90 day low carb challenge starting Oct. 20th ...

susiequsie54
susiequsie54 Posts: 3 Member
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Hi, I'm starting the 90 day low carb challenge on October 20th. Would like to stay motivated and interested to keep in touch with others doing the same ... let me know so we can work together on this challenge :)
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  • meletamt
    meletamt Posts: 1 Member
    This is just what I need to help keep me accountable!
  • TheSatinPumpkin
    TheSatinPumpkin Posts: 948 Member
    welcome and best wishes on your WOE.
  • GetFitCarrie
    GetFitCarrie Posts: 10 Member
    I'd love to join up! I just started today - but know I will fall off the wagon this weekend. Count me in on Monday.
  • Phobos1618
    Phobos1618 Posts: 14
    What's your idea of low carb? Keeping it under 100g a day will put you in ketosis for most of the day and is a pretty easy goal to stick to.
  • Meandlife
    Meandlife Posts: 19 Member
    Hi .. I'm in ... But how do u guys plan to do it
  • bangorborn
    bangorborn Posts: 1 Member
    Yes I'm in :)
  • Emz1604
    Emz1604 Posts: 9
    Yay! I'm in, and been looking for some help and support from others in the same boat.. I have been trying to lose/maintain weight the low fat/calorie way (since I got ridiculed for low carbing around a year ago) and have really struggled the last six months. I lost my little boy in April which lead to a whopping 14kg weight gain (people constantly trying to feed me etc and then I just fell off the wagon) I really need to get back on track before it gets anymore out of control.

    Start weight: 89kgs / 196lbs
    Goal 90days : 75kgs / 165lbs (I have successfully lost 50lbs doing atkins last year, 30 been in the 1st 3 months so I believe it's not to much of a stretch at all.

    Excited and Looking forward to everyone's success
  • LeslieTSUK
    LeslieTSUK Posts: 215 Member
    i've been doing the low carb for past 3 years, only way I can keep on top of my diabetes, well, lowish carbs almost no sugar, so if anyone ever needs me, just add me or message me, :) best of luck everyone
  • sooz1967
    sooz1967 Posts: 7
    is this starting Monday?
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I *may* join. I'm geeky, and like experiments. :) How are we defining low carb?
  • amy32lynn
    amy32lynn Posts: 157 Member
    im in!
  • Emz1604
    Emz1604 Posts: 9
    I'm personally going with good old Atkins. Going to start with 20 net carbs per day and up them slowly as I feel I need to. the first time I stayed on twenty carbs feeling great for almost two months, then started upping because I wanted to make sure I eventually found my Maintenence
  • ajasper12
    ajasper12 Posts: 2 Member
    im new at this but im in
  • PolarPurple
    PolarPurple Posts: 11 Member
    I would like to customize the MFP goal percentages (carb, protein, fat) for a low carb plan. Any suggestions what they should be?
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,021 Member
    PolarPurple wrote: »
    I would like to customize the MFP goal percentages (carb, protein, fat) for a low carb plan. Any suggestions what they should be?

    My goal would be 7% carbs...if they allowed you to do that. They just have it in increments of 5. :disappointed: It just depends on your personal calorie goal. For example, my percentages are set to 5% carbs, 25% protein, 70% fat. At my current calorie goal (unadjusted) that comes out to 17g carbs, 86g protein and 100-ish grams fat. But when I exercise, they all go up. I personally just count my carbs and use the percentages of the others as a guide to try to reach, but it's no biggie if I don't. I just keep under my calorie goal, unadjusted for days I don't workout, adjusted for the days I do.

    For mine, 30% would be about 100g carbs. Play around with what each looks like with your calorie goals and see what you feel comfortable with. It depends on how much breads, pasta, and rice you plan to include. I eat none of those, so 30g is easy for me. I'd imagine that if you aren't willing to cut those like that, and many people aren't as crazy as me, you might want to do 100-150g to start. Then if you feel like you need to go lower once you are used to the whole business, then you can.

    Very importantly though, do make sure you eat enough fats! They keep you full and make food tasty. Moderate protein. I would make my fat percentage higher than the protein percentage.

    Anyone else have a couple cents to add to the conversation?


    Oh...and I'm in. I've been keto for 140 days as of yesterday. I have no plans to end anytime soon. :smiley:
  • sophrosyne_
    sophrosyne_ Posts: 18 Member
    I'm in!
  • riemermom
    riemermom Posts: 1
    Count me in, I have fallen off the straight and narrow.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I just downloaded the Atkins app, to play around with it. It's not user friendly at all, is it.
  • Emz1604
    Emz1604 Posts: 9
    PolarPurple wrote: »
    I would like to customize the MFP goal percentages (carb, protein, fat) for a low carb plan. Any suggestions what they should be?

