low carb

allalone

so i have been going low carb. i do about 20 a day. does anyone else do low carb and can you tell me
1. how many you do a day
2. how effective it is
3. and side effects
4. how many carbs am i suppose to have a day?
5. any good low carb foods besides meet veggies and cheese?

twinmama1987

Carbs are good.
Your brain uses carbs for energy, i think its a horrible idea.

cramernh

so i have been going low carb. i do about 20 a day. does anyone else do low carb and can you tell me
1. how many you do a day
2. how effective it is
3. and side effects
4. how many carbs am i suppose to have a day?
5. any good low carb foods besides meet veggies and cheese?

1.) no more than 120g DOCTOR ordered
2.) EXTREMELY effective - look at my ticker
3.) first three days were carbohydrate-related headaches, after that, perfectly fine
4.) That is only up to you and your doctor/registered dietician to determine - MFP is not a medical-related site that knows about your health care
5.) Stick with real foods if you want to do it right. You can include fruits form the berry family if you want, they are ultimately low carb if you dont go crazy on them.

cacrat

1. Low carb days, I'm at around 50.
2. Very effective.
3. I pee a lot and I'm always thirsty.
4. Technically, you don't have to have any carbs in a day...tho some are recommended.
5. No. Meat and cheeses are the low carb foods. I typically stick with chicken and broccoli.

cacrat

Carbs are good.
Your brain uses carbs for energy, i think its a horrible idea.

Haha, Ms. Uninformed.

cramernh

Carbs are good.
Your brain uses carbs for energy, i think its a horrible idea.

Haha, Ms. Uninformed.

GMTA!!!!!

cramernh

allalone - your profile is giving me great concern....

how tall are you?
how much do you weigh right now?

leansandra

1. Spaghetti squash is great. I like it topped with organic spaghetti sauce and parmesan cheese and crushed oregano. You could add tofu or meat for protein. Or make an thin omelet and thinly slice the egg and mix with it....have not tried but planning to.

2. Plain Greek Yogurt -find one that is high protein,low sugar and low carb: I like to sprinkle Ste-via and ground cinnamon.

Just some ideas to try...

MzShutterbug

allalone - your profile is giving me great concern....

how tall are you?
how much do you weigh right now?

I have to agree with this. If you are already a size 0, I wouldn't think you would need to lose any weight at all.

jahnlaw

Twinmama, I beg to differ. There are good carbs and bad carbs. Many carbs are little more than sugar when it enters your body. Many of us are addicted to that sugar whether it is found in white bread or orange juice. It is highly effective to abstain from these high glycymic index carb for a period of time to break the addiction. Veggies are good carbs and help the problem you alluded in a NO Carb diet, but that is not what the poster was talking about. ;-)

leansandra

I'm slowly losing weight without restricting my carbohydrates. Instead I try to choose complex carbohydrates. I think the goal on MFP are a little high for me however I do not restrict as I do workout 4 days a week. If you are going to restrict I would suggest at least 100g /day. The brain needs carbohydrates for proper function. I personally think 20g/day is not realistic for longterm. I like my carbohydrates..so I choose healthy ones like fruits,quinoa,garbanzo beans,black beans,petite peas,kidney beans and whole grain/wheat products properly portioned out...plenty of vegetables and popcorn too. And most importantly eat protein with your carb. i do not think of this as a diet but as a lifestyle transformation incorporating longterm healthier eating habits. Hope this helpful.

leansandra

Increased urination is related to your increased protein intake requiring your kidneys to work harder causing you to be more thirsty. To me that does not seem to be a good thing..

tigersword

Carbs are good.
Your brain uses carbs for energy, i think its a horrible idea.

Haha, Ms. Uninformed.

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The brain uses 25% of the glucose you eat. Glucose is it's main fuel source, and requires glucose to perform effectively. Are you calling medical science wrong?

daffodilsoup

I did low carb for a few years and was very successful, but I wound up gaining all the weight back because it wasn't something I could stick to in the long run.

It's also a pretty environmentally-unfriendly lifestyle, but maybe that's a discussion for another thread.

luvmybaby333

allalone - your profile is giving me great concern....

how tall are you?
how much do you weigh right now?

This. It sounds like you're aiming for a diet that will put you in the hospital. Most people aren't going to feel comfortable offering advice on those terms. I will, though: Eat some damn food. Being a skeleton won't make you fabulous. It's not empowering. Destroying yourself is never something to aspire toward. Many people start their time here in an unhealthy place. But they are working toward a goal of being HEALTHY. The situation you describe in your profile is the complete opposite. And I'm pretty sure that using this site to assist you with your ED goals is highly frowned upon.

auctoritas

Carbs are good.
Your brain uses carbs for energy, i think its a horrible idea.

