Lost all I can with low carb.. now what?

Are you eating your calories? I don't believe the amount of carbs matter as long as you are not consuming the extra calories. I did WW for a while and did lose but when I started to just plateau I researched and began to calorie count.

Who said you've lost "all you can" ? If it was working for you, stick with it!! Personally, I've done WW (the old plan!), low-carb, high-protein, etc. You name it & I've probably tried it, haha. They all work, the key is finding which one you'll be able to stick to - FOREVER! :flowerforyou:

Who said you've lost "all you can" ? If it was working for you, stick with it!! Personally, I've done WW (the old plan!), low-carb, high-protein, etc. You name it & I've probably tried it, haha. They all work, the key is finding which one you'll be able to stick to - FOREVER! :flowerforyou:

Great Post!!! It is all about what works for you and what can keep you on track. Currently I am tracking my carbs by having only 2-3 servings per meal. If I go over in a meal then I take a 15 minute walk to help regulate my blood sugar again. I would say that if you are feeling satisfied by your current diet then I would stick with it but add in more exercise or, if you aren't already, starting eating 5-6 times a days with smaller portions. Right now I typically eat 200-300 calories for breakfast and lunch with 100-200 calorie snacks then for dinner I typically eat 300-400 calories. Look at your consumption and see if there is anything that you can change.

Good luck!

Which type of low carb are you doing? How many carbs are you eating a day? I'm currently doing Adkins. It's working pretty well. I try to keep my carbs under 20 every day. Sometimes I go over a little but I keep it under 25. With Adkins it's very important to eat every 3-4 hours. I always have LC snacks during the day. The way it works is you body burns carbs as fuel, if you don't give it all the carbs then it starts burning fat instead. But like I said, its important to keep eating every few hours. You can add me if you like, and check out my food diary if you are interested in how I am currently doing my LC thing!

My dr about the same as me (early-mid 30s) is at the same point in her life as me (small kiddos not in school yet), and her suggestions is to only count calories. For me its 1500-1600. I can eat anything I want, as long as I stay within range. I don't worry about protein, fiber, carbs, sugar, etc... I barely have to get a shower some days and get the dishes in the dishwasher - I do not have time or energy to calculate all of that or worry about refined sugars, saturated fats, or whether or not my food is natural or has preservatives in it. Sometimes I need to be able to eat a meal on the fly. Sometimes I have to get lunch from a drive thru. But calories alone I can do. I bought a few essentials at her suggestion. 1) a good quality kitchen scale. 2) 4 sets of measuring cups. That way you have enough clean measuring cups to get thru all three meals, plus a snack. 3) a good multi vitamin, calcium supplement, and vitamin D. With those in place, you don't have to worry about the calories that cheese/milk take up. If it doesn't fit in your calorie budget - its ok. There's a supplement in place. 4) a pedometer. Shoot for 10,000 steps a day.

I don't feel deprived. I have a frappe everyday that I work (3 days a week), I can go to McDs with my kids and have a McDouble and small fry, and I can have a small steak and baked potato while eating out. Of course on those days, I am having a zone perfect bar for breakfast and a lean cuisine for lunch or dinner, but its fine because I still eat the things I really really love. I have the FP app on my phone and I will log my intakes while sitting in at a light in traffic or search for how many calories are in a fast food restuarants foods so I can plan my next meal.

As for working out... I am LUCKY to get on the treadmill or elipse 2-3 times a week. Most weeks its once. But what I can do is load up my MP3 player with good music and dance thru my day cleaning, cooking, landscaping. Sure my neighbors think I'm nuts singing and dancing while weeding my flower beds, but they pretty much already knew I was nuts, so not a big deal. I park far away from the door when I go shopping, get a short walk in on my lunch at work, etc... all these things get me my 10,000 steps a day

Which type of low carb are you doing? How many carbs are you eating a day? I'm currently doing Adkins. It's working pretty well. I try to keep my carbs under 20 every day. Sometimes I go over a little but I keep it under 25. With Adkins it's very important to eat every 3-4 hours. I always have LC snacks during the day. The way it works is you body burns carbs as fuel, if you don't give it all the carbs then it starts burning fat instead. But like I said, its important to keep eating every few hours. You can add me if you like, and check out my food diary if you are interested in how I am currently doing my LC thing!

20 grams of carbs on atkins is induction, and on atkins, you don't stay in induction forever, but start gradually to add back carbohydrate back in until you can maintain your weight. depending on how your body works, that could be 70 grams a day or 100, there's no way telling how much until you start working up the food ladder step by step. Most people stay in induction, then quit, gain the weight and blame the diet, saying it doesn't work. But atkins teaches you how to maintain and make it into a sustainable, lifelong thing, that is tailored to how your body reacts to sources of carbohydrate.