New carb diet going around? Help!
mallory7813
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So a couple of my Co workers read up so doing a low carbs diet except you can only have 20 grams of carbs a day. Subtracting the fiber and sugar alcohol from the carbohydrates on the food label is how the method is done. I've never heard it done this way but I'm extremely interested ! Combined together two of my Co workers lost 30lbs so far ! Now all I need is some idea of low to zero carb foods ! Or low carbs and high fiber ! I don't want to be that person in the store looking at every food label so any ideas or tips are always greatly appreciated!
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My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.19
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That sounds like Atkins. You can find it free online.0
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Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
This. That's how you learn. I have spent so much time looking at food labels and have found so many great things to add to my diet, and realized some just don't fit well.
20 grams is low. Like low low. I understand wanting to lower your carbs but if you just start logging food and calorie counting, being sure to stay in a deficit (which is the only way to lose weight), you can track your carbs and see what the best intake is for you, as far as satiety and sanity goes.2 -
mallory7813 wrote: »So a couple of my Co workers read up so doing a low carbs diet except you can only have 20 grams of carbs a day. Subtracting the fiber and sugar alcohol from the carbohydrates on the food label is how the method is done. I've never heard it done this way but I'm extremely interested ! Combined together two of my Co workers lost 30lbs so far ! Now all I need is some idea of low to zero carb foods ! Or low carbs and high fiber ! I don't want to be that person in the store looking at every food label so any ideas or tips are always greatly appreciated!
20g of carbs a day is the keto diet. Low carb is around 100g or lower. But that's just semantics. You should check out our low carb group, and have a read of the Launchpad. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
As for reading the food labels, this is prudent whether you're going low carb or not. I've even got a pair of glasses that I don't wear anywhere else other than the grocery store, so I can read the teeny nutrition info labels.1 -
Just cutting carbs will not make you lose weight. To lose weight you still have to be in a calorie deficit.3
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Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
Learning while you're losing is so important. If you understand why you have lost weight (calorie deficit), you will understand how to keep it off.0 -
This diet is actually quite old. It's called keto. This website may give you some food ideas. It lists "net carbs", which is the terms used for "Subtracting the fiber and sugar alcohol from the carbohydrates", saving you the calculations.
http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/recipes.html
The recipes marked with a "*" are very low in net carbs (under 5).
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Just cutting carbs will not make you lose weight. To lose weight you still have to be in a calorie deficit.
This.
Also OP, I'm 3 year into maintenance and I STILL read nutritional labels all the time. Those labels are a huge source of information and they're one of the tools I use, to continue to be successful at this whole thing.0 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
Reading labels in the grocery store is the new sexy6 -
TribeHokie wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
Reading labels in the grocery store is the new sexy
I must look really attractive whenever I'm in a store then.3 -
It's called ketogenic eating. Do some research on the kinds of foods you can eat - there are many blogs out there dedicated to keto recipes that fit the low carb, high fat, moderate protein WOE. Also - reading labels is one of my favorite parts of going to the store. I love learning what's in products I'd otherwise reach for without thinking twice!0
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Some basics for low carb to make it easy are, meat, fish, cheese, eggs, nuts (some are higher than others), leafy green veggies.
I have done different levels of low carb for over a year and I still check labels, except for on the things listed above. If you are planning to go less than 20g that is a ketogenic diet and you might want to check out the low carb group listed above of the keto group as well, they will have a lot of helpful information as in the beginning it can be difficult to adjust.0 -
This is truearditarose wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
This. That's how you learn. I have spent so much time looking at food labels and have found so many great things to add to my diet, and realized some just don't fit well.
20 grams is low. Like low low. I understand wanting to lower your carbs but if you just start logging food and calorie counting, being sure to stay in a deficit (which is the only way to lose weight), you can track your carbs and see what the best intake is for you, as far as satiety and sanity goes.
20% sounds awfully low. I stick with staying under 40% and reached my goal weight0 -
MrsMoviestar wrote: »
This is truearditarose wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
This. That's how you learn. I have spent so much time looking at food labels and have found so many great things to add to my diet, and realized some just don't fit well.
20 grams is low. Like low low. I understand wanting to lower your carbs but if you just start logging food and calorie counting, being sure to stay in a deficit (which is the only way to lose weight), you can track your carbs and see what the best intake is for you, as far as satiety and sanity goes.
20% sounds awfully low. I stick with staying under 40% and reached my goal weight
It's not 20%, it's 20g. Keto is more like 5-10%.
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I don't do keto, although some are successful with it (the weight loss comes from fewer calories, but some find it easier or more satisfying to cut carbs to a minimum when eating fewer calories). However, I do read the label of anything I am buying or considering buying for the first time, and recommend it as a sensible thing for anyone to do. Know what you are eating.
For keto, you really don't have to read labels more than anyone else once you understand the basics of what foods have what macros/fiber. Meat is always low carb (unless it has a breading), eggs are low carb, foods that are basically fat include cheese (NOT cottage cheese), oils, butter. Non starchy vegetables tend to have few enough calories and enough fiber so that they are net low carb. Fruit tends to have more carbs, but some, like berries, may have enough fiber per carb to fit in a keto diet. Stuff like that.2 -
MrsMoviestar wrote: »
This is truearditarose wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
This. That's how you learn. I have spent so much time looking at food labels and have found so many great things to add to my diet, and realized some just don't fit well.
20 grams is low. Like low low. I understand wanting to lower your carbs but if you just start logging food and calorie counting, being sure to stay in a deficit (which is the only way to lose weight), you can track your carbs and see what the best intake is for you, as far as satiety and sanity goes.
