Great Tasting and Good For You Carbs???

Ohhh girl. I was a bread/pasta FIEND back when I was overweight. There is a line from 30 Rock where Liz Lemon is ordering a meatball sandwich "with extra bread". That could have been me

I cut back a LOT on bread and pasta. I ate mostly vegetables and meat, some fruit and yogurt. Bread was a much smaller portion of my diet. I lost the weight and have been keeping it off and you know what... Bread is delicious, but it doesn't have the same hold over me as it used to. Every once in a blue moon I'll eat pasta and enjoy it but I don't CRAVE it anymore. So for me personally, this was one of the sacrifices I had to just suck up and deal with, and it was absolutely worth it.

pepperidge farm has a low carb style bread that is yummy and whole wheat

There is a ton of research about how grains are bad for you. I didn't make it up, do some research.

Wheat Belly was a huge eye opener for me. Glad someone finally wrote a book explaining why wheat is NOT appropriate for our genetic make-up.

Everything that moron ever said is wrong.

http://carbsanity.blogspot.com/2012/01/physician-phollies-ii-dr-william-wheat.html

we made cauliflower crust pizza for dinner tonight. i had half a 12" pie for just over 500 calories. and it was amazing.

the calorie count isn't considerably different than a regular pizza, but the protein count is enormous and the fiber count is pretty good, too. the carb count is fantastic. and did i mention it is amazing? A.MA.ZING.

http://www.recipegirl.com/2012/01/16/cauliflower-crust-hawaiian-pizza/

there are all kinds of ways to put cauliflower into "bread" form, so you can feel somewhat relieved to satisfy a craving without blowing your carbs

There is a ton of research about how grains are bad for you. I didn't make it up, do some research.

Wheat Belly was a huge eye opener for me. Glad someone finally wrote a book explaining why wheat is NOT appropriate for our genetic make-up.

Everything that moron ever said is wrong.

http://carbsanity.blogspot.com/2012/01/physician-phollies-ii-dr-william-wheat.html

Yes, so many Cardiologists are considered "morons". I suppose you're far more qualified.

Not sure where you are, but I am in Canada and we have a bread called Squirrely Bread. Its very hearty and tasty. You know you have had a piece of bread when you eat that....I like it with Peanut butter & butter (which probably explains why I need to lose so much weight!!)

Whole wheat or any kind of wheat is bad for you.

Stop making things up.

she isnt making things up. just because you disagree, doesnt mean she made it up. grains dont offer anything that cant be obtained from a better source. you know it.

LOL @ the appeal to authority. How, exactly is a cardiologist qualified to make the claims that this clown does?

how exactly are you qualified to spout all your claims?

I eat bread everyday and I'm still losing weight or have kept my weight as is. I'm at 119, at 5ft 3inches, dropped 2 pounds over the last 2 weeks keeping to my diet of bread and white rice.

I've been baking my own bread and realized that many store bought bread esp the white loaves are high on butter ( fats) and sugar and some with milk, tHat you really don't need that extra in your body. So, now I bake Italian bread that's mainly made up of salt, flour, olive oil, yeast and water. I add in things like olives, walnuts that are really nutritious. And you may also check out artisan loaves that usually have only the 4 main ingredients of flour, salt, water and yeast ( usually natural)

Even store bought whole wheat bread or light rye may be filled with lots of sugar, butter, to make them soft, and those that have whole grains, Ok, some are good, but if you break down to the calories, all those whole grains are high in calories by itself. And you may be under counting your calories. So, be careful with what you buy. I don't like whole wheat bread as well, so I usually stick to white bread, or mix a quarter portion of rye or whole wheat flour. When you buy, you may look for light rye, Which I find taste better than whole wheat if you don't like the taste of whole wheat.

The key is not to go over board with bread and white rice. I usually take my bread in the morning, 2 slices up to 100g, eat them with peanut butter 1 spoonful, that will already be about 250-300 calories, or eat with 1/2 avocado, or tuna, or cheese ( Gouda -25g). And lunch is 1/2 cup rice or max up to 100g pasta, try to keep 50 g if possible, with meat and vegetables. What I do is keep such complex carbo out in dinner. ie, no rice, no bread for dinner. Ok, Once awhile I will though.

Keep away from donuts, high on sugar and they are deep fried, croissants or flaky pastries, pie, those sweet dough with lots of cream in them, those are the ones that have lots of butter and sugar. I found out that croissants from Starbucks is 330 calories high in fats and sugar! I stayed away from it after that. Well, unless I have calories, sugar, fats to spare, I will treat myself to that.

Other carbo are potatoes - love making potato egg salad, No mayo, just slightly salted with black pepper, If you like, put some cheese on it.

Yam or sweet potatoes are also great tasting carbs. Make them into mash or add into your chicken or meat when you bake or grill. They are great tasting on its own.

Hope this helps explains that your carbo can be great tasting!