When I first heard of low carb dieting several years ago, I thought "What could be more dumb than that? Carbs = energy, carbs are our friends."
Then I decided to jump on the bandwagon because I was having trouble losing those last few pounds of (mostly) belly fat.
Lo and behold, the weight is melting off. The trade off-I feel like HELL. No energy, I'm having trouble concentrating, and I was too spent to even work out last night. I've been keeping my carbs between 40-70 on any given day, and that number is just too low for me. My new goal is 80-100 grams per day.
This morning I had a half serving of oatmeal with berries and almonds, and I already feel better. So the great carb experiment wasn't a fail, but I did need to find what works for me.
The pisser? When I weighed myself this morning I was down to 136.5. With hardly any effort. I think I've only seen that number once in the past 2 years, and I'm pretty sure it was after surgery.
Hopefully this number will work for me as well, and give me the energy to lift those damn heavy weights!
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Gotta eat more bacon, Lula.
I never saw much sense in a low carb diet. Like you said, carbs = energy. And I need a lot of energy.
What I found works for me is to just make your big meal in the morning (so you have the day to burn the calories) and have a snack at mid-day, then a light dinner.
I went from 240 to 165 in less than a year.
Of course, when I started drinking a lot of beer again, I went back up to 210. But I like beer......
I do love my bacon-and it actually has 0 carbs!! It's the cheese and meat diet, gotta love it.
Beer has been my downfall as well. But it's so good-beer makes you feel like you should feel without beer!
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