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    Low carb food ideas??

    Posts: 6 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Hey!
    I recently tore my ACL which stopped me from exercising for a while which then turned into binging on food that I shouldn't be.
    I have just been given the all clear to start exercising again but my diet is abysmal. I have lost confidence during this time so thought I'd try a diet that I haven't tried which is low carb.
    I have read that anything as high as 100g carbs is considered low carb but I'd like to start around 20-30g a week and start to increase it after a while.
    If anyone has tried this, do you have any meal ideas? Also any recommendations of what I should do
    Thanks for reading!

    Tom

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    • Posts: 1 Member
      thomas_odell wrote: »
      Hey!
      I recently tore my ACL which stopped me from exercising for a while which then turned into binging on food that I shouldn't be.
      I have just been given the all clear to start exercising again but my diet is abysmal. I have lost confidence during this time so thought I'd try a diet that I haven't tried which is low carb.
      I have read that anything as high as 100g carbs is considered low carb but I'd like to start around 20-30g a week and start to increase it after a while.
      If anyone has tried this, do you have any meal ideas? Also any recommendations of what I should do
      Thanks for reading!

      Tom

      Depending on what u like. Cook a piece of ur favorite meat than have a salad and winter acorn squash.

      Or try Spegahetti squas in stead of regular pasta.
      Also califlower crust pizza is good. Jusg depending on whag u like to eat.
    • Posts: 146 Member
      If you mean 100 grams of carbs total for the entire day then Id argue thats too low and could backfire on you. I'd suggest trying to stay in the 150 grams to 200 grams per day at a minimum to properly fuel your body and keep things in balance. These crazy diets that slant way too far in one direction just dont cut it, IMO. Try and stick with complex carbs like brown rice, sweet potatoes, grains, stuff like that. Make sure to get a good amount of fiber too.

      Just my two cents. I have recently added some carbs back into my diet and I feel better, I get better weight lifting workouts in, and my energy level is higher. I eat around 200 - 225 grams of carbs per day.
    • Posts: 6 Member
      edited June 2015
      What macro split do you have s2mikey? Percentage wise
    • Posts: 32 Member
      Eggs and cheese, any meat, salad, broccoli, shrimp scampi or any shrimp you prefer, any fish, sugar free jello.....
    • Posts: 8,159 Member
      I found some MFP's with lists of ideas. Most keep carbs forever in the 25-50 gram range of carbs daily. I just learned carbs are not part of the required food groups for humans because humans can make all of the carbs that are required if we eat the right amounts of Protein and Fat.

      community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
    • Posts: 9,562 Member
      Remember to add fats and oils like butter, mayonnaise, olive oil.
      Some low carb veggies include: spinach, bok choy, lettuce, olives, collard greens, pickles, avocado, zucchini.
    • Posts: 2 Member
      Check out www.reddit.com/r/keto
      It's a community of people who are following the ketogenic diet. There's also www.reddit.com/r/ketorecipes for good recipe ideas.
    • Posts: 50 Member
      20-30g carbs a day?! that's not optimal at all for your recovery!
    • Posts: 3 Member
      s2mikey wrote: »
      If you mean 100 grams of carbs total for the entire day then Id argue thats too low and could backfire on you. I'd suggest trying to stay in the 150 grams to 200 grams per day at a minimum to properly fuel your body and keep things in balance. These crazy diets that slant way too far in one direction just dont cut it, IMO. Try and stick with complex carbs like brown rice, sweet potatoes, grains, stuff like that. Make sure to get a good amount of fiber too.

      Just my two cents. I have recently added some carbs back into my diet and I feel better, I get better weight lifting workouts in, and my energy level is higher. I eat around 200 - 225 grams of carbs per day.

      I eat less than 20g of carbs a day and I am not dead. In fact, I feel more than alive. Everyone is different, carbs make me feel lazy as hell and increase my appetite for junk.
    • Posts: 46 Member
      20-30 grams a day will likely leave you feeling just awful. your body needs carbs to function! don't be scared of good carbs like some of the other posters have suggested
    • Posts: 1,437 Member
      100ish carbs a day work perfect for me. All depends on activity. I am lightly active.
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    • Posts: 1,316 Member
      The End of Diabetes

      Joel Fuhrnan

      Has some good low carb ideas. Not only for diabetics. It has some ideas on getting complex carbs from veggies that are naturally low carb.

      Take what works!
    • Posts: 29,136 Member
      if you are not in a calorie deficit then no matter what you do - low carb, paleo, IIFYM, etc - you are not going to lose weight.
    • Posts: 29,136 Member
      this is what I would suggest:

      enter your stats into MFP and set for one pound per week loss
      eat to the number that MFP gives you
      log everything you eat
      get a food scale and weight all solid foods and as many liquids as possible
      find a form of exercise that you like (not necessary) and do it
      don't by into all this BS about good and bad foods, there are no good and bad foods there is just food that you use for energy and nutrients. Make sure you are getting the majority of foods from nutrient dense source,but eating ice cream, cookies, etc is OK.
      make sure you hit macros/micros

      repeat until you get desired results..

    • Posts: 29,136 Member
      GaleHawkins wrote: »
      I found some MFP's with lists of ideas. Most keep carbs forever in the 25-50 gram range of carbs daily. I just learned carbs are not part of the required food groups for humans because humans can make all of the carbs that are required if we eat the right amounts of Protein and Fat.

      community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

      where did you learn that gem from?
    • Posts: 103 Member
      For the record....without the drama, I love veggies with hummus. Just sayin
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