low carb help please
ashleymarsh1989
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Help please...im trying my hardest on a low carb diet. Yet while I track what I eat my nutrition says I'm hitting 100g a day in carbs! !! On an average day I will have,
2 poached eggs and 2 bacon - breakfast
- 2 boiled eggs - 10:30 am snack
- 4 egg frittata with spinach, ham, tomato & cheese - 12:30 dinner
- handful of Brazil nuts & peperoni - 4:30 snack
- butternut squash soup & smoked sausage - 7PM tea.
Where am u going wrong?
2 poached eggs and 2 bacon - breakfast
- 2 boiled eggs - 10:30 am snack
- 4 egg frittata with spinach, ham, tomato & cheese - 12:30 dinner
- handful of Brazil nuts & peperoni - 4:30 snack
- butternut squash soup & smoked sausage - 7PM tea.
Where am u going wrong?
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Why?0
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Why what? Why am I on this diet? For weight loss0
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Eat what you want. Caloric deficit is all you need to lose weight0
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ashleymarsh1989 wrote: »Why what? Why am I on this diet? For weight loss
A lot of people will question why you are on a low carb diet because it's unnecessary for weight loss. If you find a low carb diet is a good tool for you to lose weight and sustain that, then I would recommend checking out one of the low carb groups. Personally, i like a balanced approach, moderate carbs, fats and protein. But you need to find a lifestyle that you can sustain. If low carb is hard, it may be beneficial to change strategies.
But if you are low carb, you want to increase fats.. nuts, avocado, creams, full fat dairy.. etc..
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
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I disagree sorry...consuming 2000 calories of veg & protein is alot more beneficial that 2000 calories of pizza0
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You might check the carb counts on another site, I've found that sometimes (especially when the nutrition info has been added by a user) the counts vary a lot. The only things on your list that are even a little carby are the squash (16 carbs per 1 cup) and the brazil nuts (same, 16 carbs per 1 cup)...tomatoes can be a little high, but not really. If this is what you are eating, I can't imagine how it adds up to 100 carbs per day. I have been following a pretty low carb diet and have been very successful, so keep it up!0
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Thank you lemon....yes that's what I thought nr650, I was either putting my diet in wrong or I needed to do more research on low carb foods lol...glad it's going well for you. This is my 4th day in and I had extremely bad cravings today. Hasn't been so bad until up to now...im gonna weigh myself after a week and see if there's any difference0
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Going low carb has nothing to with health (barring a medical condition that requires limiting carbs) or food quality. And the whole food quality/quantity debate is really a separate issue anyway.
Back to your original issue, what is' your carb goal? 100g/day would be sufficiently low to me to be called "low carb." Different people have different goals, though.0 -
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.0
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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 strawberrys0 -
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.0 -
Just speaking for myself, I've found that low-carb works very well for me, however I agree that the best plan is what works best for each individual. I tend to limit my carbs to 30-40 a day and find it's pretty easy to stick to that. I also find that I can lose weight eating more calories when I eat low carb, but again, that's just me! Good luck ashleymarsh19!!0
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No way is that 100g of carbs, closer to 30g. I think you're inputting inaccurate data.0
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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
Keto is different than low carb, a bit of a more extreme version. But even on keto or low carb, you need to be in a deficit to burn fat.
I believe there is also a keto group on here.. i believe it's called reddit keto. But before you try to go keto, make sure you know the full details of the diet.
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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.
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ashleymarsh1989 wrote: »Help please...im trying my hardest on a low carb diet. Yet while I track what I eat my nutrition says I'm hitting 100g a day in carbs! !! On an average day I will have,
2 poached eggs and 2 bacon - breakfast
- 2 boiled eggs - 10:30 am snack
- 4 egg frittata with spinach, ham, tomato & cheese - 12:30 dinner
- handful of Brazil nuts & peperoni - 4:30 snack
- butternut squash soup & smoked sausage - 7PM tea.
Where am u going wrong?
Tomato will have sugars in it, and will increase your carb count.
Brazil nuts tend to be carb heavy.
Butternut squash can be very carb dense, and the TYPE of sausage you have can possibly be loaded with fillers or sugars - more carbs.
Cravings are normal when first starting low carb, but what is often overlooked is that you need an alternative source of energy, once your body burns through your glycogen stores. Traditionally, low carb has been best combined with high HEALTHY fat, and after time, your body learns that it can burn fat for fuel instead of glycogen - and your cravings for sugar/carbs (your body trying to tell you I NEED FUEL HELP) will go away.
More than anything else though, getting your body used to using "cleaner" source of energy, be it sugar, carbs, fats, proteins, etc will benefit you more than subsisting on pop tarts and pizza and the like.
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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.0 -
I do a low carb diet. I eat between 60-70g of carbs PER meal. Its worked really well for me.0
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ashleymarsh1989 wrote: »I disagree sorry...consuming 2000 calories of veg & protein is alot more beneficial that 2000 calories of pizza
well no one is saying just eat 2000 calories of pizza…however, if you did and that was a deficit you would lose weight.
2000 calories in veg and protein =2000 pizza0 -
ashleymarsh1989 wrote: »Help please...im trying my hardest on a low carb diet. Yet while I track what I eat my nutrition says I'm hitting 100g a day in carbs! !! On an average day I will have,
2 poached eggs and 2 bacon - breakfast
- 2 boiled eggs - 10:30 am snack
- 4 egg frittata with spinach, ham, tomato & cheese - 12:30 dinner
- handful of Brazil nuts & peperoni - 4:30 snack
- butternut squash soup & smoked sausage - 7PM tea.
