croy wrote:
Dogman wrote:

Not to mention that by
restricting carbs, it's pretty hard to "over consume" protein and fat.

I don't mean to be argumentative, and I certainly don't know
anything about this stuff, but I'm having trouble
understanding that. Why would it be "hard" to over-consume
protein and fat?

Folks whose only previous experience is mixing carbs into protein and
fat often have a hard time believing it. Actually trying it becomes
very convincing. With low carb counts the body resists eating too much
fat or protein.

Before trying it physically try a hought experiment. Imagine mixing a
stick of butter with an equal calorie count of sugar and eating it.
This resembles a candy formula and some of us would have trouble
stopping once we started eating it. Imagine mixing a stick of butter
with an equal calorie count of more butter (two sticks). Now imagine
eating two sticks of butter in one sitting. Many folks can't imagine
managing to finish that much straight butter.

Now move on to a physical experiment. Start low carbing and be in
ketonuria. Count the calories you have for breakfast. Figure out how
much straight oil that many calories will be. Maybe between 1 and 2
shot glasses. Now commit to having that much straight oil as your
breakfast for a week. See what happens. I tried it once. The first
day I tossed off the just under 2 shots and I wasn't hungry for lunch.
The second day I was not comfortable having the second almost shot of
oil. The third day I had to sip the oil. The fourth day I had to hold
my nose to manage to swallow any of the oil. The fifth day I could not
even swallow the oil by holding my nose. My body refused to swallow it.

It's possible to over eat of fat and protein when low carbing but the
body does resist. Dr Atkins claimed that the body resisted at a level
that ensured loss. Experience of low carbers reports that it can be
easy to eat at a level that prevents loss it is indeed hard to eat at a
level that forces new fat into storage. Experience of low carbers
reports that many but not all find it easy to exercise portion control
once low carbing.