Low Carb Diet

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  • ahmadfahmy
    ahmadfahmy Posts: 214 Member
    Hi everyone,

    I am going on holiday in about 3 weeks and was hoping to do a low carb diet until then. Will this help me to lose weight and what sort of thing can I actually eat?

    Any help appreciated :smile:

    caloric deficit is the only thing that will work...doesnt matter how many carbs you eat.
  • bostonwolf
    bostonwolf Posts: 3,038 Member
    The idea of any low carb diet is to eliminate most grains and sugars. One because they tend to have big effects on your blood sugar levels (this is why if you wolf down a big bowl of rice or a lot of bread you feel sleepy an hour or so later.)

    The bigger thing, IMO, is that grains and sugars have the biggest calorie density of just about anything you eat. By eliminating them and focusing on food that will fill you up faster and satisfy you longer, you almost always end up eating less calories than before.

    Add that in with some weightlifting and moderate cardio and you should have noticable results in the timeframe you are talking about.

    Of course, when you go on holiday and off diet you're going to put back on a ton of that weight almost instantly. When you start eating carbs again you retain more water in your body.
  • Silver14
    Silver14 Posts: 141

    The bigger thing, IMO, is that grains and sugars have the biggest calorie density of just about anything you eat. By eliminating them and focusing on food that will fill you up faster and satisfy you longer, you almost always end up eating less calories than before.

    Sorry, but in my experience my calories have been the same, if not higher, with low carb. I make sure of it so I have energy. My body just reacts ready well to low carb, not low calories. Definatly a differnce in my body composition. Much flatter tummy, and more toned lean legs and arms. Everyone's body's different I guess :)
  • maddieftaylor
    maddieftaylor Posts: 65 Member
    Why wait till 3 weeks before vacation to decide now is the time.

    Not that I need to explain myself but I've been really ill since about January and have only just recovered - hence the need for a quick fix. I decided now was the time months ago but it wasn't possible.


    3 weeks is TOTALLY worth it! I did it for 1 week before I had a event. Man, I looked so much better within that week. Not just my head, my pants even fit better, I was more toned and tight, less fat. It was amazing how quickly my body adjusted and LOVED it! I say do it girl! Eat lots of chicken, fish, eggs, veggies, salads, nuts, seeds, avocado, olive oil, whey protein, and moderate-small amounts of Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, milk, and low carb fruit :) It's actually yummy too! I make my veggies with olive oil and toasted sesame seeds now, yum! I use olive oil on my fish, eat Guacomole, lots of yummy nuts etc :)

    You must still be in deficit though, but with no carbs (apart from fruit, veg and lactose) it's easy and your very satisfied :)
    Try it :)

    I'm doing the same this week for a wedding I'm in this weekend. I know my body loves and reacts really well to low carbs.
    I've been lifting, eating at a moderate deficit with balanced macros and losing slowly and steadily, but I just want to drop this water weight and look good in my dress this weekend

    Thank you both for the support!
  • maddieftaylor
    maddieftaylor Posts: 65 Member
    Don't over complicate this. If you want to eat less carbs then go ahead. You don't have to, unless you have a professionally diagnosed medical condition, but if that is what you would like to try then don't make a bigger deal about then you have to. Just eat less carbs and more of everything else. That's it.

    But like i said, you don't have to eat less carbs to lose weight, just less calories.

    Less calories doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere though!

    Of course it isn't working... you don't log consistently and you are under eating. Why on earth would it work when you are not even doing it right. You half *kitten* something, prepare to get half *kitten* results. How about trying to count calories correctly before claiming it isn't getting you there. I highly doubt low carb would help, you will have to be consistent with that too.

    Just because I don't log consistently every day doesn't mean I don't count calories or that I am taking a "half *kitten*" approach.
  • xLoveLikeWinterx
    xLoveLikeWinterx Posts: 408 Member
    The true Atkins diet is very dangerous, you can cut down your carbs but you'd be silly to follow Atkins.

    Just eat extremely clean with high protien and limited carbs (and when you do eat carbs keep them good - sweet potato, quinoa, brown rice etc)

    This is what I do. I am vegetarian, so I supplement with protein shakes, but I just follow a general rule of higher protein/limited carbs, but don't stress over it. If I do eat carbs, I do a quarter sweet potato, quinoa, etc.
  • Silver14
    Silver14 Posts: 141
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    Thank you both for the support!
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    No worries :) Everyone's body's different, if it doesn't work for others that's ok, but if it works for us, we can roll with it :)
  • remanasco
    remanasco Posts: 1 Member
    what are some of the things you eat for snacks?
  • KatLifter
    KatLifter Posts: 1,314 Member
    what are some of the things you eat for snacks?

    String cheese, nuts and nut butter, seeds, protein shakes, veggies, hard boiled eggs, cold cuts, any combination of these.

    Making these tonight:
    Spinach Chips
    Simply toss some fresh spinach in a little oil, and garlic powder and bake in a 250 F oven for 10 minutes on a cookie sheet. You will not be able to keep these in the house, they go too quick!
  • DatMurse
    DatMurse Posts: 1,501 Member

    The bigger thing, IMO, is that grains and sugars have the biggest calorie density of just about anything you eat. By eliminating them and focusing on food that will fill you up faster and satisfy you longer, you almost always end up eating less calories than before.

    Sorry, but in my experience my calories have been the same, if not higher, with low carb. I make sure of it so I have energy. My body just reacts ready well to low carb, not low calories. Definatly a differnce in my body composition. Much flatter tummy, and more toned lean legs and arms. Everyone's body's different I guess :)
    Most of carbohydrate food will have a decent amount of residue in your stomach. I understand where you are coming from

    Food for thought: Did you know that the human body can hold about 500g of carbs on average? each gram of carb binds to 3g of water molecules to store as glycogen.
  • jdad1
    jdad1 Posts: 1,899 Member
    Don't over complicate this. If you want to eat less carbs then go ahead. You don't have to, unless you have a professionally diagnosed medical condition, but if that is what you would like to try then don't make a bigger deal about then you have to. Just eat less carbs and more of everything else. That's it.

    But like i said, you don't have to eat less carbs to lose weight, just less calories.

    Less calories doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere though!

    Of course it isn't working... you don't log consistently and you are under eating. Why on earth would it work when you are not even doing it right. You half *kitten* something, prepare to get half *kitten* results. How about trying to count calories correctly before claiming it isn't getting you there. I highly doubt low carb would help, you will have to be consistent with that too.

    Just because I don't log consistently every day doesn't mean I don't count calories or that I am taking a "half *kitten*" approach.


    You’re not eating enough. On the few days that you do log you are eating as low as 450 calories and typically under 1000. If you eat like this you are starving your body. Literally. I said this already and you commented on your infrequent logging. What about the fact that you are literally starving yourself. (Unless of course you had lap band or something we don't know about)

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