Low carb or low calorie

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

well, if you plan to eat carbs in your future then i wouldn't cut them out for weight loss--lots of water but no long term benefit in doing low carb vs a traditional calorie deficit approach.

Sorry thats not true....

What's not true? Low carb diets offer no fat burning benefits over higher carb, traditional diets. That's been scientifically proven time and again. Low carb offers faster initial weight loss due to the reduction of stored glycogen, which causes roughly 8-10 pounds of immediate water weight loss. Fat loss is the same.

What tiger said doesn't mean "there is NO BENEFIT" to lower carbs, there are benefits to lower carbs, but in terms of weight loss calorie per calorie, there is little differences

okay--let's split hairs and try to make a point by drawing on semantics--clearly we're talking about the weight loss context--I think that goes without saying.

taso42

neither. moderate calorie deficit. balanced macros. exercise.

love4fitnesslove4food_wechange

neither. moderate calorie deficit. balanced macros. exercise.

^^ what he said.

joejccva71

1300-1400 calories is good with 5 small meals.... eating 5 small meals with a balanced diet speeds up your metabolism, fruits, vegetables, 100% whole wheat and whole grains, things with lots of fiber, lean proteins like baked chicken and fish, turkey, eggs, peanutbutter etc..... never eat lower calorie because it puts your body into starvation mode and when you finally eat it stores everything as fat becasue it knows you are not going to eat to give your body the vitamins and nutrients that you need

Sigh.

AC417

I've had lots of success cutting down on white flour, refined sugar and most starches, but I also have insulin issues. I used to eat a starch with every meal (and I mean EVERY meal), but now I try and get my carbs from healthy sources like beans and fruits. Every now and again I will eat some potato, a little bit of rice and pasta but not every day like I used to. If I choose to eat bread, I make sure it's whole wheat or sprouted grain. Once a month I'll splurge and have a couple of slices of thin crust pizza, but I make sure I have a big salad with lots of lemon first.

yarwell

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20107198

Does that tell us what each group actually ate ?

"Participants in the high-fat condition were instructed to consume a diet that was low in carbohydrate and thus higher in
percentage fat and/or protein (13). The central feature of this approach is carbohydrate restriction with unlimited consumption
of fat and protein. "

wftiger

Low carb does not necessarily raise LDL. I have done it for almost 6 months and my LDL is the same and my HDL has gone up (which is good).

First of all define low carb? I net under 75 per day which means I basically eat no breads, grains and beans. I have no trouble maintaining this and contrary to popular belief, the one time I went over I did not automagically put all my lost weight back on. In fact, not even a gain the next day as shocking as that sounds.

As far as which I would recommend, I would say why choose? I do restricted calories and carbs and it is working fine for me. The choices I make have to be healthy or I would get hungry so I eat a lot of lean protein and veggies. I don't think too many Drs. would see fault in that.

Acg67

1300-1400 calories is good with 5 small meals.... eating 5 small meals with a balanced diet speeds up your metabolism, fruits, vegetables, 100% whole wheat and whole grains, things with lots of fiber, lean proteins like baked chicken and fish, turkey, eggs, peanutbutter etc..... never eat lower calorie because it puts your body into starvation mode and when you finally eat it stores everything as fat becasue it knows you are not going to eat to give your body the vitamins and nutrients that you need

Can you substantiate that eating 5 small meals will speed up your metabolism and that eating low cals will put your body in "starvation mode" and cause everything to be stored as fat? Or are you making things up as usual?

BondBomb

1300-1400 calories is good with 5 small meals.... eating 5 small meals with a balanced diet speeds up your metabolism, fruits, vegetables, 100% whole wheat and whole grains, things with lots of fiber, lean proteins like baked chicken and fish, turkey, eggs, peanutbutter etc..... never eat lower calorie because it puts your body into starvation mode and when you finally eat it stores everything as fat becasue it knows you are not going to eat to give your body the vitamins and nutrients that you need

Meal frequency does not speed up your metabolism. Its just not true. Broscience at work.

LizKurz

1300-1400 calories is good with 5 small meals.... eating 5 small meals with a balanced diet speeds up your metabolism, fruits, vegetables, 100% whole wheat and whole grains, things with lots of fiber, lean proteins like baked chicken and fish, turkey, eggs, peanutbutter etc..... never eat lower calorie because it puts your body into starvation mode and when you finally eat it stores everything as fat becasue it knows you are not going to eat to give your body the vitamins and nutrients that you need

Can you substantiate that eating 5 small meals will speed up your metabolism and that eating low cals will put your body in "starvation mode" and cause everything to be stored as fat? Or are you making things up as usual?

You're incorrect, My TDEE is about 3,250 a day. I ate 10 times a day at 2,800 calories and lost weight, my metabolism sped up.

So....now your TDEE is higher than the 3250 you started out with? Are you exercising and lifting?

Eating more times a day in and of itself will absolutely not speed up your metabolism.


Eta: by the way, you lost weight on 2800 a day because it was lower than your tdee. Thats how weight loss works.

kstep88

I know many who lost a lot on a low-carb diet, but I prefer low calorie because it's easier, imo. ^^
Besides, we need carbs more than we need calories ?

ehhh--you want to be 88 pounds. Ummm...yeah. Not sure I'd ever say we need carbs more than calories.

Carbs gives the body energy, if you don't eat enough carbs you'll get tired - maybe even sick.
(btw. 88 pounds is kinda ok for my height)

are you 4'10 or less?

1.60 m (5'2 ?), but still, 88 is not very low for my height.

88 pounds is not even a healthy BMI. I'm not trying to be mean, but that is NOT healthy. Maybe you should check with a doctor and see his/her views on 88 pounds on a 5'2 frame....