BREAD ,CARBS...
ronelg50
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Okay so i need to know how many of you cut out all bread and carbs? I love bread, and try not to eat it everyday. But sometimes its the easiest thing. and i do not want to cut it out completely. Scared of binge eating....
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Unless there is a medical reason to not eat certain foods then eat your favorite foods. Fit it into your calorie limits. Focus on calorie deficiency.0
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There are low carb breads out there...look up "josephs lavish bread" for instance...thats what i use
i.e. dont try fitting your favorite foods into your diet. they will most likely have you feeling hungry. Eat healthy micro dense foods that are good in volume to help you stay full for longer. Basically never shop in the middle of a grocery store, only the outer rim0 -
Okay so i need to know how many of you cut out all bread and carbs? I love bread, and try not to eat it everyday. But sometimes its the easiest thing. and i do not want to cut it out completely. Scared of binge eating....
Hi, I cut out bread (although I will eat it if I fancy it now). I feel a lot healthier for it.
Also I have cut back on my carbs - I generally focus on salads and other cooked veggies - wit a little bit of fruit.
By cutting back on these things I no longer crave (if that's the correct terminology) them. Also I find that by lowering my carb intake (which is probably about 100g - 50g +/- on any one day) I have been able to control the volume of food I eat and rarely feel overly hungry.
If you fancy cutting back on carbs give it a go. Either it will work for you or it won't - you don't know till you try it.
If it doesn't work then IIFYM in a calorie deficit works well for a lot of people.
The great thing is you have options.0 -
i did a low carb diet then after coming off that i feel really frumpy after eating carbs so through week i eat little carb except chickpeas, sweetcorn MAYBE odd bit of couscous and fruits...on a the weekend i wil eat them though just not in huge quantaties i find bread is ok its mainly potatos that really make me bloat! i would say dont bother cutting carbs out if you dont need to its personal choice for me but if i never did the low carb plan i probably would still eat them normally its just how they make me feel now...plus life with carbs= cheaper shopping bills!0
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I cut sweets, breads, legumes, dairy, on Paleo. Feel grea, lost 2 inches of bloat my first week.
You have to make the choices for yourself. Many prefer the moderation route. Find YOUR method, but a choice for life not 6 weeks for example.
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Why do you want to cut it out? There is no nutritional reason to do this (unless you have some medical problem). Restricting yourself needlessly is why so many people fail. All you need to lose weight is a calorie deficit. You will always have temptation so you need to try and control your binge eating from the start cutting things out will just make you want them more.Okay so i need to know how many of you cut out all bread and carbs? I love bread, and try not to eat it everyday. But sometimes its the easiest thing. and i do not want to cut it out completely. Scared of binge eating....
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Didn't exclude anything when I was losing weight.
I did decide to limit bread to no more than once a day just as it's calorie dense, not very filling and also to add more variety to my diet.
I focus on minimums for protein and fat and then make sure it hit my calorie goal while eating foods I enjoy.
Excluding foods or food groups doesn't seem sensible to me unless that is the way you intend to eat forever.0 -
Why do you want to cut it out? There is no nutritional reason to do this (unless you have some medical problem). Restricting yourself needlessly is why so many people fail. All you need to lose weight is a calorie deficit. You will always have temptation so you need to try and control your binge eating from the start cutting things out will just make you want them more.Okay so i need to know how many of you cut out all bread and carbs? I love bread, and try not to eat it everyday. But sometimes its the easiest thing. and i do not want to cut it out completely. Scared of binge eating....
Good luck
I am personal testament that cutting things out will make you want them less (but this will depend on the individual).
I used to love eating crisps and pizza, since cutting them I have not had the urge to eat them.
even if I do have a couple of crisps (when offered) or a slice of pizza (when out with friends), I do not find myself eating excessive amounts, as I would have previous.0 -
I had some ill health last year that put me off bread, but I still eat it, just less of it. Instead of thick sliced bread, we buy medium. Or we buy wraps. Every few weeks I'll get a big craving for a baguette or something and I'll have it. Everything in moderation, life is too short to deprive yourself of your favourites.0
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um....no food group should be off limits unless medically needed. Moderation is key. Don't deprive yourself. You will not be successful in the long run0
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Why not eat carbs? No point in that, as long as you're in a caloric deficit (not too extreme) you should lose weight.0
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um....no food group should be off limits unless medically needed. Moderation is key. Don't deprive yourself. You will not be successful in the long run
Based on what research. Moderation works for some and doesn't work for others. Cutting back/out certain foods works for some and doesn't work for other.
