Experimenting Again

I'm never satisfied unless I'm experimenting with something. Maybe I missed my calling. I should have been a scientist or an explorer.

This time I'm experimenting (with Rog's permission) on lowering my carbs and raising my fats. Here's what I've done so far.

Sunday: 1500 calories, 66 g. carbs, 137 g. protein, 80 g. fat (17%/36%/47%)
Monday: 1800 calories, 92 g. carbs, 155 g. protein, 98 g. fat (20%/33%/47%)

My sleep has been affected by this. I've been waking at 3 am and having trouble falling back to sleep. It feels like hunger but not what I typically experience as hunger so I'm thinking it's more low serotonin than true hunger. I'd like to keep the experiment going for the week so I'm making a bit of an adjustment. Here are my macros for today.

Tuesday: 1500 calories, 48 g. carbs, 120 g. protein, 95 g. fat. (12%/31%/57%)

What I'm trying to accomplish is to go into ketosis for a few days to see if my body responds well to burning fat for energy rather than glucose. In order to accomplish that I need to lower not only my carbs but my protein. Protein can be converted into glucose so if the protein isn't low enough I won't go into ketosis. I'm reluctant to lower the protein too much. I figure that at 120 g. I'm at 1 g./lb of lean body weight. Just an estimate. I'm not being truly scientific about this.

I've added avocado, macadamia nuts and more full fat sour cream to the menu today. One thing I've noticed since Sunday is that I don't have stomach growling hunger after meals like I do when I eat a meal with significant carbs in it. After I eat I get something similar to a hot flash where my body feels like it's heating up from the inside out. Strange feeling but if you're a menopausal woman you know what I'm talking about. :)

I don't intend to keep this up for long, unless I start feeling significantly better than I did on the original plan, starting sleeping better and keep up the fantastic weight loss I've had. I've heard good things about being in a "burning fat for energy" state and I'd like to see if that is true for me. If I can at least train my body to be able to switch from glucose-burning to fat-burning when I want it to, then it's a double win. That way I can choose my daily macros based on what my training needs are and what I feel like eating on any particular day. Wouldn't that be nice?