If You're doing away with Carbs....Add Me!
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If you go to groups and search "low carb"" or "Keto" you will find 2 good groups with like minded people. The regular boards are not a friendly place for low carbers0
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If you go to groups and search "low carb"" or "Keto" you will find 2 good groups with like minded people. The regular boards are not a friendly place for low carbers
^^^ This
Should definitely join the groups. We are very supportive
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Does ice cream and beer have carbs? I
Nope. Perfectly fine.0 -
If you go to groups and search "low carb"" or "Keto" you will find 2 good groups with like minded people. The regular boards are not a friendly place for low carbers
I'm seeing that! It's a shame really...Everyone has to add their comments and when it doesn't even pertain to them.. SMH! Oh the EGO'S up in this joint LOL! Maybe their Starving and Angry? Hmmmm0 -
So Apparently I should have specified BAD CARBS....WOW! Amazed! LMAO!
What on Earth is a "bad" carb?
Does not compute..... :grumble:
My ex-boyfriend's mother's cookies. How she could ruin a cookie was beyond me. I think it was just flour and water... like baked wallpaper paste.0 -
I'm honestly incredibly happy that I joined this fitness website so that I would have the glorious chance of communicating with other health geniuses who, for some reason, do not possess the knowledge that fat is actually stored energy.
But I guess it's probably just the jealousy speaking when you sit there starving and staring blankly at your 200-calorie triscuit pack and dry salad while the low carbers have their bacon cheddar hamburger patties and lose the same, if not more than you.
When glycogen stores are not available in the cells, fat (triacylglycerol) is cleaved to provide 3 fatty acid chains and 1 glycerol molecule in a process known as lipolysis. Most of the body is able to use fatty acids as an alternative source of energy in a process called beta-oxidation. One of the products of beta-oxidation is acetyl-CoA, which can be further used in the citric acid cycle. During prolonged fasting or starvation, or as the intentional result of a ketogenic diet, acetyl-CoA in the liver is used to produce ketone bodies instead, leading to a state of ketosis.
During starvation or a long physical training session, the body starts using fatty acids instead of glucose. The brain cannot use long-chain fatty acids for energy because they are completely albumin-bound and cannot cross the blood–brain barrier. Not all medium-chain fatty acids are bound to albumin. The unbound medium-chain fatty acids are soluble in the blood and can cross the blood–brain barrier.[3] The ketone bodies produced in the liver can also cross the blood–brain barrier. In the brain, these ketone bodies are then incorporated into acetyl-CoA and used in the citric acid cycle.[citation needed]
The ketone body acetoacetate will slowly decarboxylate into acetone, a volatile compound that is both metabolized as an energy source and lost in the breath and urine.
If any of those words are too big for you nutrition geniuses or if you crashed trying to read that many words and had to take a break to eat some dry rice cakes, I can explain them for you.
You joined MFP 2010 and ticker shows you lost zero pounds?
Sorry must go - overcome by jealousy....
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I'm honestly incredibly happy that I joined this fitness website so that I would have the glorious chance of communicating with other health geniuses who, for some reason, do not possess the knowledge that fat is actually stored energy.
But I guess it's probably just the jealousy speaking when you sit there starving and staring blankly at your 200-calorie triscuit pack and dry salad while the low carbers have their bacon cheddar hamburger patties and lose the same, if not more than you.
When glycogen stores are not available in the cells, fat (triacylglycerol) is cleaved to provide 3 fatty acid chains and 1 glycerol molecule in a process known as lipolysis. Most of the body is able to use fatty acids as an alternative source of energy in a process called beta-oxidation. One of the products of beta-oxidation is acetyl-CoA, which can be further used in the citric acid cycle. During prolonged fasting or starvation, or as the intentional result of a ketogenic diet, acetyl-CoA in the liver is used to produce ketone bodies instead, leading to a state of ketosis.
