Gained 10lbs in one month on paleo diet
debou5
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Hello,
So I'm pretty desperate because I've been trying to lose weight for the last 2 years and I'm stuck at 140. I lost 20lbs when I got sick and then it slowly went back to 140 (I was on steroid which explained the rapid weight gain). Since that I try the 10 days diet detox but I only lost water weight so I gained everything back. I tried the juice diet which worked I lost 13lbs and after I reintroduce food I only gained 3-4lbs which was probably the weight of the food that I was eating + the water weight. Now it's been a couple of weeks that my weight is going up and my body fat percentage too. I usually eat pancakes made out of plantain and coconut flour for breakfast with some protein, a salad for lunch with protein, vegetables and protein for dinner I also eat 1/4 cup of nuts everyday. I tried to reduce my carbs, I'm planning on avoiding nuts. I don't know what to do, losing weight is hard for me but then when I lose weight it is hard to keep the weight off and it's even harder to not gain... I'm actually following the paleocode diet of Chris Kresser for my autoimmune disease and I'm reintroducing dairy right now ... -_- Any advice? Thanks
So I'm pretty desperate because I've been trying to lose weight for the last 2 years and I'm stuck at 140. I lost 20lbs when I got sick and then it slowly went back to 140 (I was on steroid which explained the rapid weight gain). Since that I try the 10 days diet detox but I only lost water weight so I gained everything back. I tried the juice diet which worked I lost 13lbs and after I reintroduce food I only gained 3-4lbs which was probably the weight of the food that I was eating + the water weight. Now it's been a couple of weeks that my weight is going up and my body fat percentage too. I usually eat pancakes made out of plantain and coconut flour for breakfast with some protein, a salad for lunch with protein, vegetables and protein for dinner I also eat 1/4 cup of nuts everyday. I tried to reduce my carbs, I'm planning on avoiding nuts. I don't know what to do, losing weight is hard for me but then when I lose weight it is hard to keep the weight off and it's even harder to not gain... I'm actually following the paleocode diet of Chris Kresser for my autoimmune disease and I'm reintroducing dairy right now ... -_- Any advice? Thanks
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What's your height?0
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I'm 5'50
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If your trying to go low carb you should probably stay away from plantains0
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I'm kind of lost about going LC or not. I'm trying to not go over 100g of carbs and for breakfast I had 85g. I'm trying to focus on reducing my nuts intake this week and see how it goes and then I'll lower my carbs intake if it does not work. I cannot eat eggs yet so I don't really know what to eat for breakfast ..0
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We'll if you like you could just exercise a bit more then you can have your carbs
I went paleo for 4 months and exercised some days my carbs we're 30-75 some days I went 150 and more.
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I'm kind of lost about going LC or not. I'm trying to not go over 100g of carbs and for breakfast I had 85g. I'm trying to focus on reducing my nuts intake this week and see how it goes and then I'll lower my carbs intake if it does not work. I cannot eat eggs yet so I don't really know what to eat for breakfast ..
Yeah, 85 g of carbs would be more than my goal for the whole day. Some days I'm around 100 g, some days closer to 30 or 50, but I try to average 75g daily for the whole week.
Did you say you were doing Auto-Immune? My screen isn't showing your original post as I type this. If so, you might hold off on reintroducing dairy, and also avoid nuts for at least another month.
Also, are you sure you've been getting enough calories? I have had to start logging again because I was eating 800 calories a day or less -- eating according to hunger, but with paleo I am almost never hungry... After 18 months I still have to learn the difference between wanting to eat (almost never happens) and needing to eat (starting to recognize a certain mild hollow feeling, not distressing, not craving, not hunger or low-blood-sugar shakes, just sort of a mild reminder that fuel would be good at some point).
If I eat below 1500 daily calories (and I'm 5'2"), I plateau, or even start to gain weight. Between 1500-1800 calories a day, I lose weight. The problem is getting that many calories in on a regular basis!0 -
1/4 cup nuts shouldn't be a problem at all, so that doesn't sound like your problem. The only nuts I eat regularly are Mac nuts, they're high in fat and low in carbs. If you're consuming 85g for one meal you're likely going over your 100g Mark. With that said what works for me may not work for you so my best advice is to take advantage of the literature that's available. I believe we have a literature sticky in the forum. Hang in there, there's lots of support here.
