LOW CARB recipe's??

Vans

Hello.
I am trying to eat 20 G or less of Carbs. per day....I was wondering if ANYbody has some good ideas for meals.
Ive been eating mostly protein and greens. (this is for phase 1 (7 days) of the Crack the fat loss code...Ive lost 6 in 4 days and I am really hoping I can keep at it for another 3 days!!)

thanks in advance :flowerforyou:

Vans

Hello.
I am trying to eat 20 G or less of Carbs. per day....I was wondering if ANYbody has some good ideas for meals.
Ive been eating mostly protein and greens. (this is for phase 1 (7 days) of the Crack the fat loss code...Ive lost 6 in 4 days and I am really hoping I can keep at it for another 3 days!!)

thanks in advance :flowerforyou:

Vans

awww this is unfortunate.....I was excited to come home from work to see if anybody responded :sad:

songbyrdsweet

I do have meals for this.

However, I'm going to preface my post with some information:

The six lb loss in 4 days was not all fat. In fact, very very very little, if any, of that loss, came from water and glycogen. Blood sugar is stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles. Each g of glycogen binds to three or four g of water. We can hold 300-500g of glycogen between our liver and muscle fibers, which manifests as 900-2000g of weight, or 2-5lbs. We must add to that the diuretic properties of ketones, which are the alternate fuel source used when glycogen is depleted after a couple days without carbohydrates; this causes additional weight loss in the form of water. Initially, you'll see rapid, regular weight loss. After a few months, you'll get normal results like the rest of the world.

Also, keep track of your fat intake--it needs to be higher than normal. I have written at length about the benefits of a higher fat intake and the dangers of too high a protein intake. I can dig up the post if you like. Basically, a high protein diet increases the dangers of your already dehydrated state and promotes muscle loss by forcing your body to convert amino acids to glucose and providing a fuel source that is poor in calories.

I'm not saying that low/no carbohydrate diets don't work. They can, if used properly. However, just like vegetarianism/veganism, they take more effort than diets that don't cut out entire food groups. You must must must monitor your micronutrient intake and find some chart that will tell you where to get the nutrients commonly found in food rich in carbohydrate. I will tell you now, you better be eating dark leafy greens in great abundance at every meal.

Whenever you reintroduce carbohydrates, you will experience a sudden weight gain of of those 2-5 lbs. It's not fat, it's just glycogen and water. There's nothing you can do to prevent it.

When I did a ketogenic diet, I ate a lot of salad. So much salad that I hate it now. But you can put pretty much anything on lettuce, so they worked for me. Salmon, chicken, steak, cheeses, nuts, cucumber, romaine, spinach, and whatever full-fat dressing you like.

I used to make 'ice cream' out of ricotta cheese, splenda, cinnamon, and some berries. Squish everything together, freeze, eat. It's really tasty.

I would mix microwaved natural peanut butter into some cottage cheese with splenda. It is an indescribable, but tasty mix.

Nuts and string cheese were really common snacks. Sometimes PB off of a spoon, very yummy.

Plain canned pumpkin is high in fiber and you can add splenda and pumpkin pie spice and then heat it for a yummy dessert.

Spaghetti squash can be made into 'spaghetti'. Cook it however you like (boiling is easy), then rake a fork down the inside. It will come off in strings. Then season with olive oil and oregano and parmesan cheese.

Broccoli with cheese, yum! Asparagus with hollandaise, yum! Brussel sprouts with butter...yuck...but some people like them. :laugh:

Eggs are a GREAT source of protein and fat...full-egg omelets loaded with veggies. No toast though hehe. :laugh: But I think the cheese makes up for it. Oh, and turkey bacon.

Well, that's really all I can remember for now. It's been so long since I ate like that! It's no longer conducive to my training. It was fun though, I did it for about a year, had good results. It was hard to go out or eat on the run though. Can't really pop a yogurt or a granola bar, plus I couldn't have my beloved milk! But the trade-off is that you get to eat a lot of the full-fat stuff you have to avoid with a traditional way of eating.

Vans

oh wow!! I could never imagine doing it for a year....as I said it is phase one of Crack the fat loss code.
The author states that the only reason we must go without carbs for the FIRST 7 DAYS ONLY is that that our body is trained to "search" for fat to burn.

I am eating ALOT OF GREENS....EGGS...SALMON...CHICKEN...string cheese.......blah blah blah.....thank you for the long post but I do not think I could cause any damage by only doing it for 7 days

also I feel warmer and stronger....I feel great...I am anemic so the protein has been a good thing.

I also know that a diet high in protein is very hard on the kidneys, and am going to follow what she says for the two months just to test it out.

WOW thank you for all that information I love learning new health information :drinker: :flowerforyou:

songbyrdsweet

I wasn't sure how long you were planning on doing it, just wanted to be sure you're safe.

As a side note, it's iron, not protein, that you need to treat anemia. Red meat will help with that, but so will green leafies and enriched grains and iron supplements. I also become anemic once a month (:grumble: ) and I supplement with iron.

Also, your body can't be trained; it doesn't need to be It knows exactly what to do and when to do it. Cutting out carbohydrates doesn't make it 'search' for fat. It will always utilize adipose from the same areas of the body first, and that is regulated by hormones and genetics. It will always produce glucose for energy along with fatty acids, and it will always use a combination of the two. It will always increase fat breakdown in a caloric deficit. No diet can manipulate how the body works. You're just adding another energy source--ketones--to spare body fat. So now you're running off glucose, ketones, and fatty acids, rather than glucose and fatty acids alone. When you add carbs again, the ketone production will stop. Nothing will change.

It's great that you feel better though! Just know that however you eat, your body will keep doing its own thing. :flowerforyou:

Fitness_Chick

Hello.
I am trying to eat 20 G or less of Carbs. per day....I was wondering if ANYbody has some good ideas for meals.
Ive been eating mostly protein and greens. (this is for phase 1 (7 days) of the Crack the fat loss code...Ive lost 6 in 4 days and I am really hoping I can keep at it for another 3 days!!)

thanks in advance :flowerforyou:

Whoa....are you sure that's enough carbs for your body??? Your brain runs on carbs, when you workout you NEED to have enough carbs in your body...... sees like so few....is this something your doctor set up for some reason?:huh:

Vans

haha well Ive been studying health for a lil over 8 years so im carefull with what I try out......as for the low carb thing......to be more specific it is "active" carbs which is total carbs-fiber.....

I know it is Iron that I need.....and there are MANY ways to get iron......try apricots.....I used to wake up and have three right in the a.m.

I do not take iron supplements as I know this can also be dangerous for the body.

This "cracking the code" thing is 2 months max.....ill see where im at once the 2 months are done!!:flowerforyou: Thanks again for the information everyone!!!

Vans

Starting the SECOND PHASE tomorrow (Sunday) I am excited...YAY MACRO-PATTERNING[WEEK TWO ].


total weight lost: 6 lbs