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995877 No.149957

I'm a fat man losing weight by alternating between weightlifting and cardio. I've already lost 5 kg and gained a bit of muscle, so it's all working.

My diet is 180g of protein and 30g of fat (+1 multivitamin). Protein makes me feel full and it's actually difficult to eat enough of it. I haven't been eating any carbs, which the bodybuilding forums disapprove of for no clear reasons. The only argument I've found is that it lowers my metabolism. I'm not going hungry, nor am I missing energy for my workout/day. If I have to eat some I'll go for oatmeal, but I don't want to, so I'll only do it if it's necessary.

Is it actually unhealthy not to eat carbs in my case? Is it actually counterproductive to my fat loss efforts?

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079ec0 No.149958

>>149957

You want complex carbs such as whole, unprocessed grains (wheat bread, wheat tortillas, wheat pasta, brown rice, steel cut oats, etc) and potatoes and corn and the like. Your body takes longer to break down the complex sugar molecule, providing the following advantages:

- keep you satiated longer

- because the carbs are broken down slower so that all the calories are not thrown at your metabolism all at once, your body will be more efficient at using the calories as energy as opposed to storing what it can't use as fat

- because they take more effort to break down, your body will actually need to spend calories just to unpack the calories, resulting in a lower net calorie count

Processed grains, on the other hand such as white bread, white flour tortillas, white flour pasta, white rice, rolled oats), are all simple carbs. Your body breaks these down very quickly, so your body has to figure out what to do with a sudden influx of calories. Unless you're exercising during or immediately after you eat simple carbs, a lot of that will go straight to fat because your body's energy demands aren't high enough.

Regardless, though, you have to watch your calorie intake and make sure you accumulate a deficit by the end of each day.

t. lost 80 pounds in 7 months eating almost nothing but complex carbs with proper exercise and weight training

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079ec0 No.149959

I'll also add that your body needs carbs and protein to build muscle mass, especially carbs. People on the low-carb diets are just wasting away rather than losing fat. Carbs help you preserve your muscle mass while you lose fat. The number on the scale may go down at a slower rate, but at least you're lost the numbers from the right source

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079ec0 No.149960

And stay away from processed food, especially bread even if it's whole grain. They load their shit with all kinds of sugar. If you're gonna get commercial bread, go for Ezekiel's or Dave's Killer Bread, though I prefer the former's low sodium variety.

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000000 No.149961

>>149957

You need carbs to live.

- carbs create water weight helping your muscles look bigger and you can drink less water

- carbs will make you hungry all day long which allows you to develop willpower to overcome cravings

- carbs help you shit more which provides more regular shitting

Obviously there are good carbs and bad carbs. Bad carbs are things like gluten, fat, sugar, sodium, heavy metals. Good carbs are things like fibre, glycogen, threonine, aspartame.

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079ec0 No.149962

>>149961

>000000

>heavy metals are a carb

every time

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fcc0ed No.150048

you shouldn't be eating at all you fat fuck

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