eating low carbs?

you answered your own question. There's only 3 choices, so if you take carbs out, and don't want to eat any more protein, you're left with fats my dear, there is no fourth alternative.

for those of you on a low carb diet, what do you eat instead of carbs?
i'm thinking of maybe lowering my carb intake but because it makes up most of my meals i dont know what i would eat instead, i already eat way over on my protein.

Katie
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When you say low carbs, what do you mean? When I eat a lower carb diet (on that wagon again starting yesterday), I take out anything that is packaged, processed, or white (crackers, cookies, rice, bread, etc.) but I load up and love my fruits. I don't believe carbs are bad, but rather the type of carbs you eat. I looked at my diary for the past week and figured out where I could have made HEALTHIER food choices carb wise and I'm going to try that.

Hope it goes well for you

When you adjust your stats manually, you'll see that if you raise or lower one of the three (carb/fat/protein), the others adjust to keep all of the percentages at 100%. That's because all of our calories come from those three things.

For about the first month that I was here, I played around with the stats and possible menus to find a healthy balance...for me. Good carbs are ok, but even then, I try to keep them to a minimum. High protein foods, low carb, low fat are what I aim for (sometimes unsuccessfully). Based on my own diet (I can't cook at work, or find some unprocessed items locally, nor do I have the time to cook everything from scratch), I found a plan that seems healthy and is working, for me.

I avoid breads and generally only have a slice of whole wheat for breakfast to help get me going. I only rarely eat pasta and other grain products, and beans are kept to a minimum. No potatoes at all. Other than that, just remember that fruit also contains quite a few carbs (due to their sugar content).

I've decreased my carb goals, which increased my protein & fat allowances. I find that I eat lots of veggies & lean protein meat & cheese. Fruit has a lot of carbs, so I naturally limit them. It isn't so hard to stay within the limits if you do the research & log everything.

My carbs come from natural sources only.............


Nuts and seeds
Dairy (yogurt, cheese, butter)
Vegetables
Limited amount of fruit (mostly eat berries, apples, pears, pineapple, melons)
Baked sweet potato about 1 or 2 times a month

Only grains I eat are steel cut oats and quinoa. I have eaten DreamsField Pasta on occasion, but it makes me retain water badly due to the wheat in it, so it looks like I am going to have to cut it out completely and permanently because I don't like dealing with swollen hands, ankles and bloated stomach.