F, 100+ to lose, low-carb, emotional eater

57 year old male 5' 11'' Day 22 staying between 1700 and 2100 calories with no extra exercise
Type 2 diabetic with blood pressure problems both controlled by medication
In 22 days I have lost from my highest ever weight of 317.6 lbs to 298.2 lbs (98 lbs to go )

I realize as a women you get less calories but I think your carbs are way to low for glycemic balance.
Your body will not perform well and give you cravings till you give in.
It just isn't sustainable to eat so few carbs.

I have tried every diet known to man over the last 30 years. All will fall short and aren't sustainable.

My advice is to buy a cheap meter like a Relion ($16.00 @ walmart with strips and lances about $25.00 )

Take your blood sugar before and two hours after every meal for a few days. (3 to 5)

Find what works. Do some research and find out what the recommendations are for your gender and body type.

For me I can load carbs better in the daytime than at night.

Breakfast and Lunch I try for about 40 carbs with 60 being my upper limit. 120 for the whole day.
That being said it is different for every body but it will probably still be in that 20 to 40 range.

If you balance your carbs you will find that the calories will follow, they have to its all pretty much mathematical.

I just wish I had discovered this sooner.

Since I was about 30 I have lost all the weight many times and regained it with usually a bonus.

This time will be different.

In the last 22 days i have not once been hungry and when presented with poor choices it has been pretty easy to overcome.

I hope this helps and best wishes.

Hi there!
I'm a 38 year old mother of 1. I would like to lose 80 pounds.
I'm currently on day 14. I am starting over again, it's sad because I have started again so many times. My goal is simply to be healthy and stay healthy. With me I find that I am either gaining or losing weight.
Like you I have never lost all of the weight that I should or want to. I will start to self sabotage and I also know but seem to be helpless to stop it. One of my triggers is when people start to notice and comment on my weight loss as well, but I don't really understand it. One thing that I do know is that I absolutely hate when my weight is the hot topic of discussion. I just don't want to talk about it with my family and friends. I don't know why but it makes me feel very uncomfortable.
I am not doing low carb.
Good luck on your journey.

Just one more thing since it wont let me edit .... hahah
This whole net carb thing is nonsense.

I have done the Atkins diet before and in the end it will not work.
Let the haters hate but a calorie is a calorie.

Eating net carbs is like eating back your exercise calories and will only bring you to failure though it may take awhile or not. hahaha

Exercise calories are subjective. They are real but not in the proportions that people use them.
For example Cardio exercise for 30 minutes may only really give you 10 minutes of REAL calorie burning time.
When your heart rate and other factors actually combine to give the Cardio burst.

So you enter 30 minutes worth of exercise and say that's a 100 calories give or take when at best you have done 30 to 40 and then you add back 60 extra calories and wonder why your stuck or gaining.

You have friendly carbs and unfriendly carbs. Those that go off like a little atomic bomb in your blood stream and those that don't.

Yes you can slow the digestion of the unfriendlies by adding fiber or fat but guess what you are still eating calories eh!

For example all those Atkins snack bars. The calories are huge!

Basically you take a snickers bar and add a bunch of fiber and pronounce it Net Carbs and that is just rubbish.

I love sweet potatoes! They have good vitamins and fiber out the wazoo and although they are a friendly carb it doesn't mean you can sit down and eat a 1 lb one because it will fit in your calories.

Low calorie food MUST be eaten in portion and that portion is dictated by a REAL carb count not some Alice in wonderland ponzi carb counting scheme.

Again Best Wishes

Angie2822 wrote: »

My goal is simply to be healthy and stay healthy. With me I find that I am either gaining or losing weight.
Like you I have never lost all of the weight that I should or want to. I will start to self sabotage and I also know but seem to be helpless to stop it. One of my triggers is when people start to notice and comment on my weight loss as well, but I don't really understand it. One thing that I do know is that I absolutely hate when my weight is the hot topic of discussion. I just don't want to talk about it with my family and friends. I don't know why but it makes me feel very uncomfortable.
I am not doing low carb.
Good luck on your journey.

This trigger is the worst and as ive mentioned above it is also one of mine. My brain says "hey, you're doing great, you need to reward yourself" or "i can't keep doig this if they keep talking about this"
I have asked close friends and family not to comment and still I walked into a party last week and had 3 people who know this is an issue for me whisper into my ear that im looking great. As though not saying it out loud for everyone to hear makes it ok that they've mentioned something that I asked them not to.
Bright side is knowing it's a trigger makes it easier to deal with cos I can talk my head down.

Starting carb cycling again not to loose this time but to trim. I'd love to trade/share ideas and give support.

Hello and welcome OP. I suggest you check out the following main low carber daily forum group here in MFP. It's where most of us Ketophiles tend to hang out:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/discussions/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

They have lots of great resources in the sticky note / launch pad area including tons of links to websites with Keto friendly recipes not to mention thousands of supportive and knowledgeable members too!