OP - give stuff a try - either it will work or it won't (you don't know till you try something).0 -
Okay so i need to know how many of you cut out all bread and carbs? I love bread, and try not to eat it everyday. But sometimes its the easiest thing. and i do not want to cut it out completely. Scared of binge eating....
between 40-45% of my calories come from carbs... i dont eat bread that often, but i eat plenty of rice, potatoes and pasta... carbs are delicious!0 -
Not research but would recommend having a read of this from the maintaining weight forum - it appears to me the majority of people who find the transition from weight loss to maintenance easy and successful are the ones who didn't exclude foods.um....no food group should be off limits unless medically needed. Moderation is key. Don't deprive yourself. You will not be successful in the long run
Based on what research. Moderation works for some and doesn't work for others. Cutting back/out certain foods works for some and doesn't work for other.
OP - give stuff a try - either it will work or it won't (you don't know till you try something).
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1122899-maintenance-survey?hl=maintenance+survey0 -
I still have bread every day, I get told that I eat too much. Maybe if I had cut bread out I would have lost weight quicker. But then again I know that if I had cut it out i wouldn't have stuck to my diet and would have given up a lot sooner and thus maybe not lost as much weight anyway. It's about what works for you. Everything in moderation
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I'm a binge eater. Low carb does make it easier not to binge, at least for me, because I'm just never going to binge on steak. I might stuff myself with it once in awhile, but I'm not going to crave it all day, then come home in the evening and devour half a cow.0
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I did not cut out carbs but eat a significantly low carb diet. I don't eat white breads, sugar, candy, sweets things of that nature. Well... once in a while I like to splurge but for the most part I stick to Josephs Lavash like another poster mentioned, it's great and is low carb. Once in a great while I'll do a small bowl of cereal or popcorn at night for the fiber. Other than that I try to get almost all of my carbs from veggies and limited fruit. I do love dairy and eat a ton of yogurt. Anyway, this has helped me to feel better and have less bloat as well. I eat a ton of protein which keeps me full and pretty much eliminates any cravings I might have or the urge to binge. Hope this helps 0
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Okay so i need to know how many of you cut out all bread and carbs? I love bread, and try not to eat it everyday. But sometimes its the easiest thing. and i do not want to cut it out completely. Scared of binge eating....
I used to have such a terrible binge-eating problem. Truthfully, I've always been skinny-mini. Most people think I'm underweight, but my BMI is off the charts because I'm the dreaded "skinny fat," which I became from binge eating.
My brother and I used to eat a box of donuts EACH every morning before school. We're just thin like that. Up until last year, I've usually spent my weekends eating a box/package of cookies in one sitting or gobbling down slices of bread. BREAD PRODUCTS ARE ADDICTIVE!
Then, I found out I have a gluten allergy, which explains a LOT. Long story short, cutting the bread completely has made a HUUUUGE difference. You do need carbs, but you don't need bread. I battle binge-eating by buying mainly produce, which vegetables... omg you can just eat and eat and eat. But, that doesn't help the binging problem.
Comes down to self-control. If you know what your weakness is (bread in this case), find subsitutes. Make cauliflower bread. Use lettuce instead of a tortilla. The healthier alternatives tend to lead to healthier meals, and healthier meals tend to be more filling. Getting that "full feeling" is helping me against binge-eating.0 -
I eat a bagel everyday for breakfast and toast with jam everyday for a sdnack. There is nothing wrong with carbs!
Eat at a deficit=weight loss0 -
Thank you so much for your inputs. I do not want to cut out carbs, i am just scared if i dont i will not reach my target. But i will stick to my eating plan. I have one from a dietician. But there's alot of carbs on, and most days i eat less than the amount i am allowed. I have lost, quicker in the beginning. Its slowing down know.... thinking i am getting really hard on myself. How big should my calorie deficit be everyday?0
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Doesn't your eating plan from your dietician have a calorie goal? You need to decide if you are going to follow the plan or do it your own way.Thank you so much for your inputs. I do not want to cut out carbs, i am just scared if i dont i will not reach my target. But i will stick to my eating plan. I have one from a dietician. But there's alot of carbs on, and most days i eat less than the amount i am allowed. I have lost, quicker in the beginning. Its slowing down know.... thinking i am getting really hard on myself. How big should my calorie deficit be everyday?
