How successful is a no-bread diet?

bcattoes

I am thinking of trying not to eat any bread, white rice or pasta for a month. Has anyone tried this tactic before? How successful were you?

I've never made a plan to give them up, but I often go a month without those things. I can't even remember the last time I ate white rice. I eat brown rice several times a week though. On the occasions that I do eat pasta or bread nothing bad happens to me. I don't suddenly gain weight or bloat up or anything.

jedi9393

i limit bread due to my low carb lifestyle. However, if you have a braums ice cream, they sell low carb bread. 5 carbs a slice and 40 calories i believe. I eat pasta once a month, but its dreamfields low carb pasta. Taste the same as regular pasta and only like 6 carbs. It can be found at kroger. I dont eat cereal, rice, potatoes at all. I find carbs make me bloat, seriously! I had a cheat day and I've blown up 8 pounds.

bluebird321

I've been doing it for a little over a year and my own individual experience has been very positive.

carrie_eggo

You can cut out whatever you want, but if your calories in > calories out you will not lose weight.

SaSSyhasCurls

Unsuccessful with me because I love starch way too much

xonikitashafferxo

I would limit your intake, not take it all the way out of your diet.

SueInAz

I had the most success losing weight when I limited my total carbohydrate intake to under 90 grams per day. I simply cut out the white starches already discussed and substituted a very small amount of whole wheat products along with my veggies, Greek yogurt and low sugar fruits. Now that I'm in maintenance, I pretty much eat what I like - I still have a tendency to avoid sugar and white bread - and have one or two days per week where I try to keep my carb intake under 50 grams. Nearly 6 months later, it's working for me as you can see by my ticker.

MrsCon40

For me personally? Disastrous.

If I went more than 3 days without my favorite food - sandwiches - I would act out inappropriately. People would die.

I continue to eat bread in the interest of world peace.

tig_ol_bitties

I traded them out for Snickers bars...it didn't go so well.

grinch031

If you cut out bread, white rice, and pasta but continue eating desserts, cookies, and other refined carbs you won't see any difference. You should start out with the most refined, most sugary carbs and work backwards from there to find your sweet spot. But keep in mind, anything that is for a set number of days is likely to fail if you don't have a long term maintenance plan. How do you maintain the same food intake once you reintroduce those foods? I advise cheat meals over portion control or completely removal of food items that you like eating.

Stacyanne324

I wouldn't last a day...bread is my life. I tried Atkins when I was getting married and I lasted a week. Worst week of my life...

HardcorePork

Well since successful = NOT depressing, I would say a "no-bread" diet is unsuccessful

erin3107

I've done it and lost a ton of weight. I cut out flour and most sugars. What do I eat instead salad, chicken, shrimp, eggs, cheese, broccoli, apples, grapes, turkey slices, string beans, yellow peppers, carrots, chicken salad, really I eat anything except flour and junk food. Of course after a few weeks I allow myself to eat bread or something else and I'm fine. I did not count calories at all. I was very skeptical about this at first too but I tried it and I loved it. I also exercise moderately. Yes the cravings will suck in the beginning but I found that chewing gum helped me a lot.

bcattoes

I am thinking of trying not to eat any bread, white rice or pasta for a month. Has anyone tried this tactic before? How successful were you?

I think how successful you'll be will depend on what you plan to do at the end of the month. If you go back to eating the same amounts of these foods then odds are you'll gain everything back quickly. If you plan to add them back slowly and eat less overall, then it might be a good way to start.

belgerian

Ive pretty much cut bread out of my daily diet all together. A couple of times a week I will have one or two nutty oat whole grain style bread toasted with PB on it. I do have my oatmeal dunno if that would count but that is pretty much it. Couple times a month maybe a few slices of pizza or once in a great while a donut or something. But other than that i dont miss it. Used to eat at least 8 slices a day. Now I consume maybe 8 slices a month.

