keeping carbs under 40 a day??

at 2.50ish a bar, unless u buy in bulk, u wont want to eat several a day

I keep my carbs at 30 grams per day. The more carbs one eats the more they want. Carbs are a trigger food. The more protein and fat one eats the less hungry you are.

I'm exploring the Keto diet and that essentially calls for you to eat less than 40g, ideally no more than 20g of carbs per day, while upping your intake of fat grams significantly and maintaining a moderate intake of protein to fuel your body. For now, and probably for the duration of my little test here, I'm eating 40g of net carbs (grams from carbs - grams from fiber).

Before I started this, I was eating ridiculous amounts of carbs (I recognize that now)....for example, most days, I was eating near (or above) 200g of carbs! Crazy! What someone above me said is true. The fewer carbs you eat, the less you crave them...and the less hungry I've been, surprisingly.

To keep carbs under 40g a day, you have to be vigilant about what you're consuming. I check the nutrition labels on everything before I buy it to make sure there aren't any hidden carbs in there (sugar alcohols, sugar, etc.). Then there's the planning...I've stuck to pretty consistent meals this past week - omelette with sausage, cheese, sour cream, and salsa for breakfast, salad with cheese, eggs or chicken and olive oil/vinegar dressing, and bacon wrapped chicken with cheese for dinner. For snacks, I like almonds, 1 oz. portions of hard cheeses, and cottage cheese sprinkled with a little SF vanilla pudding mix or strawberry protein powder. To cure my sweet tooth, I've come up with an awesome protein cheesecake recipe - 1 oz. cream cheese, 1/4 c. cottage cheese, 1 scoop strawberry protein powder, 1 egg white, splash of vanilla, 2 tbsp. flax seed (for fiber). Mix together in microwaveable bowl until smooth. Place in microwave for ~1-2 minutes. Take out and enjoy immediately or pop in the fridge if you prefer it cold. :-)

Hope this helps!

I'm exploring the Keto diet and that essentially calls for you to eat less than 40g, ideally no more than 20g of carbs per day, while upping your intake of fat grams significantly and maintaining a moderate intake of protein to fuel your body. For now, and probably for the duration of my little test here, I'm eating 40g of net carbs (grams from carbs - grams from fiber).

Before I started this, I was eating ridiculous amounts of carbs (I recognize that now)....for example, most days, I was eating near (or above) 200g of carbs! Crazy! What someone above me said is true. The fewer carbs you eat, the less you crave them...and the less hungry I've been, surprisingly.

To keep carbs under 40g a day, you have to be vigilant about what you're consuming. I check the nutrition labels on everything before I buy it to make sure there aren't any hidden carbs in there (sugar alcohols, sugar, etc.). Then there's the planning...I've stuck to pretty consistent meals this past week - omelette with sausage, cheese, sour cream, and salsa for breakfast, salad with cheese, eggs or chicken and olive oil/vinegar dressing, and bacon wrapped chicken with cheese for dinner. For snacks, I like almonds, 1 oz. portions of hard cheeses, and cottage cheese sprinkled with a little SF vanilla pudding mix or strawberry protein powder. To cure my sweet tooth, I've come up with an awesome protein cheesecake recipe - 1 oz. cream cheese, 1/4 c. cottage cheese, 1 scoop strawberry protein powder, 1 egg white, splash of vanilla, 2 tbsp. flax seed (for fiber). Mix together in microwaveable bowl until smooth. Place in microwave for ~1-2 minutes. Take out and enjoy immediately or pop in the fridge if you prefer it cold. :-)

Hope this helps!

That's not healthy. Where the heck are your fruits and veggies?!!!

I'm exploring the Keto diet and that essentially calls for you to eat less than 40g, ideally no more than 20g of carbs per day, while upping your intake of fat grams significantly and maintaining a moderate intake of protein to fuel your body. For now, and probably for the duration of my little test here, I'm eating 40g of net carbs (grams from carbs - grams from fiber).

Before I started this, I was eating ridiculous amounts of carbs (I recognize that now)....for example, most days, I was eating near (or above) 200g of carbs! Crazy! What someone above me said is true. The fewer carbs you eat, the less you crave them...and the less hungry I've been, surprisingly.

To keep carbs under 40g a day, you have to be vigilant about what you're consuming. I check the nutrition labels on everything before I buy it to make sure there aren't any hidden carbs in there (sugar alcohols, sugar, etc.). Then there's the planning...I've stuck to pretty consistent meals this past week - omelette with sausage, cheese, sour cream, and salsa for breakfast, salad with cheese, eggs or chicken and olive oil/vinegar dressing, and bacon wrapped chicken with cheese for dinner. For snacks, I like almonds, 1 oz. portions of hard cheeses, and cottage cheese sprinkled with a little SF vanilla pudding mix or strawberry protein powder. To cure my sweet tooth, I've come up with an awesome protein cheesecake recipe - 1 oz. cream cheese, 1/4 c. cottage cheese, 1 scoop strawberry protein powder, 1 egg white, splash of vanilla, 2 tbsp. flax seed (for fiber). Mix together in microwaveable bowl until smooth. Place in microwave for ~1-2 minutes. Take out and enjoy immediately or pop in the fridge if you prefer it cold. :-)

Hope this helps!

That's not healthy. Where the heck are your fruits and veggies?!!!