During starvation or a long physical training session, the body starts using fatty acids instead of glucose. The brain cannot use long-chain fatty acids for energy because they are completely albumin-bound and cannot cross the blood–brain barrier. Not all medium-chain fatty acids are bound to albumin. The unbound medium-chain fatty acids are soluble in the blood and can cross the blood–brain barrier.[3] The ketone bodies produced in the liver can also cross the blood–brain barrier. In the brain, these ketone bodies are then incorporated into acetyl-CoA and used in the citric acid cycle.[citation needed]
The ketone body acetoacetate will slowly decarboxylate into acetone, a volatile compound that is both metabolized as an energy source and lost in the breath and urine.
If any of those words are too big for you nutrition geniuses or if you crashed trying to read that many words and had to take a break to eat some dry rice cakes, I can explain them for you.
You joined MFP 2010 and ticker shows you lost zero pounds?
Sorry must go - overcome by jealousy....
Or I just haven't entered anything in years bro. If you had zoomed in on logic the same amount as your pic you would have understood that. Also your pic shows your pretty good at sucking (in).0 -
I'm honestly incredibly happy that I joined this fitness website so that I would have the glorious chance of communicating with other health geniuses who, for some reason, do not possess the knowledge that fat is actually stored energy.
But I guess it's probably just the jealousy speaking when you sit there starving and staring blankly at your 200-calorie triscuit pack and dry salad while the low carbers have their bacon cheddar hamburger patties and lose the same, if not more than you.
When glycogen stores are not available in the cells, fat (triacylglycerol) is cleaved to provide 3 fatty acid chains and 1 glycerol molecule in a process known as lipolysis. Most of the body is able to use fatty acids as an alternative source of energy in a process called beta-oxidation. One of the products of beta-oxidation is acetyl-CoA, which can be further used in the citric acid cycle. During prolonged fasting or starvation, or as the intentional result of a ketogenic diet, acetyl-CoA in the liver is used to produce ketone bodies instead, leading to a state of ketosis.
During starvation or a long physical training session, the body starts using fatty acids instead of glucose. The brain cannot use long-chain fatty acids for energy because they are completely albumin-bound and cannot cross the blood–brain barrier. Not all medium-chain fatty acids are bound to albumin. The unbound medium-chain fatty acids are soluble in the blood and can cross the blood–brain barrier.[3] The ketone bodies produced in the liver can also cross the blood–brain barrier. In the brain, these ketone bodies are then incorporated into acetyl-CoA and used in the citric acid cycle.[citation needed]
The ketone body acetoacetate will slowly decarboxylate into acetone, a volatile compound that is both metabolized as an energy source and lost in the breath and urine.
If any of those words are too big for you nutrition geniuses or if you crashed trying to read that many words and had to take a break to eat some dry rice cakes, I can explain them for you.
THANK YOU!
Hmmmm...I've been highly successful eating bacon and steak and cheeseburgers and...well....pretty much all the foods, including drinking beer, wine, etc...ok, you got me...no rice cakes. For reals, low carb is just fine if that's what you want to do, but completely unnecessary...which is the point that most people are getting at.
Also, try doing a triathlon with stored fat as your only energy...good luck with that. Carbs aren't the devil...they are rocket fuel.0 -
If you go to groups and search "low carb"" or "Keto" you will find 2 good groups with like minded people. The regular boards are not a friendly place for low carbers
I'm seeing that! It's a shame really...Everyone has to add their comments and when it doesn't even pertain to them.. SMH! Oh the EGO'S up in this joint LOL! Maybe their Starving and Angry? Hmmmm
It's the highly uneducated that think they know best.
Sadly they feel the need to reply on a post they know absolutely nothing about.0 -
I'm honestly incredibly happy that I joined this fitness website so that I would have the glorious chance of communicating with other health geniuses who, for some reason, do not possess the knowledge that fat is actually stored energy.
But I guess it's probably just the jealousy speaking when you sit there starving and staring blankly at your 200-calorie triscuit pack and dry salad while the low carbers have their bacon cheddar hamburger patties and lose the same, if not more than you.