Beware a dietician is likely to be working on TDEE calculations and not MFP eat back exercise cals method.0 -
Personal anecdote:
Whenever I cut out bread/pasta/rice within 3 days my stomach bloat is gone and I will drop about 2-3lbs.0 -
Thank you so much for your inputs. I do not want to cut out carbs, i am just scared if i dont i will not reach my target. But i will stick to my eating plan. I have one from a dietician. But there's alot of carbs on, and most days i eat less than the amount i am allowed. I have lost, quicker in the beginning. Its slowing down know.... thinking i am getting really hard on myself. How big should my calorie deficit be everyday?
If you do not want to cut out carbs then don't. Eat in a deficit and you will lose weight just as fat.
Good luck0 -
Not research but would recommend having a read of this from the maintaining weight forum - it appears to me the majority of people who find the transition from weight loss to maintenance easy and successful are the ones who didn't exclude foods.um....no food group should be off limits unless medically needed. Moderation is key. Don't deprive yourself. You will not be successful in the long run
Based on what research. Moderation works for some and doesn't work for others. Cutting back/out certain foods works for some and doesn't work for other.
OP - give stuff a try - either it will work or it won't (you don't know till you try something).
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1122899-maintenance-survey?hl=maintenance+survey
Based on the fact this is a mainly calorie counting website - I would be surprised if a majority of people on here weren't losing based on moderation.
Not really scientific or necessarily reflective of the population as a whole.0 -
You missed the first two words where I said "not research" ???
Not research but would recommend having a read of this from the maintaining weight forum - it appears to me the majority of people who find the transition from weight loss to maintenance easy and successful are the ones who didn't exclude foods.um....no food group should be off limits unless medically needed. Moderation is key. Don't deprive yourself. You will not be successful in the long run
Based on what research. Moderation works for some and doesn't work for others. Cutting back/out certain foods works for some and doesn't work for other.
OP - give stuff a try - either it will work or it won't (you don't know till you try something).
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1122899-maintenance-survey?hl=maintenance+survey
Based on the fact this is a mainly calorie counting website - I would be surprised if a majority of people on here weren't losing based on moderation.
Not really scientific or necessarily reflective of the population as a whole.
And as the audience is people on a calorie counting website then I feel the experience of people using a calorie counting website who have gone before them had success would seem to be appropriate and of interest? Too many people take a short term view and don't look beyond weight loss and their weight goal.
There will be some in that thread who had success by exclusion diets I'm sure, just a minority.0 -
You missed the first two words where I said "not research" ???
Not research but would recommend having a read of this from the maintaining weight forum - it appears to me the majority of people who find the transition from weight loss to maintenance easy and successful are the ones who didn't exclude foods.um....no food group should be off limits unless medically needed. Moderation is key. Don't deprive yourself. You will not be successful in the long run
Based on what research. Moderation works for some and doesn't work for others. Cutting back/out certain foods works for some and doesn't work for other.
OP - give stuff a try - either it will work or it won't (you don't know till you try something).
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1122899-maintenance-survey?hl=maintenance+survey
Based on the fact this is a mainly calorie counting website - I would be surprised if a majority of people on here weren't losing based on moderation.
Not really scientific or necessarily reflective of the population as a whole.
And as the audience is people on a calorie counting website then I feel the experience of people using a calorie counting website who have gone before them had success would seem to be appropriate and of interest? Too many people take a short term view and don't look beyond weight loss and their weight goal.
There will be some in that thread who had success by exclusion diets I'm sure, just a minority.
I did notice your wording "not research" hence my wording "not scientific or necessarily reflective of the population as a whole".
To assume that someone will fail just because they are taking a different route to the end goal than you took is a little short sighted (sorry, politest way of putting it - I am not looking to be insulting).
The fact that there are people (even a minority) that will be losing weight eating a LCHF diet on a calorie counting website that mainly caters for IIFYM is testament that there are other successful ways of healthy weight loss/gain/maintenance.
I am sure that large proportion of the population losing weight will be doing it successfully whilst cutting out, what they would describe as nutritionally deficient foods, when other more nutritional alternatives are available. After all they are cutting a food group and not a macro nutrient.0 -
Huh?
You missed the first two words where I said "not research" ???
Not research but would recommend having a read of this from the maintaining weight forum - it appears to me the majority of people who find the transition from weight loss to maintenance easy and successful are the ones who didn't exclude foods.um....no food group should be off limits unless medically needed. Moderation is key. Don't deprive yourself. You will not be successful in the long run
Based on what research. Moderation works for some and doesn't work for others. Cutting back/out certain foods works for some and doesn't work for other.
