Have Any Of Yous Lost Weight Without Removing Carbs From Your Diet?
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I never restricted carbohydrates while losing weight. I lost 42 pounds and am comfortably maintaining it with carbohydrates being 50-60% of my daily intake.1
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I've lost 15 lbs already and have not cut a thing from my diet but Pop-Tarts. Still eat plenty of rice, potatoes, pasta...0
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To date, the community at avatar nutrition has lost 41,509 lbs without cutting carbs out.0
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I have my macros set to MFP's default at 50%. I've lost and kept off ~60 lbs eating as much or as little carbs as I want.0
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I think the idea is the way of eating that works best for you, is the one to go with, based on your preferences/intolerances/whatever. There's obviously different considerations with each of these in terms of overall nutrition and health impacts, but despite all of that, the calorie deficit that mattes most in terms of weight loss. Confession: I don't think I quite fit into any of the below. I just set my calorie deficit, ate what I fancied in relation to that target, adjusted what foods I used to hit that target when I found what kept me most full, energised and happy, and I've kept the weight off +/- 3 lbs here and there for the past several years.
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Yes, I have started to eat more whole grain high fiber breads and crackers. But other than that not much change except a smaller amount.0
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If you stick with a calorie deficit with exercise there should be no reason why you shouldn't lose weight n still have carbs!0
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Go peek in the success story section of MFP. You'll find the majority of successes are from plain ole calorie restriction.2
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80 lbs, still plenty of carbs. I do horrible on low carb - dizzy, weak, hangry.1
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56 lbs in 6.5 months. Carb is the macro I'm likeliest to go over, in fact. I'm vegetarian and in my quest of hitting my protein levels, I'm also getting a lot of carbs along the way. Not hurting any.0
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I lost 70 pounds. I rarely pay any attention to carbs. I try to hit my protein goal every day and I let fats and carbs fill out the rest.0
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I didn't eliminate them or purposefully restrict them, but a typical consequence of reducing total calories is reducing the total amount of carbs - but not necessarily reducing the % carbs in your diet.
In my case, because I'm short and wasn't overweight to start with, my calorie goal was low. So, when I made sure I got enough protein and fat, my % carbs decreased by default. I was still not low carb. I probably averaged 100-150 grams of carbs per day.0 -
Sure have! It's really up to each individual person and what works best for them. But I focus on GOOD carbs - fruits, veggies, whole grains, beans. No processed garbage. I'm down 25 pounds!0
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I don't find removing one kind of food from my diet to be helpful. So I don't eliminate anything & keep to a well balanced diet. I find that this is best for me &, well, for most people. I'd only remove something if my doctor said to do so, but all he's said to me is to reduce my caloric intake & to eat as healthy as possible, cutting back on junk food & upping my water & veggie intake.0
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About 100 lbs.
In fact, I probably eat more carbs now than I did before BUT my choice of carbs is different and I am way more active than I ever was.1 -
Yes, 112 pounds lost (used to be more, had a small planned regain) and carbs make up roughly 55% of my calories, sometimes more.
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littlemshepy wrote: »Just wondering if any of yous have lost a huge amount of weight without restricting/removing carbs from your diet? xx
Never believed in cutting anything out. Love my carbs and they are an important part of my diet. Lost over 20Kg
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i've experienced steady weight loss while eating pop tarts on a daily basis, just ate within a deficit. my body responds well to it.1
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littlemshepy wrote: »Just wondering if any of yous have lost a huge amount of weight without restricting/removing carbs from your diet? xx
I don't mean to take over OP's discussion, but I think my question kind of goes "hand in hand" with the question. I've always wondered about cutting carbs, also.. However, could you tell me if there are certain type of exercises that one does to be able to keep carbs in their "diet", to loose the weight? Please forgive me, it this is not appropriate.0 -
I'm like @ladyreva78 except I'm awaiting gallbladder removal, eating very low fat, high carb and even high sugar, got to get my calories from somewhere, I'm down 34 lbs since mid Jan 171
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