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I know what you mean and had/have similar concerns myself. I tried searching online and couldn't seem to find a definitive answer. You would imagine any lowering of carbs (non veggie) would be a positive thing but I also have that concern of being stuck in the middle where the carbs maybe aren't low enough and therefore…

My diary is open ( I believe) if you want to take a look. Usually when my carbs are at the higher end it's because I've had something that if i was being extra strict I wouldn't be having. Todays TOTAL carbs was 48g. 16 of them was treating myself to an icecream mars. This included:- A big pile of salad leaves/baby spinach…

B: MIM done flat to get two slices of bread, made into sausage and bacon sandwich L: Made Parmesan crusted chicken thighs from here :http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/parmesan_herb_thighs.html They were absolutely gorgeous. Had that with a salad consisting of leaves, baby spinach, cucumber, onion, pepper , cottage cheese and…

One question about carb quantities. Should daily intake be measured as a quantity or a percentage? On a good day I'm around 50g net, a bad day upto about 100g. I'm on 2500 cals though so its hard to eat that amount and keep carbs any lower, even with keeping out grains, sugars etc. In percentage terms it puts me between 8…

I don't believe you'd need to be in ketosis. If you're at a calorie deficit then this fat should still be burnt off as energy. Even if your body is using carbs first, with the level being lower surely it still has to burn the fat after the carbs are gone, and the lower insulin levels allows stored fat to be used too. This…

I'll second the above on the veggie front. Since going low/lower carb I've been consuming around a lb of veg each day.

I may have a slight biased opinion as I'm low/lower carb. But if it's a struggle make sure you're getting enough fats so at least you are still keeping energy levels up. Worst scenarios are high carb/high fat (recipe for weight gain) or low fat/low carb (recipe for fatigue and all round ****iness feeling)

Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages Ribeye steak topped with garlic butter, broccoli , cauliflower mash Leftover boiled ham hock, savoy cabbage fried in butter with bacon and garlic Probably have a few cream crackers with cheese later with a small pack of pork scratchings. I was thinking of doing parmesan crusted chicken…

I'm no expert but @ 120lbs I'd say a 20% deficit is way too large. It may be that your TDEE is right but you were trying to work with too large a deficit.

Anyone tried using ground almonds as a breadcrumb coating? I'm really not a fan of nuts, the taste or the texture but always willing to try as would be good to be able to add into my diet. I found a packet of ground almonds in the cupboard and dipping my finger in them it didn't seem too bad. At least being finely ground…

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=its-time-to-end-the-war-on-salt Unless you are particularly over sensitive to salt, or maybe having 5 times the RDA (which is almost definitely way too low) I wouldn't worry too much.

Thought I'd join in :-) 3 egg omlette containing a grated courgette, half a pepper,2 rashers of bacon and topped with melted cheese. As a snack 1 MIM sliced, topped with Philadelphia , sliced roast pork and cucumber. Small packet of pork scratchings. Mayo on side. Pan fried chicken breast topped with Philadelphia , corned…

Mine are always as accurate as I can get as I plan my days food at least the night before and stick to it. Also weigh pretty much everything.

Partially OT but is there any reason why the suggestion is to add sweet potato to prevent some symptoms? Or is this just the carb of choice? Just wondered as seen it mentioned a few times now and always seems to be sweet potato.

Is this not why anyone with common sense will suggest not eating at too big a deficit, some measure of cardio and some strength training? Yes, your metabolism may slow as you lose weight but there's things you can do to limit the effects.

I was considering posting a question regarding this topic which is a coincidence. I remember watching a show called Secret Eaters and on that they recorded people at home to see what they ate. One thing they picked up on was a guy that drunk a lot of diet drinks and then was picking at food about half hour later. They said…

It's probably lard or something. As far as fats go I wouldn't worry unless they're Trans Fats.

Just finished first week on cut ..... and dropped 3.6lbs!! Don't quite know how that happened exactly but I'm not going to argue. I'm only on a 15% cut. Last two days my carbs level didn't even reach 10% and felt good. I wasn't really hungry at any point during the day. I def think it's helping things. (for me anyway)

If the increased activity was only for a temporary time, which it sounds like it was, then shouldn't be an issue having ate at old TDEE. You would need to recalculate TDEE if you were to operate at this higher level for a prolonged time though. Also it would be advised to eat back the exercise calories IF they caused your…

If you're sedentary I need a comatosed activity level! ;-)

Think I'll definitely have to give the omlette wrap idea a go too.

Only had a quick glance but love the sound of Goats cheese truffles. And being able to eat pork scratchings and not feel bad about it is one of my favourite positives of this way of eating. :-D

I've been wrapping sticks of cheese in ham and dipping in mayo. :-)

Why are so many people quoting that 1200 calories is barely below their BMR/RMR? Its TDEE you want to be eating below, not BMR.

That's the problem, most of the time they can't. Eating at 1200 cals for that long will, more than likely, cause them to put weight back on once they try to return to what their TDEE "should" be.

For those that say they're short etc so they need less calories. A 50 year old woman, weighing 130lbs and 4ft tall would still have a BMR of 1206. This is coma needs, never mind going about doing life stuff.

I'd imagine its a question different people could give different answers too. Personally I'd say calories are most important first. You need to keep your body feed and fuelled. If you aren't eating enough then regardless of whether its fats, carbs or protein, your body will hang on to it for dear life.

Lol, one that's probably worth experimenting with a few times to see how your body reacts to each. For a true idea of course. ;-)

As far as I know a carb is a carb (unless fibre). They all break down to become the same thing. The difference is though that with veggies you are gaining lots of nutrients, vitamins alongside those carbs. Thats def where you want most of your carb intake to be coming from.

I think for some reason they're still counting the bread. If you go to customise it drops the carbs down to a more realistic level.