When glycogen stores are not available in the cells, fat (triacylglycerol) is cleaved to provide 3 fatty acid chains and 1 glycerol molecule in a process known as lipolysis. Most of the body is able to use fatty acids as an alternative source of energy in a process called beta-oxidation. One of the products of beta-oxidation is acetyl-CoA, which can be further used in the citric acid cycle. During prolonged fasting or starvation, or as the intentional result of a ketogenic diet, acetyl-CoA in the liver is used to produce ketone bodies instead, leading to a state of ketosis.
During starvation or a long physical training session, the body starts using fatty acids instead of glucose. The brain cannot use long-chain fatty acids for energy because they are completely albumin-bound and cannot cross the blood–brain barrier. Not all medium-chain fatty acids are bound to albumin. The unbound medium-chain fatty acids are soluble in the blood and can cross the blood–brain barrier.[3] The ketone bodies produced in the liver can also cross the blood–brain barrier. In the brain, these ketone bodies are then incorporated into acetyl-CoA and used in the citric acid cycle.[citation needed]
The ketone body acetoacetate will slowly decarboxylate into acetone, a volatile compound that is both metabolized as an energy source and lost in the breath and urine.
If any of those words are too big for you nutrition geniuses or if you crashed trying to read that many words and had to take a break to eat some dry rice cakes, I can explain them for you.
THANK YOU!
Hmmmm...I've been highly successful eating bacon and steak and cheeseburgers and...well....pretty much all the foods, including drinking beer, wine, etc...ok, you got me...no rice cakes. For reals, low carb is just fine if that's what you want to do, but completely unnecessary...which is the point that most people are getting at.
Also, try doing a triathlon with stored fat as your only energy...good luck with that. Carbs aren't the devil...they are rocket fuel.
I'd like to see you do a triathlon WITH carbs.0 -
Hi, i am on a low carb diet right now! I will support you! Feel free to add me 0
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I'd say I eat about 100g of carbs a day, that all come from fruits, veggies, nuts, sweet potatoes and other non-grains. I feel great. Feel free to add me0
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Low carbs/ No carbs............that just makes me so sad :sad: I'd rather not 'diet' and have to give up things that I love. Instead I believe in everything in moderation, portion control, willpower, commonsense, consistency and frequent big sweaty workouts...that's the way to go. Now would someone please pass me a cookie!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Or I just haven't entered anything in years bro. If you had zoomed in on logic the same amount as your pic you would have understood that. Also your pic shows your pretty good at sucking (in).
I'm not your bro, more likely to be your Dad, but very happy eating a varied and balanced diet, getting fitter and stronger.
I'll give you a little insight - people don't actually object to people following a different path but when one of the macro nutrients starts getting demonised for no good reason that's when the "haters" poke fun.0 -
Low carbs/ No carbs............that just makes me so sad :sad: I'd rather not 'diet' and have to give up things that I love. Instead I believe in everything in moderation, portion control, willpower, commonsense, consistency and frequent big sweaty workouts...that's the way to go. Now would someone please pass me a cookie!!!!!!!!!!!!
But if you limit what you eat, isn't that giving up things? I'm pretty sure eating 1 cookie instead of 2 is giving up that 1 cookie, which you love.0 -
Or I just haven't entered anything in years bro. If you had zoomed in on logic the same amount as your pic you would have understood that. Also your pic shows your pretty good at sucking (in).
I'm not your bro, more likely to be your Dad, but very happy eating a varied and balanced diet, getting fitter and stronger.
I'll give you a little insight - people don't actually object to people following a different path but when one of the macro nutrients starts getting demonised for no good reason that's when the "haters" poke fun.
My dad wouldn't be this ignorant. This entire thread is carb eaters coming here and telling the non carb eaters that they're wrong and are "demonising" fat. That is textbook objection. If there was no objection, this entire thread would be only people following the same diet adding each other.
