Your upper limit for carbs ?
sam308lbs
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I am starting a refeed next week so i wanted to know how many carbs can you eat before you get those awful cravings back ? Or does it take you days of carb feeding to get those cravings back
I think i can go upto 100 without feeling anything but i still have to find my upper limit.
Thoughts? Experience ? ANything ?
I think i can go upto 100 without feeling anything but i still have to find my upper limit.
Thoughts? Experience ? ANything ?
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I may not be the "best" low-carber, but I have a limit of 100 (pre-net), and try to keep it closer to 80. My aim is 50-60 net, but I personally find it really hard to keep to that, particularly without being super low on my cals (1100-1300 when I keep my net carbs to 60 or less). I've actually considered moving my carbs up a smidge so I can fit in more calories (especially more fibrous fruits and veggies), but I haven't made that decision yet.0
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You know, I used to think I could tolerate no more than say, 35g net. The more I do this, though (and I've been doing this for a good 6 years now, off and on), the more I realize that the type of carb matters more than the carb itself. For example, I can tolerate small amounts of sugar (raw honey, maple syrup, etc.-- although occasionally even a handful of jelly beans or something as a very, very special [and rare] treat) without gaining. Bread, pasta, rice and potatoes though? That's a completely different story.
Right now my macros are set to 20% carb, 50% fat and 30% protein. I'm losing consistently. I just began blending (juicing but with whole foods) and was worried about the effect of a bit more fruit in my diet, but so far so good-- I'm losing like crazy, actually, with 60-90g net carbs per day (none of which being bread/pasta/rice/potatoes, with the exception of a sprouted rye specialty bread I eat on occasion that's 5g carbs per slice).
That's just me!
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From what I've read, everyone is different, so asking others isn't going to help. Instead, what might help is going slowly, adding 10 grams of carbs per day or two. When the cravings come back, you may have found your upper limit, but the new Atkins book has a semi-complicated way of retesting for the limit after backing down for a bit.0
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thanks for the input guys!0
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I have to agree that it's an individual thing, and also it's also the type of carb like LATegano said, for me. That's the great thing about tracking, I can see what I ate and try to narrow down what it was that triggered anything. And I also think the timing is important, for me.
Examples: apples make me hungry about 45 minutes after I eat one, so I avoid them. I also severely limit any simple sugars and wheat. I do eat some white potatoes in moderation, as they sometimes do but sometimes don't trigger cravings. I'm fine with sweet potatoes and bananas in moderation (~30g carbs at a time), moreso after an intense exercise session so it's more likely to replentish muscle glycogen stores, rather than going into my fat cells and/or spiking my blood sugar. I also do fine with white rice in the same moderation, I just tend not to eat it as often since it's pretty nutritionally empty (if I'm gonna eat carbs, might as well get some potassium and other vitamins/minerals with it!).
My carb limit is around 100g as long as I'm pretty active, to lose (I try to average 100g/day over the week, but definitely lose better when it's lower than 100g/day). Less active, I have to drop down to like 60g (I try for 50, but it ends up around 60 - I like my veggies, lol), to still lose.0 -
Lyle McDonald had an interesting article on this:
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/how-many-carbohydrates-do-you-need.html
Basically - depends on the individual (and he gives a number of factors to consider).0
