Help.

Xo_healthylc

Today is my first day doing low carb. I've tried to do a lot of research and take advice and ask questions on here but I was wondering if anyone can look at my diary and tell me how I am doing today. I pretracked my lunch, dinner and snack after a big breakfast out I'm still not very hungry to keeping lunch small. Please let me know I want to make sure I'm doing the best I can with this. Thank you.

SuperCarLori

I tried to look at your diary, but it's private. I'll send you a friend request.

Xo_healthylc

SuperCarLori wrote: »

I tried to look at your diary, but it's private. I'll send you a friend request.

I added you

SuperCarLori

There are others here, veterans, who are much better equipped with answering this, but I will try the best I can to help. I sent you a message, but the old timers really know so much, like
@baconslave
@Sunny_Bunny_
@FIT_Goat

RowdysLady

You can open your diary up in the setting for anyone to look at if you want. I'm not the person to help you but totally reiterate what @SuperCarLori said...those three people are great options to help you out!

canadjineh

Don't forget to read the stickies for basic info on low carbing, too

Dragonwolf

Overall, I'd say you're doing great. Here are a few things I'd consider swapping out/upgrading:

Skippy -> A more "natural" peanut butter. The ideal peanut butter is just peanuts and salt, but something like Natural Jif, which uses palm oil instead of hydrogenated soybean oil would be a step in the right direction. Even better is one without sugar in general.

Lunches out -> lunches from home. Better control over the quality of the food, as well as more fine-tuned control of the type, and less chance of hidden carbs/sugars. Making your own burgers to take in allows you to pick the kind of hamburger, add things like bacon to the burger itself, pick a higher quality cheese (cheddar instead of the typical American), etc. (That said, your picks while eating out are actually quite good.)

Snack bars -> home made treats, or jerky. As you probably noticed, the snack bars are pretty carby. Even the "sugar free!" ones use artificial sweeteners, which can screw with your cravings and cause other negative effects. Check out the recipe section of the Launch Pad for some good homemade treats that are LCHF compliant and won't blow through your carb allotment.

Canola oil -> coconut oil, olive oil, avocado oil, butter, lard/tallow. The vast majority of canola oil is hexane (solvent) extracted, which damages the polyunsaturated fats present in it. If you want to use Canola oil, at least seek out expeller or cold pressed, which don't use hexane. That said, the above-listed oils are more ideal, due to their lower amount of polyunsaturated fats (and high monounsaturated and/or saturated fats, which are more resistant to heat and environmental damage) and the general method by which they are produced (which is usually expeller or cold pressed, in the case of the plant oils). Regarding the polyunsaturated fats -- get them from their whole food sources, primarily (meat, fish, flax, etc), where they'll be closer to what are considered the ideal ratios (both of Omega-6 to Omega-3 and of the polyunsaturated fats to the monounsaturated and saturated fats).

Sunny_Bunny_

Dragonwolf wrote: »

Overall, I'd say you're doing great. Here are a few things I'd consider swapping out/upgrading:

Skippy -> A more "natural" peanut butter. The ideal peanut butter is just peanuts and salt, but something like Natural Jif, which uses palm oil instead of hydrogenated soybean oil would be a step in the right direction. Even better is one without sugar in general.

Lunches out -> lunches from home. Better control over the quality of the food, as well as more fine-tuned control of the type, and less chance of hidden carbs/sugars. Making your own burgers to take in allows you to pick the kind of hamburger, add things like bacon to the burger itself, pick a higher quality cheese (cheddar instead of the typical American), etc. (That said, your picks while eating out are actually quite good.)

Snack bars -> home made treats, or jerky. As you probably noticed, the snack bars are pretty carby. Even the "sugar free!" ones use artificial sweeteners, which can screw with your cravings and cause other negative effects. Check out the recipe section of the Launch Pad for some good homemade treats that are LCHF compliant and won't blow through your carb allotment.

Canola oil -> coconut oil, olive oil, avocado oil, butter, lard/tallow. The vast majority of canola oil is hexane (solvent) extracted, which damages the polyunsaturated fats present in it. If you want to use Canola oil, at least seek out expeller or cold pressed, which don't use hexane. That said, the above-listed oils are more ideal, due to their lower amount of polyunsaturated fats (and high monounsaturated and/or saturated fats, which are more resistant to heat and environmental damage) and the general method by which they are produced (which is usually expeller or cold pressed, in the case of the plant oils). Regarding the polyunsaturated fats -- get them from their whole food sources, primarily (meat, fish, flax, etc), where they'll be closer to what are considered the ideal ratios (both of Omega-6 to Omega-3 and of the polyunsaturated fats to the monounsaturated and saturated fats).

Great advice!

Xo_healthylc

Dragonwolf wrote: »

Overall, I'd say you're doing great. Here are a few things I'd consider swapping out/upgrading:

Skippy -> A more "natural" peanut butter. The ideal peanut butter is just peanuts and salt, but something like Natural Jif, which uses palm oil instead of hydrogenated soybean oil would be a step in the right direction. Even better is one without sugar in general.

Lunches out -> lunches from home. Better control over the quality of the food, as well as more fine-tuned control of the type, and less chance of hidden carbs/sugars. Making your own burgers to take in allows you to pick the kind of hamburger, add things like bacon to the burger itself, pick a higher quality cheese (cheddar instead of the typical American), etc. (That said, your picks while eating out are actually quite good.)

Snack bars -> home made treats, or jerky. As you probably noticed, the snack bars are pretty carby. Even the "sugar free!" ones use artificial sweeteners, which can screw with your cravings and cause other negative effects. Check out the recipe section of the Launch Pad for some good homemade treats that are LCHF compliant and won't blow through your carb allotment.

Canola oil -> coconut oil, olive oil, avocado oil, butter, lard/tallow. The vast majority of canola oil is hexane (solvent) extracted, which damages the polyunsaturated fats present in it. If you want to use Canola oil, at least seek out expeller or cold pressed, which don't use hexane. That said, the above-listed oils are more ideal, due to their lower amount of polyunsaturated fats (and high monounsaturated and/or saturated fats, which are more resistant to heat and environmental damage) and the general method by which they are produced (which is usually expeller or cold pressed, in the case of the plant oils). Regarding the polyunsaturated fats -- get them from their whole food sources, primarily (meat, fish, flax, etc), where they'll be closer to what are considered the ideal ratios (both of Omega-6 to Omega-3 and of the polyunsaturated fats to the monounsaturated and saturated fats).

Thank you so much. I'm using much of the stuff I already have up as I slowly change out items. I will definatly screen shot your advice for later shopping suggestions!

2Bhealthier2

I looked at your diary, you're not doing bad over all just need to bring down your carbs a bit. Maybe you can go in some others diary and take a look also to get an idea of what different people are doing.

Good luck with your low carb eating!