I ate only meat, no vegetables or cheese. The only carbs I got were the tiny amounts of glycogen and sugars in the meat itself. Yes, I checked with test strips.
That sounds like it counts as “no” carbs. I’m just a bit surprised because of the large effect that ketosis has on my appetite and the appetite of those I know who have tried it. I have to eat some carbs just to keep from getting too skinny.
I assume you were getting enough fat? Your body can only handle so much protein, and trying to live on lean meat alone can cause rabbit starvation. It’s possible that you were getting a mild case of this which would explain high hunger levels and high calculated caloric intake even after adjusting for hunger suppression. Since your useable calories would be lower than calculated, your energy expenditure would have decrease if your weight stayed constant.
It’s kinda a long shot, but were you eating lean meat and moving around less?
I don’t like lean meat much, except for steak tartare. My meat only period was during the winter, though, and I eat a lot of soups and stews in cold weather, that year a lot of beef brisket, pork shoulder, and chicken leg quarters, none of which are very lean. And I don’t have a car so I do a lot of walking, even when I might prefer not to (like in the snow).
How low is “no” carbs? Did you confirm that you were in ketosis?
I ate only meat, no vegetables or cheese. The only carbs I got were the tiny amounts of glycogen and sugars in the meat itself. Yes, I checked with test strips.
That sounds like it counts as “no” carbs. I’m just a bit surprised because of the large effect that ketosis has on my appetite and the appetite of those I know who have tried it. I have to eat some carbs just to keep from getting too skinny.
I assume you were getting enough fat? Your body can only handle so much protein, and trying to live on lean meat alone can cause rabbit starvation. It’s possible that you were getting a mild case of this which would explain high hunger levels and high calculated caloric intake even after adjusting for hunger suppression. Since your useable calories would be lower than calculated, your energy expenditure would have decrease if your weight stayed constant.
It’s kinda a long shot, but were you eating lean meat and moving around less?
I don’t like lean meat much, except for steak tartare. My meat only period was during the winter, though, and I eat a lot of soups and stews in cold weather, that year a lot of beef brisket, pork shoulder, and chicken leg quarters, none of which are very lean. And I don’t have a car so I do a lot of walking, even when I might prefer not to (like in the snow).