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I'm not counting vegetables in my 100g of carbs per day so plantain in the morning is the only source of carbs I'm getting (unless I eat nuts). Ii used to workout everyday but now that I'm back to school it's gonna be hard ..
So should I focus on lowering my fat intake or my carb intake? I've seen articles on the fact that LC is not necessary for weight loss that carbs should be 20% of our daily calorie intake but then I see articles about the fact that LC is the way to lose weight.... Ugh Paleo is as confusing as the other diets lol.
I'm reintroducing dairy to see if I'm intolerant but once I'm done I won't be eating that much dairy because I'm fine without it. I entered my food intake today and I ate like 1800 calories maybe.. So yes getting enough calories is not my problem I even wondered if I wasn't eating too much.. I'm going to keep track of my calories this week see how much calories I eat see if it is the problem and see how my macros are. I'm also trying to do intermittent fasting and eat in a 8 hour window (when I can).
Thanks for your answers it is much more helpful that on the other groups where people barely read my post and thought I was trying to lose 10lbs in one month and then told me that all I needed to do was eating less calories that I was burning.... >_<'. I0 -
There's a lot of contradicting information out there. You also mentioned that you're doing IF? It sounds like you have several things going on at once, so maybe transition one step at a time until you figure out the right eating plan for you. I actually had to up my fat intake (over 100g) in order to lose weight. Dairy is an issue for me, but some ppl can have it with no problem. Since you don't have much to lose it'll be a lot slower. I'm 5'5" and my goal weight is where you're at now.0
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I would suggest less carbs. more fat and limit protein to around 60 grams.0
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How long have you been following the AIP plan?
I would think your body may still be healing and if you have been doing a lot of yo-yo dieting,your body could be clinging onto the weight,especially when you don't have much to lose..your body could also be happy where it is at 140..
If you are following AIP,why are you eating nuts?Nuts are inflammatory and are a big no no on an anti inflammatory diet.
It would be good to be able to see your actual food diary for people to be able to give you a better idea about what might be going wrong for you.0 -
It's been 6 weeks. I'm on an autoimmune disease diet so I had to remove dairy, eggs, sweeteners, nightshades vegetables, grains, legumes, alcool, and caffeine but I can have nuts. It is only since february that my weight has been going up and down so it was when I got sick so my weight went back up when I start eating again and when I did the juuce diet. Beside those I stayed at 140 for 1,5.. But I heard that inflammation can make it harder to lose weight.. I hope my body is not trying to stay at 140 like you said.. . I'm going to try to add my food on my dairy bc there is not much to see right now.. I enter my food like 1-2 a week and sometimes I forget to put everything.
I set up my macro on MFP: 76g carbs, 56g protein, 110g fat.
I try IF but sometimes I'm not hungry before the 8h period ends so I don't stress about it and eat later. It is true that I might focus on several things at once but what I should really focus on is entering my food and see how much I eat. Thanks everybody!0 -
Okay, stop. You're over thinking things. Paleo isn't that hard, but you're treating it like all the other fad diets you've tried.
Paleo is not a fad diet. It is a lifestyle change. Remember that.
Now, what does that mean?
- Eat real food -- meats, vegetables, some fruits, some nuts, fats that are primarily monounsaturated or saturated fats (butter, avocado, coconut, etc)
- Eat the right amount of food -- don't try to starve yourself. Weight loss happens on Paleo, if you need it, because you're adequately nourished and you have healthy habits and a healthy relationship with food.
- Get enough of the right exercise -- Mark Sisson (Primal Blueprint) puts it well, I think: "move frequently at a slow pace, sprint and lift heavy things once in a while." In other words, maintain a good fitness foundation through walking a lot, and when you have the extra energy, do a short, high-intensity workout. Don't try to run marathons in an effort to be healthy and lose weight, because long endurance cardio routines are actually counterproductive.
- Focus on things other than the scale -- The point is to get healthy. So focus on that. When you're healthy (actually healthy, not some arbitrary number on the scale), your body will naturally regulate weight itself, just like it regulates body temperature, blood pressure, blood sugar, etc when healthy.
Throughout the posts, you said you were 140lb and 5'5". That height and weight puts your BMI at about 23.3, which is in the "normal" range of the scale (the 120 number puts you at a BMI of 20, which is one the lower end of "normal"). This suggests that you probably don't have much weight to lose, per se, and you're probably going to be better off changing your focus.
