Quote (dark-soul @ 7 Oct 2017 23:59)
I know you're biased to the keto diet but to be fair you can lose weight without doing cardio on a normal diet too as long as you're in a deficit.
That's true. Keto is just more efficient. It's also more difficult to follow a keto diet than most other diets, which is why I'd recommend going 60/20/20 or maybe a bit higher on the fats, and using intermittent (absolute min. 12h) fasts, starting feeding with water or any combo of coffee/exogenous ketones/mct oil to achieve ketosis. In this way you may not be in sustained ketosis but you also don't need to worry if you don't do well with no carbs.
I've lost weight every which way
carbs & cardio
keto & only lifting
keto & cardio (which felt f*cking terrible)
And my best balance was to stay around but above 60/20/20, lift, and go with intermittent fasting + exogenous ketones.
I've lost 19 pounds in 3 weeks via carbs + cardio.
I've lost 16 pounds in just short of 3 weeks using my quasi keto method.
The trouble with the carbs + cardio method (I don't mean high carbs, I just mean allowing 20%-40% if need be) was that I felt drained at the end. I was also dehydrated on some days and that felt bad.
I'm not opposed to plain old caloric deficit, I'm just stating a personal preference based on a few experiments.