[bkovacev]

An anecdotal story, so YMMV. I was 280lbs and dropped to 240lbs using fasting + low carb + keto (at times). During the time my stomach would always bloat when I ate carbs. The harmony lasted for about a year and then all the benefits stopped for me at least. I stopped losing weight, lost a lot of strength even though I was eating 1800-2000 calories a day (two meals one protein + oats the other fish/meat + veggies and if really hungry I'd do the same meal one more time) with occasional one meal a week cheat day.

It took me about a solid year of eating 100-150gr a day from oats/rice/pasta/bread to be able to start utilizing carbs as fuel completely and not until I doubled it to 200gr (250-300 at times) did I start noticing weight loss + increase in strength. I was able to drop my weight to 225lbs in span of 4 months. My macros are around 220gr of protein, 200gr carbs, 60gr of fat.

When I was doing my research I found that most body builders / athletes were talking about reverse dieting as a must after a long diet. They were slowly reintroducing carbs I think an increment of 20-30gr per week for their daily intake (I dont recall the exact numbers).

[vowelless]

Seems to match my experience.