Post by davidstone1501 on Jul 11, 2017 15:03:26 GMT -5
I am currently on a ketogenic diet, and I am looking to loose fat. My question is a little complicated, and probably only someone with a science or nutrition background will be able to answer this.
I eat less than 50 grams of carbohydrates per day, I try to stay below 30grams, but never above 50grams, and am in a ketogenic state. I experienced a very mild "carb flu," and I have been on this diet for about two weeks. I have lost 12 pounds since starting. I feel fine, and if anything, I actually have more energy. I know that probably the majority of the weight I have already lost is probably just water weight, but even with my very mild loss, I do look less fat, and my bodyfat percentage (electronic meter) has gone down by over one percent.
My primary goal is to loose fat. And, I'm wondering it lifting weights will help accelerate my fat loss, and my thinking is...
If I start lifting weights, I will deplete my glycogen stores in my muscles. Now, if I am depleting my glycogen stores (by weight training), and am not eating a sufficient amount of carbohydrates to replenish them... THEN... wouldn't my body have to burn MORE fat, and CONVERT those ketones into glucose (through gluconeogenesis) to replenish the depleted muscle glycogen stores, hence resulting in more fat loss? Does it actually work this way, or is my logic flawed? Please help me understand.
I eat less than 50 grams of carbohydrates per day, I try to stay below 30grams, but never above 50grams, and am in a ketogenic state. I experienced a very mild "carb flu," and I have been on this diet for about two weeks. I have lost 12 pounds since starting. I feel fine, and if anything, I actually have more energy. I know that probably the majority of the weight I have already lost is probably just water weight, but even with my very mild loss, I do look less fat, and my bodyfat percentage (electronic meter) has gone down by over one percent.
My primary goal is to loose fat. And, I'm wondering it lifting weights will help accelerate my fat loss, and my thinking is...
If I start lifting weights, I will deplete my glycogen stores in my muscles. Now, if I am depleting my glycogen stores (by weight training), and am not eating a sufficient amount of carbohydrates to replenish them... THEN... wouldn't my body have to burn MORE fat, and CONVERT those ketones into glucose (through gluconeogenesis) to replenish the depleted muscle glycogen stores, hence resulting in more fat loss? Does it actually work this way, or is my logic flawed? Please help me understand.