No carb/low carb diets

I did or am doing a revised dukan diet, I did the attack phase strictly for 7 days and lost 14lb i have since kept to a mainly protein diet, I am meant to do a 1day protein 1 day protein and veg alternately but have I have deviated been going to the gym and am now down by 17lb The initial weight loss along with this web site and my MFP friends motivated me to keep going

I don't know if I'm considered low-carb, but maybe. I've been in maintenance for a while now. I try to follow a 40/30/30 calorie split as closely as possible, and I get most of my carbs from things like fruit or legumes. Sometimes I eat bread/cakes/baked stuff, but maybe only once or twice a week. Rice maybe twice a week. Some oatmeal a couple of times a week. Pasta maybe a couple of times a month. If I go a little carb crazy (parties, special occasions, eating out a lot) and I notice I've put on a kilo, I'll go completely carb free for a couple of days and I'll shrink right back down again.

I used to eat bread/baked goods/pasta/rice three times a day but I feel much better and healthier now that I don't. And I'm thinner.

I have lost 79 pounds over the last 6 months on strick low carb. I have tried to reduce the weight every other way and nothing else ever worked for more than a few weeks for me.

If you do it be prepared for everybody to tell you not to. Do your own research, educate yourself about how your body works when doing low carb and just make sure you are eating everything your body needs in terms of nutrients.

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Can you clarify? You went low carb but didn't try to limit total calories and you still lost 55 lbs? Or did you also stay in a calorie deficit? Difficult to say what exactly caused the weight loss?
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I didn't say that I didn't limit total calories. I did limit them. Quite a bit actually. I was doing a medically supervised low-carb high-protein diet, low calorie diet. I had to eat at least 500 calories from protein everyday. I then got two servings of vegetables or one serving of vegetables and one of fruit every day too. So, as you can tell it was calorie restricted. But, the whole point of doing the low-carb avenue was to get your body into ketosis to lose fat more efficiently. If you are interested in learning more about this diet, please see www.mediweightlossclinics.com.

When I exercised, I was able to eat more calories, so low carb, low calorie, exercise, and a determination to lose is what made it work for me. It's not meant to be a long term diet. When I reached my goal weight, I went into short term maintenance where I added both calories and carbs back incrementally. Until I went into wellness where I had to run a series of tests to determine what my body burns at rest to determine what my calorie intake should be per day if I want to maintain, gain, or lose. I was also given a set of guidelines to help determine where my calories should come (fat, protein, carbohydrates).

I have been doing low carb now for about 4 weeks and have lost about 15 lbs. I had to ease into it though, cause dipping to low carb after eating closer to 100 carbs a day makes me feel sick for a while, this time I eased into it and dropped about 10-20 grams of carbs a day until I was at 20-30 grams a day and that is where I am now. I exercise about 4-5 times a week, usually 30 minutes. Not big on exercise, I am lazy. This week I am staying at 20 grams or less because I am really trying to drop pounds before we go to Florida on vacation! The 15 pounds I have lost has not been very hard at all. I craved carbs for about the first two weeks, but now I don't even think about them much. If you Google no carb recipes you can find all kinds of good stuff to eat. I recommend broccoli if you like it because it makes me full for a long time! LOTS of people are against low carb diets. But it works for me. My doctor is who recommended it to me. It is not for everyone and if you don't do it right you will feel sick and sluggish.