Struggling with Carbs
clairehowieson123
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Really struggling to stay within 50g Carbs guideline...a couple of pieces of fruit later stuffs up my whole day 
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50 is nearly impossible. Add some cardio and burn of the carbs maybe?1
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Why 50g for carbs0
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That's what I thought. This app keeps telling me my limit is 50g...it took me over carbs yesterday even after burning 800 calories doing cardiovascular and strength training0
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Mmmmm Carbs.....
Why you no eat carbs?1 -
clairehowieson123 wrote: »That's what I thought. This app keeps telling me my limit is 50g...it took me over carbs yesterday even after burning 800 calories doing cardiovascular and strength training
The default is 50%, not 50 g. If yours is 50 g and you don't want it, it's because you accidentally set it up that way and you can change it.2 -
are you on a low carb diet?0
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Why only 50g? My carb goal for today is 215g (before exercise calories are even factored in). My carbs were even higher than that when I was heavier and still working on losing weight.0
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I don't worry about my carbs. If I eat right it's not an issue. Mine seem to fall between 150-200g/day.
Honestly (there are different schools of thought here), I just try to eat right. The macros will fall where your body needs them. Not every day is the exact same nutritional requirements.
Just start by making better choices. If you wanna eat fruit all week, I don't see how that's an unhealthy choice. Excellent choice.2 -
clairehowieson123 wrote: »That's what I thought. This app keeps telling me my limit is 50g...it took me over carbs yesterday even after burning 800 calories doing cardiovascular and strength training
Haha! Nah. Ignore it. Override your macros if it bothers you.0 -
I regularly eat 30g carbs/day or less. You just have to give up breads, starches and some fruit.
Carbs is what turns into body fat. Fat does not make you fat. If you don't eat carbs, for the most part, you can not get fat.
Fat makes you full. If you don't want to be hungry.. eat fat. If you want to keep your muscle... eat protein.
Learn about a Low Carb High Fat diet. They are really magical. I have lost 3.5lbs/ week since January 5th and am now 13.2lbs from my target weight. I will hit my target in June sometime.
I don't think I will every go back to a high carb low fat diet. I was always hungry and kept getting heavier.
This morning I had whipping cream in my coffee, and a Scotch egg for breakfast. I'll still loose 3.5lbs this week.
Do yourself a favor but don't trust me. Just start reading about it. You may be surprised.
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Carbs is what turns into body fat. Fat does not make you fat. If you don't eat carbs, for the most part, you can not get fat.
This is absolutely not true. Eating more calories than your body is burning is what makes you fat, whether those calories are from carbs or fat. There are plenty of very skinny people who eat a ton of carbs (and burn them off) and plenty of fat people who eat nearly none. I also don't have a lot of trust that a guy who has been eating basically no carbs for 5 months and has lost some weight has found a way of maintaining a healthy weight sanely for the rest of his life. For one thing, fruits have a lot of nutrients in them that our bodies need. Healthy, whole unprocessed carbs are good for us as well as tasty.
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I regularly eat 30g carbs/day or less. You just have to give up breads, starches and some fruit.
Carbs is what turns into body fat. Fat does not make you fat. If you don't eat carbs, for the most part, you can not get fat.
Fat makes you full. If you don't want to be hungry.. eat fat. If you want to keep your muscle... eat protein.
Learn about a Low Carb High Fat diet. They are really magical. I have lost 3.5lbs/ week since January 5th and am now 13.2lbs from my target weight. I will hit my target in June sometime.
I don't think I will every go back to a high carb low fat diet. I was always hungry and kept getting heavier.
This morning I had whipping cream in my coffee, and a Scotch egg for breakfast. I'll still loose 3.5lbs this week.
Do yourself a favor but don't trust me. Just start reading about it. You may be surprised.
No. A calorie surplus will cause fat gain. It doesn't matter whether those calories are from carbs, fats, or protein. Congrats on finding something that works for you, some people do well on low carb, some people don't.
OP - If you're finding low carb difficult, up your carbs or just focus on hitting calories for the time being. Take a look at how you feel and how the protein/carbs/fats line up through time. Then you'll see what kind of split works for you and your lifestyle.1 -
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I regularly eat 30g carbs/day or less. You just have to give up breads, starches and some fruit.
Carbs is what turns into body fat. Fat does not make you fat. If you don't eat carbs, for the most part, you can not get fat.
Like many others have said, this is patently, utterly, and completely AND entirely false. A caloric surplus causes weight gain, plain and simple.
You can be on a 100% carb-based diet, and as long as you eat at a calroic deficit, you will lose weight.
