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New to low carb

victoriawaine3
victoriawaine3 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Hi all, I am new to low carb (just started today)

I have no idea how many carbs / protein / fat to aim for each day. Previously I have always done weight watchers so this is quite a change in approach!

I don't want to do no carb so am thinking of aiming for 50g of carbs a day. But how many calories, fat, protein should be I eating? I don't want to under / over eat.

Any help is most gratefully received

Ps todays food is:

Breakfast: 2 egg omelette with cheese

Lunch: Cauliflower soup, taramasalata and peppers and cucumbers to dip

Dinner: Prawn salad with avocadoes, tomatoes and cucumber

I weigh 10st 11lb

Replies

  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Why are you going low-carb, do you have a medical condition?

    If it's just for weight loss will you stick to this for life?
  • Yogi_warrior
    Yogi_warrior Posts: 5,464 Member
    Enjoy the low carb, you might get better advice here rather than getting preached.
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
  • MeiannaLee
    MeiannaLee Posts: 338 Member
    You know you can lose weight while eating bread right?
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    victoriawaine3 wrote: »
    I don't want to do no carb so am thinking of aiming for 50g of carbs a day. But how many calories, fat, protein should be I eating? I don't want to under / over eat.

    Your menu looks pretty good.

    75 grams of protein might be a starting point, without knowing much about you.

    So that's 500 calories from protein and carbs. Fat is the rest, probably 100g to make 1400 calories, maybe a bit less. Eat enough to be not hungry and typically on low carb you'll be eating under 1500 cals.

  • jeshutt
    jeshutt Posts: 19 Member
    Whatever you do, don't try to do a low-fat version of low-carb.
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