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Really concerned about future diet/weight gain

Hi guys so I’ve been doing extended dry fasting and intermittent dry fasting for 3 months now and carnivore/Keto refeeds with much success. I managed to go on vacation last week and not gain weight in 7 days eating a loose keto diet (lots of rum & diet cokes) My concern is my diet long term, once I reach my goal of 100lbs lost I would like to start incorporating fruits, starchy vegetables, and some sweets (the occasional birthday cake) without gaining weight. Idk if I have extreme insulin resistance but I CAN NOT maintain my weight eating these things anymore(I have tried, it’s a very quick gain of 5lbs+)…I used to be able to maintain my weight as a high carb vegetarian quite easily. This thought of not being able to eat other foods is kind of scaring me as I don’t want to live a carnivore lifestyle forever… Sorry if this isn’t the right place to ask this question, I just find this forum to be the most responsive of the fasting/zero carb forums

Answer

Carbs put glycerin in your muscles and liver, and that can lead to quick gains on the scale. It’s not inherently fat. You will gain some lbs once you introduce carbs, but that doesn’t mean it’ll continue to go up exponentially. There’s a lot of info on youtube about how to ease off of a keto diet without gaining a ton of weight.

Edit: You will go through a period of digestive discomfort when you switch. If you’ve been eating only keto/carnivore for a long time, your body begins to do away with its ability to process carbs because it hasn’t had to. Doesn’t mean it can’t re-learn that function, but because its main source has been ketones for so long, it’ll be a bit of a transition period, just like it was when you first went from carbs to ketones.

Also, your gut bacteria would have totally changed. The stuff needed to break down plants will have died off and you’ll only have the stuff that eats meat in your gut. So you’ll definitely wanna get some high quality probiotics and digestive enzymes and make sure you transition slowly.