Why are you trying so much to lose weight? Let me guess, you want a bikini body, right? You want to get rid of the "flab" you have or think you have around your belly? You don't want to be "skinny fat"?
Starving yourself down to an arbitrary weight is the wrong way to achieve any of these goals.
That's right. It's not possible to get the body that just about every woman dreams of having through diet (and dieting) alone, and starving yourself to that point is even worse and counter to being healthy.
You want the bikini body? You want a flat belly and maybe some hint of abs? You want to look good naked?
Then stop worrying so much about the number on the scale, start eating real food to heal your body, and start a strength training routine.
Don't believe me? Then meet Staci -- http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/
Read that. Then read it again to make sure it sinks in. Then go find and read the followup for good measure.
Why does that work? Because when you starve yourself down to a given weight, you are also losing muscle. Muscle is more metabolically active than fat, so when you lose muscle, your metabolism takes a bigger hit. This makes it harder to maintain a weight and harder to lose weight after you gain any back.
You fix that by maintaining and building muscle. You maintain and build muscle by maintaining a progressive strength training routine.
No, you will not turn into she-hulk.
No, you will not look like a man.
You will, if done right, turn into a lean, compact, powerhouse with the kind of body most women only dream about (because they don't know how to actually achieve it, or they are aware, but still have it in their heads that they will turn into she-hulk to actually do it). (And no, that won't happen even if "done wrong." If done wrong, you just won't get nearly the results you could get if you were doing it right.)0 -
What Dragonwolf said X 1000.
I know there are new people here but lately there's been an increase in posts about calorie and scale obsession and "omg I'm not losing weight". Frankly, it's driving me crazy.
A healthy lifestyle needs to be permanent. Not a temporary measure just for weight loss. Besides, I lost a lot of weight, which included lean body mass and that was a complete FAIL. The recovery from that is going to take a long long time. Don't do what I did!
The OP is already at a healthy weight and if there is body composition issues, more weight loss is NOT the answer. MUSCLE building is. Which means one needs to EAT MORE and lift heavy things.0 -
Dragonwolf I totally agree with what you said I just want to say that no I'm not trying to be skinny fat, no I don't do fad diet the juice diet was actually an easier way to go through my elimination diet and also to lose some weight. But beside that I haven't done any crazy diets. I used to think that starving myself was the solution until I found out it wasn't so I am NOT starving myself anymore and yes I know paleo diet is a lifestyle since I have a disease and it is the only way to not take treatment that f*cks up my body.I know I have some issues with the scale and I need to focus on losing body fat by lifting and stuff. I am not scared to lift bc I will turn into a man, I see tons of example of women lifting and they are still looking like women ^^. I was just worried that I was gaining weight so fast I just cannot stop overthinking about that because when a month ago my body fat was lower and my abs were finally showing so understand me that it is kinda depressing to see fat coming back no matter what the scale says...0
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Dragonwolf I totally agree with what you said I just want to say that no I'm not trying to be skinny fat, no I don't do fad diet the juice diet was actually an easier way to go through my elimination diet and also to lose some weight. But beside that I haven't done any crazy diets. I used to think that starving myself was the solution until I found out it wasn't so I am NOT starving myself anymore and yes I know paleo diet is a lifestyle since I have a disease and it is the only way to not take treatment that f*cks up my body.I know I have some issues with the scale and I need to focus on losing body fat by lifting and stuff. I am not scared to lift bc I will turn into a man, I see tons of example of women lifting and they are still looking like women ^^. I was just worried that I was gaining weight so fast I just cannot stop overthinking about that because when a month ago my body fat was lower and my abs were finally showing so understand me that it is kinda depressing to see fat coming back no matter what the scale says...
Here's what gave the impression that you're running after fad diets:Since that I try the 10 days diet detox but I only lost water weight so I gained everything back. I tried the juice diet which worked I lost 13lbs and after I reintroduce food I only gained 3-4lbs which was probably the weight of the food that I was eating + the water weigh
That's two fad diets, and your stated measure for "worked" was scale weight. It wasn't until the end that you even mentioned autoimmune disease, and from the way it was worded, Kresser's guidelines were the first you were doing it for health and not weight.
Now, one thing to keep in mind is that body fat is not necessarily a bad thing, and if you keep eating healthily, it will come off eventually. From the sounds of it, your body is coming off of a period of time that it has perceived as being a prolonged period of starvation or famine (being sick + 10 day detox + juice diet), in addition to whatever stress your autoimmune disease is causing your body, especially if it interferes with its ability to absorb nutrients.