Haha, Ms. Uninformed.

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The brain uses 25% of the glucose you eat. Glucose is it's main fuel source, and requires glucose to perform effectively. Are you calling medical science wrong?

The body can convert fat and protein to glucose just fine without eating carbs. I mean, eat them or don't, but they aren't 100% necessary since the body can make them all by itself. And if you go on a really low carb diet, it adjusts to using ketones for the bulk of its energy needs*, with neoglucogenesis filling in whatever else the ketones don't power.

*http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8263048

rsmithy89

You need to stay under 30g net carbs a day to be in a ketogenic state.

Net carbs = Total carbs - total fibre.

If you are aiming to go low carb, you need to get a sufficient intake of dietary fat. No more fat free and low fat stuff. Fat will become the most important macronutrient that your body will require for energy. Make sure you are getting plenty of good fats in from meats, oils and nuts.

2. It can be very effective. You will immediately lose 5lb just from water weight. The essence of a keto diet is that your body will turn to burning dietary fat and body fat as its primary fuel source because it is starved from carbohydrates. This is always a good thing for fat loss.

3. You will have brain fog and lack of energy when you transition into the diet. If you are getting enough fats and protein, you will have more energy than ever before. You will no longer have the crashes of energy that you would experience on a diet consisting of moderate to high carbs.

4. Once again, around 30g net carbs.

5. You can get creative but yeah basically nuts, meat, veggies, cheese. There are lots of recipes out there but I am a guy so my cooking skills are limited. I love this diet though. I wake up and have bacon and eggs with melted cheese and still lose weight. Its fantastic.

cacrat

Carbs are good.
Your brain uses carbs for energy, i think its a horrible idea.

Haha, Ms. Uninformed.

?

The brain uses 25% of the glucose you eat. Glucose is it's main fuel source, and requires glucose to perform effectively. Are you calling medical science wrong?

The body can convert fat and protein to glucose just fine without eating carbs. I mean, eat them or don't, but they aren't 100% necessary since the body can make them all by itself. And if you go on a really low carb diet, it adjusts to using ketones for the bulk of its energy needs*, with neoglucogenesis filling in whatever else the ketones don't power.

*http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8263048

And boom goes the dynamite.

Chood5

Cant wait for Acg67 to say something.........

PaleoPath4Lyfe

so i have been going low carb. i do about 20 a day. does anyone else do low carb and can you tell me
1. how many you do a day
2. how effective it is
3. and side effects
4. how many carbs am i suppose to have a day?
5. any good low carb foods besides meet veggies and cheese?

I am doing the Leptin Reset Rx so I am having 50 grams or less or carbs. Trying to keep it around 20-25 if I can.

Very effective for stabilizing insulin and blood sugar (even if you have no known issues) and staying full and satiated.

My side effects include having more energy, being able to fall asleep at night (YAY, no more insomnia), no muscle and joint pains and just a more overall feeling of well being.

You will have to experiment and find the level of carbs that works for you. That is what makes Atkins great is that you do 2 weeks at 20 grams and then after that start adding in 5 more grams of carbs per day every week until you stop losing weight. That is your maintenance carb level, then to lose weight you would need to back it down -5 grams of carbs to find the level at which you lose weight. You would have to read the book tor a more detailed explanation or message me and I will explain in greater detail to you.

Eat lots of green leafy veggies. They have the most nutrients, but also add in other veggies of color. The more color, the higher the overall nutrient level in the food.

cacrat

He'll probably find this at some point and have the same reaction I did, amazement at the people here.

BTW, rsmithy, some people stay in keto up to 100g carbs. There's no set limit across the board.

PaleoPath4Lyfe

Increased urination is related to your increased protein intake requiring your kidneys to work harder causing you to be more thirsty. To me that does not seem to be a good thing..

Protein and fat are the 2 more important macros you can put into your body. Carbs then fall where they may. Many nephrologists are using high fat, moderate protein, low carb eating plans to reverse kidney disease and kidney failure in many diabetics.

So, I highly doubt that the increased protein is a bad thing. Eating extra protein helps your body to heal faster.

cacrat

Thanks naturemade for pointing out that post, I meant to comment on it.

Added urination is not a effect of added protein, its from the glycogen depletion. Each gram of glycogen stored in the body holds about .3g of water. So as glycogen gets depleted, so does water. Do you know how you get glycogen depleted? YAY! Its by limiting your carbs, since the primary source of stored glycogen is from carbs. This also explains why people lose a lot of water weight when they limit carbs. There simply isn't the storage mechanism to store the water with.

PaleoPath4Lyfe

Thanks naturemade for pointing out that post, I meant to comment on it.

