Calories is not good way to go. If you know how the caloric number are derived in a bomb calorimeter. Its hardly accurate.there is one thing for sure i know is that Fat have 5 calories more compare to carb and protein is 4 per 1g
there are some who can still go over their calories needed for the day even on LCHF
They hit their goal for fat macro but they forget to hit their minimum need for protein which is essential for muscle to rebuild, repair, growth, recovery
which come to a thinking of my, if one hit the macro for fat and the calories took a huge chunk of the pool where now the remain left calories for protein to be added is much lesser or than the needed minimum amount for muscle maintenance thus that is why one end up with no muscle growth at all?![]()
now if one hit their protein minimum but not hit the fat minimum would that also cause the effectiveness of the diet to lose it's effect?![]()
And we do not consume heat energy.
Using myself as example, eating more than 1kg of meat and eggs daily.
Eggs are primarily matched on fats and proteins. The beef I'm eating, contains about 15% fat. CARBS less than 30g.
I'm exercising regularly with weights and bands. In term of body weight, its higher than what you are doing.
Its difficult to put on excess weight once the set point is there.