Lower Carb Diets

darleyschroeder
darleyschroeder Posts: 322
in Health and Weight Loss
I have issues around carbs. I love them. When I over eat, it's carbs. When I am pmsing, it's carbs. When I binge...it's carbs.
Don't get me wrong, carbs are great and we need them! However, they are my biggest weakness. My frenemy.

I set my macros tonight at 20% carbs. I have my account set up as sedentary and eat back what I work off. For 1,430 before exercise it gives me 72 carbs.

Is this an okay amount for a lower carb lifestyle? I want to get my carb issue under control!

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  • dukanukem
    dukanukem Posts: 23
    Hi
    I've just started on a lower carb way of eating and i'm finding my intake is about 25%, but I never feel hungry now I'm eating healthy stuff like lots of salads, but making sure I eat protein with each meal. Before I would binge on bread and pastas throughout the day. For me this seems to work and I'm starting to lose weight and feel 100 times better.
    Hope this helped?
  • thatwrestler
    thatwrestler Posts: 3
    The trick is to just play around with a percent that you can maintain. Not one that will work great for a weak, but then youre unsatisfied and start binge-carbing (which we've all done). Also, it helps to find things to replace carbs, or less carby carbs, if that makes sense. Good luck!
  • darleyschroeder
    darleyschroeder Posts: 322
    Hi
    I've just started on a lower carb way of eating and i'm finding my intake is about 25%, but I never feel hungry now I'm eating healthy stuff like lots of salads, but making sure I eat protein with each meal. Before I would binge on bread and pastas throughout the day. For me this seems to work and I'm starting to lose weight and feel 100 times better.
    Hope this helped?

    Def. helped. 4 months ago I tried the Atkins thing, but the induction was crap. Only 20 grams of net carbs. Total carbs-fiber=net carbs. I lost 5 pounds in 3 days, but felt terrible.
    I did feel very full with the protein and fat though!
  • anaboneana
    anaboneana Posts: 195 Member
    I've lowered my intake of carbs, switching to a higher intake of protein. That seems to be helping me feel fuller and less inclined to binge. Although, by "lowering my intake of carbs" I mean that I've eliminated anything made with flour from my diet (following the grey sheet food plan from OA) and I'm sticking to fruits/veggies/beans as my main carb sources.

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