Carbs
janelily7
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I'm finding it very difficult to stick to 50-upgr of carbs a day. I'm I calculating thid correct. 
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Why are you keeping your carbs that low? The amount of carbs have no bearing on weightloss.0
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Is there any reason for you needing to do this? If not... Just eat more carbs!0
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Yeah - unless there is a medical condition requesting you do this...please stop. Thats not nearly enough carbs.0
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why did you set your carbs that low?0
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I'm managing to stick to under 20g net carbs. Remember to subtract fibre from your carb count. Also get rid a=of anything sugary! I've cut out all processed sugar, pretty much all fruit, and get my 5 a day from green veg. Check out ruled.me for lots of really good info on how to cut carbs!0
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I tried, sad way to live. Then I put on my body fat when I went back to normal.0
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Hi. If you're going to eat low-carb, you'll need to do some homework first.
I'd suggest joining the low carb group here and then reading their stickies/announcements.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
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I'm managing to stick to under 20g net carbs. Remember to subtract fibre from your carb count. Also get rid a=of anything sugary! I've cut out all processed sugar, pretty much all fruit, and get my 5 a day from green veg. Check out ruled.me for lots of really good info on how to cut carbs!
sigh, I guess the sugar fear mongers are back lately.
why would you tell someone to eat fiber and then in the same sentence say you cut out all fruit which has fiber in it? Why would you cut out fruit and replace with vegetables when they both have sugar in them…???0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Hi. If you're going to eat low-carb, you'll need to do some homework first.
I'd suggest joining the low carb group here and then reading their stickies/announcements.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
Good luck!
i would advise against that.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Hi. If you're going to eat low-carb, you'll need to do some homework first.
I'd suggest joining the low carb group here and then reading their stickies/announcements.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
Good luck!
i would advise against that.
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Everyone is different. I am diabetic and I keep my carbs at roughly 100-120 g per day. (That is total carbs including veggies and fruit. I don't subtract for fiber.) That seems to be my magical number to manage my sugar levels and keep me losing weight. If 50 g feels too hard to stick with add in a little more and see how you feel. I agree with slynn0493, keep your added sugar minimal. What works for one person won't necessarily work for you. Keep working on it, you'll figure it out! Good luck!0
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Hi. If you're going to eat low-carb, you'll need to do some homework first.
I'd suggest joining the low carb group here and then reading their stickies/announcements.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
Good luck!
i would advise against that.
Cosign
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Thank you all for your responses. I'm now on a carb investigation.
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Have you counted calories for a few weeks? As in, use a food scale and weigh and log everything? If yes, for how long? How much weight to you have to lose?0 -
I'm finding it very difficult to stick to 50-upgr of carbs a day. I'm I calculating thid correct.
Your diary shows oats and pasta, which are high in carbs.
Think in terms of meat, fish, eggs, cheese, green vegetables, low sugar berries.
As a Brit you'll recognise some of the contributions here from this guy
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have you tried using a food scale and logging accurately and consistently using the correct entries? based on your diary...no.
Low carb isn't the cure all for lack's logging...0 -
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do you use a food scale?
do you eat back 100% of exercise calories?
if you are not in a calorie deficit, lowering carbs will do nothing...0 -
The only reason to lower carbs would be on the keto diet which I wouldn't really recommend. If your trying to keep your carbs that low while NOT on the keto diet, you'd probably kill yourself out of misery before you got the chance to lose a pound. I'd recommend looking into Macro Nutrients (If It Fits Your Macros) or something, and filling your calories with a lot of vegetables and protein sources.
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Countung calories and eating at a consistent deficit will work, its just you havent been doing it properly. By all means do it by low carbs, but its the deficit that matters.0 -
BenjaminMFP88 wrote: »
The only reason to lower carbs would be on the keto diet which I wouldn't really recommend. If your trying to keep your carbs that low while NOT on the keto diet, you'd probably kill yourself out of misery before you got the chance to lose a pound. I'd recommend looking into Macro Nutrients (If It Fits Your Macros) or something, and filling your calories with a lot of vegetables and protein sources.
why would keto be OK but low carb not be OK? that is an interesting dichotomy ….0 -
Keto doesn't just mean low carb, it means absurdly high fats and moderately low protein as well. If you try to go low carb without actually getting your body into a ketogenic state, you will never get your body to consistently use fat as your predominate fuel source and you will generally feel sluggish as you'll be lacking in the energy source your body still wants, carbs.0
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BenjaminMFP88 wrote: »Keto doesn't just mean low carb, it means absurdly high fats and moderately low protein as well. If you try to go low carb without actually getting your body into a ketogenic state, you will never get your body to consistently use fat as your predominate fuel source and you will generally feel sluggish as you'll be lacking in the energy source your body still wants, carbs.
Edit: of course, i'm disregarding any medical condition that would warrant a lower carb intake which would change my response.
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BenjaminMFP88 wrote: »Keto doesn't just mean low carb, it means absurdly high fats and moderately low protein as well. If you try to go low carb without actually getting your body into a ketogenic state, you will never get your body to consistently use fat as your predominate fuel source and you will generally feel sluggish as you'll be lacking in the energy source your body still wants, carbs.
yea …so extreme low carb is better than just low carb? That is just ridiculous. Besides, at the end of the day it boils down to CICO…
I know what Keto is…thanks.0 -
BenjaminMFP88 wrote: »Keto doesn't just mean low carb, it means absurdly high fats and moderately low protein as well. If you try to go low carb without actually getting your body into a ketogenic state, you will never get your body to consistently use fat as your predominate fuel source and you will generally feel sluggish as you'll be lacking in the energy source your body still wants, carbs.
yea …so extreme low carb is better than just low carb? That is just ridiculous. Besides, at the end of the day it boils down to CICO…
I know what Keto is…thanks.
Not really what I said, I said extreme low carb coupled with lowish protein is fine if keto is your goal. But if it isn't, then baring any necessitating medical condition, low carb just tends to makes things harder on the dieter then it needs to be.
And yes, CICO is what it all boils down to, but that doesn't mean there aren't variables that one should consider when calculating CO.
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BenjaminMFP88 wrote: »BenjaminMFP88 wrote: »Keto doesn't just mean low carb, it means absurdly high fats and moderately low protein as well. If you try to go low carb without actually getting your body into a ketogenic state, you will never get your body to consistently use fat as your predominate fuel source and you will generally feel sluggish as you'll be lacking in the energy source your body still wants, carbs.
yea …so extreme low carb is better than just low carb? That is just ridiculous. Besides, at the end of the day it boils down to CICO…
I know what Keto is…thanks.
Not really what I said, I said extreme low carb coupled with lowish protein is fine if keto is your goal. But if it isn't, then baring any necessitating medical condition, low carb just tends to makes things harder on the dieter then it needs to be.
And yes, CICO is what it all boils down to, but that doesn't mean there aren't variables that one should consider when calculating CO.
you said the only reason to lower carbs is to go on Keto….I am just trying to understand why you think one variant of low carb is better than the other?0
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