Low carb diet help

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    I like a 2-egg vegetable omelet. I always use whole eggs (fat shouldn't be an issue for low carb, after all), a little feta, and something like broccoli and spinach (I vary the vegetables, might also add mushrooms).
  • AudraThrush
    AudraThrush Posts: 3 Member
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    Exactly.
    itsthehumidity wrote: »
    Diets based on the restriction of a particular macronutrient are a bad idea. Carbohydrates have never made anybody overweight. Calorie surpluses (which may have involved an excess of carbs) have. Limiting carbs is simply an indirect way for people to try to fall out of a calorie surplus and into a deficit to burn fat. But, carbs are needed by the body, just like protein and fat are. Do this:
    1. Ditch the "low carb" philosophy
    2. Calculate your TDEE
    3. Subtract 500 from this number, and eat that many calories per day
    4. Set protein to 1g per pound of lean mass (how much you weigh with 0% fat)
    5. 20%-30% of your calories should come from fat
    6. The rest of your calories will be carbs, up to the point of your calorie ceiling for the day
    7. Allow one reasonable cheat meal per week

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