Low-Carb STINKS!!

[nativetxn]

I eat a lot fewer carbs than you do. After day 4 the desire for bread or pasta left me. I don't know how I do it but it works for me.

 

[safetymom]

Still have cravings every now and then for bread and pasta. I use the low carb bread and there is one great low carb pasta. Then I am fine till the next time.

 

[njchris]

I personally do not like these kind of diets.

I was always taught losing weight too fast is not healthy.

1lb per week is good. Of course, people being people, it's hard to see results from 1lb per week and we all want it to happen fast!

I think it goes something like this: For a sedentary person, multiply your weight by 13 to get how many calories you need to sustain your weight. Then subtract 500 calories and that's how much you should eat per day to lose a lb a week. Eat less and you'll lose more.

Of course, exercise will speed that up.

To me, this is much easier to do than changing your whole diet. Eating less of what you like is less stressful than changing your whole eating habits for a few weeks, only to go back to your normal foods and then gaining the weight back.

Just my opinion, so don't yell at me.. I cry easily.

 

[Pixie_Dust]

Do you not like diet soda? There are some good ones made with Splenda, and you can hardly tell they are diet.

That stuff will kill ya, as will the trans-fats that someone else mentioned. As for diet sodas, note what the link says about aspartame too.
http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda/
Try herbal tea, or filtered water with lemon or lime.

 

[MScott1851]

Oh, you guys are so sweet...But no need to worry about my health. I'm only doing it this week until Friday evening, then it's back to normal. I am also of the camp that believes it is unhealthy. I've been doing just fine with watching what I eat and high cardio (13 pounds in 7 months), but this is a fitted, very light colored satin dress I'm wearing (which shows all flaws), and I just need a little extra punch to look a little leaner. Not totally a vanity/jealousy thing...I've not been as diligent as I should be with my food intake. I've totally been eating chicken fingers, Big Macs and french fries for the past month while only working out once or twice a week, and my BMI showed it when I re-checked it last week.

I am on my third day, I bought some Atkins bars, I'm eating baked chicken and salad again tonight, and I had three strips of bacon and two eggs for breakfast. Still no soda, though. I think that is what is the hardest thing. DH is so funny.. He heard I couldn't have soda, so he made a big jug of tea. Too bad he put two and a half cups of sugar in it...He was so proud of the fact he had made me tea, and I tried to let him down gently.


I have news for my trainer. I am eating some catfish on Sunday. Three whole fish with fries, slaw, AND hushpuppies. And I WILL be having sweet tea with it!

 

[Michelle2]

You are beautiful, you have nothing to worry about!

 

[grlpwrd]

If you are doing 90 minutes of cardio EVERY day, it sounds like you need some carbs, especially since you are only doing it for one week. Can you maybe stick with the healthy, natural carbs? Like whole grains and fruit.

Plus, remember if you're not eating enough carbs and you're overdoing the cardio you will burn eventually burn muscle, too, not just fat. That could be counterproductive.

I would probably up the intensity and do cardio for no more than an hour, but you really need enough carbs for fuel. Yes, no potatoes, corn, or peas because they affect your glucose level negatively which is counterproductive for weightloss based on the glycemic index.

I'm curious... is your trainer certified?

GL!

 

[DisDuck]

I talked to my daughter last night, taking her Registered Dietician exam this month. She works as a part-time nutrition consultant at 2 different fitness centers as well as a clinical nutritionist at 2 area hospitals.

All I can say she is not a 'fan' of any of the low-carb diets. Eventually you can run into ketosis start burning protein instead of fat and have a negative impact on your kidneys.

I asked her if trainers are educated in nutrition and she kind of shook her head 'no'. I guess some are but not to the extent that she is. For a trainer to match her education they would need to attend a 4 year college graduating with a B.S in Nutrition then work (1 year) as an intern in dietitics for a program approved by the American Dietitic Association then take the certification exam (Registered Dietician).

So I would follow the recommendations of someone like my daughter over a fitness trainer or even one of the diet doctors. Most MD courses and doctors have had less nutrition education than my daughter. This assessment is not from my daughter being an RD but from what her duties were during internship. As an example, while a doctor is the one that orders a 'feeding' tube or 'particular' diet, it is the RD who actually develops the contents of that feeding as doing a nutrition assessment. An RD intern does 3-week rotations thru just about every department in a hospital from pediatrics to cardialogy to oncology to behavior(pysch) thru geriatrics.

While this thread was originally on just getting ready for a wardrobe, it seemed a good place to tout the role of an RD in dieting. That anyone wishing to loss weight is better off visiting a licensed nutritionis, preferably an RD rather than reading a book like Atkins.

 

[minniepumpernickel]

Well, you don't look like you need to diet. Don't get too thin!

I'm not a fun of strict low carb diets. Make sure that you eat healthy carbs like oatmeal and whole wheat bread. Some people get too restrictive with those type of diets.

 

[Carl]

As far as your Mountain Dews are concerned, the diet version tastes the same as the regular. That is one of the few diet drinks that I can say that for - especially NOT Dr. Pepper. Dr. Pepper is the worst diet drink.

 

[Keli]

Oh sweetie, you are gorgeous! And she is probably thinking, I have always felt like a little mustached shrimp next to that tall blonde bombshell. She is probably gearing up for some major waxing and hair straightening as we speak!

LOL! This is exactly what I was thinking! I'll bet that girl is seriously intimidated by you. Ain't no tellin' what she's been going through this week, lol.