Hi all,
I’ve been overweight my whole life; and come from an overweight family. My parents, Grandparents and siblings are all overweight, some obese. I, myself, am about 3 stone above my ideal weight.
I have tried to lose weight several times before and not succeeded, but I am determined to make 2020 my year. I’d like to be able to wear swimwear this summer without feeling self conscious about the flab.
I tried a few different diet plans in the past; and I’ve decided to just screw it and do simple calorie counting. We’ve a social engagement at 5 tonight (one that doesn’t involve food) so just made an early dinner/late lunch type thing - chicken curry with a suave based on lentils; and a side of brown rice. I thought it was really, really nice and I carefully weighed everything so it came out at 350 calories per portion.
But someone made the comment, “Its a bit carby, that can’t be good for you.” And it got me thinking.
Now, my degree is in biochemistry and I work in a scientific field. Thinking about it quickly, I am well aware of the various metabolic pathways the body has for converting glucose to fat and amino acids and the path ways for converting fat and amino acids into Krebs cycle intermediates... so surely the ratio of carbs:fat:protein in one’s diet shouldn’t matter? As long as I’m getting my required vitamins, minerals and essential amino acids? Surely then it’s a simple case of just eating less calories than I burn in a day?
But I’ve seen loads of diets that seem to think it DOES matter? So what do you all think? Does the amount of carbs matter?
EDIT: Literally a second after typing this I had a thought that it could be due to blood sugar levels - since carbs will be digested and absorbed as glucose, while a low carb meal won’t increase blood sugar as much as force the body to rely on stored energy sooner... BUT surely there is the same amount of energy overall, so this shouldn’t really matter in terms of weight loss?
Thanks!