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  • Working2BLean
    Working2BLean Posts: 386 Member
    I use my carbs for strenuous exercise or endurance training

    I get them for long bike rides from a snickers bar or something I want. A 3 hour ride burns about 2100 calories. I may eat two candy bars and two protein bars and still have a 1000 calorie deficit

    All the carbs get burnt off

    Carbs are high octane fuel. Unless I am doing something to burn them off I stick to veggie based slow release low glycemic carbs

    The sugar based carbs are bad for me personally unless I burn them off immediately.

  • bowlerae
    bowlerae Posts: 555 Member
    Veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, spaghetti and zucchini squash mostly), full fat greek yogurt (I get Cabot brand and there is a TON of fat in a serving which is one cup, I do 1/2 cup to cut the carbs), raspberries/blueberries/blackberries with the greek yogurt (yogurt ends up being around 12 g net carbs so I make sure rest of my carbs are low for the day), a bunch of cheese, occasionally sun dried tomatoes in pasta, Lily's dark chocolate, nuts/seeds, low carb wraps that I make into tortilla chips to eat with guacamole.
  • MindfulMother
    MindfulMother Posts: 38 Member
    I stay under 20 grams of carbs so I use them for spinach, lettuce,heavy cream and cheese.
  • TomKershawUK
    TomKershawUK Posts: 65 Member
    I'm not super strict, so full-fat milk, vegetables / fruits (eg. tomatoes), dark chocolate... Many cheeses are so low in carbs I don't think it is worth being concerned about.
  • anglyn1
    anglyn1 Posts: 1,802 Member
    Mostly low carb veggies, 90% dark chocolate, peanut or cashew butter, Halo Top, and occasionally berries with full fat Greek yogurt.
  • coloradoartstudio
    coloradoartstudio Posts: 104 Member
    1. veggies like spinach, lettuce, avocado, zucchini, cauliflower, celery, mushrooms, onions, garlic, brussel sprouts etc. I'm steering clear of starchy ones like potatoes.
    2. dairy - half and half, heavy cream, cheese, sour cream, butter
    3. WINE - with a martini thrown in on occasion
    4. nuts - I buy the little individual packs otherwise I'd eat them all.
    5. nut flours like almond or coconut

    I think I'm averaging about 30-35 net carbs a day. I'm not losing super fast, but it's sustainable.
  • TomKershawUK
    TomKershawUK Posts: 65 Member
    anglyn1 wrote: »
    Mostly low carb veggies, 90% dark chocolate, peanut or cashew butter, Halo Top, and occasionally berries with full fat Greek yogurt.

    I've found that differing brands of chocolate can contain variable amounts of carbs even at the same cocoa solids percentage level, although I'd think at 90% one would be fairly safe.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Mine almost always get filled by incidental carbs in things like eggs and protein powders. Right now, outside of my refeeds, the only non-incidentals that I eat are mustard greens and spinach.

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