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Originally Posted by dyna mo
carlos, i value your opinion on these things, as you have figured out for yourself what works. but i do not know what you mean when you state that protein and carbs have the same energy value? is that another way of saying they each = 4 calories? that's true but that's just a measurement, carbs have a much higher energy value re: actual energy required to function. I'm sure you know that, just wanted to clarify. if one were to consume primarily carb cals and not expend the equivalent amount of physical energy, those carbs turn to fat.
also, in my experience, total calories is really what's important for weight loss. i've tried low-carbs diets, all kinds, high protein weight gain diets, etc. for me, calories burned must be less than calories consumed or weight gain results.
next, comes balance, especially as activity levels increase, and then once activity level hits athlete/performance levels, the balance needs to shift to more carbs to fuel the body for the ultra-high level of activity. i've discovered this recently as i took my workouts to a much higher intensity, i was *bonking*, running out of gas prior to finishing my workout, i added ~300 cals of carbs and bam, my energy was sustained through the workouts. (being diabetic complicated this for me, but that's another story).
not trying to be a tard here, just having dialogue about a great topic.
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What I'm trying to say is that you don't need to starve to burn fat, you gotta keep a balance between carbs / fat / protein and a slightly lower total energy intake than the outtake, the difference in my case was probably say - 300 - 400 calories a day with 2 g of proteine per kg of weight (again apologize for the metrics)
So I believe we're actually in agreement.
If you're gonna be starving or your diet will be unbalanced, you're only gonna damage yourself - although you may come to even more shocking results, but you're gonna be most likely also burning your inner protein - muscles, not to mention starving is dangerous for one's health and a follow up usually is to store anything the body can store.
Never starved, kept 5 meals going on every day every 3 hours, didn't even lose that much weight, stronger than before, most likely gained muscle, yet I've also lost 5 inches in waist and burned loads of fat.