Tips for Low Carb eaters

Usually I get all my carbs from the fruits vegetables and dairy that I eat and one serving from whole grain wrap or something else that is full of fiber. I seldom add extra carbs like bread or pasta to my meals because that makes the grams of carbs go up a lot.

I've never really tracked the "net" carbs; but the south beach diet was really great in kick starting my diet (not something I would do long term) and eliminating cravings for bad carbs; instead of using bread for sandwiches (which is higher in carbs), I put my lean turkey in a romaine or lettuce leaf with some laughing cow cheese (only 35 calories per wedge) and would roll them up and eat them like that;
For breakfast, I would cook 1 egg on the stove with a part skim low fat mazz stick (50 cal) and some salsa with maybe 1 vegetarian sausage patty cut up into it
snacks, I counted out pistachio's; or had celery/carrots dipped in measured out peanut butter or laughing cow cheese
the south beach diet has you cut out almost all carbs that don't come from a plant for the first 2 weeks...then you slowly phase in the good ones or the ones that are slower to break down into sugars (this helps eliminate cravings).
I lost 35 lbs following the SBD strictly, never cheating, in 5 weeks; i then switched to counting calories for longer term but mixing in principles of the south beach diet in terms of when to eat carbs. i still have a lot to lose; hope this helps

Myself I LOVE low carbing it... However, I tend to get cranky and tired, especially if I'm supper active. So, I do carb cycling. You can google this to get more info. Basically you have 3 low carb days (ex: mine are 96g carbs per day) followed by one day of high carbing it (205g)... Now the ratio of the proteins vary when you go from low to high carb days to offset the increased calorie. Good luck!

This website helped in getting the macros specific for me: http://www.scoobysworkshop.com/carbcycling.htm

I've been doing the same thing. Keeping my carbs under 50 everyday. A few things that I do:

1. Shiritaki Noodles. 1 Serving only has 3 carbs, and they're really not bad at all. It only has like 20 calories. They can be found with the tofu in your grocery store. Publix has them. Last time I went, Wal-Mart did not.
2. a couple of peices of fat free turkey slathered with a little dijon and rolled around cheddar string cheese mmmm
3. 97% fat free oscar meyer weiners
4. Pickles.
5. When I'm really feeling like I want something sweet and I'm ravenous I usually make a smoothie. Bananas, pineapple, unsweetened coconut, strawberries, whatever you like. Mix in a little greek yogurt and some nonfat milk or juice and voila!
6. Lipton makes diet citrus green tea. It's 0 everything (except sodium) and green tea is a natural dieuretic.
7. Egg Whites have no carbs.
8. when I've used up my carbs for the day and i'm still pretty hungry I sip on warm broth or bullion. It's filling and the warm liquid makes you feel fuller.

all really good tips. I have come to the conclusion that low carb does not seem to be very low sodium friendly though