avoiding carbs makes you lose weight

katschi

Im on a low carb diet, because it works for me, but i am sensible and make sure i am getting proper nutrition. I know some people are against low carb diets, but with me I was drinking 3/4 a gallon of milk a day. I usually ate at subway and had a plethora of othe carbs daily. I love bread and milk.I wanna try almond milk I have heard great reviews of it.

I'm on a low carb eating plan myself.
I drink unsweetened chocolate almond milk by Blue Diamond and really enjoy it.

I can't eat the starchy, processed carbs without them causing me to binge. Even fruit can set me off.
I never felt satisfied when I included these carbs in my diet. I always wanted more, more & more.
Trying to moderate my consumption didn't work. Eliminating them was necessary.

Kat5343

I don't think anyone should bash a low carb lifestyle. It was recommended to me by my gynecologist because I have PCOS. Trying to lose weight ( because I am basically pre-diabetic) is hard for me if I eat carbs. I stick with only vegetable carbs and keep my numbers low. No white flour for me and no potatoes....I think I can live just fine without scarfing on bread...

mynameisuntz

I believe that may have been in reference to the "carbs are used for energy or stored as fat" statement.

And??? It is simple chemistry. If you eat more carbs then you burn they are converted to glycogen and stored in the fat cells. This is not rocket science, folks.

What?

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Carbs are stored as glycogen within muscles and the liver. They are not stored in fat cells. They are stored in fat cells upon undergoing de novo lipogenesis, where they are converted to lipids THEN stored in fat cells.

The fate of carbs when at maintenance or below is:

1) Being burned for energy.
2) Being stored in glycogen stores for later energy use.

Never, EVER, will carbs be stored as a NET fat gain so long as you are at maintenance or below maintenance.

bcattoes

I don't think anyone should bash a low carb lifestyle. It was recommended to me by my gynecologist because I have PCOS. Trying to lose weight ( because I am basically pre-diabetic) is hard for me if I eat carbs. I stick with only vegetable carbs and keep my numbers low. No white flour for me and no potatoes....I think I can live just fine without scarfing on bread...

I don't think anyone should bash a low carb lifestyle either. But you don't have to be low carb to avoid white bread and potatoes. I avoid both, and sugar. But I eat a failry high carb diet. I don't count carbs so I don't know the actual numbers but I eat quite a bit of brown rice.

bcattoes

Eat eggwhite omlets with mushroom and spinach and one piece of dry wheat toast for breakfast. Large salad with dressing for lunch, almonds inbetween, and chicken with two side of fresh vegetables for dinner and you WILL Lose weight.

Eat that same thing every day? Yuck. I love food too much to eat anything every day. Cooking is one of my passions. I really love trying a dish that is not healthy and then finding a way to make something comparable but healthy.

sarah_ep

Eat eggwhite omlets with mushroom and spinach and one piece of dry wheat toast for breakfast. Large salad with dressing for lunch, almonds inbetween, and chicken with two side of fresh vegetables for dinner and you WILL Lose weight.

Eat that same thing every day? Yuck. I love food too much to eat anything every day. Cooking is one of my passions. I really love trying a dish that is not healthy and then finding a way to make something comparable but healthy.

Ohh me too!

GreatSetOfBrains

I am a bread addict. I could literally eat bread all day long -

However, I do see that I have more success in weightloss when I limit my bread/carb intake. Am I going to cut it out, no, but now I try to have (in my mind) "breadless monday" (or another day of the week) depending on my frame of mind that week

Haha so my friends make fun of me all the time. I judge a resturant on how good their bread is :blushing: Wish I could give up carbs, maybe cut them down, but they will never be gone!

LaJauna

I believe that may have been in reference to the "carbs are used for energy or stored as fat" statement.

And??? It is simple chemistry. If you eat more carbs then you burn they are converted to glycogen and stored in the fat cells. This is not rocket science, folks.

What?

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Carbs are stored as glycogen within muscles and the liver. They are not stored in fat cells. They are stored in fat cells upon undergoing de novo lipogenesis, where they are converted to lipids THEN stored in fat cells.

