Low carb ideas

Aukeilagirl

Hello I'm trying to lower my carb intake but still consume enough calories for the day. I'm struggling with eating low carb foods and still hitting my calorie target for the day. And I'm not on a low carb diet. I'm just trying to lower my carb intake.

kommodevaran

Then eat more fat?

RodaRose

When you lower carbs, you increase protein or fat.
Fat includes: nuts, bacon, avocados, cooking oil, sunflower seeds, chia seeds, full fat salad dressing, full fat milk, cheese, olives, tofu.

Aukeilagirl

Thank you for the input. I was worried to raise my fats and protein because I thought it would make me gain weight. I have over 100lbs to lose. I'm trying to play with my macros to see what works best for my body.

trinty425

There are other options to decrease carbs...there is a pasta maker DreamFields that is the lowest carb pasta out there. There are also low-carb tortillas. I have also used spaghetti squash to replace pasta noodles, and cauliflower to replace mashed potatoes.

ladipoet

trinty425 wrote: »

There are other options to decrease carbs...there is a pasta maker DreamFields that is the lowest carb pasta out there.

100% FALSE!!!!!:

http://low-carb-scams.com/dreamfields-or-nightmares/

Dreamfields brand is NOT a "low carb" pasta whatsoever. If you are trying to go low-carb and you buying and eating Dreamfields then you are just sabotaging all of our efforts and shooting yourself in the foot.

ladipoet

OP, I suggest you check out the main low carber forum group here in MFP. It's where most of us Ketofiles tend to hang out. There is also a LCHF recipe group as well:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/112055-the-low-carb-high-fat-recipes-group-lchf

GaleHawkins

@Aukeilagirl in my case I lose eat fats and gain eating carbs. I do eat low carb and have to limit protein because 50% can become glucose.

Lovee_Dove7

If your carb intake goes down, fat and protein go up! Which is just fine! I prefer to eat this way myself. Don't look at today's diary tho lol

DanSTL82

Really? With low carb, you can eat all meat and cheese. How can you not reach your calorie goals with that?

Yi5hedr3

Healthy fats should make up at least 60% of calories. Put Coconut Oil in your smoothies to bring up your calories. Start the day with Bulletproof Coffee.

kommodevaran

EQComics wrote: »

Really? With low carb, you can eat all meat and cheese. How can you not reach your calorie goals with that?

Lots of people are afraid of fat. I was terrified. If you cut down on carbs, and don't replace it with fat, calories will go down.

Aukeilagirl

EQComics wrote: »

Really? With low carb, you can eat all meat and cheese. How can you not reach your calorie goals with that?

I understand that. But I don't eat meat. I only eat seafood. But thank you for the suggestion.

Aukeilagirl

ladipoet wrote: »

OP, I suggest you check out the main low carber forum group here in MFP. It's where most of us Ketofiles tend to hang out. There is also a LCHF recipe group as well:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/112055-the-low-carb-high-fat-recipes-group-lchf

Thank you. I will check it out.