Low Carb dieters? Are you out there?

Low carb works for me. I don't cut out all carbs though, I just keep it low..

I would love to do low carbs! I substitute a lot (spaghetti squash instead of pasta spaghetti, or pita instead of bread, etc), but am running out of ideas FAST! Added!

I run a low carb diet either 6 days with 1 day "refeed" or 12 days with 2 days "refeed". I take the ketosis approach, 12 days in keto and 1 day refeeding and restoring where I eat whatever I want. There are tons of things to eat on low carb diets, just have to watch out for those "low carb" advertised things, especially if your body doesn't handle sugar alcohols. I can eat all the low carb candy I want, and still stay in ketosis, my wife looks at one piece of candy and gets knocked out. She's dropped around 20lbs so far doing things this way, I'm down 50 in 4 months, but that's with heavy cheat days and 300-400 grams protein + heavy lifting.

Going to start carb cyling tomorrow.

I've done low carb all my life, because my family eat this way and when I moved out to Uni 2 years ago I saw no reason to want or crave carbs! I still eat them, but very, very occasionally and never in the form of bread or pasta - the only 'carb' based dinners I do have will be cous-cous salad, or wheatberries and lentils, or EXTREMELY occasionally udon noodles. I also have ryvitas as snacks, but never more than 2 per day.

Low carb makes me feel great; for a few weeks in my Freshers year I ate the same as everyone else in my flat for ease of cooking - things such as sandwiches, pasta, burgers, curry and rice - and felt so sluggish, ill and bloated that I never want to eat that way again. You definitely don't feel hungry on low/no carbs, as you eat enough quantity of things that are more suitable to being digested in a comfortable way.

Good luck, you'll never go back!

*raises hand* been at it for a year and a half

I am doing moderately low carb. I have oatmeal almost every day and up to 2 servings a day of either 1/4 cup rice, 1/4 cup black beans, or 3oz of sweet potato. I'm down 5+ pounds in 3 weeks (I weigh in again today). I have swapped out grated squash and tofu noodles for pasta, and cauliflower for potatoes. I just stay away from bread. I have traded vinegary snacks (pickled veggies YUM) for sweets.

Here's something though: I weighed in at 158 on 6/27. 6 weeks later, after working out hard and watching calories closely, I weighed in at 164 on 9/19. My trainer thinks I'm allergic to sugar or wheat, my nutritionist thinks it's a sugar, wheat, or dairy intolerance, and my doctor thinks I'm just 31 years old and holding on to weight and need to work harder. The thing *nobody* is talking about, and which I just put together last night, is I was low-carbing Atkins induction-style for 2 weeks prior to my 6/26 weight; as soon as I reintroduced carbs, I gained at a rate of nearly a pound a week even at 1200 calories.

My point being, strict low carb works well for me, but only if I make the decision to never go back to "regular" eating, because as soon as I reintroduce carbs I blow up like a balloon! So for now, I'm sticking to 100 grams of carbs and no sugar. That I can manage for life, as long as I get the occasional day off for cake!

I started low carb today after reaching a Plato for a few weeks. I am hoping that it will kick-start my weight loss again. One question i have is whats a good low number to hit each day is 50 too high?