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low carb foods?

xbabeykayx
xbabeykayx Posts: 78
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Low carb foods would be much appreciated :D x

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  • rmeadows71
    rmeadows71 Posts: 99
    **bump**
  • SamsGonePaleo
    SamsGonePaleo Posts: 18
    tuna
    cheese
    chicken
    eggs
    tilapia
    green veggies
    lean turkey meat
  • LarryPGH
    LarryPGH Posts: 349 Member
    Low carb?!?!? I'm having exactly the opposite problem -- since I'm trying to limit calories, I seem to *always* be way low on carbs!!! :frown:
  • stevemcknight
    stevemcknight Posts: 647 Member
    Meat
    Cheese
    Whey Protein
    Baby Spinach - 3:2 Carb:Fiber ratio makes it low carb and my fav veggie for daily salads.
    Chicken
    Turkey
    Tuna
    Sausage Links/Patties
    Eggs
    Fish

    The huge bulk of my diet is:
    Meat Omelet
    Cheese snack
    Ground Beef in skillet with griller seasoning - then dump it on baby spinach - so easy lunch!
    Whey Protein - during workout
    Chicken/Turkey/Fish for dinner with Broccoli
    Cheese snack before bed

    That's a really typical day and has gotten me below 10% body fat while continuing to gain muscle.

    Go Anabolic Diet!

    Steve
    KnightFit.com
  • So_Um_Yeah
    So_Um_Yeah Posts: 39 Member
    Meat and cheese are reasonable for low carb. I ask this question and, as usual, the wonderful people on here answered. check out this website (http://genaw.com/lowcarb/recipes.html) It seriously made my life so much easier. Its really extreme, but it gives some great ideas about what to do and where to start when counting carbs. Good luck!
  • dkiles
    dkiles Posts: 45
    I like low fat cottage cheese, tuna, salmon, eggs, chicken, turkey, ham and then veggies. I eat a lot of cauliflower because it does have a potato type consistency. I also have a great tasting protein shake called Elite 12 hr Protein Chocolate Brownie flavor that I bought at the Vitamin Shoppe that is high protein low carb and I used unsweetened Almond milk with it. Blueberries, Rasberries and Strawberries have lower carbs. I will sometimes include a quarter cup of blueberries in my shake.

    I base the amount of carbs on a book that I read called Protein Power. I try to keep them at 30 net grams a day some times I go a little over especially if I"m doing hard excercises but they suggest not to go over 50 grams a day. To get net grams you subtract the fiber grams from the carb grams. I also make sure I get enough protein a day. Based on Protein Powers reccomendations I should have at least 69 grams of protein. They told me not to worry about going over but they warned about not getting enough.
  • stevemcknight
    stevemcknight Posts: 647 Member
    Protein Power is an excellent and well researched book! I highly recommend it!
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