The fate of carbs when at maintenance or below is:

1) Being burned for energy.
2) Being stored in glycogen stores for later energy use.

Never, EVER, will carbs be stored as a NET fat gain so long as you are at maintenance or below maintenance.

I agree with the above statements. I mis-spoke about the process of storage. I was trying to simplify the process. Excess carbs eventually will cause fat to be stored. That was my cause=effect meaning. Opps.

hopfulme

good advice

aippolito1

"Wondered what you all think of this way of thinking?"

It's been the opposite of my experience. I was able to lose a lot of weight while eating a balanced diet that included whole grains, wheat, and other carbs, even starchy ones, AND dairy, and so have a lot of other people. It's definitely not "impossible". Some people find it easier to lose weight on carb restriction, though, it all depends on your metabolism. Just experiment and do what is easiest and best for YOU.

Dairy is a good source of calcium. With some evidence emerging that calcium supplements may be linked to heart disease, I'd rather get it through food.

The naturalistic - primitive man ate this and did that - is kind of silly. People evolved to accept starch in their diet - amaylase is an example of that (source: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/12/amylase_and_human_evolution.php) among other ways. If you really want to really eat like paleo and primal people, you'd eat lots of bugs, scavenged meat, offal, and on special occasions you'd be a cannibal. You'd lose weight fast with THAT diet!

My experience as well. When I was a teenager, Yoplait had those ads that said women lost weight getting 3 forms of different dairy per day - yogurt, milk, and cheese. I would have cheese in my eggs and a glass of milk for breakfast, yogurt for a snack, and cheese on a sandwich at lunch. I definitely saw a difference in my waistline.

Now I try to eat pretty balanced...I don't eat a whole lot of dairy... haven't had cow's milk in about a month (been substituting almond milk) but I love cheese in my rice, pasta, PIZZA, whatever... if I stay within my calories and eat pretty clean, I lose weight. Everyone is different.

susanswan

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mjslazak

Cutting out carbs or dairy is obviously going to work but for how long?
It only last for as long as you do it if you start back eating carbs your going to gain it back. To keep weight off you need to make your eating a lifestyle not a few month thing. Just watch your portions and cut back on certain food like fast food or processed you can eat this stuff once in awhile but once u get use to living without fast food you won't miss it. Cutting carbs mnay be a quick fix but its not a part of your lifestlye.

Just exercise and watch your portions and you will see a difference!

However, if you are insulin resistant already, going low carb may well have to be a lifelong thing. Also, show me one diet where, when you start to eat out of regime limits, you keep losing weight. That's right, there isn't any. I'd say below 100 g of carbohydrates is a good, sustainable intake. That's way under "normal" carb intake, but it will allow you an amount of leeway that is sustainable as a lifelong way of eating.

I agree. I try to keep my carbs between 50-100 grams a day. It's been a magic number for me. When I was eating the amount of carbs MFP said I should I wasn't losing ANY weight no matter how well I stayed in my calories or worked out for an hour a day. I just respond to this diet better.

My stomach feels WAAAAAY better. Less gasy and less inflammed. I feel like I have more energy throughout the day. Not to mention the 7 pounds I have lost with no effort. I still eat fruit and veggetables and low GI carbs every now and then.

I hate it when people freak out when you say you are low carb and they just automatically assume that you are NO carb. There are many different levels of low carb diets. Check out the primal blue print's carbohydrate curve and see where you fit in on it.

I'm very much in agreemend with these comments. I truly believe that insulin resistance, inflammation is partially caused by these processed foods. It's admittedly REALLY HARD to cut out the processed foods: sugars, grains, etc., but even I was amazed with how my energy soared after a few days of staying away from those foods and eating only good proteins, vegetables and limited fruits. I even found it easily sustainable on vacation - so simple to say "no bread, please" and look forward to some fresh fish (or whatever). I'm back at it now post-vacation, as I *did* allow alcohol while I was gone. That alone caused the sugar monster to awaken, so I'm back in the game of cutting it waaay back. Do I still love breads/pasta/pizza? Sure. Do I eat it? Not often at all any more, as I know how I will feel afterwards.

mjslazak

Yipes, typo snuck in. That should be "agreement."

