Getting bumbed about so many carbs!!

Do you have a medical reason for limiting carbs? If not then just eat what you like. I don't restrict any food, just calories. I eat the same things that I have always had, just not as much as I used to eat and I have lost 43 pounds pretty easily. If you just count calories then you don't really have to worry about what you can and cannot eat.

janejellyroll wrote: »

taniastecroix wrote: »

I agree, I don't really want to eat them every day! But it is nice to have them once and a while and it seems like this low carb diet is pretty restricting! I want to loose weight but I'm scared that I will not loose it by consuming those kinds of carbs!

You will lose weight if you're in a calorie deficit. Some people find it easier to maintain a calorie deficit when they lower the carbohydrates in their diet because they feel less hungry. But other people (such as myself) don't limit carbohydrates and lose weight just fine. Not everyone wants a diet that restricts certain macronutrients -- it isn't necessary for weight loss.

If you don't want to limit carbohydrates, then don't. Just pay attention to your calories. If you're in a deficit, you will lose weight.

This is spot on!

You don't have to low carb to lose weight. You just need to stay within calorie range. My carbs are usually in the 50%+ range. I also eat everything you said you wanted plus alcohol. I do monitor macros or not I probably would be at maybe 85-90% carbs. Do something that works for you now and for a very long time.

There's nothing wrong with eating carbs and they don't stop you losing weight. I eat around 160-190 carbs a day and have lost 7lb in 3 weeks. Just choose "good" carbs like sweet potato, wholewheat pasta & rice, lentils, cous cous. It's sugar I try to keep low rather than carbs.

I personally would not consider a meal of some pasta (whole wheat if you prefer) with a sauce made of lots of vegetables and some lean meat less healthy than meat and cheese. (Don't get me wrong, cheese and meat are delicious and definitely part of my diet. I might well add a moderate amount of cheese to the pasta, as I do to my morning omelet).

Pretty good site for nutrition advice: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/

In any case, as others have said, you can lose weight (and eat very healthfully) without doing low carb and without cutting out all carbs but non starchy veg. I also did.

I used to believe the same as you in regards to eating no carbs for diets. I would always fail in the end aswell. Since mid February i have lost over 2 stone (28 pounds) and thats eating at a calorie deficit. I find cous cous with sauteed red onion and chopped up grilled peppers out of a jar a really good low calorie but filling dinner. I have a takeaway pretty much every Saturday night aswell usually consisting of a big fat dominoes!

The key is accurately weighing all your food, whether it be one digestive buiscit or 100g of pasta, 175ml of tomato sauce, 50g of sauteed red onions and so on. Its boring but it works and you can eat whatever you want so long as you plan your meals so you don't go over your calories. Not leave enough calories for dinner? Have canned soup.. Usually no more then 200 calories for a whole can and its usually enough for me to forget about food until breakfast.

Tootsie Pops are good carbs, right?

I personally eat a lower carb diet than most because I like the changes I see in my body composition when I eat high protein/lower carb, but even then I'm doing a 33% split across macros. I carb cycle as a way of getting a few days in where I can have a big bowl of spaghetti or a baked potato. However, if you're doing low carb and absolutely hating it, I wouldn't keep going. Calories In/Calories Out is the most important thing and feeling like you're "missing out" is sometimes (at least for me) what causes those terrible binge days where I can undo an entire week's worth of work. Maybe focus on some of the "good" carbs that you like to eat- brown rice, wild rice, sweet potatoes, corn, peas, soybeans/edamame, whole wheat pasta, quinoa, and substituting those for some of the less nutrient dense members of the carbohydrate family. That way you can have your [Pasta] and eat it too!