Low carb -help?

If you're on a low carb diet then that means you are suppose to be eating lots of meat.

www.lowcarbdiets.about.com

best low carb site on here..

good luck..i have controled my diabetes with the low carb plan.

Leafy green vegetables, almonds, pork rinds, eggs, cheese, heavy whipping cream, bacon, sausage, beef jerkey

Here are some of my favorite snackees:

Nuts, string cheese/cheese, peanut butter w/celery, edamame, veggies/hummus/guac KIND bars.. The hard part is watching how much to eat, I could eat a whole Costco size containter of cashews if left unattended!

Some snacks I like that have carbs - Motts container of applesauce (or berry sauce) - no added sugars and I pretend its sorbet. Greek plain yogurt with blueberries; cup of grapes, oranges (I just tried some Trader Joe's dried Jeju oranges - very tasty and crunchy!

Good luck!

Thanks every one, that was very helpful!
@247diva-So i should try to stay under 50g a day?

I thought you aren't eating a low carb diet? 50 grams is excessively low.

If all you want to do is cut back a little, just cut back portion sizes. For example, if you're eating pasta, eat half your normal portion. Simple.

@tigersworld yeah i was just wanting to cut back... like i said mine to day was almost 200! what would be a good number for me to start out? id eventually get it down to 50 or less but i loveeeeeee my carbs lol, if i could live on bread i would.

If the only thing that you ate was wheat bread, you'd drop weight fast but that would make you extremely tired since there would be no fat in your diet but having no fat in your diet is the reason why you'd drop weight fast.

Lol it wouldnt be wheat bread.. it would be regular white bread lol. this has been the hardest thing for me so far ..not eating pasta and white bread...

If you're try to do low carb and eating 200grams a day then you're obviously doing it all wrong. hah

Since you're not actually on a no/low carb diet, just keep in mind that anything that has flour or refined sugar in it is usually high in carbs. Cut back on those things and you will see your weight drop.

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"If you love carbs, there's no reason not to eat them. I routinely eat 200-300 grams of carbs a day. There's no benefit to low carb dieting compared to any other diet."
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I don't agree. Read Gary Taubes book "Why We Get Fat" (amongst many others) and you may change your mind.

Those that follow a Paleo diet plan, are also eating low-carb, but they include lots of vegetables, which are also low carbs but the healthy kind. Paleo dieters avoid dairy, grains and legumes (aka beans) so for some that can be pretty tough to do. But they have a diet plan if you're looking to follow a low-carb path that includes eating vegetables and some fruits.

I think the problem we get into trying to maintain a low-carb diet is when we also eliminate vegetables and fruits. We need their nutrients! They are good carbs. Fruits like berries, are good fruits, while others are higher is sugar content. Low-glycemic choices are best. In my opinion if there are any foods to avoid or reduce on a low-carb diet, it would be grains. But if you're going to eat grains, try brown rice or quinoa instead of white rice or wheat-products.

Good luck!

Carla

I'm familiar with Gary Taubes. He has no idea what he's talking about, quite honestly. He uses very bad science, and completely misinterprets studies in order to push his agenda. The man isn't a scientist, and has no education in nutrition, he's a journalist. It's his job to write sensationalistic crap to scare people into buying his books.

I thought Gary Taubes had a BS degree in physics from Harvard, an MS degree in aerospace engineering from Stanford and an MA degree in journalism from Columbia. So I guess that makes him a physicist, rocket scientist and a journalist (scientist =2, journalist = 1). The fact that he didn't study nutrition science doesn't bug me, given the loads of incoherent and inconsistent blather spewing out of the nutritionist camp.