The Best Diet to Lose the First 20lbs (NOT if you’re already lean)

My story so far. Over three months into the carnivore diet with daily intermittent fasting, and the results are life-changing! Here are my numbers: * Weight: Down 30 pounds * Blood Pressure: Improved from 139/90 to 117/73 * Glucose Levels: Dropped from 123 mg/dL to 86 mg/dL * Ketones: Now at 2.7 mmol/L * GKI (Glucose Ketone Index): 1.7 This combination has truly transformed my health and my life!

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Hi ladies and gentlemen I am a lifelong chunker who has always struggled with body fat. I have in the past year taught myself to swim, lost 32lbs and somehow did my first 2 triathlons!!! You can do this. Sending you good energy ❤❤❤❤ - G

Keto changed my life, I lost over 40lbs before I even started exercising. I'm now 140lbs and I'm 3 weeks into a Mike Israetel video for training

Started at 265 July 5th 2024, down to 214 this morning! 60 mins daily walking plus 3-5 days lifting.. I can actually see muscle definition in my stomach starting to show for the first time in my life at 44 yrs old! I'll have a 6 pack by spring let's go!

Most of the content out there is created by jacked people and for jacked people, although that disclaimer is rarely made. Most of us that have battled back from %30+ fat have had to defeat a very damaged metabolism. I lost the weight eating carnivore and keeping calories maybe 200 below maintenance levels, then fasting completely for one or two days a week. Nearly all of my loss came during the total fasting periods. This was much easier and more effective than steady calorie restriction. I tried eating the same weekly calories, evenly distributed, day to day, but the weight loss was minimal. It took that shock of the full fast to light the fire. I started by getting my BMR actually measured, rather than using online calculators. My measured BMR was like 300 calories below the calculated numbers. Knowing this was key to my success, and not expensive. I think it was $75.

Doctor here with a long interest and practice in insulin resistance as I’m South Asian in heritage and have battled fatty liver, PCOS and in and out of prediabetes. It finally caught up with me in 2024 and went from non diabetic Jan 24 to prediabetic June 24 to TYPE 2 DIABETIC Sep 24 (!!!) to back to no diabetes Dec 24. I think I would be a great person to interview plus - I published on and work with obesity in colonised populations and how IR, which went from being a fantastic survival adaptation and a form of anthropological population control, went TO becoming a liability. Question: is having dark skin good for you or bad for you? Is having pale skin good for you or bad for you? It depends. How much sun are you exposed to… that determines the health benefits or liabilities of melanin. Genes load the gun but the environment pulls the trigger. Insulin resistance is a good or bad trait depending on the environment. Aboriginal Australians pre-colonisation all had high fasting insulin and yet were lean. Wonder why.… It helped them survive and it didn’t make them fat because there was no excess calories in the environment. Bring me on Thomas. We can talk more.

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One of your best videos ever. Thanks!

Thank you for this video. Being above 30 bmi and older, I find what worked when I was 30yrs old and around the same weight(major caloric restriction) no longer works to drop weight(just get very tired, no energy for workouts). And the stuff for the 15 and below bmi crowd is not realistic for me. This content helps by offering some decent alternatives.👍

Thomas, I love all your videos and interviews, and this one was Great - thanks!