Carb inquiry

It works for me. However, you really have to keep at it.

If you want to go back to eating carbs after you've lost whatever weight, you'll have to ease back into a carby diet. If you do it too quickly, you'll gain back everything you lost on low-carb.

Though it might not necessarily be the best approach for some people. Do research before you start cutting carbs, so you really know what you're doing.

It is better to eat a well rounded diet. You will be able to stick with it for life. The key is to eat whole grains in your carbs.

My boss is telling me to eliminate carbs from my diet and I will begin to lose weight again. Is this correct? What is ur opinion?

There are some that say yes to carbs (the good carbs) and there are some that say low carbs are the way to go. If you really want to lose weight and don't mind experimenting (this depends if you are healthy or not so consult a doctor about your medical condition, not his or her opinion on how you should diet) you can try a low carb, high fat high protein diet like Atkins or low fat high carb like McDougall. The 3rd is everything in moderation diet (I don't know who to read for that).

Good health to you.

Cutting out carbs has worked for me. Going low carb is not for everyone, do some research and see what works for you.

For the most part....you can do what is called A FLUSH.....for 1 week (ONLY) avoid them altogether. Since carbs are in pretty much everything except meats you will have a hard time doing this I am sure of it.

BUT, and I strongly encourage you eat carbs, start adding them back into your diet because your body does need them to function properly.

When you start to add them back, start with the good ones, the complex ones and limit your intake to around 150- 200 grams per day. Your body will tell you if you need more.

talk to your doctor about it, but for me it's about good and bad carbs. I am working on cutting everything white out of my diet. I am going to whole grains... brown rice, quinoa, sweet potatoes instead of white potatoes.

I find my body functions better without carbs. I get them in the form of vegetables - very little fruit, nuts and seeds. I eat mostly protein and fat and this is a very sustainable way to eat and live. If you do a lot of high intensity exercising yes you do need more carbs but I don't believe in "chronic cardio". It's not that carbs are the body's preferred fuel source. Its that getting your blood sugar levels back to normal takes priority. When carbs are absent the body turns fat into glucose and gets it to where it needs to go.

Some people have to eliminate food groups. What is the difference between "have to" and "want to"?

Interesting that the very thing they feed to animal to fatten up fast for slaughter (bigger animal mean more $$) they tell us to eat the most of because its good for maintaining weight and even good for weight loss. I'm sorry but I don't get it.

Everyone's body is different. People can only tell you what worked for *them* and that may or may not be what will work for *you*.

There are hundreds of different chemicals that interact in our metabolisms. How efficiently your metabolism works, and what nutrients it uses well, can be influenced by your genetics, your activity level, how much sleep you're getting or by what part of your reproductive cycle you're on. No one guideline can address all of those different variables for every person. So the idea of a one-size-fits-all ratio doesn't make much sense, when you think about it. Each person has to figure out what will work for them.

For 20 years, I obeyed all the govt's rules about nutrient ratios, I worked hard and exercised hard, and I gained a steady 5-10 lb a year, and I had to endure all the judgments from people who assumed I was lazy or undisciplined 'cause "it's easy, just count your calories in, calories out." I'd say "I am," but their response was, "If you were, you'd be losing weight." In other words, I was a lazy, undisciplined liar, too. I got so frustrated that I had almost given up.

Until I met my current doctor, who explained the metabolic processes involved, tested me to see where my body was being inefficient/ineffective, and decided that the best approach for me was to severely restrict my carbs. Now, on a ratio of 5% carbs / 30% fat / 65% protein, I have been able to lose weight consistently for the first time in my life. In the past, any other diet has left me feeling depressed and hungry. This lifestyle change, on the other hand, has been relatively easy and has cured my depression & mood swings. To me, that is an indication that this is the right path for me.

So I guess my advice is to listen to your body, and do what works for you!

Thank everyone. I love pasta, but I don't mind wheat or whole grain. I don't eat much bread, and I like vegetables, so maybe just a modification will work for me. I've been concentrating on calories and sodium.

If your sodium is a little high for the day, drink more water to compensate.

i agree carbs = ENERGY big time. Plus you will lose weight cause you are reducing your totalcalorie intake but you're also going lose a whole lot of muscle. I think if you're planning to not just lose weight but gain good lean muscle so that when you walk your not jiggly ---- i've got wobbly bits so I'm talking from experience ---- you need the energy to work out to be firm.
Just a thought. Good luck though with whatever you decide life is about trying and learning and trying and learning some more.