It's math.2 -
Claire, split your daily calories by percentage: (carbs, 30%, fat 35%, protein 35%). This is recommended by my personal trainer. For me this means less than about 100 g of carbs per day on a 1200 calorie diet. Keep your sugars below 40g- this is the big deal for losing belly fat. Your body requires these 3 macro-nutrients to burn fat while maintaining lean muscle which is imperative for keeping your metabolism up. Extremely low carb diets can result in a reduction in your metabolism which leads to gaining the weight back. Stick to complex carbs like whole grain brown rice and quinoa. A good rule of thumb is that 1/4 of the carbs should be fiber. 16 g of carbs, >=4 g fiber. This will allow you to digest the carbs more slowly for extended energy and control of your insulin response. Portions, portions, portions. Good luck and I hope this helps!1
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I regularly eat 30g carbs/day or less. You just have to give up breads, starches and some fruit.
Carbs is what turns into body fat. Fat does not make you fat. If you don't eat carbs, for the most part, you can not get fat.
Fat makes you full. If you don't want to be hungry.. eat fat. If you want to keep your muscle... eat protein.
Learn about a Low Carb High Fat diet. They are really magical. I have lost 3.5lbs/ week since January 5th and am now 13.2lbs from my target weight. I will hit my target in June sometime.
I don't think I will every go back to a high carb low fat diet. I was always hungry and kept getting heavier.
This morning I had whipping cream in my coffee, and a Scotch egg for breakfast. I'll still loose 3.5lbs this week.
Do yourself a favor but don't trust me. Just start reading about it. You may be surprised.
No. Carbs do not turn into fat, excess calories do. No-LCHF diets are NOT magical. You still have to be in a calorie deficit to lose weight.
3.5lbs a week is WAY too fast and unhealthy, especially if you only have 13lbs left to lose.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »clairehowieson123 wrote: »That's what I thought. This app keeps telling me my limit is 50g...it took me over carbs yesterday even after burning 800 calories doing cardiovascular and strength training
The default is 50%, not 50 g. If yours is 50 g and you don't want it, it's because you accidentally set it up that way and you can change it.
Thank you very much for explaining this. I am new to this app so will need to go have a look at the settings etc :-)2 -
Claire, split your daily calories by percentage: (carbs, 30%, fat 35%, protein 35%). This is recommended by my personal trainer. For me this means less than about 100 g of carbs per day on a 1200 calorie diet. Keep your sugars below 40g- this is the big deal for losing belly fat. Your body requires these 3 macro-nutrients to burn fat while maintaining lean muscle which is imperative for keeping your metabolism up. Extremely low carb diets can result in a reduction in your metabolism which leads to gaining the weight back. Stick to complex carbs like whole grain brown rice and quinoa. A good rule of thumb is that 1/4 of the carbs should be fiber. 16 g of carbs, >=4 g fiber. This will allow you to digest the carbs more slowly for extended energy and control of your insulin response. Portions, portions, portions. Good luck and I hope this helps!
This is fantastic, thank you so much for taking the time to explain this, I am having to follow a no gluten, no dairy, low gi diet due to a medical condition so have had alot to get my head around so this is amazing, thank you!!!1 -
For those who are commenting on the carbs not being turned into fat and a calorie is a calorie, you should watch this:
https://youtu.be/dBnniua6-oM
I do agree that a decrease in calories will see an overall decrease in weight. Of course. Fat on the other hand does not make you fat, providing it's healthy fats, ie, not trans fats or saturated fats. In the YouTube documentary above, the guy does the biochemistry on how different foods are metabolised by the liver. He shows how sugar (which many carbs are simple carbs/sugar) is turned into fat straight away rather than being sent to the cells around the body to be used as fuel. It is the internal fat around our organs, rather than the outward fat we all see.
So for the MOST part i actually agree with vowder. Yes if you eat too much of anything you will put on weight, but the chemistry shown in the link I posted actually shows that a calorie of fat, and a calorie of sugar behave very very differently in our bodies. I also do a high fat diet, high protein, but i do still eat carbs as well. I eat everything providing there is no added sugar. I'm rarely hungry, and having yo yo dieted for the past 12 years I can say this is the easiest way I've ever lost any weight.
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louisepaul16 wrote: »For those who are commenting on the carbs not being turned into fat and a calorie is a calorie, you should watch this:https://youtu.be/dBnniua6-oM
I do agree that a decrease in calories will see an overall decrease in weight. Of course. Fat on the other hand does not make you fat, providing it's healthy fats, ie, not trans fats or saturated fats. In the YouTube documentary above, the guy does the biochemistry on how different foods are metabolised by the liver. He shows how sugar (which many carbs are simple carbs/sugar) is turned into fat straight away rather than being sent to the cells around the body to be used as fuel. It is the internal fat around our organs, rather than the outward fat we all see.
So for the MOST part i actually agree with vowder. Yes if you eat too much of anything you will put on weight, but the chemistry shown in the link I posted actually shows that a calorie of fat, and a calorie of sugar behave very very differently in our bodies. I also do a high fat diet, high protein, but i do still eat carbs as well. I eat everything providing there is no added sugar. I'm rarely hungry, and having yo yo dieted for the past 12 years I can say this is the easiest way I've ever lost any weight.