    Got mine set at 5% for carbs - it takes it to 15 which works approx for me because it rounds up and down to the nearest whole number. So anything under half a carb registers as zero, figure it gives me decent lee way, if I hit fifteen I'm probably at goal :smile: I try to eat between twenty and twenty five carbs a day - it works for me. But as above, just play around, high fat and I don't worry about calories.

    ^^^^ and 140 days in keto!! That's amazing, well done. Is the weight still flying off??


  • harmar21
    harmar21 Posts: 215 Member
    im in although been doing keto 6 weeks now. I have my goal carbs <30g / day.
  • babsie2046
    babsie2046 Posts: 2 Member
    Don't know if anyone has add this..check out lowcarbfriends,com for a lot of recipes.
  • donnat238
    donnat238 Posts: 309 Member
    I'm in! :)
  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,021 Member
    Emz1604 wrote: »


    ^^^^ and 140 days in keto!! That's amazing, well done. Is the weight still flying off??


    I lost 3.5 pounds this week. So I guess so. Sometimes I find a sweet spot and I lose more. Then there are times when being a woman stinks and I only lose 1.5lbs or so per week.

    140 days and 55.5lbs lost. Going at a pretty good clip. :smirk:


  • Kathryn41057
    Kathryn41057 Posts: 181 Member
    I don't even know where the straight and narrow is anymore. :( But, I'm in,anyway .
    So, if you stay under 100 gm of carbs that will put you in ketosis? I thought that you had to be be 20 or under, in order for that to happen. I'm tired of being tired. I switch from one plan to another, and can't seem to find one plan and stick to it..... maybe this will help
  • lizzie14115
    lizzie14115 Posts: 77 Member
    i am really keen, but how many carbs per day should we have???
  • Emz1604
    Emz1604 Posts: 9
    Kathryn41057 wrote: »
    I don't even know where the straight and narrow is anymore. :( But, I'm in,anyway .
    So, if you stay under 100 gm of carbs that will put you in ketosis? I thought that you had to be be 20 or under, in order for that to happen. I'm tired of being tired. I switch from one plan to another, and can't seem to find one plan and stick to it..... maybe this will help

    A lot of us have been there, people who haven't struggled with weight for a long time don't realise how mentally time consuming it can be (I was big right from childhood) even when I managed to get the weight off in teens, I needed to be conscience all the time of when I was starting to gain - it felt like the fat was following me around waiting to attached itself again lol. I read an interest article on the rule of Maintenence which I am going to apply this time, I'll post a link when I find it. It pretty much said to get your body use to it u need to stay on a 'pre lifetime' diet (general rule) 5 days for every pound lost when you finally reach you goal. So for me that would be almost a year of still watching what I eat everyday until your mind agrees it's gone for good and makes a new set point.
    -i put mine on again during pregnancy, then had three children in three years which lead to losing 50lbs and been comfortable. Then a rocky year this year lead to a 30lbs gain. I believe I lose the most between 20 and 30 carbs.. Then between 30 and 40 is between 1 and 2 pounds a week there after. Everyone is different. A close friend use to sit on 40-45 and lose around 2-4 per week and she didn't have as much to lose as I did. Find what makes you feel good, and you do feel good on low carb, just healthier in general. When u find the right level for you and your losing happily every week then stick to it until you get close to your goal then look at slowly increasing :-)
  • Emz1604
    Emz1604 Posts: 9
    edited October 2014
    baconslave wrote: »
    Emz1604 wrote: »


    ^^^^ and 140 days in keto!! That's amazing, well done. Is the weight still flying off??


    I lost 3.5 pounds this week. So I guess so. Sometimes I find a sweet spot and I lose more. Then there are times when being a woman stinks and I only lose 1.5lbs or so per week.

    140 days and 55.5lbs lost. Going at a pretty good clip. :smirk:


    Wow... That's great
  • Dew76
    Dew76 Posts: 2
    I'm in! I started HFLC diet last Sunday, 10/12/2014. 80% fat, 15% protein, and 5% carbs. I'll get on the scale tomorrow, 10/20/2914 morning to see my week 1 results. This way of eating is new to me. I hope a support group will help when I'm craving something loaded with carbs and sugar. Best of luck, everyone!
  • shai74
    shai74 Posts: 512 Member
    100g carbs a day is not Ketosis for me, or many other people. I think "Low carb" really, is about 5% of your calories. 100g might be reduced carb based on what you used to eat, but it's not really Low carb.

    Having said that, I've been Low carb (20g or less) for 5 months. I'll join.

    Also happy to answer any rookie questions based on what I've learned and experienced.
  • FIT_Goat
    FIT_Goat Posts: 4,224 Member
    Is there a group associated with this? Or, are you just friending people or going to keep this thread alive? What are your plans for people participating in this challenge?

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