Reese61477

I had lost about 75 lbs a few years ago by cutting out bread, pasta, rice. I ate a ton of veggies, some fruits, lean proteins. I did well on it but then I got pregnant and well...I didn't maintain the loss. :laugh: I also didn't exercise at all back then.

Nowadays I find that I need some whole grains to give me the energy I need for Zumba classes. However on days that I don't have class I limit my carbs.

I do stay away from white flour, rice, pasta, ect.

SPNLuver83

wouldn't be successful for me i love me my carbs

angieleighbyrd

I don't eat any of that. I rarely eat bread at all, when I do it's whole grain. I eat brown rice, and pretty much cut out all noodles.

LadyKatieBug

I need to cut out the white stuff also white rice, white bread, white potatoes. switching to whole grain might be better

phillieschic

Sounds boring to me...I love me some white carbs!

surgesilk

It is no more or less successful than a no apple diet, a no chocolate diet, a no color red diet...

Christine1110

I have no been eating starches sice March 14th...I have to be very careful with all flour. I have lost over 20 pounds since I started it

jenj1313

I found that cutting out bread entirely is a bit hard, so I use Ezekiel 4:9 bread. It's 100% whole grain, but it's flourless and low glycemic. I don't eat a lot of pasta anyway, so I didn't see the point in cutting it out, but I switched to brown rice and quinoa instead of white. That part wasn't too hard. I do use the "Minute" 10 min brown rice a lot b/c regular brown rice takes a long time to cook.

Good luck whatever you decide to do!
Jen

sammniamii

I LOVE RICE..... just want to say that....... giving it up was very hard.

I've cut out all white bread (and wheat), rice (all), pasta and potatoes. I've reduced sugar to about 80% or alittle more (splenda & stevia are lifesavers). I will eat some modified products - low carb and such, but they rely on different grains and such not.

I have had some minor things, a cupcake for my b-day, a few fries, and a red skin potatoe but I've dropped it all without too much issue.

I've lost about 20-21 lbs in a month & my stomach/gut is happier. I get carb cravings like heck still, but i try to keep something around the house when that hits.

knittnponder

I don't eat any of that stuff but that's because I can't do gluten (so adding it back in isn't going to be a problem either!) It will reduce your calories if you don't replace them with high calorie items. If you cut them and replace them with something of equal or higher calories you may have an issue. If you're sensitive to carbs it might help you a little if (again) you stick with replacements that are less likely to mess up your blood sugars.

My husband cut cookies and lost 30 pounds but he didn't add in any other stuff. Then he started eating other things in place of the cookies and gained back some weight.

indigenousnudity

Even if I hadn't lost a bunch of weight on a low carb diet, I'd still do it just for the health benefits. No bloating, acid reflux, better sleep, better fun time and I don't fart. At all.

No grains, sugars or starches, it rules.

twinmom01

I've been doing it for the past 6 months...I have had some rice 2-3 times in the past 6 months and a few dough type things...I haven't found it hard at all - just figured out different things to sub for bread and pasta and like it so no reason or pull to eat...

to each their own...

ethelapple

I haven't had any bread for the past two+ months, and it's been good, fine in fact. I feel like bread is really more of a filler food, and I really just want to eat the food that is inside the bread, bun, etc anyways.
I do sometimes use lettuce to make wraps instead of bread.

Leslie85

GREAT UNTIL YOU START EATING BREAD AGAIN

Ditto.

Yup! I've never known anyone to keep the weight off after they start eating it again. My mom did the whole low carb Atkins thing, lost weight really quickly, but pretty much the minute you eat bread again, it comes back quick. Just try eating good carbs, or even just try cutting back on them.

maryjay51

i gave up white flour products and moved over to whole grains like texamati brown/red rice, farro , couscous, qinoia if i spelled that right, sweet potatos , and if i want a sandwich i use bagel thins and sandwich thins or la tortilla factory whole grain wraps.. i try hard to stay away from the breads but i am a breadaholic so its all about the mind set . if i eat any white flour products now my stomach bloats up and i get gas like crazy.