Do not watch that whatever you do.
http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/01/29/the-bitter-truth-about-fructose-alarmism/1 -
Fact-Check:Errors found in Robert Lustig's Sugar Bitter Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vybw1PpO2GY 0 -
I hope you don't really believe this...I regularly eat 30g carbs/day or less. You just have to give up breads, starches and some fruit.
Carbs is what turns into body fat. Fat does not make you fat. If you don't eat carbs, for the most part, you can not get fat.
Not so for everyone...Fat makes you full. If you don't want to be hungry.. eat fat.
If you want to keep your muscle, lift weight...If you want to keep your muscle... eat protein.
You lost weight because you were in an energy deficit, it had little to do with carbs...Learn about a Low Carb High Fat diet. They are really magical. I have lost 3.5lbs/ week since January 5th and am now 13.2lbs from my target weight. I will hit my target in June sometime.
You sound like you found a sustainable way to eat, bravo!I don't think I will every go back to a high carb low fat diet. I was always hungry and kept getting heavier.
As long as you are in a deficit...This morning I had whipping cream in my coffee, and a Scotch egg for breakfast. I'll still loose 3.5lbs this week.
OP do what works for you, whatever that may be...Do yourself a favor but don't trust me. Just start reading about it. You may be surprised.
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louisepaul16 wrote: »For those who are commenting on the carbs not being turned into fat and a calorie is a calorie, you should watch this:https://youtu.be/dBnniua6-oM
I do agree that a decrease in calories will see an overall decrease in weight. Of course. Fat on the other hand does not make you fat, providing it's healthy fats, ie, not trans fats or saturated fats. In the YouTube documentary above, the guy does the biochemistry on how different foods are metabolised by the liver. He shows how sugar (which many carbs are simple carbs/sugar) is turned into fat straight away rather than being sent to the cells around the body to be used as fuel. It is the internal fat around our organs, rather than the outward fat we all see.
So for the MOST part i actually agree with vowder. Yes if you eat too much of anything you will put on weight, but the chemistry shown in the link I posted actually shows that a calorie of fat, and a calorie of sugar behave very very differently in our bodies. I also do a high fat diet, high protein, but i do still eat carbs as well. I eat everything providing there is no added sugar. I'm rarely hungry, and having yo yo dieted for the past 12 years I can say this is the easiest way I've ever lost any weight.
Nonsense...0 -
Carbs do not make you fat. I routinely go over 150g a day and am still loosing weight. And I've seen friends on very low carb diets who gained. So much hooey in that post.0
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louisepaul16 wrote: »I do agree that a decrease in calories will see an overall decrease in weight. Of course. Fat on the other hand does not make you fat, providing it's healthy fats, ie, not trans fats or saturated fats. In the YouTube documentary above, the guy does the biochemistry on how different foods are metabolised by the liver. He shows how sugar (which many carbs are simple carbs/sugar) is turned into fat straight away rather than being sent to the cells around the body to be used as fuel.
That's very bad science. In fact, most of your stores of body fat originated as dietary fats, unless you were on a very low-fat diet. Dietary fatty acids are by far the easiest and energetically cheapest way to store body fat.
A surplus of carbohydrate, including fructose, tends first to be stored as glycogen, and only when the body has a significant store glycogen does it actually synthesize fat from carbohydrate. Likewise, excess protein is stored first as extra LBM and only in a prolonged surplus will it be made into fat.
That said, a surplus of any macronutrient results in fat accumulation over time. For example, if you eat a lot of carbs and store a lot of glycogen, the surplus of carbohydrate stored as glycogen means that in between meals your body burns less body fat than it otherwise would have, because it was using some of the glycogen instead. So your body fat goes up over time not because you are storing more fat created from carbohydrates, but because you are burning less fat because you burned the carbs instead.0 -
I regularly eat 30g carbs/day or less. You just have to give up breads, starches and some fruit.
Carbs is what turns into body fat. Fat does not make you fat. If you don't eat carbs, for the most part, you can not get fat.
Fat makes you full. If you don't want to be hungry.. eat fat. If you want to keep your muscle... eat protein.
Learn about a Low Carb High Fat diet. They are really magical. I have lost 3.5lbs/ week since January 5th and am now 13.2lbs from my target weight. I will hit my target in June sometime.
I don't think I will every go back to a high carb low fat diet. I was always hungry and kept getting heavier.
This morning I had whipping cream in my coffee, and a Scotch egg for breakfast. I'll still loose 3.5lbs this week.
Do yourself a favor but don't trust me. Just start reading about it. You may be surprised.
I eat high carb, high protein, low fat and no issues. Keeps me energized, full, less moody, and I've leaned out. I tried low carb before. Was miserable and couldn't sustain it. Everyone is different.1
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