How to Cut Carbs/Adjust diet for faster weight loss

You need to do some research. Cut the unhealthy carbs. Fruit, veggies, avocado, whole wheat, just to name a few , are good for you, IN PORTION CONTROL!

Belly fat is cardio. You cannot spot reduce. Exercise and healthy eating will eventually help with excess fat.

My suggestion would be to cut the processed sugars from your diet.

OH and also I work out like it's crack (most of the time) Cardio cardio cardio!

I eat Lean meat and green vegetables whenever possible, and I have string cheese and fruits that don't have a lot of sugar as snacks. I stay away from corn, bread, and sugar at all costs!!! I've lost 41 pounds in like 2 months so cutting carbs really works well!

Are you saying that you lost weight because you cut carbs? Because if you are in a calorie deficit you WILL lose weight.

If it fits into your macros....om nom nom

You need to do some research. Cut the unhealthy carbs. Fruit, veggies, avocado, whole wheat, just to name a few , are good for you, IN PORTION CONTROL!

Belly fat is cardio. You cannot spot reduce. Exercise and healthy eating will eventually help with excess fat.

There is not a healthy/unhealthy carb and cardio does not target belly fat.

Eat all your carbs in the evening in a short window and adjust down to around 100gms a day and you will see benefit.

Carbs cover a lot of territory. My enemy is starches -- even the "good" ones. I followed the 17-Day Diet for 3 months, which in the first phase eliminates all starches while retaining light fruits and vegetables, lean meats, non-fat dairy, and eggs. I have lost and maintained the loss of 30 pounds since then. I eat some starches now, but I still eliminate then from my regular routine and just use them for treats.

Weight loss from restricting carbs is NOT water weight loss. Only at first, as the fiber (filled with water) moves through your system.

The whole purpose of a reducing diet is to force your body to burn its stored fat. As long as carbohydrate energy is flowing through your system freely and regularly, your body will not turn to fat for energy. Thus, the reduction in carb intake.

At least, this has been completely true for me. On a routine basis, my carb count hovers around 75-80g per day. And yes, I do work out. I'm a dancer and a backpacker and I lift weights.

Low-carb works for me. I've never felt faint or light headed and I work out with a personal trainer four days a week.

The key is what carbs you eat. Obviously, if you low-carb or not, cut out all white flour products, white rice, white pasta, sugar and sugary syrups, cakes, cookies,etc. This is smart no matter what.

When I low-carb, I turn my habitual American eating habits on their head - breakfast is my heaviest meal of the day, usually accounting for 40% of my overall calorie intake. Dinner is my lightest meal of the day, rarely accounting for more than 20% of my daily calories. Someone said it best & I don't know who, but a good rule is, "Eat like a King at breakfast, a Prince at lunch, and a pauper at dinner.

Good luck!

I went low carb/gluten free... at first very strictly only salad. veg with meat or fish for meals and some fruits. I missed my toast so I found some gluten free bread and allowed it once a week, but i had to burn at least 500 extra cals that day and never had more than 1 carb item in one day.. so couldnt have toast at breakfast AND a small jacket potato for tea.

I love my chocolate brownies and that was always gonna be my major weakness but found a gluten free one. Only thing I couldn't cut out was my yorkshire puds as I'm a yorkshire lass and been having them every sunday for over 40years! .. but I reduced it to a mini one and replace the potatoes with either parsnips or turnip cut into roast potato shapes or carrot/swede mash instead of mashed potato.. I do a workout sunday morning.

All other meals in week don't contain carbs I replace them with butternut squash, parsnip chips, etc.. I allow sweet potato once a week.

My water retention greatly improved and after experimenting it seems I only pile it back on more or less instantly if the carb is heavy portion of wheat based carbs (ie pasta, regular bread) and more than 1 day in a row.

I will re-introduce more carbs more frequently as I get closer to my goal weight but will probably stick with gluten free bread rather than going back to regular bread.. and maybe allow 1 meal a week with carbs so can have chips, jacket spud or a curry and rice if I fancy it as an occasional treat.

I found that if i have small portion of carbs midweek or weekend and the days at either side I stick to diet strictly I don't put on any extra water weight... currently only putting on an extra 1lb a day by bedtime.. if I eat carbs more than 2 days in a row it goes up by 3-5lbs again.

Bingo. I have PCOS which makes me Insulin Resistant

That being the case, I would absolutely listen to your doctor and reduce carbs per her advice. Give it a good two weeks or so as it may take time to adjust in terms of how you feel on a low carb diet.

Cardio doesn't reduce "Belly" fat, in fact cardio itself doesn't reduce fat, being in a caloric deficit reduces fat as body fat % goes down so will your belly fat or leg fat or where ever it is that your body likes to hold on to it. Cardio just makes it easier to reach a caloric deficit that causes you to reduce fat.

Unless you have a disease that affects how your body processes carbe, they are not the enemy.
You will lose weight by reducing the amount of calories you consume and/or increasing the amount you burn (exercise)
One certain food group does not "target" belly fat. Belly fat will decrease along with other fat.

If you stop eating carbs and then reintroduce them, you will gain the weight back unless you decrease something else in your diet to compensate for the carb calories. In a healthy person, weight loss is all about calories in vs. calories out.

PCOS which is a metabolic disorder, and it causes insulin to spike. I

Sorry but PCOS is NOT a metabolic disorder. PCOS is an Endocrine/GYN related diagnosis. The symptoms common with PCOS are Insulin-resistance(Endo), hyperglycemia(Endo), reproductive issues (GYN & Endo), in many cases male-pattern hair loss and growth (Derma and Endo)...

PCOS even itself has different variables as well as far as being diagnosed with it...

Ive worked for physicians and specialists not only as one of their staff, but also as their patient as well... I also have the culinary side where Ive worked with the staff with other patients, as well as worked with the staff AS their patient also.