Hi my name is Michelle and I'm a Carbaholic!!!
Michellekutz1
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I love carbs, would pick bread, potatoes, rice, and pasta over anything else...so now I have to break those habits....any suggestions?
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Don't quit eating them completely. That will only make you want them more. Use protein and veggies first, then add a serving of carbs. The protein and fiber makes me satisfied for longer than the carbs, so I miss them less. I find I tend to choose what will fill me up better over the carbs after a year at this. Good luck.0
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I recently switched to a low carb (less than 70g), high fat and adequate protein diet. The first week was tough and all I wanted was carbs (because I LOVE carbs SOOOO much) - but now that I'm on week three I find I crave it MUCH less.0
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Hi my name is Liz and I am a recovering refined carbaholic. Carbohydrates are still about 45% of my daily calories but I have cut most of the refined carbs. bread and pasta is whole grain, potatoes are cooked with the skin and rice is brown (at least mine is). I see no reason to cut completely just find better alternatives.0
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Why break? If you can replace some refined carbs with healthier complex carbs, just do that. My carb allowance is HIGH and it comes from oatmeal, whole grains, sweet potatoes, etc. There's nothing wrong with carbs.0
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Carb addiction, medically speaking, does not exist. It's just a person's personal taste for those foods. I for one, say less turkey and more stuffing. LOL The only difference that I know of between "refined" carbohydrates and whole grain - is fiber. If you check the glycemic index between white bread and whole, between white rice and brown, between white potato and sweet potato - the difference is actually minimal . But whole grain bread definitely tastes better.0
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I AM ALL FOR CARBS!, they are your fuel!, I burn 1000 calories a day, and I need that fuel!0
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AmandaAnne307 wrote: »I recently switched to a low carb (less than 70g), high fat and adequate protein diet. The first week was tough and all I wanted was carbs (because I LOVE carbs SOOOO much) - but now that I'm on week three I find I crave it MUCH less.
Everyone is different, OP, so try what works for you, but what AmandaAnne307 did is what I did and it worked for me, too. I have zero cravings for carbs once I drastically cut them. I have a ton more energy, too.0 -
Michellekutz1 wrote: »bread, potatoes, rice, and pasta
because fruit carbs are obviously different than heavy carbs0 -
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I still eat my carbs and enjoy them immensely. I did switch to whole grain or multigrain breads/pastas, brown rice, and red potatoes. (Don't know how much better the red potatoes are but I like the flavor more.) A decent amount of the time I do spaghetti squash rather than spaghetti noodles for a chicken parm type meal. I see no point in cutting them out, just make smaller portions and make better choices!0
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use mfp to hit your macros, its that simple .You need to stop eating exactly what you want but eat to make sure your protein and fat macros are close as well as the carbs .0
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Michellekutz1 wrote: »bread, potatoes, rice, and pasta
I'm not much of a fruit eater, I have to make myself eat them! Because I alwasy have bread in my mouth lol0 -
Thanks guys, I know it's all about portions and control!0
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I hate it when people make carbs out the be the big bad guy. Gram for gram, carbohydrates offer the same amount of calories as protein, plus you're getting plenty of essential nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and fibre. Of course, I'm talking about good carbs (fruits, veggies, etc.) not about refined carbohydrates that don't give you any of the good stuff.
Excess of most things is bad, whether it's carbs, protein, water, exercise, you name it. BALANCE IS KEY.0 -
I don't think there is anything wrong with switching your macros around based on what you think will help you. People just need to remember they're usually doing so not because carbs or fat or protein is bad but because they lack self control around them. Lower carbs if you need to but work on your mindset about food while you do it so if and when the day comes that you raise your carb intake again you will have worked the willpower muscle so you don't go over your recommended intake...
Also I've noticed in some LCHF groups people wondering why they are still gaining... Look at their calories and sure enough they've gone over them by overeating protein and fat. So that's another thing to keep in mind. In the end you'll lose weight through CICO so if lowering carbs helps you go for it just make sure you're not over or under eating.0 -
Why break? If you can replace some refined carbs with healthier complex carbs, just do that. My carb allowance is HIGH and it comes from oatmeal, whole grains, sweet potatoes, etc. There's nothing wrong with carbs.
This. Carbs aren't the devil. Type of carbs is. Refined - uh uh.
Natural - go for it.
If you drop your carb intake a bit and up your fat, you won't crave as much carbs. 40/40/20 carbs/protein/fat is ideal
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dsimmons107 wrote: »
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My problem is if i dont eat lots of carbs (breads and such), then i dont feel full, and i get hungry again after my meal faster.0
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The questions people are asking about why are good, because that makes a difference as to what will work. If you are having trouble not overeating or being full on what you eat, experimenting with your macro ratios (percentage of carbs, protein, and fat) is a good thing to try, and rather than worry about cutting out the carbs it's sometimes easiest to just focus on getting enough of the other macros and then eating carbs to fill out your remaining calories (and focusing on veggies and fruits to the extent you can, although there's definitely room for potatoes and pasta, etc.). This is what I do--I eat about 120-160 grams of carbs per day, and that's probably on the low side for people not doing low carb--you can definitely lose with more.
If the problem is more that you have trouble not overeating the carbs and crave them, then they might be trigger foods for you, but my guess is that lots of people just overeat them because it's easy to ignore serving sizes since it's so common to see overly large servings of these things and lots of foods with them are comfort foods.0 -
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