Where am u going wrong?
Tomato will have sugars in it, and will increase your carb count.
Brazil nuts tend to be carb heavy.
Butternut squash can be very carb dense, and the TYPE of sausage you have can possibly be loaded with fillers or sugars - more carbs.
Cravings are normal when first starting low carb, but what is often overlooked is that you need an alternative source of energy, once your body burns through your glycogen stores. Traditionally, low carb has been best combined with high HEALTHY fat, and after time, your body learns that it can burn fat for fuel instead of glycogen - and your cravings for sugar/carbs (your body trying to tell you I NEED FUEL HELP) will go away.
More than anything else though, getting your body used to using "cleaner" source of energy, be it sugar, carbs, fats, proteins, etc will benefit you more than subsisting on pop tarts and pizza and the like.
LOL at the bolded part…
energy is energy ..does not matter whether it comes from a pop tart or broccoli …
overall diet and dosage is what matters...0 -
The biggest problem with trying to track carbs with MFP is it sucks. The carbs you want to cut are the sugar carbs. The other carbs, the ones that fall under soluble and insoluble fiber do not count towards your carb load. Soluble fiber is a special class of fiber that will be consumed by your gut microbiome. Insoluble fiber passes through to the other side, if you know what I mean. For low carb only track the sugar carbohydrates. Easy.0
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ashleymarsh1989 wrote: »Why what? Why am I on this diet? For weight loss
A lot of people will question why you are on a low carb diet because it's unnecessary for weight loss. If you find a low carb diet is a good tool for you to lose weight and sustain that, then I would recommend checking out one of the low carb groups. Personally, i like a balanced approach, moderate carbs, fats and protein. But you need to find a lifestyle that you can sustain. If low carb is hard, it may be beneficial to change strategies.
But if you are low carb, you want to increase fats.. nuts, avocado, creams, full fat dairy.. etc..
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
OP, I help mod the group on the other end of that link. Click on the Launch Pad, and we have some FAQ links there you might be interested in. Or just ask any questions of the group. We're pretty active.0 -
For me personally, low carb is for me. My current aim is to be between 30-50 minus fiber count and I've been able to stick to it pretty easily. I'm down 50 lbs with what has felt like almost no effort, which has never been true before. I have been at my current calorie counts in the past and the scale wouldn't hardly budge, I would have to white knuckle myself through every pound lost. I didn't even start recording what I was doing until recently because I was previously just avoiding common carbs and not really tracking them. Now that I'm halfway through my weightloss goal I want to keep track of them.
My secret is to eat the food you love, just find ways to make them low carb as natural as possible. Find a sweetener that works for you, play with almond flour, coconut flour, and protein powder as your flours, play with fiber, browse blogs for recipes. I've eaten everything you can think of, bread, donuts, crepes, pudding, ice cream ect, without cheating. I make the foods I want acceptable to my diet and delicious. This is what makes it a lifestyle change rather than a deprivation marathon which also results in ending up at the same weight or worse than before.
Love the foods you eat, and make them work for you. You should be enjoying every mouthful, mealtimes should be this happy time that you're looking forward to because you have this great healthy meal you are looking forward to. There are so many great blogs out there dedicated to this. Just search out what you want such as "Ice cream" then add "low carb high protein" onto the tag and you're set. Read through the recipes carefully because as you can see in this thread some people's low carb differs from others because they have different goals.
On the low carb, moderate protein, and high fat diet I actually struggle to eat enough every day because I am so full and so satisfied.0 -
Vegetables are carbs. Some vegetables are more carby than others. Squash is pretty carby.
I actually think 100g of carbs a day is pretty low, but I consider my diet "moderate carb" as it's usually between 150g and 200g a day. However, I've never eaten "moderate carb" to lose weight... I just make protein and fat more of a priority. Both of my bosses eat a very low carb (and often ketogenic diet), so they keep their carbs at 50g or less per day. They don't eat a lot in the way of veggies.
As mentioned above, a calorie deficit is required for weight loss. How you choose to eat to create that deficit is personal preference. If you enjoy eating a low carb diet and can see yourself eating that way long after you have reached your weight goals, then do that. Just know that for long-term success, you have to find a way of eating and exercising that you're happy to maintain for the rest of your life.
I also think it's important to note that you can lose weight and be fit/healthy while still eating carbs - including things like pizza and chocolate or whatever. There are lots and lots of people here on MFP who live that every day. I've lost 86 pounds and have greatly improved my fitness level, strength, and endurance while eating both "clean" and "dirty" foods.
A lot of times when people first start out on a new diet/exercise program, they try to adhere to rules that are usually totally unnecessary.
Just eat in a way that makes you feel best.
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I could be wrong but i took this as you should be looking at net carbs???
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Thank you all very much for all your advice0
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Too many rules for me. I think I will just stick with a calorie deficit.0
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I could be wrong but i took this as you should be looking at net carbs???
iDK …too many rules…
just eat less and hit macro/micro goals..simple and it works for everyone...0 -
ashleymarsh1989 wrote: »I disagree sorry...consuming 2000 calories of veg & protein is alot more beneficial that 2000 calories of pizza
well no one is saying just eat 2000 calories of pizza…however, if you did and that was a deficit you would lose weight.
2000 calories in veg and protein =2000 pizza
Again eh0
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