"I'll give you a little insight - people don't actually object to people following a different path but when one of the macro nutrients starts getting demonised for no good reason that's when the "haters" poke fun."
Please reread what you just wrote. You say nobody objects to other paths, except for when there are other paths. Is this correct?0 -
It took me a while, but I finished reading everyone's posts.
At the start of May, I began the Atkins diet, waking up at 6am five days a week to go for a walk as well as yoga three times a week, all on 20g of net carbs or fewer each day. I suppose it would also be fair to admit that I had three jobs, an internship, and a musical as well, so I was constantly active. At first, I did have a lack of energy because my body didn't know why I wasn't providing the usual doses of quick energy (carbohydrates), but as my summer wore on, it caught on and in the end, I was able to accomplish more throughout my day because my stored energy reserves (fats and protein) were tapped into. When I had begun the diet, I was 275lb; when I returned to college in early August, I was 220lb. Probably around mid-September, I scrapped the low carb, and because my body was not used to carbs, it ate them up quickly. Two days ago, I joined this site and am starting a low calorie diet, along with my usual morning walks and an hour workout at the gym as many times as possible each week. I weighed myself yesterday and I am starting this diet off at 214lb, aiming for about 180lb.
So in all, the low carb is most definitely possible and it works. Of course no one thinks they can get rid of the "bad" carbs (sugars, as listed on nutrition labels), but believe me when I say I love sugar more than anyone who has ever existed and I lost at least 50lb by learning self control. Yes, I slipped back into bad habits for a few weeks, but now I know I have the will-power to reach my goal weight by saying no to my favourite food group and spending more time working out.0 -
i've just been doing the low carb thing since Monday and I felt great right off, a lot more energy and I don't feel as lazy as I usually do. Sleeping better too. The carbs I do eat are healthy carbs from vegies but I try to take in less then 40 a day, if I go as low as 20 my brain doesn't function right. I get absent minded and if I don't write something down I forget it, but that could just be stress too.0
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I'm doing low carb. Feel free to add me. Good luck on your journey! I know its been tough for me!0
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My dad wouldn't be this ignorant. This entire thread is carb eaters coming here and telling the non carb eaters that they're wrong and are "demonising" fat. That is textbook objection. If there was no objection, this entire thread would be only people following the same diet adding each other."I'll give you a little insight - people don't actually object to people following a different path but when one of the macro nutrients starts getting demonised for no good reason that's when the "haters" poke fun."Please reread what you just wrote. You say nobody objects to other paths, except for when there are other paths. Is this correct?
You want to follow a keto path - good for you. But why label carbs as "bad"?
Unlike you I've been around long enough to see the nonsense around low fat as well. Next time I suppose the fad will be that protein is bad.
Also why try to assume some kind of moral high ground with a copy/paste straight from Wikipedia?
As for ignorance, taking the p1ss out of someone's photo? Seriously?0 -
This entire thread is carb eaters coming here and telling the non carb eaters that they're wrong and are "demonising" fat. That is textbook objection. If there was no objection, this entire thread would be only people following the same diet adding each other.
I like this.0 -
Started my low carb week again, i like to cycle, to me low carb is 150 and netting even less
I like bad and good :-)
Add if you care to be my pal, if not its all good :-)0 -
Or I just haven't entered anything in years bro. If you had zoomed in on logic the same amount as your pic you would have understood that. Also your pic shows your pretty good at sucking (in).
I'm not your bro, more likely to be your Dad, but very happy eating a varied and balanced diet, getting fitter and stronger.
I'll give you a little insight - people don't actually object to people following a different path but when one of the macro nutrients starts getting demonised for no good reason that's when the "haters" poke fun.
My dad wouldn't be this ignorant. This entire thread is carb eaters coming here and telling the non carb eaters that they're wrong and are "demonising" fat. That is textbook objection. If there was no objection, this entire thread would be only people following the same diet adding each other.
