Any low carbers not counting carbs or calories?
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Xo_healthylc
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Just wondering. I know it's a slim chance since it's my fitness pal and all but I stopped on Monday and was looking for friends.
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I count carbs but I don't worry too much about calories. I would find it hard to do low carb without counting the carbs.1
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I stopped tracking everything in April.1
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samanthaluangphixay wrote: »I count carbs but I don't worry too much about calories. I would find it hard to do low carb without counting the carbs.
Do you track everything and not worry about calories or just mentally count carbs?
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I stopped tracking everything in April.
Any advice? Do you worry about carb creep? How have your loses been compared to when you were counting?0 -
Xo_healthylc wrote: »samanthaluangphixay wrote: »I count carbs but I don't worry too much about calories. I would find it hard to do low carb without counting the carbs.
Do you track everything and not worry about calories or just mentally count carbs?
I try to track/log everything and I keep a sticky on my phone that I input my daily carb count.
As for calories, I am conscious of them as in 'Okay, this egg is 70 calories...' but if I decide to have something LCHF such as pork belly in which the calories are high, I won't be upset with myself if I go over my calories that day.0 -
I keep low carb as I don't eat most high carb foods. No grains in any form, no rice, no potatoes, no high glycemic fruit. Apart from avoiding the foods I know are high carb I do not track anything and I do not count calories.
This worked awesomely for a year but, to be honest I'm not sure it is working anymore because I've been on a plateau for 3 months. I'm trying to trust the process and give my body time to heal but right now it looks like not tracking keeps me at maintenance and I still need to lose at least 50lbs.
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Xo_healthylc wrote: »Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I stopped tracking everything in April.
Any advice? Do you worry about carb creep? How have your loses been compared to when you were counting?
I haven't lost any scale weight, but I'm within 10 pounds of my lowest goal weight. And I had already stopped losing long before I stopped tracking. I haven't lost any scale weight in almost 8 months but I have gotten smaller. Yeah, figure that one out!
I don't worry about carb creep because I gravitate toward a carnivore style naturally. Veggies seem to give me upset tummy and make me constipated.
I never did make Keto versions of high carb foods really except for desserts for holidays. But I don't even care about those things anymore. I didn't even have anything sweet for my birthday. Totally didn't care enough about it to bother making anything. I was more interested in the steak I wanted.
I've been Keto for about 15 months now and feel like it's a zero effort to eat practically no carbs at this point.2 -
I track, but have been more lenient with myself on calories (not carbs) because of hunger. For example yesterday, I was 1,260 calories over... so way over, but still had 32g net carbs. As I allow myself to do this more and more often, my weight loss has stalled... which is understandable. So I'm going to have to reset and start back to low carb AND stay low enough on calories to lose.1
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I've stopped tracking anything - it was making me think about food too much and I am trying to eat more intuitively - I found tracking to be counter productive for that. I'm still losing so seem to be doing ok. Feel free to add me2
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The only numbers I log are my diabetes #s
I keep a record of what I eat but no #s
If my endo would have a question about a bg# I could look up the record
& see if we could figure it out.
Weight??? My doc weighs me every 3 months,
the least I lost so far was 8 lbs.
or 
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I do track carbs, but more importantly I make sure to only consume 'healthy' whole food carbs like veggies and bit of fruits & nuts. I also only go as low as I need to stay in ketosis - around 40-50 net carbs. It is more then enough for me, doesn't even feel like a diet. As for calories, ehhhh, not so much. I keep an eye on them most days, try not go over 2,000 but don't stress if I do. I usually get 1500-2000 per day and am still losing weight, astonishing since I am down 88 pounds and getting so close to goal. My BMI is 25.7 now (down from 38.2). All I can say is I LOVE THIS WAY OF EATING!!! I have never felt so in control, so healthy, and so sure I can do this forever.7
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I can't be bothered. I monitored at first to get an idea of what I could consume a decent amount of, and what I should limit. Seems to be working so far.1
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I track carbs, don't care about the calories. But my plan is to track it for awhile to make sure I'm not eating more carbs than I think I'm eating, and once I'm secure in that I will stop bothering. I find tracking every single thing makes me feel a little obsessive about everything I eat, and I don't like that.2
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You guys not counting stuff amaze me....I'm envious and certain I'll never be able to stop counting carbs or calories!3
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RowdysLady wrote: »You guys not counting stuff amaze me....I'm envious and certain I'll never be able to stop counting carbs or calories!
This.0 -
I track everything but I only pay attention to protein and carbs. I haven't been eating anything but BPC in the morning 1-2 cups then meat/cheese for lunch and meat for dinner so carbs have stayed very low. My protein is my struggle. I get plenty of fats always. I think it's only mildly annoying to track but then I have only been fully keto for 3 months0
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I get carb and calorie creep every time I stop weighing, measuring, and logging. I'll try again once I get to maintenance.2
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I have stopped counting and just listen to hunger signals - I am doing ZC so I know what foods are allowed and as long as I stick to these I am fine - I found myself obsessing over food so am much happier this way1
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My boat floats in a different direction. I HAVE to log everything otherwise I stop eating and just chow at night. At first I was obsessing about getting all my numbers right, now I just make sure I'm over 1,000 calories every day my carbs are low and my protein goal is met. So far so good!0
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I know where carbs come from in my diet. If I eat veggies and meats, no sausage type processed things, it is pretty hard to eat too much.
It does help me to hit a few low intake days per week. I will log a day or two per week.
It does help with focus.0
