Is low carb still worth it?

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  • Sugarbeat
    Sugarbeat Posts: 824 Member
    edited February 2015
    If it's unsustainable for you then it's no longer worth it and that's okay. If you add carbs back in I would do so slowly as you may gain a few pounds from fluids. This should level out so long as you stay in deficit. I don't think you're going to hurt yourself by consuming fruit. Most of us probably didn't gain weight eating apples. If you've found a knew love of eating healthy foods than I say it was a worthwhile way of eating.

    Great job on the loss BTW.
  • Dragonflag07
    Dragonflag07 Posts: 64 Member
    Firstly that is a fantastic achievement. Eat fruit if you want to, you are not breaking anything. The main thing is to make sure you maintain the discipline that got you the success in the first place - so only you can know if the eating fruit isn't a symptom of a general relaxing once you get closer to goal. I don't know what your training has been like but if you want to step up the strength-based stuff, carbs intake helps with the workouts for sure. I've only ever hit PBs with a decent carb re-feed behind me and never carb depleted... Good luck and well done!
  • Sugarbeat
    Sugarbeat Posts: 824 Member
    Mr_Bad_Example wrote: »
    When was low carb ever worth it?

    Perhaps when he was losing 160 lbs. I get it, low carbers here get it. The popular stance is low carb is wrong unless you HAVE to do it. I do have to do it but what I don't understand is what is the difference if someone wants to or needs to?
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    PrimroseFlower wrote: »
    I tried low carb for about a month after Christmas. I don't even know if I did it right because I only lost about five pounds. I then rationalized that maybe this wasn't such a good idea since I was skipping healthy fruits and veggies just to stay at 5% carbs per day. Also, my school gives us fruit, so I had an abundance of oranges, apples, and melon all going to waste. So yes, I know low carb can promote weight loss, but at what cost. I think healthier balanced choices win every time. :D and ps, if I see another rotisserie chicken, I may gag. :neutral_face:

    I think the choice to eat the fruit and do a diet that worked better for you was a great one, but five pounds in a month-ish I'm guessing is pretty great. One year later you'd be down 60-ish.

  • strozman
    strozman Posts: 2,622 Member
    Try paleo or intermittent or alternate Day Fasting. You obviously saw a great loss with low carb, and that takes incredible dedication. I went from low carb to fasting and it is so much easier
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    JimFsfitnesspal wrote: »
    I do a "Paleo diet" that allows for 100 carbs a day and encourages ALL the fruits and vegetables you want.

    Other than that and carbs and sugars are a drug that you CHOOSE to not ingest.

    Uhhh no. Carbs and sugars are not a drug. Not at all.
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  • JPW1990
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
    If your only issue is fruit, you can easily incorporate that into lc. Even in keto you can have fruit, it's just an issue of what kind and how often. It's the same choices you make without lc, do you have the blackberries for 43 calories and 4nc or do you have the banana for 89 calories and 20nc? How much else can you eat if you choose one over the other, and will it fill you up?

    If you'd really rather just go back to all the carbs, keep in mind you have to add them slowly and be very aware of calorie density. The hardest part of transitioning from lc to not is getting used to the drastic decrease in food volume. It's where most people fail and decide lc was just "a fad". You'll need to be more militant about weighing and logging food accurately until you relearn how much you're allowed to eat in a day and what that feels like. Also be prepared for your hunger to return, so plan ahead for the first several weeks at least to have a lot of small snacks built into your eating to try and fight that, so you don't just say screw it every time you're hungry.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    IMO- People's cranky hangry butthead attitude is directly related to the number of carbs they are or aren't getting.
  • maccarossi1
    maccarossi1 Posts: 58 Member
    Haha low-carb/hgh-carb doesn't affect my mood in any way...... coffee on the other hand though, that's a different story ;)
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    JimFsfitnesspal wrote: »
    I do a "Paleo diet"
    Other than that and carbs and sugars are a drug that you CHOOSE to not ingest.
    Huh??
    Mr_Bad_Example wrote: »
    When was low carb ever worth it?

    Agree!
  • MrCoolGrim
    MrCoolGrim Posts: 351 Member
    strozman wrote: »
    Try paleo or intermittent or alternate Day Fasting. You obviously saw a great loss with low carb, and that takes incredible dedication. I went from low carb to fasting and it is so much easier

    Hi Strozman, how often to you fast and for how long? thx
  • wrgawife
    wrgawife Posts: 61 Member
    You shouldn't try low carb all the time but in phases and then add good carbs back.

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