So, if you've removed the things that are exacerbating your autoimmune disease, your body can suddenly absorb the nutrients it needs and make use of them. On top of that, you've started the Paleo diet, which means you're probably eating more than even when you were just doing calorie restriction in order to lose weight. It takes a little time for your body to get the signals that "hey, we've got plenty of food, we've got good nutrition, there's no need to hold on to it all for a rainy day." Additionally, the extra fat storage can be used to help repair the damage caused by the autoimmune disease and help you heal.0 -
The 10 days diet detox was the first diet I did in order to heal my body it was a diet that removed every inflammatory foods like gluten, coffee, sugar... It was basically like the paleo diet with a few more food allowed. I was not starving myself at all. I was still taking my treatment at that time so I did not know if it has any effect on my health but yes the juice diet bc I lost weight which I could see but also because I was feeling good, I had a lot of energy and I did not have any health issues, and I was not taking any treatment so it was easier to see the effect it had on my body. I know I'm focusing a lot of my weight and I'm judging diets depending on how the scale goes but it does not mean I do fad diets. I still drink juices during the day when I can because I know the effect it has on my health no matter what the scale says. You're right my body might still be inflamed and my disease actually causes the malabsorption of nutrients since it is an inflammation of the colon. I need to be patient and give time to my body to heal itself.. Thanks for your advices.0
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"Judging diets depending on how the scale goes"… Read your own words. You are not focused on long term health. Judging a lifestyle merely on short term rate of weight loss and not health will ultimately be a fail. I would recommend above all else, get rid of your scale and eat healthy food and heal your body. Obsession with scales, calorie restriction et al. is not healthy. I know it takes time to figure that out and trust the body but the sooner you work on that, the better. Toss the scale if you can't stay off of it except for once a month or so. And still if you gain muscle, get smaller but weigh more, Paleo will be a fail? I don't get it.0
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The juices that you drink may be your culprit, especially if the juices are high in sugar. You’ve gotten lots of useful information, and people here really want to help and have the best intentions, so I hope that it helps you gain a better understanding of this lifestyle.0
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85g of carbs for breakfast would make me crazy-hangry by lunchtime.
Nuts and cheese are just about the BEST thing on your menu.
Sugared juices are going to undermine your progress with hunger. Nothing paleo about that.0 -
I second the thoughts of Dragonwolf and Akima. I follow a Primal diet (more permissive version of Paleo that permits dairy if it agrees with you) and I also limit my carbs (for me, I've found that to be 100 g per day or less). I'd definitely drop the plantains for breakfast and try keeping your carbs lower and see if that does the trick.0
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The juice that I made are 80% vegetables and 20% fruits. Paleo won't be a fail and so far it hasn't been, I'm healthy and I don't have any symptoms and it had been 5 months I'm off medication so this will definitely my lifestyle, this IS my lifestyle. I'm not that hungry, in the morning if I eat my breakfast around 10 I can wait for lunch until 3-4pm. I used to judge diets by the scale but not anymore and I actually did not do that much diets by the way. So you don't count vegetables as carbs right? Because I don't so plantains are my only source of carbs that I get during the day. I'm going to work on tossing the scale and focusing on my body and my workouts. I bought a new guide to help me because I usually go for runs and I don't know what else to do so this will guide me. Thanks for your advices like I said earlier I posted this on another group and people did not get me AT ALL they were saying that It was nonsense to think that counting calories was unnecessary and then people barely read my post and jumped to the conclusion that I wanted to lose 10 lbs a month and that I was going to fail because it is hard to do so... I'm glad we have this group0
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Carbs are carbs. If you are drinking juice that is 80% vegetable and 20% fruits it is still ALL carbs. Not only that you may be missing the positive aspects of the fibre depending on how you juice. Personally, I think juicing is a strange concept and it is my opinion that eating the whole food is likely most beneficial. Carbs from vegetables are only "better" because there is less sugar and we can eat far more of them to get necessary micro-nutrients. Fruit and starchy sweets (plaintain, banana) are tasty and will work for some people (in moderation I would think) but that's A LOT, every day.
I count TOTAL carbs and yes it matters. Vegetables also have sugar, how much depends on the vegetable, so with lots of fruit it adds up. I'm sure the plantains are delicious but unless you are an athlete with no excess fat, maybe eating them just a few times per week, smaller portions, might help? Both starch and sugar cause me big issues.
