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Anyone want to go low carb for a month?

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  • thr33martins
    thr33martins Posts: 192 Member
    I personally love low carb diets. It makes my belly super flat. I typically do 40/40/20 (40% carbs, 40% protein, 20% fat)

    Your belly IS super flat - I'm totally jealous. I bet you don't have kids... :happy:
  • Jay_Jay_
    Jay_Jay_ Posts: 194 Member
    I've been doing strict keto (65% fat, 30% protein, 5% carbs) since March with very few "cheats" or side tracking. It's been pretty incredible. I've dropped from 340+ to 253. The rest of my weight was generally low carb aside from the first 50 lbs which was awful, full of hunger and miss-steps the whole way. (Can anyone say, LOW FAT, HIGH SUGAR?) As for the "energy", I think LCNY covered that. Neither of us is dead, and personally I just got my full blood workup. I used to weigh 469 lbs, the blood results that came back were for a 27 year old athlete, not a 27 year old 253 pound nerd. Perfect cholesterol, perfect serum levels, perfect BP, everything perfect. I feel great. :)

    Is your 5% carbs "net?" How many grams does that come out to per day for you? thanks!!

    That is net carbs, yes. I subtract my fiber from the total carbs each day. I typically eat between 20-30g of carbs, and then most days that will be 10-20g of fiber depending on what I eat. My net carbs are almost -always- under 20g per day, and more likely under 15g. I eat between 1200 calories and 1500 calories typically, based on how I feel.
  • cthon98
    cthon98 Posts: 19
    I, like others who have chimed in here, have been doing keto. I've stuck pretty strictly to the rules, <20g of net carbs per day. I've lost over 30 pounds in under 4 months, and feel better than ever.
  • cthon98
    cthon98 Posts: 19
    Your body needs carbs for energy!
    Whoops, didn't know that. Guess that's why I died doing 4 months of keto, and am now a ghost posting on the internet.
  • danni_l
    danni_l Posts: 144 Member
    Ive been lowing carb for a couple of months, started due to wheat intolerance, but have now cut out potatoes, pasta etc.
    The weight has fallen off and I feel great.
    That said I know if I went back to my old style of eating - chips for lunch, sub sandwiches etc then I would be back to square one.
    Eating healthily is a lifestyle change. You obviously need to stop eating the "sweet treats" in the evening, maybe you could try cutting down your carbs slowly rather than just going all out for a month - that kind of extreme / fad dieting usually leads to failure and increased weight gain at the end!
  • danni_l
    danni_l Posts: 144 Member
    Your body needs carbs for energy!
    Whoops, didn't know that. Guess that's why I died doing 4 months of keto, and am now a ghost posting on the internet.

    Hhahahaha THIS :)
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