Thank you for posting this. It is amazing to me how my body responds to removal of at least some carbs. After just 2 days of lowering my carbs (basically skipping the "whites"...sugar, bread, potatoes, rice and only eating low carb fruit like strawberries, blueberries and green veggies, i lost 2 lbs!).

When I go lo-cal...not only do I starve but I also lose VERY slowly and laboriously. I am going to stick to it as a lifestyle change as well as a weight-loss plan in the new year. I am looking forward to posting with Like-Minded MFP friends!

Nice to meet you all!
My favorite LC myth I've seen around here is that LC makes you tired and sick. How stupid. When I did even EXTREME low carb, I felt absolutely fine, in fact I felt better than usual. I am an avid exerciser, and I was able to work out with no problem whatsoever. What a stupid load of crap.

Absolutely! I feel tired and fatigued when I am eating carbs!! It's a shame that the majority of society have bee brain-washed into this hogwash. There are a lot of over-weight people who give up because their diets don't work eating "healthy". Even doctors are in denial that low carb is an answer for some people. I am just lucky that my doctor has a sister that is obese and insulin resistant and her only solution to lose weight was low carb - so, my GP supports what I am doing and my dietician is guiding me.

Still, I have bad thyroid issues and I'm not losing like many do on low carb -- but it's ok -- I am losing - just slower than most.

yeah i sure have noticed the anti-LC mindset on MFP. lol add in that you eat "clean" and it gets even worse. sorry but i am not denying myself anything by not eating fast food and such~ they just don't have anything that i LIKE (as in enjoy or want) to eat there. is that so hard to believe? some seem to think so.

Same here, I have seen quite a bit of it. Everyone is different and some respond better to L/C, myself included. Unfortunately everyone thinks their way is best and insist on pushing their dogma. Can be frustrating at times but for the most part I just ignore it and do what I feel is right for me. The rest can go take a flying leap.

I've spent the last 10+ years gaining weight and not being able to find/stick to a diet that I can lose weight on. FINALLY... I am on the Ideal Protein (low carb) diet and have lost 40lbs since September! I eat less without getting hungry when I eat mostly protein. Still dealing with cravings for certain foods (like ice cream), but it is lots easier on a low carb diet to consistently lose weight.

Glad to know others feel the same!

Hello All!! I am new to this group and so thankful that I found it. I can lose weight on a lo cal diet, but I never feel right. I am best on a low carb plan. I am trying to keep under 50 carbs per day, and I know that is high to some people. But that is my starting point. I will truly appreciate the support on this. Thanks Aimee

I am so happy that I have found others who are LC, my dr recommended it for my PCOS. I did Atkins a few years ago, and lost 70 + lbs, but gained it all back when I added carbs back in... Now I'm doing a modified Atkins, eating fruits which were a no-no on the beginning phase of Atkins.

Or here is a wicked one...

The fact that people just dont understand that most of us who are on the LC wagon, are doing so under the advisement of our healthcare providers...

Ive got three doctors all backing me up... two of which I used to work for, so basically I get the red-carpet treatment when I go in! LOL!

I get really angry over the people who think this is just some fad that we are choosing to take on and 'not deal with real food'... Well, Id like to have people see what I went through when I almost went into Insulin Shock, and my liver was shutting down with a scorching case of Hepatitis because it couldnt handle the insulin overload!

"Moderation is the key" is all fine and dandy if you are not battling things on the other side.... but, with me, moderation is a farce. I have an elimination list to follow and reading labels isnt an issue where Ive been doing that for some time now.... BUT, I wont put up with people taking jabs at me, or another person who is following the same suit as us.... I tend to be quite outspoken, I will admit, but Im not just gonna sit back and take crap...

Ive often thought about making a Potato gun and doing a video to the "Moderation Police" and showing them what I think of their moderation! LOL!

I'm also another doing Low Carb for my PCOS, i will also start to supplement with D-chiro-Inositol, but mostly because I'm really ready to start my body for conception with my fiance within the next year or so. The VLC has made so many positive changes for me, so thankfully it's easier for me to shrug the a$%holes off. Also doesn't help most of my life i have very unsupportive family members, who thought when i was diagnosed with Celiacs that i was lying. So i can thank them for preparing me for "haters" haha. Glad to find this group tho! Makes me want o join the community on MFP again

What annoys me are the threads where someone asks a question, like a question about what their macro levels should be, or whether to worry that they're over MFP's sugar levels, and someone will ALWAYS say, "It's all about calories in, calories out. Just stay in a calorie deficit, the macros don't matter". And then someone will quote them and say "This".

Of course if someone posts that they're in deficit but not losing, it's "Oh, you've gone into starvation mode".
Not "Hmm, well maybe this calorie deficit thing isn't the whole answer, maybe something else is going on here". No, lets evoke the all-powerful get-out clause of starvation mode, also known as "you're doing it wrong." Eat less, but not too much less, and move more, but not too much more, and if that doesn't work, try eating more, or maybe less, and moving more, or differently, but always always blame yourself, never the diet. And if a low carber comes along and says wait a minute, just try cutting your carbs and eating when you're hungry, the thread descends into an argument.

So good to see this thread...I not only low carb but I also zig zag (which raises a few eyebrows) . People need to understand not everything will work for everybody. Best thing in the world for me was discovering what Macro's were! Love Playing with my Numbers!!

I've newish to the message boards, and it has been a bit of a shock to see the backlash against low carb dieting. Apparently anyone who does LC has to defend their choice and even come up with a medical justification for it. I *do* have a medical reason for it (PCOS), but why should I have to defend it at all? Lots of wrong information is being thrown around about LC as if it is fact.

I don't really have a question here, just happy to see there is a supportive group.

It's ridiculous on the forums. I posted a Primal Blueprint question awhile back asking for only people doing the Primal Blueprint to comment and had a TON of nasty people comment. Most of which are still overweight anyway. Hmm. Ironic. lol

Of course if someone posts that they're in deficit but not losing, it's "Oh, you've gone into starvation mode".
Not "Hmm, well maybe this calorie deficit thing isn't the whole answer, maybe something else is going on here". No, lets evoke the all-powerful get-out clause of starvation mode, also known as "you're doing it wrong." Eat less, but not too much less, and move more, but not too much more, and if that doesn't work, try eating more, or maybe less, and moving more, or differently, but always always blame yourself, never the diet. And if a low carber comes along and says wait a minute, just try cutting your carbs and eating when you're hungry, the thread descends into an argument.

This made me laugh SO hard, because it's true! I am hypothyroid with adrenal problems and other hormone issues, I've done a ton of reading and am following something like the Primal Blueprint lifestyle... after two days I feel great! Calories in/out stopped working for me two years ago so now it's time to try something that MAKES SENSE! Glad to be a part of this group :-)

What I just LOVE are the people who ask if we've got some medical condition that requires us to restrict our carbs, as if that's the only acceptable reason.

This is my favorite one and it comes up EVERY EFFING TIME.

Grains make me feel like *kitten*. I don't need a note from my doctor or a pubmed study to justify why I don't eat them. Drives me up the wall.

It's a lifestyle choice, so what?

Low carb works for me I followed the Dukan diet attack phase for 7 days and lost a stone (14lb) and then modified it slightly to suit me with a few more carbs
Then some MFP nutrition scientists posters came along and said its not healthy to loose so much in so little time EXCUSE ME ive kept that weight off and lost a bit more (over the festive period I did go AWOL and put some weight back on but back on the Dukan for 2 days and im 7 lb down on my gain )
Ive not researched the Atkins but been told that fat levels in it are not good for you and as my diet suits me I will stick to it :bigsmile: