Advice on going low carb?

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I know, I know, it's like tilting at a windmill, but I still don't get why a doughnut is a "carb," bad or good. It HAS carbs, but it also has fat.

    For example: Krispy Kreme glazed, 190 cal -- 44% carbs, 50% fat, 6% protein.
  • Lois_1989
    Lois_1989 Posts: 6,410 Member
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    3) I have never found whey to cause hunger/cravings for food. If cutting out all dairy, make sure to keep an eye on calcium.

    I'm not sure that cutting out dairy is wise. Considering you are replacing carbs with fat and dairy is one of the main sources of fat that limits you down to, nuts/seeds, olive/coconut oil, oily fish aaaannnnnd.... avocados...... olives..... :# I can't think of any more healthy fats...
  • Lois_1989
    Lois_1989 Posts: 6,410 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    I know, I know, it's like tilting at a windmill, but I still don't get why a doughnut is a "carb," bad or good. It HAS carbs, but it also has fat.

    For example: Krispy Kreme glazed, 190 cal -- 44% carbs, 50% fat, 6% protein.

    :hushed: FINALLY a reason to buy krispy kreme!
  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    ....maybe not an entire box of cereal. MFP shows a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch at 5,850 calories.
  • kokonani
    kokonani Posts: 507 Member
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    ....maybe not an entire box of cereal. MFP shows a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch at 5,850 calories.

    I think that's with milk. The smaller box should be no more than 2000.
  • kokonani
    kokonani Posts: 507 Member
    Looked it up, sorry. 130 cal per serving and there's like 11 servings in a box. That's only 1430 calories for the entire box. Without milk that is. With skin it's 170 total times 11. So yes, I could have an entire box and be under.
  • kokonani
    kokonani Posts: 507 Member
    With "skim", not "skin"
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    You could boil the milk.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    @komm That is a great explanation. Deprivation and restriction will cause cravings. Makes sense. On the flip side, seeing a donut as a bad carb really and truly helps me stay away. If, and only if, I think of it as bad for my health. If I see it simply as a treat that I can't have, I will crave it.
    So I now understand. Classifying carbs as good/bad is not a good idea for most. I'm at a point that I'm looking into good foods vs bad foods and learning.

    I guess I do a little bit of a different twist to this. My nutrition goals to complement my fitness goals while reducing body fat are very specific. I look at it as a budget. So, if I spend that amount of calories on a donut, will I have enough left in my budget to hit my other goals. Like protein, fiber, fats etc. If yes, eat. If no, don't eat. I also try to stay focused on foods with high nutritional value but not always 100% of the time. Kinda 80/20.

    OP, if you are using Metaformin then you have blood sugar issues? If so, low carb/ keto can help with insulin sensitivity and that may benefit you. Also, Intermittent Fasting can help with insulin sensitivity.

    PS: On the issue of Whey causing issues mentioned in the 5 bullet point post above, I have never experienced that in years of using it to supplement protein intake when weight training. Nor have I ever see a study that indicated that. If there is any objective study information that indicates that, I'd say post it. In the absence of that, I would consider that anecdotal woo.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    I know, I know, it's like tilting at a windmill, but I still don't get why a doughnut is a "carb," bad or good. It HAS carbs, but it also has fat.

    For example: Krispy Kreme glazed, 190 cal -- 44% carbs, 50% fat, 6% protein.

    I agree, the casual classifying of doughnuts and ice cream as carbs is really annoying, but it does seem to fall on deaf ears :(
  • karynclarke
    karynclarke Posts: 184 Member
    This time around I started off doing "lower" carbs, instead of low carb, but have since tweaked that to meeting my protein goal (125 g per day) and allowing the rest of my calories to be filled with carbs/fat however that may be.

    I'm on 1670 Cal a day, and usually my macros fall around 40% carbs, 30% protein, 30% fat. I've found that this keeps me satieted throughout the day and the weight has been dropping off (I've lost 16lbs in 7 weeks). I'm a 5'5" female and I started at 228 lbs, currently at 212 lbs.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,740 Member
    If not for dairy, I wouldn't have been able to lose the weight I did. Cheese was my go to food when I was really hungry. Still is, at night. The combination of fat and protein is very filling, for me.

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