Those 20lbs. Just crept up on me!!!!! HELP

Momof4fabkids7
Momof4fabkids7 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
So I have 4 kids and I gained a lot of weight my youngest is 7. For the past 4 years I have lost and kept on 70 pounds. But this past year 20 pounds crept back up on me and I can't seem to shake it off. I do carb cycling when I feel like I need to lose weight but I feel like it doesn't really work anymore. So then I try no carbs and that doesn't work either.

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  • jdog022
    jdog022 Posts: 693 Member
    I eat 40% or so carbs. lost plenty of weight. it has nothing to do with carbs. it's all about being a slight caloric deficit. that's really it. I know this the most widely given answer here but it's that simple
  • ccsernica
    ccsernica Posts: 1,040 Member
    Calories out > Calories in results in weight loss. It really is that simple.
  • tlflag1620
    tlflag1620 Posts: 1,358 Member
    I do low carb for two reasons 1. I like the food and 2. I find high fat and high protein foods much more filling than sugars and starches. I can lose, maintain, or gain eating low carb, depending on my calorie intake.

    The moral of the story - do low carb or carb cycling if you like it and it makes adherence easier for you, but at the end of the day, if you want to lose weight, you will need to be in a calorie deficit, regardless of what your macros look like.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    Do you count calories at all? Weight loss is all about calories, not carbs (I eat up to 50% and even 60% of my daily calories in carbs sometimes).
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I'm guessing the reason carb cycling worked in the past is that you ended up eating less calories than you burned. For some reason this isn't happening this time. Maybe you are eating too much protein, too high of fat, sneaking in more carbs than you think, something to push the total calories over the limit.

    So yeah, count calories, eat less than you burn.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Calorie deficit.
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    It doesn't work because you're eating too much. Cut calories - that's all you need to do to lose weight.
  • Momof4fabkids7
    Momof4fabkids7 Posts: 4 Member
    tlflag1620 wrote: »
    I do low carb for two reasons 1. I like the food and 2. I find high fat and high protein foods much more filling than sugars and starches. I can lose, maintain, or gain eating low carb, depending on my calorie intake.

    The moral of the story - do low carb or carb cycling if you like it and it makes adherence easier for you, but at the end of the day, if you want to lose weight, you will need to be in a calorie deficit, regardless of what your macros look like.

  • Momof4fabkids7
    Momof4fabkids7 Posts: 4 Member
    momof5fabkids wrote: »
    tlflag1620 wrote: »
    I do low carb for two reasons 1. I like the food and 2. I find high fat and high protein foods much more filling than sugars and starches. I can lose, maintain, or gain eating low carb, depending on my calorie intake.

    The moral of the story - do low carb or carb cycling if you like it and it makes adherence easier for you, but at the end of the day, if you want to lose weight, you will need to be in a calorie deficit, regardless of what your macros look like.

    Thank you I started logging faithfully my foods and that helps me seeing how many calories I have left. Thanks that helps a lot.
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