I've realised i react BADLY to carbs/sugar....

toast/porridge - high carb

rice cakes - also high carb

Sounds worth a go.

I need some form of carb for energy!!

Not sure what you mean by "energy" but there's lots of calories in my zero carb breakfast.

If you mean "I need a blood sugar high" then perhaps you need to think it through a bit further. Did you not say in the OP that these are your trigger foods.

I would definitely add more eggs and meat to your diet.

From meals alone I can get 40g to 50g of protein. For breakfast I usually have 2 Turkey Sausages, 3 Whole Eggs (Scrambled or Omelette...ed) and Baked Beans (Sugar and Salt Reduced), if I have no Turkey Sausage, I will use 4 Turkey Rashers. I had it today and it had 20g of carbs, if I hadn't of had those beans, it would 5g, but I enjoy Baked Beans lol.

For Lunch I usually have Chicken, Tinned Salmon or Tinned Tuna, sadly today has been a bit of a mess, so I will log, but I will count it as a hiccup in my diet. Will count this weekend whereas I usually don't. Anyway, I have this in a sandwich, or make a mildly spicy chicken, tomato and rice dish.

For Dinner, either have beef, chicken, fish, with veggies and potato or rice.


Some days I still have carbs left, but I usually hit my calorie goal already from just protein and fat.

Hang on...so do you cut carbs completely!?!! surely that isn't healthy?! surely you need some wholemeal/wholegrain carbs in your diet? i do drop weight quicker and better when i lower carbs definitely but i can't imagine completely cutting them out...

No I don't think that is what the poster meant. View my diary (it is public). My breakfast is full of energy and yes there are carbs, just it is naturally low. BTW, 1 gram of fat has twice as much energy as 1 gram of carbs, that is why a gram of fat is about 9 calories and a gram of carbs is only 4 calories. Fat also raises the satiety level of the food.

Define react badly?

Feel bloated, no energy, achey, and crave more!!!!

I have this exact reaction (and worse :ohwell: )

Personally, i just aim to avoid refined sugar/carbs because these are what most spike your bood sugar and cause it to suddenly crash. I have had no adverse react from getting sufficient and necessary carbs (your brain cannot get energy from any other macro) through vegetables, pulses, wholegrains (wholewheat pittas, brown rice, quinoa, wholewheat pasta, oats) and a little fruit especially post-workout.

This works for me and might be worth a shot for you. check my diary if you like

I also find I do better on a lower carb/sugar diet. I learned to eat that way while pregnant. I had gestational diabetes and could have NO sugar. Really like not even half a banana. Anyways I am always less bloated and just feel better eating lower carb. I still eat more sugar than I would like, but I am only human.

Sugar and white flour are my gateway drugs to weight gain and I have the same reactions you have!

Protein is amazing in how much energy it will give you. I never imagined I'd ever eat this many eggs, nuts and chicken. Some oats or quinoa, wholewheat stuff is a nice addition once or twice a day. Might want to skip the rice cakes though if once you start you can't stop. There is little nutritional value in them. Or have one - but put nut butter on it to make it a more complete and filling snack. Watch your brand of them though, I've found many have a lot of added sodium/ sugars etc. Others are whole grain or made of brown rice and are better.

surely you need some wholemeal/wholegrain carbs in your diet?

Debatable. Don't think I've eaten any regularly for a couple of years.

I'm not saying you should have zero - I referred to my zero carb breakfast (bacon and fried egg)

How tall are you? How much do you weigh now? Are you sure its the carbs that are causing this or not eating enough? Unless you are 5' straight up or in a coma, 1400 calories isn't enough

5 foot 4 and about 148 pounds (maybe just under). Goal weight is 126 pounds and i have 5 months to do it.

You are eating at JUST barely under your BMR. If you exercise 3 days a week you should be eating around 1800 calories a day.