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Reply With QuoteWhen you are purely burning fat your RQ is 0.70 (this is ketosis). When you are purely burning carbs your RQ is 1.00.
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Hi everyone,
I was just wondering what objective measurements would indicate if you are a fat burning beast and are effectively using fat as a fuel source?
Thanks for any help
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When you are purely burning fat your RQ is 0.70 (this is ketosis). When you are purely burning carbs your RQ is 1.00.
From here.
Last edited by magicmerl; 08-09-2012 at 02:45 PM.
Griff's cholesterol primer
bloodorchid: paleo and primal are not low carb
Winterbike: What I eat every day is what other people eat to treat themselves.
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A subjective objective measure is when you can fast comfortably without hunger and exercise during the fast without feeling weak, shaky or tired.
Female, 5'3", 48, Starting weight: 163lbs. Current weight: 135.
Starting bench press: 30lbs. Current bench press: 75lbs.
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Another (slower) objective measure is to determine your bodyfat %. When it goes down, you are burning fat...
Griff's cholesterol primer
bloodorchid: paleo and primal are not low carb
Winterbike: What I eat every day is what other people eat to treat themselves.
Senior Member
have you been eating most of your calories as fat? are you still alive? you're a fat burning beast.
"dean ornish and dr. davis think the palmitic acid our bodies use for fuel while we sleep is poison if we eat it. zero-carbers like charles washington think the oldest fuel in our evolutionary history – glucose - used by organisms a billion years ago and without which the brains of modern mammals cannot survive for more than a few minutes – is an unnatural toxin if you eat it. both views ignore basic facts of medical physiology and defy evolutionary history." - kurt harris
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A subjective objective measure is when you can fast comfortably
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Not having crazy cravings or desperate need to eat.
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I agree with the fasting test.
Whenever I fast, I'll get hungry mid way, and when the hunger fades after 10 mins, I know my body just used fat for fuel.
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I was wondering the same thing.
I've been doing 20-24hr fasts (4hr eating window) daily for the last month and low to moderate carbs, doing daily workout regime 6-8 hours before breaking fast and preparing to go the whole hog into a weekly 40hr fasting regimen, no drama with cravings or hunger, weakness, etc. so according to above criteria I must be into fat burning.
Have lost about 5kg(8-10lb) over the last 3 months since going primal.
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