I agree that carbs aren't always bad for everyone... but just looked and holy smokes that's a lot of carbs AND SUGAR. You could probably use a bit more protein and less carbs (especially SUGAR) in my never humble opinion.
If you do have some excess fat to lose you really might want to try, just try, lowering the carb/sugar. You might not like hearing that, but if I ate your breakfast I'd be having a terrible time with keeping from bingeing. You eat more carbs/sugar than I can eat in 3-4 days (unless I wanted to gain fat). Granted we may be completely different but you are concerned about gaining weight and the first place to look is the sugar imo.0 -
Okay, stop. You're over thinking things. Paleo isn't that hard, but you're treating it like all the other fad diets you've tried.
Paleo is not a fad diet. It is a lifestyle change. Remember that.
Now, what does that mean?
- Eat real food -- meats, vegetables, some fruits, some nuts, fats that are primarily monounsaturated or saturated fats (butter, avocado, coconut, etc)
- Eat the right amount of food -- don't try to starve yourself. Weight loss happens on Paleo, if you need it, because you're adequately nourished and you have healthy habits and a healthy relationship with food.
- Get enough of the right exercise -- Mark Sisson (Primal Blueprint) puts it well, I think: "move frequently at a slow pace, sprint and lift heavy things once in a while." In other words, maintain a good fitness foundation through walking a lot, and when you have the extra energy, do a short, high-intensity workout. Don't try to run marathons in an effort to be healthy and lose weight, because long endurance cardio routines are actually counterproductive.
- Focus on things other than the scale -- The point is to get healthy. So focus on that. When you're healthy (actually healthy, not some arbitrary number on the scale), your body will naturally regulate weight itself, just like it regulates body temperature, blood pressure, blood sugar, etc when healthy.
Throughout the posts, you said you were 140lb and 5'5". That height and weight puts your BMI at about 23.3, which is in the "normal" range of the scale (the 120 number puts you at a BMI of 20, which is one the lower end of "normal"). This suggests that you probably don't have much weight to lose, per se, and you're probably going to be better off changing your focus.
Why are you trying so much to lose weight? Let me guess, you want a bikini body, right? You want to get rid of the "flab" you have or think you have around your belly? You don't want to be "skinny fat"?
Starving yourself down to an arbitrary weight is the wrong way to achieve any of these goals.
That's right. It's not possible to get the body that just about every woman dreams of having through diet (and dieting) alone, and starving yourself to that point is even worse and counter to being healthy.
You want the bikini body? You want a flat belly and maybe some hint of abs? You want to look good naked?
Then stop worrying so much about the number on the scale, start eating real food to heal your body, and start a strength training routine.
Don't believe me? Then meet Staci -- http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/
Read that. Then read it again to make sure it sinks in. Then go find and read the followup for good measure.
Why does that work? Because when you starve yourself down to a given weight, you are also losing muscle. Muscle is more metabolically active than fat, so when you lose muscle, your metabolism takes a bigger hit. This makes it harder to maintain a weight and harder to lose weight after you gain any back.
You fix that by maintaining and building muscle. You maintain and build muscle by maintaining a progressive strength training routine.
No, you will not turn into she-hulk.
No, you will not look like a man.
You will, if done right, turn into a lean, compact, powerhouse with the kind of body most women only dream about (because they don't know how to actually achieve it, or they are aware, but still have it in their heads that they will turn into she-hulk to actually do it). (And no, that won't happen even if "done wrong." If done wrong, you just won't get nearly the results you could get if you were doing it right.)
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So how do you keep your carb intake under 100g if you count vegetables? Because I know just my salad is already 50g. I don't think I'll count my vegetables in my carb intake I'll definitely count fruits, nuts, and the starchy vegetables. I did not realize it was that much sugar and I cannot even imagine when I was eating two more serving of fruit in a smoothie later on... So I need to find another idea of breakfast because without eggs and pancakes I don't know what to eat, I'm fine eating beef in the morning but vegetables or fish I gotta get used to it. What do you all eat for breakfast?0
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So how do you keep your carb intake under 100g if you count vegetables? Because I know just my salad is already 50g. I don't think I'll count my vegetables in my carb intake I'll definitely count fruits, nuts, and the starchy vegetables. I did not realize it was that much sugar and I cannot even imagine when I was eating two more serving of fruit in a smoothie later on... So I need to find another idea of breakfast because without eggs and pancakes I don't know what to eat, I'm fine eating beef in the morning but vegetables or fish I gotta get used to it. What do you all eat for breakfast?
