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Strict with carbs! Success!
ChaoticMum
Posts: 115 Member
This past week I was stricter with my carbs - using one roma tomato instead of two in my salad etc and kept my carbs below 100 the last week - and in fact, mostly below 75! It paid off! I had energy to work out every day with one rest day in there (this on top of solo parenting 5 kids - 2 of which were sick with influenza!)! I was amazed at how that would have had me broken on the floor crying before Christmas and now? I had the energy to push through!
AND! I dropped 2lb! I broke through my plateau and have only about 8-11lb left to go - yep. The dreaded last 10lb!
AND! I dropped 2lb! I broke through my plateau and have only about 8-11lb left to go - yep. The dreaded last 10lb!
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awesome!!!0
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holy crap this is awesome!!! Great Job and thank you for motivating me to continue cutting out those nasty carbs!0
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Great job!
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Thanks for motivating me!! I am going to try this also!0
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That's great!! I'm paying extra attention to mine too, hoping for some success!0
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That's fabulous! I've been really bummed the past couple days because I stepped on the scale for the first time after 3 weeks of strict Primal and saw that I'd GAINED a pound. I knew I was eating too much fruit, so now I'm watching my carbs carefully too!0
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Great job! I agree under 100 is the magic #!!!0
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Thanks everyone! And yes! that 100 is the magic number! I was always hanging out at it but pushing to get BELOW it was the key! I couldn't believe by just cutting out one tomato a day, or one banana it was easy to get it down there!
My goal this week is to add in more greeny veggies - more spinach. More broccoli etc. So hard to do at this time of year when we live in a deep freezer and NOTHING is in season other than icicles! LOL
epcooper! I had that happen earlier in the week - I had gained a half pound but I had dropped 2% body fat! So obviously my muscle mass went up! Try to find a number other than just the scale to keep an eye on! Put the info together to get the true picture!0 -
That's not possible! You need carbs for energy!
Well done! Must be a great feeling to break through that plateau!
Keeping carbs low has always worked really well for me (and I'm also extremely active). As soon as they start going up is when I run into trouble.0 -
Keeping my carbs low helps me the most. My main problem seems to be with sugar so I try to stay away from fruit. Maybe I'll eat more the closer I get to my goal body fat %-age.
I don't really worry about carbs from veggies, hard to overdose on those.
The thing I like about eating like this is that it allows me to experiment and see how various foods affect me.0 -
Great job!0
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Great job! I need to watch mine more I think. I just about ate a Larabar with like 35carbs... Maybe I should find a slightly less carby snack haha0
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Great job!0
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Super cool and good to konw. I'm starting to be stricter this week about the carbs. 100 is the magic number for you eh? I've been trying to figure out what I want to shoot for.0
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Super cool and good to konw. I'm starting to be stricter this week about the carbs. 100 is the magic number for you eh? I've been trying to figure out what I want to shoot for.
I've been trying to stay under 75, with up to 100 ok. I lost 2 lbs last week, but that's all I have to go on so far! Good luck!0 -
I've been trying to stay under 75, with up to 100 ok. I lost 2 lbs last week, but that's all I have to go on so far! Good luck!
That's exactly my goal and where I've been to see the most recent success!0 -
That's not possible! You need carbs for energy!
Well done! Must be a great feeling to break through that plateau!
Keeping carbs low has always worked really well for me (and I'm also extremely active). As soon as they start going up is when I run into trouble.
LOL I chuckled out loud for real at that one!
And yes - its an awesome feeling!0 -
Keeping my carbs low helps me the most. My main problem seems to be with sugar so I try to stay away from fruit. Maybe I'll eat more the closer I get to my goal body fat %-age.
I don't really worry about carbs from veggies, hard to overdose on those.
The thing I like about eating like this is that it allows me to experiment and see how various foods affect me.
Fruit is my killer too - I LOVE a good bowl of berries - which now I use as a treat at the end of the day if I have Carb Space, and my other is banana with Pnut butter....
I was surprised at how something like cutting the tomato would have such an effect on me!0 -
congrats!0
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AND - all on top of solo parenting of 5 kids - EXCELLENT! Always good to read such great news Carry on!! 0
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Thanks! And yes...I solo parent for 14-16 days at a time while my hubby works 2 provinces away. He is home now and was working hard too while he was gone! Dropped four pounds in 17 days!0
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As long as I stay away from the sugars, fruits, ie, oranges, clementines, etc, and limit my carbs to 50 or less, I start loosing. I also keep my protein high, or at least try to along with my fat intake.0
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