Question for the low carbers

lucysmommy
lucysmommy Posts: 460
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
i have reduced my carbs to 40g and increased my protien to 205g and my fat has been reduced as well

do i increase my cals? or leave it at 1200?

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  • psb13
    psb13 Posts: 629
    bump
  • pjrisher
    pjrisher Posts: 152
    Do you mean that you changed your percentages? It should automatically do it for you. I changed mine to 40%, 40%, 20% and my calories stayed the same.
  • Jconner30
    Jconner30 Posts: 311
    If you are doing cardio, DONT DO LOW CARBS!!! You will have no energy and you will skip exercises. Eat eat eat, but eat healthy. You have to jump start your metabolism! Stay away from all types of breads. Eat brown rice - it keeps you in the fat burning mode. Do a google on good carbs and fat burning foods.
  • glypta
    glypta Posts: 440 Member
    I've played with my ratios too but kept the calories the same. You CAN increase your calories irrespective of ratios, but basically that might be giving you more than you need. The two aren't related really, other than the composition of how you make up your calories.
  • jasonweinberg
    jasonweinberg Posts: 270
    getting 205 g of protein on 1200 calories is going to be quite a challenge. each gram of protein is 4 calories straight-up so 820 of your daily calories would be allotted for protein alone. 380 calories for everything else would seem virtually impossible to me.
  • swinginchandra
    swinginchandra Posts: 418 Member
    On what logic do you say stay away from all types of bread, but allow other whole grains? Check out sprouted grain brewed, or even breads made with brown rice flour. Sorry to be snippy, but blanket statements like that bother me. Moderation!
  • Juggernautpint
    Juggernautpint Posts: 70 Member
    Keep calories stay the same!

    A surplus of calories of any type more than your body uses for fuel will lead to weight gain.

    People doing Atkins sometimes don't realize that just because they are doing low carb, doesn't mean they can go over their caloric needs and eat a package of Bacon a day!

    Another caution: On Atkins, the first few pounds are water weight which promplty return upon eating carbs for fuel. Trust me, been there.
  • chrissym78
    chrissym78 Posts: 628 Member
    To me, as long as your carbs are low calories don't matter nearly as much so you can have more calories if you need them and your carbs are healthy carbs. My rule of thumb is to listen to your body and if you're hungry, EAT! :)
  • lucysmommy
    lucysmommy Posts: 460
    thanks for the replies

    i am new to low carb - maybe my carbs are set to low?
  • glypta
    glypta Posts: 440 Member
    Depends how low you wanna go. Low carb (Atkins intro phase) is 30g net. (deduct fibre from total carb intake). I teeter around that, though a little higher at 50g, though don't plan to stay that low forever - maybe up to 100g. Everyone's different and does it differently for different reasons. My ratios are 40/40/20 but I'm getting nowhere near that in fat or carbs. I'm still finding my feet too, but it's working so don't plan on 'fixing' it yet :O)
  • jaycee76
    jaycee76 Posts: 325 Member
    On what logic do you say stay away from all types of bread, but allow other whole grains? Check out sprouted grain brewed, or even breads made with brown rice flour. Sorry to be snippy, but blanket statements like that bother me. Moderation!

    Is this stuff low carb then? Where do I find it?
  • lucysmommy
    lucysmommy Posts: 460
    Depends how low you wanna go. Low carb (Atkins intro phase) is 30g net. (deduct fibre from total carb intake). I teeter around that, though a little higher at 50g, though don't plan to stay that low forever - maybe up to 100g. Everyone's different and does it differently for different reasons. My ratios are 40/40/20 but I'm getting nowhere near that in fat or carbs. I'm still finding my feet too, but it's working so don't plan on 'fixing' it yet :O)

    thanks for your help :-)

    i have switched it to 40/40/20 and see how i go
  • almonds1
    almonds1 Posts: 642 Member
    I take 2350cals day
    I eat 206g carbs, 206g protein and around 70g fat
  • swinginchandra
    swinginchandra Posts: 418 Member
    On what logic do you say stay away from all types of bread, but allow other whole grains? Check out sprouted grain brewed, or even breads made with brown rice flour. Sorry to be snippy, but blanket statements like that bother me. Moderation!

    Is this stuff low carb then? Where do I find it?

    bread* sprouted grain bread! grrr autocorrect.

    My loaf is 15 carbs per slice, with 3 grams of fiber... So 12 net carbs. Depends on how low you consider low carb, but in my book, as a 40/40/20 er, it's really low. Also sprouted grains have a much lower glycemic impact, which is the goal of a low carb diets. Brown rice, for the record, has more than twice that amount of carbs per serving.

    I've never been to a grocery store that doesn't sell it. I KNOW trader joes has a few varieties, and most traditional grocery stores usually carry it. I buy the Ezekiel stuff. It's definitely much heartier than your usual loaf of bread. Try it, and see if you like it.

    As far as answering the OP, when I went really low carb for the first phase of P90X, I found it hard to get enough calories... I think the most important part for me was eating regularly, every 3 hrs or so, or else I got really grumpy!
  • Thriceshy
    Thriceshy Posts: 708 Member
    Try the Sara Lee Delightful Multi Grain bread--45 calories per slice, 9 grams of carbs, and five grams of fiber. It's tasty, too. Keeps my blood sugar (I'm daibetic) happy.

    Kris
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