Yea, that hope is why I'm not particularly sad if HCLF doesn't produce immediate fat gains for me. Basically, the way I see it, what I do barely matters for the next 2-4 years as long as it's low PUFA and doesn't degrade my quality of life terribly (say I were to gain 100lbs lol).
If your weight is stable, fat loss can happen with body recomp work. Running for 1 hour 3 x per week, and lifting weights 2x per week for 6 months should shift your weight around.
I do wonder if there is some sort of genetic wiring based on where your ancestry comes from... Simple carbs for me make me gain weight very quickly. Complex carbs are better, but I still gain fat without adding lean protein. Why? Not a clue.
I do suspect something like that with regard to genetics, yea. In a sense it's even my taste: I don't actually like just sugar things very much. Some fruit is ok, but that's like a dessert. I wouldn't eat a basket of apples or oranges as a meal. Candy wise, I always preferred cookies/cake/chocolate or other sugar mixed with fat, never pure sugar.
And on the sugar diet, I realized eating lots of pure sugar is actually very difficult for me lol. I just don't have an appetite for it. Some people love it!
I hope your MPT implications hold! That's the silver lining
Yea, that hope is why I'm not particularly sad if HCLF doesn't produce immediate fat gains for me. Basically, the way I see it, what I do barely matters for the next 2-4 years as long as it's low PUFA and doesn't degrade my quality of life terribly (say I were to gain 100lbs lol).
If your weight is stable, fat loss can happen with body recomp work. Running for 1 hour 3 x per week, and lifting weights 2x per week for 6 months should shift your weight around.
I do wonder if there is some sort of genetic wiring based on where your ancestry comes from... Simple carbs for me make me gain weight very quickly. Complex carbs are better, but I still gain fat without adding lean protein. Why? Not a clue.
I do suspect something like that with regard to genetics, yea. In a sense it's even my taste: I don't actually like just sugar things very much. Some fruit is ok, but that's like a dessert. I wouldn't eat a basket of apples or oranges as a meal. Candy wise, I always preferred cookies/cake/chocolate or other sugar mixed with fat, never pure sugar.
And on the sugar diet, I realized eating lots of pure sugar is actually very difficult for me lol. I just don't have an appetite for it. Some people love it!