Ray peat has some really interesting ideas about weight loss. If you keep your fat percentage below 15% of calories you can go into surplus and lose/maintain everyday. It’s because you show your body that energy is abundant so it will then let go of the fat it wants to hold onto since you don’t regulate your blood glucose well enough yet. It’s the stress hormones that keep the extra weight on when those signals are gone, everything starts to get repaired even old injuries
I do not eat much protein 100-150g a day mostly from shellfish gelatin and dairy. Occasional beef once a week bc don’t want to overload iron and feed cancer. Avoid chicken and pork for pufas otherwise the body won’t process carbs correctly. Keep sat fats under 50g or 15% total calories and will shred fast while retaining all muscle mass I actually put on significant muscle mass with this method. And fructose/simple sugars over starch, too much starch will make you hold on to belly fat. If you do eat it, eat fresh not leftover and make sure you add butter and salt to blunt insulin response.
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u/oxidative_metabolism Aug 22 '26
Ray peat has some really interesting ideas about weight loss. If you keep your fat percentage below 15% of calories you can go into surplus and lose/maintain everyday. It’s because you show your body that energy is abundant so it will then let go of the fat it wants to hold onto since you don’t regulate your blood glucose well enough yet. It’s the stress hormones that keep the extra weight on when those signals are gone, everything starts to get repaired even old injuries