It's not magic, but it feels close.
Today I switched my macronutrient targets (protein : carb : fat) in Cronometer from 35:40:25 to 25:60:15.
This is an attempt to keep my fat intake as low as possible, within reason, to allow me to err on the side of caloric surplus without much fat gain – or, hopefully, loss of abdominal adipose tissue.
No oils? The recommendation from Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn and others is for a low-fat whole food plant-based diet.
I’ve been advocating a low carb, high protein, high fat diet for the last 8 years.
My bad.
It’s extremely satisfying, but it’s extremely unhealthy for me, as it turns out. It hasn’t resulted in any appreciable fat loss, and it hasn’t done much for my strength training performance.
Dietary cholesterol matters. I finally went in for a long-overdue lipid panel, specifically to be able to have the numbers for a before/after comparison upon switching my diet.
I began the long Memorial Day weekend this year with a renewed interest in home cooking. This time, I wanted to begin making plant-based meals.
This was in sharp contrast to the low-carb and very high fat and protein animal diet I’d been practicing as recently as March of this year. Ever since then, I’d been trying to avoid meat whenever it was convenient, but I hadn’t yet resolved to cook at home.