Anyone else trying low carb?

MelRC117

littleapple0913 wrote: »

JimFsfitnesspal wrote: »

I have been trying to keep my carbs at about 100 for the last 3 months (more like a paleo diet). I have lost alot of fat and gained alot of muscle with my strength training. The added benefits of low carb is I do not feel hungry all day long and my metabolism is higher that it would be without it.

It is natural that you are losing less as you get closer to your goal. I do not think you can do much about that.

Tips? I'm not sure other than portion control for me. In addition to eliminating carbs and replacing with fats & protein, I will have less carbs and sugars by stacking meat on half a roll and such. I can eat one doughnut in 6-8 servings. I don't know how but I can eat half a Girl Scout Samoa cookie at lunch and save the rest for later.

Here are some of my favorite lower carb foods: homemade chicken soup, chicken breast on salad, beef & bean chili, chicken chili.

Sometimes I also have bacon / egg / sausage in a bowl, steak-ums (half roll and half serving tater tots), beef tacos (crunchy, or two tacos in one tortilla), or a few slices of summer sausage & cheese (no crackers)... but I try to limit those because they are so high in animal fat.

Ohh, all this talk of food is making me hungry... I eat 40 grams or less per day, but haven't even been on this for a week. I once was doing 10 grams or less per day last year but I would get shaky and feel ill... Definitely wasn't doing it right.

Portion control is so hard for me because I'm always so hungry after a workout!! I eat so much!! It gets easier for me to control my portions the longer I stay low carb, however. I also find that I don't feel as hungry or get ravenous the longer I'm on low carb... Can't wait to get to that point agsin^^

The benefit is from eating high fat and moderate protein, it keeps you feeling full which means to eat less overall calories.

If you experience cramping, make sure you're consuming enough potassium and sodium.

The first few weeks of eating low carb (well depending on how low you mean low), you may lose a large amount of weight and then it will even out. You're losing water weight.