"I'll give you a little insight - people don't actually object to people following a different path but when one of the macro nutrients starts getting demonised for no good reason that's when the "haters" poke fun."
Please reread what you just wrote. You say nobody objects to other paths, except for when there are other paths. Is this correct?
Where is your success?? :huh:
See ticker below. :bigsmile:0 -
Earlier in the thread, someone said restricting carbs isn't necessary. That's true for a lot of people, but carb restriction is important and necessary for some of us.
I'm one of those people. Staying very low carb to moderately low carb hasn't meant lack of energy or poor performance for me, but changing my diet has made all the difference for me in terms of dealing with my health issues, and has enabled me to be much more active than I was when I was eating a carb-heavy diet. Eating as I do is what is necessary and works for me at this point in my life, but I'm open to the possibility that this could change in the future as my body composition changes, my health improves, and perhaps my fitness/performance goals could change as well. Who knows?0 -
20 to 50 grams of carbs is optimal for what? Crashing and burning...?
to supposedly force your body into using fat rather then carbohydrates as a primary energy source0 -
So Apparently I should have specified BAD CARBS....WOW! Amazed! LMAO!
What on Earth is a "bad" carb?
Does not compute..... :grumble:
My ex-boyfriend's mother's cookies. How she could ruin a cookie was beyond me. I think it was just flour and water... like baked wallpaper paste.
lol that is clearly the best definition of 'bad carb'!0 -
Or I just haven't entered anything in years bro. If you had zoomed in on logic the same amount as your pic you would have understood that. Also your pic shows your pretty good at sucking (in).
I'm not your bro, more likely to be your Dad, but very happy eating a varied and balanced diet, getting fitter and stronger.
I'll give you a little insight - people don't actually object to people following a different path but when one of the macro nutrients starts getting demonised for no good reason that's when the "haters" poke fun.
not everyone doing the low carb thing thinks that carbs are 'bad' necessairly (at least i don't think they are).
I'm assuming they just see it more of a means to an end like do, away of increaseing wait loss, or simply to try something new for awhile0 -
Hi I have type one diabetes and have been taking insulin for about 12 years (8 years old). My doctors just told me to eat what I want and cover it with insulin, which is great and everything but it doesn't really help with gaining weight. I am also a struggling college student with no medical insurance. I talked with my doctor and said I need a way to save money on insulin and he said "take less insulin?" haha who would have thought. So we came up with a plan to go "low carb" as you would say. I still have bread, dairy and good stuff. But in moderation. I have no complaints, maybe because Im used to having to say no to things I want like huge pieces of chocolate cake or all you can eat pancake breakfasts. Im not saying its for everyone, but this is how I've had success. Im open to questions and will not judge )
I'll add you.0 -
Hi I have type one diabetes and have been taking insulin for about 12 years (8 years old). My doctors just told me to eat what I want and cover it with insulin, which is great and everything but it doesn't really help with gaining weight. I am also a struggling college student with no medical insurance. I talked with my doctor and said I need a way to save money on insulin and he said "take less insulin?" haha who would have thought. So we came up with a plan to go "low carb" as you would say. I still have bread, dairy and good stuff. But in moderation. I have no complaints, maybe because Im used to having to say no to things I want like huge pieces of chocolate cake or all you can eat pancake breakfasts. Im not saying its for everyone, but this is how I've had success. Im open to questions and will not judge )
I'll add you.
how many grams carbs do you eat a day?
I struggle to get under 50g. and my carbs come exclusively from nuts, peanut butter and protein powder. if there were no carbs in peanut butter, i could do it for the rest of my life no problem though lol.
I eat at least 2200 cals a day though. if i was eating less calories overall, i suppose it would be 'easier' to eat things like fruit and still not go over 50g. that was one thing that always bugged me about the keto thing. My calorie intake is based on body weight, how come bigger people can't get away with eating more carbs and still stay in ketosis?
or can they?
i understand your situation is different and your doing it for different reasons overall0
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