Lose Weight with Fat Based Diet
Any claim to lose weight fast seems like a pretty scammy claim – wouldn’t you agree? And now a title like lose weight with fat based diet even seems scammier – right? Scammier ? is that even a word?
Anyway for the most part when you see that claim its a good idea to start running. However in this instance I am going to share something that actually does work and is not a scam. I personally have done it.
The diet that does this is the keto diet.
It works so well that even if you only have 4 weeks to lose some good weight for that special event, wedding, going to the beach, reunion etc the keto diet can really work wonders. And if you want to kick it into overdrive combine keto with Intermittent fasting.
Why is it that the Ketogenic Diet can provide such good / fast results
Different from other diets where you count your calories or restrict calories the Keto diet gets you into a state known as ketosis. In this ketosis state your body converts into 24 hour a day a fat burning machine.
When you are consuming good fats and good proteins and limiting carbohydrates your body stays in this mode where it is burning fat for energy instead of carbs or sugars.
With a caloric restrictive diet normally you are cutting out around 400 to 800 calories below your normal every day diet. And in a standard diet if you are just cutting calories with out concern to the type of calories you are most likely consuming foods that are not helping you burn fat.
When cutting calories but still consuming your normal foods your are keeping the body in a glucose or sugar burning state. So when your body needs the energy it burns carbs and sugars and not fat.
Doing this makes it very hard to lose the main thing that you are most likely trying to lose and that is Fat.
So if you are just cutting calories you may be losing pounds over some time, however it’s a very slow process and can be a miserable struggle with each pound that you shed.
The major difference with just calorie counting and the Keto diet is that on the Keto diet your body goes into whats known as ketosis (hence the name keto diet) and instead of using carbs for fuel it uses fat.
If you continue to eat within the keto diet and your carb/sugar intake stays below 50 grams then your body continues to burn fats since there are no carbs or sugars left in the system. It has no choice other than to burn fat in your cells.
This all results in quick fat loss while not having to be to concerned with calories and not having to starve yourself by reducing calories.
Now that we know how you can burn fat. Who wants to know how to even burn more faster? Of Course you do – and the answer is ….
Intermittent Fasting while on the Keto Diet
Intermittent fasting in a quick explanation is to eat during a small window and not eat during a longer window. So for example a popular Intermittent Fast is called 16/8. This is where you fast or do not eat for 16 Hours and then you eat meals during the 8 hours.
Another type of fast is the 20/4 – where Im sure you guessed is you fast for 20 hours and you eat within a 4 hour window.
When you fast, your body burns through the sugars and carbs in the system and then when it gets through those in about 10 hours approx it will then look for something else to burn. During this time your blood sugars are stable, and since nothing is left but fat then that’s what it will burn.
The longer you fast (to a certain extent) the more effective it is for burning fat and the more potential you have for losing fat.
Dieting requires some commitment to start with, but then adding in fasting can even make it sound worse. However from experience on the 16/8 I can say that it gets easier over time.
I find now that on days I don’t fast I get hungrier faster and want my next meal even sooner. I find for me it just feels better waiting to hit the 16th hour before having food. (You are aloud black coffee and tea as long as there are no creams and sugars).
Also while you are fasting you will be ok being hungry is ok – really. Even if you are getting those hunger pains just realize it is ok. Understand that your body is burning that unwanted fat and that soon enough your eating window will hit.
You will feel a sense of accomplishment knowing you aloud your body to clear out the sugars and burn the fat. And now you are in your eating window and you can eat your daily nutrients and calories.
And since you are doing keto with the intermittent fasting – those calories will come from keto type foods such as healthy fats (butter, avocado, olive oil etc), healthy protein (wild fish, grass fed chicken and steak etc), vegetables and a low dose of carbs.
To recap on the keto diet and Intermittent fasting.
The Keto diet is a very trendy diet but its a diet that has some strong facts behind it from dr’s and many people who have had success with it.
With the keto die you burn through your sugars and your body starts burning fat in the cells instead of sugars and hence you lose weight.
To kick up the speed of losing weight with keto you can incorporate Intermittent Fasting where you fast for a certain number of hours per day and consume all your calories within a shorter window. A popular method of Intermittent fasting is called the 16/8. Where you fast for 16 yours (8 usually are when you are sleeping anyway) and then you eat your keto diet foods within the 8 hour window.When the body has a chance to burn up its sugar/carbs it then has time to burn fat and thats when you can really notice the benefits of Keto and Intermittent fasting.
