Again, even prediabetes isn’t until you get up into the 6% range. Let’s zoom out and look at this big picture: Your A1C is completely fine, your lipids are bad. If that’s the case, why would you eat MORE fat and LESS carbs? Sometimes it pays to not overthink things.
I’m the same way when it comes to hunger: I trained myself to overeat and bulk for sports as a teen, and I can EASILY consume far too much at ANY meal, and I get super hangry if I dont eat every 4 hours. That said, you are big dude and a beast in the weight room, fuel yourself accordingly. You may find any flagging performance, low libido, depressed mood is because your body is running too much on ketosis, which let’s all be honest: would you wannt to run your house permanently on a backup generator?
It looks like you are doing a great job of focusing on fat quality, so do the same with carbs. I’ll attach a super boring study below, but theres a part in the middle about moderate carb diets.
this excerpt is good as well:
A one-year randomized controlled study of 202 individuals with a body mass index (BMI) ≥28 and at least another metabolic disorder compared the effect of two dietary counseling-based interventions advocating either for a low-Glycemic load diet (30%-35% of calories from low-GI carbohydrates) or a low-fat diet (<30% of calories from fat) (61). Weight loss with each diet was equivalent (~4 kg). Both interventions similarly reduced triglycerides, C-reactive protein (CRP), and fasting insulin, and increased HDL-cholesterol. Yet, the reduction in waist and hip circumferences was greater with the low-fat diet
Look at that again, those were obese people WITH a metabolic condition, and they had EQUIVALENT weight loss, and GREATER reduction in waist and hip circumference eating more carbohydrates. You are a young gym beast, fuel your body thusly lol. A lot of old guys like me focus on eating better and more fats to keep T and hormone levels up. But you have TRT to do that for you.
Marcus Filly has a lot on this topic, RP diet, or I love Layne Norton for his insights. Coach Thib has a bunch of neurotyping stuff for diet too, and I’ve just begun experimenting with that on myself (type 1B). I would say check those out for topics on moderate carbs, or maybe a reverse diet to help out. A dude like you should probably be eating closer 3000cals per day with 200+ carbs. They’ve been demonized into oblivion, but as some of the other guys have said, think big picture: only fear carbs if you eat a ton of shitty ones, and sit around on your ass all day. get your fiber and protein with the carbs and you’ll be fine. If you want to move and lift and be a strong fuckin ox, then get your fuel man lol.
Last but not least: You are doing better than 99% of your peers and the general population, so keep that shit up man. Good work.
