low carb help please

Why?

Eat what you want. Caloric deficit is all you need to lose weight

You shouldn't count vegetables as part of low carb. I recommend counting carbs that are from breads, pastas, and other sources of food if you want to stick with the low carb regimen.

Yeah, I'm no expert, but I believe there's a difference between going low carb and going keto.

As to the benefits of one over the other, I'll just say that it can be touchy subject sometimes. For whatever it's worth, in my opinion the best diet that will be burn the most fat is one that you can adhere to. So, if you like what you're eating now, and you're losing weight at an appropriate rate, stick with it.

No way is that 100g of carbs, closer to 30g. I think you're inputting inaccurate data.

ashleymarsh1989 wrote: »

I read that under 50g a day your body will go into ketosis and start burning fat rather than cars. ..thus loosing weight quicker. I'm knew to this so I could be wrong...its just what I read online.
I'm avoiding bread, potatoes, pasta etc completely. I stick to eggs and meat and use nuts as a snack. I'll sometimes make my own smoothie with greek yogurt and a handful of strawberrys

ashley you are off to a good start. Look at the sugar/carbs in greek yogurt. I had to leave it in the store last week because of the numbers listed on the container.

It took me a couple months to find a lot of hidden carbs when I when very low carb high fat medium protein.

psulemon makes a good point. Low carb by many is considered to be about 150 grams daily. A few can do keto at 100 grams daily. Keto is actually Very Low Carbing.

Do not sweat the numbers just yet but keep reading the labels and tracking the count as you refine your new eating lifestyle.

I don't do low-carb, but I have stolen a few tricks from the keto/low carb bunch, including using fats for satiety. This should also work to stop sugar cravings that you mentioned.

Measure out some coconut oil (however much you want to use, just weigh and record it to get the calorie count). Make sure it's at room temperature (still solid).

Add flavorings in the form of essential oils or spices, such as vanilla extract, peppermint extract, butter, almond, maple, lemon, or lime flavoring, unsweetened cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, etc. Then add your sweetener of choice, such as raw honey, maple syrup, stevia, Splenda, etc. in the appropriate amount to sweeten the amount of oil you chose.

Mix really well and put in a sandwich bag, and cut the corner. If you have cake decorating tips, you can use a large one in that hole; if not, the hole in the bag is fine. Pipe out dots of the coconut oil mixture onto waxed paper or parchment. Make them all around the same size, and don't make them too big...around the size of a Hershey's Kiss. Put them in the freezer for about half an hour, then take them off the waxed paper and put them in a baggie, while counting. Counting will let you know how many servings to divide your recipe into when you plug it in MFP, so you can get a calorie count per candy.

I made some small ones that were about the size of a large chocolate chip, with imitation butter flavoring and mint (buttermints), and they turned out to be 18 cals apiece. A couple of them after a meal sets me up to feel full and satisfied for a long time, with no sugar cravings.