To all you low carb eaters

Monklady123

superhockeymom wrote: »

i did the low carb thing years ago and had fantastic results. Needless to say started eating/ drinking again gained it all back plus some. A co worker of mine has started low carbing and now I think I may try it again but I was wondering if it is possible to do both low carb and low calorie at the same time?

Actually I find it easier to be low calorie and lower carb because I don't eat any sweet baked goods, I don't eat all the potato chips I used to eat, and I don't eat bread with butter. So instead of eating a bagel with butter for breakfast I might eat one egg with egg whites and a ton of sauteed veggies. Or instead of having another glass of wine with something salty and crunchy after dinner, I'll just go brush my teeth and be done with eating for the day. I do eat cold cereal sometimes but instead of the large bowl I used to have for breakfast I'll have a much smaller bowl for a snack in the afternoon.

Yi5hedr3

Sure.

stevwil41

I've been following a low carb diet for just over a year and when I started I didn't count calories at all and lost about 45 pounds. Once I got to my last 20-25 pounds I stopped losing and maintained eating roughly 30-50 carbs a day. Once I got serious again and started logging/counting I started losing again. I'm still eating between 30 and 50 carbs a day but I stay between 1600 and 2000 calories a day. I'm 6'1 so I have a fairly healthy calorie limit but it's all trial and error to figure out what's going to work for you personally. Good luck.

ARGriffy

i found low starchy carb works well for my loss. couscous and bananas keep my carb free headache at bay and sweet pot a few times a week. great results, still within 1300 cals!

Azuriaz

Monklady123 wrote: »

superhockeymom wrote: »

i did the low carb thing years ago and had fantastic results. Needless to say started eating/ drinking again gained it all back plus some. A co worker of mine has started low carbing and now I think I may try it again but I was wondering if it is possible to do both low carb and low calorie at the same time?

Actually I find it easier to be low calorie and lower carb because I don't eat any sweet baked goods, I don't eat all the potato chips I used to eat, and I don't eat bread with butter. So instead of eating a bagel with butter for breakfast I might eat one egg with egg whites and a ton of sauteed veggies. Or instead of having another glass of wine with something salty and crunchy after dinner, I'll just go brush my teeth and be done with eating for the day. I do eat cold cereal sometimes but instead of the large bowl I used to have for breakfast I'll have a much smaller bowl for a snack in the afternoon.

It also helps that I know if I do eat those things the scale is going to jump ten pounds next morning. Doesn't matter that most of it is water weight, I still don't want to see it!