Low carb diet

Low carb diets are unnecessary and can be detrimental to performance in the gym. The only real advantage of a low carb diet is that the increased protein and fat keeps you from getting hungry. Also, low carb diets tend to cause quick weight loss in the beginning due to decreased glycogen and loss of mostly water weight fast, then plateaus are often hit.

I follow a lower carb diet, not as low as some but definitely low. I get most of my carbs from fruit and veggies and *GASP* I even eat some ****listed foods sometimes (like today, I had a handful of Wendy's fries) Low carb doesn't have to be extreme, nor does high carb. You don't have to go balls out in either direction but I am sensitive to wheat so it's a lot easier for me I have weeks where I don't lose, and weeks where I will lose 1.5lbs... in the end it all balances out and I've yet to hit a plateau but as I understand it, you can plateau no matter what your plan. Best of luck to you

I've lost about 12 pounds since the first week in June also doing a generic low-carb diet. I'm not liking the low fruit consumption but I AM enjoying the first steady and progressive weight loss in many years and I'm very careful to work as many low carb/low glycemic/non starchy veggies as possible into my daily diet. I have felt no ill effects thus far ... but haven't felt a surge of energy yet either. I have a lot of weight to lose yet but I'm determined to stay with this as long as I continue to see results. Best of luck to you (as well as to myself) ....

I am not diabetic but I am eating like one trying to keep the (good) carbs around 60 per meal but stay with in my calories .
I don't know if that is considered low or not (It is for me) but I am finally starting to see the scales move .

I have a substantial amount of weight to lose. YMMV!
I began eating low carb to reduce my blood sugar 13 weeks ago, and I have lost 50# in 13 weeks.
I eat low carb (15% or less than 60g a day), moderately high protein (45-50%), and lower fat (35-40%).

50lbs in 13 weeks? Please tell me that's a typo?

I lost around 20 lbs last year following the South Beach diet; it took 4 months to do this. I kept them off even after I stopped following the diet. I decided to lose the last 25 lbs or so in June of this year. I lost 6 lbs the first 2-3 wks and that is where I am at now. I find following a low carb diet not too difficult. I would say that I am not hungry during the day, but I know that I would like to eat more. I eat too many calories/day if I am not following the diet. I love myfitnesspal; I found out about it at the same time when I restarted my weight loss.

I have found that for me, I function tons better on a low carb diet. Since I'm a carb-a-holic I'm only trying to rid myself of the bad carbs and increase my fruits and veggies and trying to balance a lot of stuff out. I feel SO SO SO much better when I cut the breads and pastas and all the sugar to next to nothing...ALL cravings go away, now I just eat to satisfy the hunger. Lays used to be my biggest downfall but not any longer. They dont even appeal to me like they used to. I do have days where I will eat stuff I havent been eating, like 4th of July cookouts. But then I walk away feeling horrible physically from putting all that junk back into my body after I've spent days and days trying to eat healthy!! When I feel the impact that bad foods has on my body, it really makes me not want to eat them. I feel the lower carb plan has been working very well for me thus far.

I've been doing low carb since April 9th and I've lost 40 lbs. I chose to do low carb because it worked for my Mom many years ago and she lost over 100 lbs. I started out with Atkins but have kind of just adapted it to what feels comfortable for my body. I don't measure or weigh food I just don't eat any bread, sugar, otherwise high carb, or processed food. Partially because it's a hassle to count and also because I want somewhere to go if I do happen to plateau. I don't count calories either I tend to just eat whenever I'm hungry and leave it at that. I do have an experience I'd like to share that may be helpful to some if you find yourself in my situation. Last weekend I went on vacation to Vegas with friends and chose to cheat for those two days. I ate whatever we had in the room which was total crap like pop tarts and pizza. It was the first time I cheated. When I got home I was up 9 lbs! I knew it had to be largely water weight and went right back on plan. Two days later I was sill 8 lbs heavier. I started to freak out and wonder if I had ruined my diet. I also wasn't in ketosis anymore and was barely using the restroom. Finally yesterday I went back into ketosis and started peeing like crazy (lol sorry but in the interest of full disclosure) I am now back down to my pre Vegas weight but it took me almost 5 days and lots of feeling awful and misery to put myself right. All for two days of food and booze that wasn't that good to begin with. So anyway the point I'm trying to get at is, if you do happen to cheat and find yourself with an impossible gain looking up at you from the scale try to relax and give yourself some time to get things back on track. Then remember to file that horrible feeling away so you don't cheat again! lol I definitely will not be deaming bean burritos as worth all that hassle for a good long while. Hopefully someone learns from my pain! Good luck with your low carbing folks!

A good low carb recipe site is www.genaw.com\lowcarb.

I'm 71, eat <50 grams net carbs and >100 grams protein and 1000 calories a day (medically supervised for health reasons). I so Tai Chi, water aerobics, water zumba and yoga 3 days a week and strength training 3 days. I have never felt better.

There was an article in today's paper about a research study conducted by the Mayo Clinic on weight gain in post menopausal women. The conclusion said to decrease the carbs and up the protein to get rid of the roll around the belly that women get after menopause.

Ignorant people who make comments about how unhealthy low carb is or how you can exercise or how you'll be fuzzy brained haven't a clue what it is all about. I've tried just about every diet out there so I have facts to back up my contention that low carb is the best for me.

My husband and I have been on the low carb diet (this is our life now) since July 2013. I have lost 21 lbs and he has lost about 45lbs. it works, but you need to really discipline your self and say I am not eating bread anymore. I hope this helps.

So great to read these responses. I'm a serial dieter, well I was before I came across Marks Daily Apple and I have lived a primal lifestyle for the last month, unfortunately I have only lost 3lbs! I was kind of thinking I would have lost that in the first week. I have been doing Crossfit for the last 2 weeks as well so I definitely know there is some muscle building there. I have decided for this week I'm going to keep the carbs to a maximum of 20-25g per day and log everything I am eating on MFP. Day 2 so far and I feel fine, I guess as my carbs have been fairly low for the last month anyway, it's not such a shock to the system as it would have been 5 weeks ago when I was eatig 4 slices of toast with butter and jam for breakfast every morning - the only good thing about that was that I had butter and not margarine!!! So I am looking forward to seeing what (if any) my results will be after a week. But reading other's success stories has been really helpful and proof that it does work! So I will keep trucking on and hopefully I will be penning a success story in the future.