low carbs diet

awardthyner

anyone done it before? can anybody please gve me few tips regarding on low carbs diet.

KymmyJoy

I stick to meals like fajitas where there is plenty of flavour and you can fill yourself on the meat and veg. I have also found that if you wrap using a lettuce leaf you still feel like you're eating the same meal as everyone else.

Other 'tricks' I've found are to put your meat and veg onto a plate first to make sure your plate looks nice and full, you won't feel the need to put so much potato/rice/pasta etc. on then as you still know you're getting plenty food.

Lastly, I eat out of a bowl where I can, takes less food to look just as full.

(as you can tell my food (carb) hang ups are usualy centered around the fact that I'm inherently greedy haha and want to make sure I'm still getting a nice big meal!)

awardthyner

thanks for da tips anyway , how do you maintain it? how many carbs you eat per day?

fushigi1988

I have done slightly lower carb, it did not work for me. I was dizzy and tired all the time, despite enough calories.
It worked fine when I had a desk job, but when I got a new job, which was much more active, I struggled.
So I added more carbs, and now I'm more happy and have more energy. And seeing more results in training and body composition

Not saying you shouldn't go low carb, just saying it is not a guarantee for losing weight. It might be great for you.
I wouldn't stick to a number of carbs a random person on the internet tells you, just try to get all the stuff you need calorie and vitamin/mineral wise.

yarwell

try 130 grams a day to start with, that's the minimum some people recommend.

If you're on Atkins induction or other ketogenic approaches it'll be a lot lower than that - 20 grams probably, at least to start.

Leonidas_meets_Spartacus

I keep my carbs less than 50-60g, which includes 30-35g of fiber on most days. I have been doing P90x3 and training for a half marathon on low carb with no problems (except I need more sodium).. This needs to be more of a life style change as it takes your body 2-3 weeks, some times 4 weeks to adapt. Try what works for your body and tweak the diet as you go.

SharonNehring

Lots of protein and healthy fats are key to making up for the reduction in carbs. Meat, fish, poultry, pork, tofu, non-starchy veggies and lower fat dairy. To use the 'eyeball" rule, visually divivde your plate into 4 quarters. Half should be non-starchy veggies, a quarter protein and a quarter carbs.

Be sure to have protein with every meal and more fiber to keep you feeling full. I was starving the first couple of weeks but after that my body adjusted to it fine.

parkscs

First you need to decide on what's "low carb" for you. Are you talking about aiming for ~100-125g of carbs per day? Or are you talking about a ketogenic diet where you'll be aiming for ~25-30g net carbs per day? Or are you talking about a diet like the Atkins diet where you begin with a ketogenic diet and you slowly reintroduce carbs into your diet on a weekly basis? I could go on and on, but in short there are numerous different flavors of "low carb" diets. Figure out what your goals are first and use that to help you decide what diet to try. I think it's also worthwhile to experiment and try things out for yourself so that you'll know what works and doesn't work for you. As long as you're doing basic things like maintaining a caloric deficit and hitting your protein macro, you can play around with the rest of your diet and still lose weight.

drewp247

Lots and Lots of veggies! also complex carbs are better.

I stick to meals like fajitas where there is plenty of flavour and you can fill yourself on the meat and veg. I have also found that if you wrap using a lettuce leaf you still feel like you're eating the same meal as everyone else.

Other 'tricks' I've found are to put your meat and veg onto a plate first to make sure your plate looks nice and full, you won't feel the need to put so much potato/rice/pasta etc. on then as you still know you're getting plenty food.

Lastly, I eat out of a bowl where I can, takes less food to look just as full.

(as you can tell my food (carb) hang ups are usualy centered around the fact that I'm inherently greedy haha and want to make sure I'm still getting a nice big meal!)

melaniecheeks

As a facetious answer to your question - yes. Thosuands of people have done this, and if you use the search function you'll find many many threads on it.

To be a bit more helpful - why are you considering this approach? it suits some people, but not everyone, and if you're only interested cos a friend said you should..........