OP - give stuff a try - either it will work or it won't (you don't know till you try something).
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1122899-maintenance-survey?hl=maintenance+survey
Based on the fact this is a mainly calorie counting website - I would be surprised if a majority of people on here weren't losing based on moderation.
Not really scientific or necessarily reflective of the population as a whole.
And as the audience is people on a calorie counting website then I feel the experience of people using a calorie counting website who have gone before them had success would seem to be appropriate and of interest? Too many people take a short term view and don't look beyond weight loss and their weight goal.
There will be some in that thread who had success by exclusion diets I'm sure, just a minority.
I did notice your wording "not research" hence my wording "not scientific or necessarily reflective of the population as a whole".
To assume that someone will fail just because they are taking a different route to the end goal than you took is a little short sighted (sorry, politest way of putting it - I am not looking to be insulting).
The fact that there are people (even a minority) that will be losing weight eating a LCHF diet on a calorie counting website that mainly caters for IIFYM is testament that there are other successful ways of healthy weight loss/gain/maintenance.
I am sure that large proportion of the population losing weight will be doing it successfully whilst cutting out, what they would describe as nutritionally deficient foods, when other more nutritional alternatives are available. After all they are cutting a food group and not a macro nutrient.
You seem to be doing the written form of "listening to respond".
So you restate something already said for no real reason and now you are arguing with something I never stated because you make assumptions about what you think I'm assuming! Pushing your agenda much?
Or don't you realise the part you bolded isn't my quote?
Read my post and you will see I'm offering information and not telling people what to do.
I haven't even stated how I lost and now maintain my weight, only that I didn't exclude any foods.0 -
Huh?
You missed the first two words where I said "not research" ???
Not research but would recommend having a read of this from the maintaining weight forum - it appears to me the majority of people who find the transition from weight loss to maintenance easy and successful are the ones who didn't exclude foods.um....no food group should be off limits unless medically needed. Moderation is key. Don't deprive yourself. You will not be successful in the long run
Based on what research. Moderation works for some and doesn't work for others. Cutting back/out certain foods works for some and doesn't work for other.
OP - give stuff a try - either it will work or it won't (you don't know till you try something).
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1122899-maintenance-survey?hl=maintenance+survey
Based on the fact this is a mainly calorie counting website - I would be surprised if a majority of people on here weren't losing based on moderation.
Not really scientific or necessarily reflective of the population as a whole.
And as the audience is people on a calorie counting website then I feel the experience of people using a calorie counting website who have gone before them had success would seem to be appropriate and of interest? Too many people take a short term view and don't look beyond weight loss and their weight goal.
There will be some in that thread who had success by exclusion diets I'm sure, just a minority.
I did notice your wording "not research" hence my wording "not scientific or necessarily reflective of the population as a whole".
To assume that someone will fail just because they are taking a different route to the end goal than you took is a little short sighted (sorry, politest way of putting it - I am not looking to be insulting).
The fact that there are people (even a minority) that will be losing weight eating a LCHF diet on a calorie counting website that mainly caters for IIFYM is testament that there are other successful ways of healthy weight loss/gain/maintenance.
I am sure that large proportion of the population losing weight will be doing it successfully whilst cutting out, what they would describe as nutritionally deficient foods, when other more nutritional alternatives are available. After all they are cutting a food group and not a macro nutrient.
You seem to be doing the written form of "listening to respond".
So you restate something already said for no real reason and now you are arguing with something I never stated because you make assumptions about what you think I'm assuming! Pushing your agenda much?
Or don't you realise the part you bolded isn't my quote?
Read my post and you will see I'm offering information and not telling people what to do.
I haven't even stated how I lost and now maintain my weight, only that I didn't exclude any foods.
My bad - apologies. :flowerforyou:
Also my only agenda is to push choice. Both work and both don't work - it depends on the person.0 -
I cut it out and only miss it when I smell toast. That heavenly aroma...
It wasn't that hard for me once I got used to not having a sandwich every time I was hungry.0 -
I also cut out the "white" food - bread, rice, pasta, potatoes; after about 4 days, I did not crave any sweets either. For me that went hand in hand. I feel so much healthier too. I also use only TRUVIA for my coffee and cut out the sugar and sugar substitutes and I have to admit... I have a great memory now...LOL0
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