Much of the time, I don't eat breakfast at all. If I had a big protein dinner (which I usually do), I often find that I'm not that hungry for breakfast. And I'm really trying to eat when I'm truly hungry not out of habit. But if I do eat breakfast, then it's usually some eggs. 2-3 eggs, mushroom, pepper, cheese, maybe some ham in an omlet go a long way and very low carb still. Sometimes, I'll also put some low glycemic fruit (raspberries, blueberries, etc.) with some full-fat greek yogurt.0 -
So how do you keep your carb intake under 100g if you count vegetables? Because I know just my salad is already 50g. I don't think I'll count my vegetables in my carb intake I'll definitely count fruits, nuts, and the starchy vegetables. I did not realize it was that much sugar and I cannot even imagine when I was eating two more serving of fruit in a smoothie later on... So I need to find another idea of breakfast because without eggs and pancakes I don't know what to eat, I'm fine eating beef in the morning but vegetables or fish I gotta get used to it. What do you all eat for breakfast?
According to your diary you have barely any carbs from vegetables. You could gorge on vegetables and have trouble hitting 50 grams per day. You have more leeway for vegetables and fruits with less sweet/starchy things... I'm not hating on plantains (wish I could get some!) but think they are something to possibly moderate, especially if fat loss is a goal. It might not be any issue for you to be at 100 grams of carbs but they ALL count, and more variety might be nice.
I don't eat Paleo pancakes because for me they would kick my butt (whether they be banana, plantain, nut based, whatever). Occasional treat, but sometimes your breakfast has 100 grams of carbs. If you are super athletic, maybe no problem, otherwise, maybe an issue if you are concerned about body fat.
I don't eat any breakfast, but anything will do. There are no rules on what can and can't be eaten for breakfast. Eggs and meat, eggs and salad, meat and salad, soup, avocados, stir fries with left over meat/veggies....0 -
Yes my salad is like 30g of carbs. I wonder how people who are on a keto diet do... Because if vegetables and nuts count as carbs they might not eat a like of those.. But yes I'm definitely finish my plantain pancakes that I made tomorrow and Thursday I will find another breakfast, I'm so hungry when I wake up so I need to eat something. I cannot wait to be able to eat eggs so I can make omelets. I know there is no rules but I guess I have been used to eat cereals for breakfast or oatmeal or pancakes... well sugar ^^ so I have to get used to eat vegetables, I already got used to eat beef, I guess it was just uncommon for me to eat that specially that I'm from France and we don't eat meat for breakfast and eating bacon was already something I had to get used to so I will work on vegetables for breakfast. I will see if my pancakes are the culprit ^^.. I cannot find any ham or bacon without any sugar in it, do you look for that or not? I know with my AIP diet I try to find some without sugar but I must say it is impossible!0
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Yes my salad is like 30g of carbs. I wonder how people who are on a keto diet do... Because if vegetables and nuts count as carbs they might not eat a like of those.. But yes I'm definitely finish my plantain pancakes that I made tomorrow and Thursday I will find another breakfast, I'm so hungry when I wake up so I need to eat something. I cannot wait to be able to eat eggs so I can make omelets. I know there is no rules but I guess I have been used to eat cereals for breakfast or oatmeal or pancakes... well sugar ^^ so I have to get used to eat vegetables, I already got used to eat beef, I guess it was just uncommon for me to eat that specially that I'm from France and we don't eat meat for breakfast and eating bacon was already something I had to get used to so I will work on vegetables for breakfast. I will see if my pancakes are the culprit ^^.. I cannot find any ham or bacon without any sugar in it, do you look for that or not? I know with my AIP diet I try to find some without sugar but I must say it is impossible!
What are you putting in your salad to get such a high carb count? Fruit? Carb heavy dressing? That just seems very odd for mostly vegetables. And for counting carbs, many keto people only count the net carbs (total carbs minus fiber). Some prefer to count total, though that's a completely different argument.0 -
I put lettuce, radishes, carrots which has a lot of carbs, aragula, watercress, cucumbers, zucchinis, olives, 1/4'avocado, onions, and my dressing is olive oil and vinegar.0