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When you on a low carb diet your body is very efficient in burning fat. So basically I'm getting my energy from my body fat.
I can't see myself not eating bread
A big plate of fatty bacon, avo and eggs beats bread in all ways except price and effort.
Yes, I am on my target weight.
I eat bread as a treat these days. I buy the best bread I can get my hands on. Same with chocolate/desserts/etc, I buy the best-tasting variants I can find so that when I have it, the sacrifice is worth it.
I'm finding that my fat intake doesn't have any effect on the weight, which I like since most lean meats have poor flavour anyways, aside from game.
I'm not sure why there is such pushback against this, even with the vaccines not being the promised silver bullet.
You'll need to add resistance training in conjunction with your running. Just have a look at most professional longer distance runners. This drastically reduces your injuries. It's kind of why trail running is better than road running. You get extra strength training of your supporting muscles by virtue of the uneven terrain.
Nah people following these diets are living research subjects that can be used to further the understanding of nutrition.
Yeah but you don't need a gym contract or heavy weights just some body weight exercises and/or cross training with bike/swimming/yoga
The banting type diet does work I lost all my weight that way but the problem with any diet is they are not maintainable you need something that makes a fundamental "shift" in the way you live. The Banting diet makes you feel ill/tired, stomach not work, bad breath and isnt great for running as you don't have the proper fuel so you aren't achieving the "shift" because of the side effects.
True, bodyweight exercises can get you quite far. Just look at calisthenics. Although proper weighted squats is arguably one of the best exercises. Not everyone has a bar at home. Although two dumbbells or such can work. Using other household items can work, but I find it is just too cumbersome. Some also find gym membership a good way to stay motivated or have it form a routine.
It seems to effect people differently. I followed banting for a year or two while having an physical job and being quite active with trial running/mtb'ing. I never ran into issues with feeling tired. That being said my normal runs never went above 20km The longest was the 3 day Sox trial run (30, 30, 20).
I do free Yoga on the roof of a shopping center across the road from me once a week. I actually cant believe how strong you get from that its crazy, I can from a sitting position get myself into a handstand. I havent been able to do a handstand ever so its been a cool experience and I have completely gone of weights because of this.
With the running I am doing around 70km a week and I could still lose another 5kg's but have never been able to lose it so I know what you mean.
I think its a bit of give and take once you have a routine, eat X for 2 weeks and see if the scale shifts if not you keep it in your diet then try the same with Y, everyones body behaves differently. My GF for instance eats as much as me doesn't put on weight and is half my size.
You're lucky.
