Macros for low carb diet?

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  • mykaylis
    mykaylis Posts: 320 Member
    i am beginning this as well largely to support my husband who has awful leg infections from edema that just won't go away. we need to bring the blood sugar down and get his kidneys to work overtime getting the edema out! this is so new to me. i was eating more of a "balanced diet" for a long time with good results, and before that i was a junk food junkie and bona fide sugar addict.

    i've set his carb goal as 20g/day and mine at 50g/day (i'm eating a serving of fruit). because of his edema he has been told to reduce his salt. i made homemade chicken broth yesterday and added 5g "realsalt" (sodium chloride plus traces of other minerals) and 5g potassium chloride. am i on the right track so far?

    also, suggested book list? i've read Atkins and now i'm about to read The Big Fat Surprise, but our library is in desperate need of NEW (no more than 2 years old) books on the subject.
  • bexilashious
    bexilashious Posts: 116 Member
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »
    Judging by the way they go through it around here you would think so! HAHA! I secretly like to melt a little chocolate and dip little hunks of peanut butter in it once in a while.

    I forsee peanut butter being my downfall LOL!
    I LOVE it!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    bexilashious wrote: »
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »
    I will say this much. It can be a chore to get enough calories if you do not add in enough fat. First thing you should do is make sure you know exactly what you are consuming now. What does your carb, protein and fat intake currently look like? Increase from there based on your findings. Also, for a good low carb and high protein suggestion I like cottage cheese, certain yogurts are not heavily sweetened like Siggi's. They actually have a great whole milk yogurt. I like to add a tablespoon of olive oil to a glass of tomato juice. This helps me because if I am on a low carb day and all that butter and meat isn't feeling so great on my stomach the tomato juice spiked with olive oil is just right. Eggs are great for fat and protein. But yeah, as was stated already 1000 calories is no good long term. In fact the calorie problem is one reason I don't stay on a low carb plan. I lose my appetite and have a terrible time getting even to 800 calories. Carb cycling works best for me because of that.

    Yes I am struggling to go above 800 calories too

    Peanut butter.

    As great a suggestion and as delicious as it is One can only eat so much peanut butter. LOL!

    I can drink a 500 calorie peanut butter banana protein powder smoothie with no effort at all.
  • ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken Posts: 1,530 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    bexilashious wrote: »
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »
    I will say this much. It can be a chore to get enough calories if you do not add in enough fat. First thing you should do is make sure you know exactly what you are consuming now. What does your carb, protein and fat intake currently look like? Increase from there based on your findings. Also, for a good low carb and high protein suggestion I like cottage cheese, certain yogurts are not heavily sweetened like Siggi's. They actually have a great whole milk yogurt. I like to add a tablespoon of olive oil to a glass of tomato juice. This helps me because if I am on a low carb day and all that butter and meat isn't feeling so great on my stomach the tomato juice spiked with olive oil is just right. Eggs are great for fat and protein. But yeah, as was stated already 1000 calories is no good long term. In fact the calorie problem is one reason I don't stay on a low carb plan. I lose my appetite and have a terrible time getting even to 800 calories. Carb cycling works best for me because of that.

    Yes I am struggling to go above 800 calories too

    Peanut butter.

    As great a suggestion and as delicious as it is One can only eat so much peanut butter. LOL!

    I can drink a 500 calorie peanut butter banana protein powder smoothie with no effort at all.

    Congratulations! What does that have to do with the desire to eat peanut butter in large quantities? Pretty much nothing. That's what. I could clear a half a jar of peanut butting a day when I'm PMSing. But that doesn't mean I want to do that all the time.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    edited September 2016
    mykaylis wrote: »
    i am beginning this as well largely to support my husband who has awful leg infections from edema that just won't go away. we need to bring the blood sugar down and get his kidneys to work overtime getting the edema out! this is so new to me. i was eating more of a "balanced diet" for a long time with good results, and before that i was a junk food junkie and bona fide sugar addict.

    i've set his carb goal as 20g/day and mine at 50g/day (i'm eating a serving of fruit). because of his edema he has been told to reduce his salt. i made homemade chicken broth yesterday and added 5g "realsalt" (sodium chloride plus traces of other minerals) and 5g potassium chloride. am i on the right track so far?

    also, suggested book list? i've read Atkins and now i'm about to read The Big Fat Surprise, but our library is in desperate need of NEW (no more than 2 years old) books on the subject.

    Keto Clarity, Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution, The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living, Obesity Code, Protein Power, Pure White and Deadly and Taubes' books are all good LCHF reads.

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