Added urination is not a effect of added protein, its from the glycogen depletion. Each gram of glycogen stored in the body holds about .3g of water. So as glycogen gets depleted, so does water. Do you know how you get glycogen depleted? YAY! Its by limiting your carbs, since the primary source of stored glycogen is from carbs. This also explains why people lose a lot of water weight when they limit carbs. There simply isn't the storage mechanism to store the water with.

And to add to that...............It also explains why so many people retain water when they eat heavy carbs (grains and beans especially)

hpsnickers1

You need to stay under 30g net carbs a day to be in a ketogenic state.

Net carbs = Total carbs - total fibre.

If you are aiming to go low carb, you need to get a sufficient intake of dietary fat. No more fat free and low fat stuff. Fat will become the most important macronutrient that your body will require for energy. Make sure you are getting plenty of good fats in from meats, oils and nuts.

2. It can be very effective. You will immediately lose 5lb just from water weight. The essence of a keto diet is that your body will turn to burning dietary fat and body fat as its primary fuel source because it is starved from carbohydrates. This is always a good thing for fat loss.

3. You will have brain fog and lack of energy when you transition into the diet. If you are getting enough fats and protein, you will have more energy than ever before. You will no longer have the crashes of energy that you would experience on a diet consisting of moderate to high carbs.

4. Once again, around 30g net carbs.

5. You can get creative but yeah basically nuts, meat, veggies, cheese. There are lots of recipes out there but I am a guy so my cooking skills are limited. I love this diet though. I wake up and have bacon and eggs with melted cheese and still lose weight. Its fantastic.

THIS!!

hpsnickers1

Thanks naturemade for pointing out that post, I meant to comment on it.

Added urination is not a effect of added protein, its from the glycogen depletion. Each gram of glycogen stored in the body holds about .3g of water. So as glycogen gets depleted, so does water. Do you know how you get glycogen depleted? YAY! Its by limiting your carbs, since the primary source of stored glycogen is from carbs. This also explains why people lose a lot of water weight when they limit carbs. There simply isn't the storage mechanism to store the water with.

Exactly. I have no interest in eating something that will make my body retain excess fluid (carbs make your body retain sodium therefore you retain water - High blood pressure, anyone?). You know what happens when I don't drink enough water one day? I wake up thirsty the next day. My body sends me the signal to balance it out.

hpsnickers1

Carbs are good.
Your brain uses carbs for energy, i think its a horrible idea.

Haha, Ms. Uninformed.

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The brain uses 25% of the glucose you eat. Glucose is it's main fuel source, and requires glucose to perform effectively. Are you calling medical science wrong?

Actually, the brain PREFERS ketones to glucose and will run better on them. So will the heart. The only things in the body that ABSOLUTELY REQUIRE GLUCOSE are red blood cells. And your body will do a perfectly good job creating glucose from your dietary protein - if you let it.

eayal002

allalone - your profile is giving me great concern....

how tall are you?
how much do you weigh right now?

I echo this as loud as possible, being a size 00 is not IMO something that makes healthy. I really hope you are not doing anything that will have a lasting affect in your life. Size is not a measurement of health.

I truly hope you find a happy medium and eat to be healthy and a program that is giving your body what it needs to live healthy not get to a size 00.

Not here to tell yes carbs no carbs I think more important is knowing what all you are eating also your Height, Weight, bodyfat%

Fit_Canuck

Carbs are good.
Your brain uses carbs for energy, i think its a horrible idea.

Haha, Ms. Uninformed.

?

The brain uses 25% of the glucose you eat. Glucose is it's main fuel source, and requires glucose to perform effectively. Are you calling medical science wrong?

You beat me to it, I was always under the impression that the brain's main fuel source was carbs ( glucose ) too.

tigersword

Carbs are good.
Your brain uses carbs for energy, i think its a horrible idea.

Haha, Ms. Uninformed.

?

The brain uses 25% of the glucose you eat. Glucose is it's main fuel source, and requires glucose to perform effectively. Are you calling medical science wrong?

Actually, the brain PREFERS ketones to glucose and will run better on them. So will the heart. The only things in the body that ABSOLUTELY REQUIRE GLUCOSE are red blood cells. And your body will do a perfectly good job creating glucose from your dietary protein - if you let it.

Your Brain only runs on ketones when you are starving, complete fasting for several days. Otherwise, your brain runs on glucose. Whatever glucose is available, the brain will take. Even on a low carb, or no carb diet, your body will still manufacture glucose from protein and fat to fuel the brain, even when you're in ketosis. It takes several days of complete fasting before your brain starts to accept ketones as a fuel source, it certainly does NOT prefer them.

martinah4

Cant wait for Acg67 to say something.........

LOL...I was thinking the same!
The bait has been laid for the trolls!