I guess you missed the part about the salads and salsa. High sugar fruits are not encouraged on keto, but loads of veggies are. I probably eat more vegetables on a ketogenic diet than I did when I was eating a 'normal' 50% carbohydrate **** diet.

To the OP, I keep my carbs between 40-50g per day (10% of total calories) and it's easy to do once you've got a goal in mind. Also you soon stop missing sugar and grains.

For those who do not have metabolic syndrome, carbs are not like garlic to a vampire. But for those of us that do, under 100 grams of carbs a day may be too much.

How do we do it? One day at a time....BUT planning and preparation.
For a non OCD'er like me, that's pretty damn tough.
Ifyou can do it for 30 days straight, but at one day at a time, it will be more likely to become habit and those bad habits will be less likely to appear.

Look at what you CAN have, not what you can't.

Steak
Burgers
Fish
Chicken
Turkey
Cheese
Eggs
Bacon
Sausage
Lettuce
Cucumbers
Green Beans
Cauliflower-makes a good mashed potato substitute
Butter
Olive Oil
Ham
Bologna
Hot Dogs
Burgers
No bean chili
Nature's Own Whole Wheat double fiber no sugar bread-8 carbs a slice.
Almond and soy flower to make pancakes
half and half
whole cream
greek plain yogurt
stevia
blueberries
strawberries
cherries
granny smith apples
grapefruit
almonds
peanuts
natural peanut butter
Polaner no sugar jelly
water
tea
coffee
blue cheese dressing
naked chicken wings
spinach
greens
fatback
roasts
and perhaps the best thing on this list: BREYERS CARB SMART 4 grams carb ice cream.
and the list goes on and on........

I promise you if you stock your kitchen with the above list you will hardly ever, I and I would say never for most of us, feel deprived.

That list above is basically my diet.
I've lost 47 lbs in about 2.5 months, with not a lot of exercise yet...and more importantly my cholesterol went from 201 to 198 and my trigl are down to 116.CHOL/HDLC ratio is 4.1 and non hdl is 150. LDL is 127. HDL 48.
Oh and I currently weigh 358 lbs.....
Only 108 to go....!
How depressing.

Why? Do have a medical condition?

No medical conditions here. Ketogenic dieting is a fat loss/cutting diet. A lot of (i didnt state all...) Pro-body builders use this diet to shred down their bf% Weeks before their competitions shows so they can look their best. It dries them out so veins and muscles are more revealing. 1 gram Carbs = 4 grams water retention... It's also muscle sparing since,you eat 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight...

Pretty much it's the same approach the Atkins diet uses but the Carbs are a lot lower with more food restrictions. Being a former personal trainer myself I never had any issues while on this diet. In fact im in the best shape of my life. I was eating Carbs with a 40/40/20 diet but barely could put up 65lbs dumbbells... weak sauce yes? Switched to keto 3 months ago and my Bf % went from 10.2% to 5.7% while at the same time mystrength shot through the roof. Now benching 90lbs dumbbells.

no complaints here...

I, too, wish I had gone KETO MUCH MUCH SOONER. It took me over a year to lose 35 lbs eating about 80-140 carbs/day. I just lost 15 in less than 2 months on High Fat, Low Carb. And I had already gone gluten free and then gave up all grains before I migrated to this plan of eating. I dont' get hungry either and I am finding all kinds of recipes for low carb treats....bread, pancakes,etc. My photo is a pic of the oopsie bread I made today for a delish lean hamburger.

I don't follow the mantra of eating a bunch of fatty animal products. My fats mostly come from a little cheese, a little butter, a little mayo, eggs, alvocado, olives and olive oil, flax seed, almonds, real blue cheese salad dressing, coconut oil, unsweetened coconut flakes. I do eat plenty of green veges and vegan protein shakes along with fish, chicken, turkey, turkey pepperoni, occasional lean beef. I finally found something I could be happy eating. I do eat blueberries and will add more fruits as I slowly up my carbs. I do 20 net carbs, which is usually around 40 total carbs minus 20g of fiber. I also eat other lower carb veges like squash, mushrooms, celery, eggplant. I get a good variety of food and this is working fantastic for me. I also am a new convert to Bulletproof Coffee (check out the thread on it on mfp).

ps. I also LOVE quest bars. They are just like candy without the sugar. Many are gluten free and vegan. Some have splenda but a lot have a type of sugar alcohol that does not cause the gastric issues that most diet bars have. They are a treat, but I have been making my own treats from easy recipes I find online (and here). Pumpkin and flax seed muffins, flax and almond pancakes, flax bread, and today's new treat--the oopsie bread. I have never been happier on a 'diet.' My blood sugars have never been better! I really think I might get to decrease both blood pressure and blood sugar meds when I have my checkup in a few weeks.

Not everyone is a low carb believer....but if you are having trouble losing, it is something you might want to look into. Do your own research. There is tons of info on high fat, low carb. All I know is that it is working for this 58-year-old diabetic better than anything else I have tried. And I don't feel cheated or starved or uphappy with my food list.

and not everyone is a gluten-free believer either. Which is fine. I have a lot of seasonal allergies and since I have gone gluten free, I no longer take a daily claritin. I need one occasionally when mold or dust is very high. I don't know if that has anything to do with it, but taking an allergy pill once a month or so is way better than daily. I don't know if the gluten caused my allergies to flare more often...all I do know is that they are very insignificant now.