20% sounds awfully low. I stick with staying under 40% and reached my goal weight
It's even lower than that- 20grams, not percent. More like 5-10%0 -
mallory7813 wrote: »I don't want to be that person in the store looking at every food label
What is this even? What exactly have you got against those of us who read food labels? THAT'S WHY THE FOOD LABELS ARE THERE. We don't want to be dummies.
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That's keto. It's pretty awesome.
Please do read labels...0 -
Low carb is easy-- meat, veggies, fats. Focus on foods that don't come with labels.
Once you've burned through the glycogen stores in your liver, you'll be in fat-burning mode, called ketosis. Your appetite will fall away, your breath will stink, and your energy level will jump up. It's a great way to lose weight!0 -
To add to the many comments about reading the labels, the longer you do it the faster you'll get. I can read and decipher nutrition facts and ingredient lists faster than I ever would have thought six years ago when I started doing it. It's a good skill to have and it's a smart decision for your health and knowledge.0
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I like low carb, but not that low. You can limit carbs without being extreme. I used 49g net carbs (which is carbs - fiber). I explained my diet here, if you would like details http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10251588/how-it-works#latest
Do you have a food scale? That is key. I weigh in grams.0 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
I spend a lot of time in grocery stores reading labels. I am always interested in finding new foods, but have learned to never assume something is actually healthy just because it has a neat name or says it is healthy.1 -
makingmark wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
I spend a lot of time in grocery stores reading labels. I am always interested in finding new foods, but have learned to never assume something is actually healthy just because it has a neat name or says it is healthy.
But it says "nature" in the name! It's gotta be good for me!2 -
makingmark wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
I spend a lot of time in grocery stores reading labels. I am always interested in finding new foods, but have learned to never assume something is actually healthy just because it has a neat name or says it is healthy.
The easiest way to eat keto (less than 50g of carbs per day) is to not eat many foods that come with a label. Focusing on meats,eggs, nuts and veggies helps. The foods I eat with a label are full fat dairy, stevia drops, coconut oil or cream, a few processed meats, protein powder, and coffee.
Chances are that if it is a processed food, and not bacon, it probably isn't very low carb high fat (LCHF) friendly.1 -
Low carb diets really only make sense to someome with diabetes. 20 carbs is super low especially because fruits and veggies all have carbs. And carbs is what we use for energy. I dont really have any tips for this kind of diet. But i eat my recommended 150g of carbs a day and have lost 30lbs and have kept ot off. These kinds of diets are more likely to fail and weight to be gained back1
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ericatoday wrote: »Low carb diets really only make sense to someome with diabetes. 20 carbs is super low especially because fruits and veggies all have carbs. And carbs is what we use for energy. I dont really have any tips for this kind of diet. But i eat my recommended 150g of carbs a day and have lost 30lbs and have kept ot off. These kinds of diets are more likely to fail and weight to be gained back
Low carb also helps with weight loss for those with insulin resistance (prediabetes, diabetes, PCOS, NAFLD, alzheimer's), and can improve the health of most people too by lowerin CAD risk, and even the risk of some cancers. Plus the food is enjoyable to many... A low carb diet is considered to be zero carbs up to 100 or 150g of carbs per day. Technically your own diet could be considered to be the upper end of low carb.
And low carb diets also have a very good compliance rate compared to many diets - it does not have a high failure rate.
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ericatoday wrote: »Low carb diets really only make sense to someome with diabetes. 20 carbs is super low especially because fruits and veggies all have carbs. And carbs is what we use for energy. I dont really have any tips for this kind of diet. But i eat my recommended 150g of carbs a day and have lost 30lbs and have kept ot off. These kinds of diets are more likely to fail and weight to be gained back
Low carb also helps with weight loss for those with insulin resistance (prediabetes, diabetes, PCOS, NAFLD, alzheimer's), and can improve the health of most people too by lowerin CAD risk, and even the risk of some cancers. Plus the food is enjoyable to many... A low carb diet is considered to be zero carbs up to 100 or 150g of carbs per day. Technically your own diet could be considered to be the upper end of low carb.
And low carb diets also have a very good compliance rate compared to many diets - it does not have a high failure rate.
And people who just prefer to eat a lot more fat0 -
ericatoday wrote: »Low carb diets really only make sense to someome with diabetes. 20 carbs is super low especially because fruits and veggies all have carbs. And carbs is what we use for energy. I dont really have any tips for this kind of diet. But i eat my recommended 150g of carbs a day and have lost 30lbs and have kept ot off. These kinds of diets are more likely to fail and weight to be gained back
I suspect about 50 thousand users here (and millions of folks world wide, including many scientists, doctors, etc) will disagree with your opinion. Which is exactly that. Your opinion. We all get em.3 -
http://zerocarbzen.com/
http://zerocarbzen.com/zero-carb/
http://zerocarbzen.com/salicylates/
http://www.empiri.ca/
http://myzerocarblife.jamesdhogan.com/wp/start/ Start here but do look at the various posts.
http://www.diagnosisdiet.com/food/vegetables/
https://player.vimeo.com/video/52606062
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PrincipiaCarnivora/
Yes, read and research. I do and I now eat a meat, egg & some dairy diet. Not for everyone. To each their own. I'm off my prescription medication by doing Keto and now Zero Carb.0 -
arditarose wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »My tip is - be that person looking at food labels. Educating yourself is the key to success.
This. That's how you learn. I have spent so much time looking at food labels and have found so many great things to add to my diet, and realized some just don't fit well.
20 grams is low. Like low low. I understand wanting to lower your carbs but if you just start logging food and calorie counting, being sure to stay in a deficit (which is the only way to lose weight), you can track your carbs and see what the best intake is for you, as far as satiety and sanity goes.
This^
Weight loss is about calories..........AND maintenance is also about calories. Find a method of weight loss that has something in common with your intended method of maintenance.0
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