Kat5343

All I know is I am down 62 pounds because I tightly restricted my carb intake. I totally avoided 'white' foods. I stuck to veggies with carbs ONLY. That way I still got some carbs but no starchy carbs. Naturally occuring carbs only. I also avoided dairy, mainly because I am not a fan. I have more weight to lose so I am going to do a carb restricting 2 weeks and hope to drop some significant weight. Then I can slowly add in 'some' white carbs.

HMonsterX

Cant imagine what its like having to cut foods out.

Sod that. I just eat everything i used to, just less of it, and exercise more. Bingo.

I really dont understand why people with no medical conditions think they have to cut anything out of their diet..and also why this thread was bumped from 3 months ago...

Russellb97

I eat carbs, even sugar.
I eat staurated fat.
I eat right before I go to bed
I sometimes have just a small 100 cal protein shake for breakfast.
Dinner is always my biggest meal of the day

I've also lost over 100lbs and kept them off for several years, in fact I'm in the best shape of my life right now.

I say this because there are so many myths out there that it's impossible for people to make good choices.
We demonize a food group for all of our health issues and it is so WRONG.

Just to be clear, carbs won't stop you from losing weight and metabolism runs 24 hours a day, and the slowdown at night is minimal because our brains use of energy increases. Sleeping burns about 100 calories an hour, watching TV awake burns about 120. Not really too significant.

adjones5

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KayteeBear

I would never cut anything out completely but I've heard for people like me (ladies with PCOS) doing low carb is very beneficial for losing weight so I do want to try to do low carb.

Tina180130

Hi, I have read her book "You Can Be Thin" and found it really informative and it made a lot of sense. Her website also gives menu and recipes which I have been using. She is highly recommended. You can find some of her material on youtube.

BrettPGH

I just found a piece my Marisa Peer (hypnosis and weight loss guru).

That's everything I need right there. She's a fraud and her advice is meaningless to me. I wouldn't listen to another word out of her mouth if I were you.

BeautyFromPain

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CherryIceGlitter

I have recently (before xmas) have limited my carbs to just 30g a day and get this mainly from vegetables. IT WORKS.. Now I know it doesnt work for everybody but for me its fab.

After 6 weeks I will increase my card intake to around 50g

I must state that I am not following the Atkins way of eating as I still count my kcals (1200 a day) and try to limit my fat intake also.

Yori1

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FoxyMcDeadlift

I read about 3 lines of the OPs article. For some reason, i carried on reading even after she slated dairy. Then i read her slate complex carbs.

Basically, whoever wrote the article is a retard. What part of BALANCED DIET is cutting out carbs.

cydonian

I agree with a lot of the sentiment here that cutting out carbs won't do much good, your body does need them. I mostly disagree with "carb eaters carrying weight in their stomach"... my problem is carbs and I carry my weight in my lower half, and in my experience, people who indulge in SWEETS too often tend to have excess belly weight. My stomach is tiny, my thighs are not... and I love pasta, hmmmm... haha.

neanderthin

Well, the author has a very basic understanding about nutrition, and I would take her advice like any other bro-science article.....not very seriously.

UsedToBeHusky

There is a whole lot of partial truths and fallacies. Sure, what she suggests will result in weight loss, but its not a long-term loss and her logic behind it all is severely flawed.

IronmanPanda

bump040510

I'm a bit of a carb junky and I think I should cut back a bit. I honestly just don't know how to. Due to my sons life threatening allergies I don't have any dairy,peanuts, tree nuts or eggs in the house. I have no idea what I can eat for breakfast that isn't carb heavy. Any suggestions?

CakeFit21

I'm a bit of a carb junky and I think I should cut back a bit. I honestly just don't know how to. Due to my sons life threatening allergies I don't have any dairy,peanuts, tree nuts or eggs in the house. I have no idea what I can eat for breakfast that isn't carb heavy. Any suggestions?

Turkey, chicken, beef, bison, fish, vegetables, fruit. Anything else that was once alive and is now dead.