No Carb Diet?
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dejawills15
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I am in a cast for 5 weeks which means I need to really watch what I eat so I won't put on a lot of weight. A friend of mine told me to do a no carb diet? Has anyone tried this? Seems tough to completely eliminate carbs from your meals.
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No need to go low carb. Once you introduce carbs back into your life after your bed rest, you'll gain some weight back. Just don't eat as much because you are more sedentary than before.0
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You should know - no carb means you can only eat meat and oil basically.0
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dejawills15 wrote: »I am in a cast for 5 weeks which means I need to really watch what I eat so I won't put on a lot of weight. A friend of mine told me to do a no carb diet? Has anyone tried this? Seems tough to completely eliminate carbs from your meals.
Depriving yourself of nutrients while you're recovering from an injury is not a great idea. Don't overeat, but don't feel like you have to demonize an entire macronutrient while you're at it.0 -
Meat and seafood and olive oil or other oil for zero carbs.
For health, add some low carb greens: spinach, kale, romaine, Swiss chard, cabbage.0 -
I'm going to assume that you normally have a stable weight, but you are afraid that, due to inactivity while you have your cast on, you won't burn the exercise calories that you're accustomed to. This is why it's a good idea to eat less on inactive days all the time; when you can't be active, your body already knows the drill. So this is one more vote for just eating less. Zero carbs is very extreme.0
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Forget it! Way too hard to do, and especially to stay on. Set macros to 20/20/60. You be fine!
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dejawills15 wrote: »I am in a cast for 5 weeks which means I need to really watch what I eat so I won't put on a lot of weight. A friend of mine told me to do a no carb diet? Has anyone tried this? Seems tough to completely eliminate carbs from your meals.
Your friend may have meant miss the pasta, fries, potato, pizza, rice and bread. ie cut out the foods that are mainly carby fillers.
Eat meat, fish, cheese, yoghurt, eggs and non-starchy vegetables and you will have a very low carb intake but it won't be zero.0 -
It seems tough because it's tough, in fact, it's close to impossible; as others have mentioned, you'd have to eat only meat, seafood and oil, and that is no way to aid recovery from whatever you are in cast for. You have to eat less than usual if you go from active to sedentary, and it's a good idea to cut most of your calories from carbs, because you'll still need approximately the same amount of fat and protein, but cut down, not out. Also, cut more on the junk than the real food, because you'll need the calories you eat to be as nutritious as possible. At the same time, eat food you like and don't try to eat no junk at all, if you usually et some junk. Variety, balance, moderation.0
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Your body uses more calories to heal its self.
Change your settings to maintain at a sedentary lifestyle.
Eat slightly higher protein for the repair but you don't need to cut out carbs altogether.
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Your friend may have meant miss the pasta, fries, potato, pizza, rice and bread. ie cut out the foods that are mainly carby fillers.
Eat meat, fish, cheese, yoghurt, eggs and non-starchy vegetables and you will have a very low carb intake but it won't be zero.
Potatoes contain very little calories. And they're yummy.
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Actually, if you are recovering from a broken bone, you need to eat at maintence and above. 0
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I eat a very low carbohydrate diet and am trying a close to zero carb diet now. I would advise you not to cut carbs and do a major dietary change around an injury. It takes a while for the body to get used to relying on fats. During that time you can end up with an electrolyte imbalance from the water loss (low sodium, magnesium, and potassium) and you will feel more fatigued as your body adjusts. That can be hard on a body so I wouldn't add that onto the stresses of injury.
Reducing carbs will cause some water loss, maybe a couple of pounds, but keeping excess weight off comes down to not consuming excess calories. If you were active you may only need to cut back a couple of hundred calories per day. That being said, lower carb diets can help reduce the appetite in some people so it can be helpful that way.
If you want to go lower carb, I would not go below 150-100g of carbs, especially at first. I wouldn't go with a drastic cut to ~5g per day. Not while recovering. Try that in a month or so from now if you are still interested.
Good luck with your recovery.0 -
They are nutritious, yummy, but very high in carbs. They make my BG spike like crazy, so I rarely eat them, and when I do, I eat them in moderation.Potatoes contain very little calories. And they're yummy.
Very good point!Actually, if you are recovering from a broken bone, you need to eat at maintence and above.
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leosmith66 wrote: »
They are nutritious, yummy, but very high in carbs. They make my BG spike like crazy, so I rarely eat them, and when I do, I eat them in moderation.Potatoes contain very little calories. And they're yummy.
Very good point!Actually, if you are recovering from a broken bone, you need to eat at maintence and above.
Potatoes every night... with eggs or chicken
potatoes are one of my safe foods. 0 -
I assume you aren't diabetic, and/or have no need to control your BG. "safe" food - are you a follower of PHD by any chance? I used to eat about 1 lb of either potatoes or white rice every day. Loved that diet. Had to give it up though.QueenofHearts023 wrote: »Potatoes every night... with eggs or chicken potatoes are one of my safe foods.
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leosmith66 wrote: »
I assume you aren't diabetic, and/or have no need to control your BG. "safe" food - are you a follower of PHD by any chance? I used to eat about 1 lb of either potatoes or white rice every day. Loved that diet. Had to give it up though.QueenofHearts023 wrote: »Potatoes every night... with eggs or chicken potatoes are one of my safe foods.
No I have IBS. Potatoes, rice and oats are among the very few carby things that are gentle on my digestion.0 -
Your body needs carbs. I would also advise not depriving your body of a whole area of nutrients when you're healing, as another poster mentioned above.0
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What kind of cast are you in? I ask because there are exercise programs for people with limitations -- upper body workouts for people with lower limb mobility issues and vice versa. A friend of mine has MS and has created a workout program for those in a wheelchair.0
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Eat lots of protein, veggies and fruits!
Try soups and salads!
Nuts, fish, eggs etc.
I would just stay away from highly processed foods like white sugar and white carbs... But organic potatoes would be good.
Track your calories.
I think low carb but not no carb.
Hope u get well soon!0 -
Actually, if you are recovering from a broken bone, you need to eat at maintence and above.
Yeah, your body needs a lot of extra calories to repair itself. Worry first about healing. You have a lot longer than 5 weeks to get the body you want, but you only have these weeks to let this injury heal correctly.0
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