Fat loss and Carbs

Mikaylarae27

Hey Primal/Paleo Buddies,

I have a question about your opinions on the number of grams of carbs I should eat for fat loss. I was trying to stay below 50, but it seems like I have to cut out my regular amount of veggies to stay below that. What has worked for you?

P.S. if you look at my diary, please disregard yesterday. I was feeling a bit low and binged on not-so-good things, as for the rest of this week, I decided to add dairy fyi.

GalaxyDuck

Check out this link from MDA. For weight loss, between 50g-100g of carbs is ideal.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-primal-carbohydrate-continuum/

twinmom01

I have my carbs set to about 80 a day...the past two weeks I have been trying to stay under that and have hit it most days - some days as low as 55 others higher at about 75 or so...I am almost done with a 30 day strict Paleo but I am going to continue it for a bit more since I do have some weight to loose.

In order to do that I had to really limit my fruit sources for now...sticking with mainly berries and not everyday...and snacking on things like cucumber, red pepper strips, avocado, homemade deer jerky - my diary is open if you want to take a look....

I may have a few extra nuts or a strip of jerky or a handful of baby carots that don't get recorded from time to time and I am pretty crappy about recording my full water (drink at least 9 glasses a day up to 15 on my workout days)...but it should give you a basic gist...

jonski1968

i try and stay below 50 as well...Don`t really find it a problem. Only thing i`ve not been able to give up which is high in carbs is my morning fix of yougurt..

kkarrolle

Why are you trying to stay below 50gms? Are you trying to achieve ketosis? Primal/paleo isnt necessarily very low or low carb. If you haven't read the info at the link posted above, you should, it's a good read.

Mikaylarae27

Why are you trying to stay below 50gms? Are you trying to achieve ketosis? Primal/paleo isnt necessarily very low or low carb. If you haven't read the info at the link posted above, you should, it's a good read.

Well if ketosis means I'm buring fat than yes. My main goal is to burn excess fat.

twinmom01

Why are you trying to stay below 50gms? Are you trying to achieve ketosis? Primal/paleo isnt necessarily very low or low carb. If you haven't read the info at the link posted above, you should, it's a good read.

Well if ketosis means I'm buring fat than yes. My main goal is to burn excess fat.

Let me ask a question...according to you scale down there you want to lose 20 lbs and get to 125 - just want to say your body itself may not let you get to 125...

I ask this because I have had a body fat analysis done...my lean body mass was calculated out at 133...so I have used that number to come up with a number I should probably be at for my body type and composition...

I am assuming you are working out as well - you may find that while the scale doesn't go down as fast as you want it but you would still be burning fat...