Low carb diet <100g

I'm on my 5th day of a low carb diet and the weight is starting to come off pretty fast, is anyone else on a similar diet? I have upped my fat intake and that helps, I haven't had a proper carb meal in 5 days and it's starting to catch up on me

Has anyone had much success on the same kind of diet? How are you finding it
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  • Huera629
    Huera629 Posts: 12 Member
    I have done atkins twice before. Lost 30lbs in about 3 months. The weight comes off quick the first week due to losing all stored water but definitely slows down after... I would diet for vacation time and stop after. Weight comes back on faster then it came off... Im counting calories this time around. Im definetly much happier this time but weightloss is just a little slower.
  • Panda_Poptarts
    Panda_Poptarts Posts: 971 Member
    I'm currently on a ketogenic "diet".

    The cravings do go away. Weight loss may not meet expectations all the time. All in all, I love it.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    @Tenster my cravings faded fast after about 15 day any my joint and muscle pain dropped after 30 days and 1.5 years later I still have good control on this WOE. The first 30 days was a steep learning curve in my case and kind of weird the first 90 days.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Huera629 wrote: »
    I have done atkins twice before. Lost 30lbs in about 3 months. The weight comes off quick the first week due to losing all stored water but definitely slows down after... I would diet for vacation time and stop after. Weight comes back on faster then it came off... Im counting calories this time around. Im definetly much happier this time but weightloss is just a little slower.

    What happens after this?

    my point? it doesn't matter if you low carb or not, if you don't have a plan for AFTER the weight comes back.
  • mschieber91
    mschieber91 Posts: 2 Member
    Hi fat, moderate protein, and very low carb has always been the better route for me! I love keeping a lot of good fat in the diet naturally because I eat Paleo.
  • annajaynemanvell
    annajaynemanvell Posts: 6 Member
    I'm on day 5 of no carb and have lost a lb already brilliant! How can I up my fat intake? Why would I do this?
  • Tenster
    Tenster Posts: 278 Member
    Thanks for all the responses. Gale Hawkins, 1 and a half years is great control, fair play to you!
    I'm on day 5 of no carb and have lost a lb already brilliant! How can I up my fat intake? Why would I do this?

    The main reason to up your fat intake is to kind of force your body to use fat as its primary energy sauce opposed to carbohydrates.
  • jandsstevenson887
    jandsstevenson887 Posts: 296 Member
    I lost a ton of weight quickly last year on it. Then I went back to normal and gained it all back
  • cate320
    cate320 Posts: 130 Member
    I'm on day 5 of no carb and have lost a lb already brilliant! How can I up my fat intake? Why would I do this?

    Google "fat bombs" for some yummy recipes. I personally was too lazy to ever really make anything, so I would just eat a mixture of peanut butter, cream cheese and cocoa powder to satisfy my sweet tooth and get some extra fat in my diet.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I lost a ton of weight quickly last year on it. Then I went back to normal and gained it all back

    this is the story of 90% or more of dieters. Go back to overeating and you gain weight. Slow handclap.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    I'm on day 5 of no carb and have lost a lb already brilliant! How can I up my fat intake? Why would I do this?
    Increase butter, sour cream, mayo, olives, full fat slad dressing (ranch is usually low carb, cheese, eggs, small steak, dark meat chicken.
  • hdatres
    hdatres Posts: 635 Member
    I've also done Adkins diet, on the 3rd day I severe leg cramps, it was hard to get out of bed.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    hdatres wrote: »
    I've also done Adkins diet, on the 3rd day I severe leg cramps, it was hard to get out of bed.
    That doesn't sound like Atkins to me. Did you read the books etc. before you began? Eat enough plant foods etc?
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I'm on day 5 of no carb and have lost a lb already brilliant! How can I up my fat intake? Why would I do this?


    No carb?
  • Tenster
    Tenster Posts: 278 Member
    I had carbs in the form of semi skimmed milk in my tea and whatever the amount of carbs that was in the food I ate. I had a few carb meals yesterday as I was whiped out and made some healthy brownies today (dates, almonds, peanuts, peanut butter and ca cacao powder)
  • Traveler120
    Traveler120 Posts: 712 Member
    Tenster wrote: »
    The main reason to up your fat intake is to kind of force your body to use fat as its primary energy sauce opposed to carbohydrates.
    Isn't the goal to force your body to use up it's STORED body fat instead of dietary fat? Ultimately, regardless of macros, the way the body uses up excess body fat is when it's faced with a calorie deficit. I lost 34 lbs down to my goal of 118 lbs while eating a high carb plant based diet of 75% carbs and 10% fat, eating at a deficit through increased exercise.

    I'm obviously not saying low carb diets don't work for weight loss. We all know that regardless of diet type, a calorie deficit is necessary for weightloss. BUT, what some people don't realize is that a low carb diet usually means high fat and this has a tendency to increase cholesterol levels (happened to me before I stopped, and it's a very common occurrence amongst low carb dieters). Low carbing also has a tendency to cause thyroid problems especially among women, so one should monitor their labs if they do this on a long-term basis.
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    Tenster wrote: »
    The main reason to up your fat intake is to kind of force your body to use fat as its primary energy sauce opposed to carbohydrates.
    Isn't the goal to force your body to use up it's STORED body fat instead of dietary fat? Ultimately, regardless of macros, the way the body uses up excess body fat is when it's faced with a calorie deficit. I lost 34 lbs down to my goal of 118 lbs while eating a high carb plant based diet of 75% carbs and 10% fat, eating at a deficit through increased exercise.

    I'm obviously not saying low carb diets don't work for weight loss. We all know that regardless of diet type, a calorie deficit is necessary for weightloss. BUT, what some people don't realize is that a low carb diet usually means high fat and this has a tendency to increase cholesterol levels (happened to me before I stopped, and it's a very common occurrence amongst low carb dieters). Low carbing also has a tendency to cause thyroid problems especially among women, so one should monitor their labs if they do this on a long-term basis.
    ..and high cortisol amongst other issue.......cue the derpers
  • Tenster
    Tenster Posts: 278 Member
    I think Eric is absolutely rite there. Calories in v calories out has a lot to do with weight loss but so does your hormones
  • Tsartele
    Tsartele Posts: 683 Member
    edited April 2016
    Tenster wrote: »
    I'm on my 5th day of a low carb diet and the weight is starting to come off pretty fast, is anyone else on a similar diet? I have upped my fat intake and that helps, I haven't had a proper carb meal in 5 days and it's starting to catch up on me

    Has anyone had much success on the same kind of diet? How are you finding it

    I am experimenting with this as well. How many carbs are you taking in a day ? I have been between 20-30 for the last week,.