Frustrated with Carbs taking over my Protein intake! HELP!

Can you re-state your issue?

What do you mean by your sugar is over compensating your protein?

I feel your frustration!...I've been working with a nutrittionist and she directed me to healthylivinghowto.com
Its a great website with healthy recipies that you can tweek. One thing I learned that has been really great is ricing califlower...instead of eating say rice with chicken....grate a head of califlower and saute it with onion and mushrooms...and chicken and it taste great and fills you up like rice would.....don't give up...there are alternatives to the carbs that fill us up...and don't feel like you have to eat so much fruit....my nutritionist told me not too, because of the sugar...she said eat this order Protein, Veggies, and then Starch last....so that by the time you get the the carbs, you might be full. You should be eating lots and lots of veggies....good luck...and being on myfitnesspal.com says a lot, that you are on your way to healthy living and eating...so don't give up...happy healthy living!!....: )

I have the same issue. What I do is try to eat equal amounts of carbs and proteins. You are going to have sugars in your fruit and veggies because they are the natural sugars being produced. Keep in mind that everyone's body and metabolic rate is different so what may work for one person may not work for another. Hope this helps

I have that problem too. But I figure green vegatable carbs are ok even if i go over and I am losing weight so i guess that's the answer.

What does your daily food intake look like?? Add me if you want.

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I just don't get this! Everyone says increase your protein to lose weight, but when I do, anything else I eat (fruit or veggies) the sugars over compensate my protein!!! I DON'T GET THIS! I can't live on eggs and chicken. . .ugh! I get physically ill on tuna, and not much of a fish person. I try to keep everything simple, but this carb thing is driving me crazy! whenever I look at my total daily intake percentages, I feel very discouraged!

Am I making this too hard?:sad: :explode:

There are carbs and carbs: my wife is eating tons of fruits (about 10!) and vegs every day, eats very small portions of proteins and she is not storing any fat at all...as long as you eat fresh fruits & vegs, don't care too much. I hardly see how you could gain weight with apples, lemons and eggplants if you don't fry them

Of course industrial products or french bakery is certainly impacting our body fat differently....but every one knows those aliments are to be avoided. As we cook everything fresh, the only aliments I try to control for my carbs/glycemic levels are bread, pasta and potatoes...and I changed my fresh orange juice of the morning for a lemon juice. I also changed some other daily fruits (banana and orange) for daily vegs just to make sure, but I don't think it changes anything

I used to track my carbs religiously, but unless you are aiming to get into ketosis then going over your carb percentage by eating green leafy veggies shouldnt worry you at all. No one is going to get fat eating brocolli!

The carbs you should be making sure you watch out for is things like bread, pasta, potatoes etc etc, anything that can be white, even the brown and whole wheat versions should be monitored because too much of these will stall weight loss for most people.

Watch out for too much fruit consumption, as sugar (even natural) is bad if you are trying to lose weight, think of it as natures version of sweets or candy and reserve it for a treat or as a pudding if you are craving something sweet.

What she is saying is, her carb intake is higher than her protein intake. What I am going to say is so what? You don't need to consume large amounts of protein to lose weight. My carb to protein ratio is 2:1. That means for every two grams of carbs, I am around 1 gram of protein.

I have NO issues with dropping weight. Do what works for you and stop getting upset on what you "heard".

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