Elizabeth Miller wrote:

>I assume you are burning ketones? Usually ketosis is accompanied by lower
>appetite. If you're gaining weight, I wonder if your gluconeogenesis isn't
>working overtime creating glucose which then triggers insulin to stimulate
>fat storage.
>

Possibly.  I have heard the theory that low-carb dieters become more
efficient at gluconeogenesis, making it more difficult to lose regained
weight, the second time around.  But this is a controversial and
strictly anecdotal "fact" -- I don't know of any research on the subject.

>  Assuming a 90% fat diet consisting of 2600 calories that would
>mean 2340 fat calories -- you should not have gained -- unless you were
>breaking down muscle which then stimulated insulin. Have you kept the 2 lb.
>weight gain.
>

Yes, I'm still wearing the two pounds.  And my diet did not stay at 2600
calories.  The way my appetite increased, I'm pretty sure it went over
3000 calories.  I was eating a *lot* of sour cream, and even resorting
to pure coconut oil.  It was a rather strange feeling.  Although eating
all that fat was somewhat sickening, I didn't feel satisfied for long,
and within an hour or so I'd be looking for something else to eat.

I may try it again, increasing my carbs to 60g or so, as Amadeus
suggested, but I'm not quite motivated to undertake it yet.

Todd Moody
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