never even had nutritional training himself.

Anger issues?