low carb diet?
By pnkgrly84
@pnkgrly84 (9)
August 29, 2007 2:24pm CST
I decided about 6 days ago to try a low carb diet to lose some weight. I have been working out for quite some time and have a good diet normally. I am able to maintain my weight, but I want to lose about 1-2 sizes. I have mostly cut out grains and starches and sugars from my diet. My thought is to do this until I am at my desired size. Then slowly add in some whole grains and keep a low calorie diet. Has anyone tried this? Will I be able to keep off most of the weight as long as I don't overload on carbs and "bad" foods?
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@sunshinecup (7871)
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1 Sep 07
As long as you unstand to keep it off it's not a diet, but a life style change. Cause you have to stick with eating right for life and not adding all that junk back that caused you to gain in the first place. I lost 60 lbs on a low carb diet, but 3 years later I gained it back cause I went right back to the junk food again. :o(
@sweetcakes (3504)
• United States
31 Aug 07
Low-carb weight-loss plans do work--for a while. Pounds drop quickly at first because burning stored carbs (called glycogen) releases water. Quite simply, you lose excess water weight. Nutritionists say, though, that low-carb weight loss isn’t metabolic magic, just the working-out of nature’s first rule of weight loss: Eat fewer calories, and you will shed pounds. Some low-carbers say this special way of eating eliminates cravings, but others feel headachy and nauseated. Burning far without carbohydrates produces substances called ketones, which can decrease appetite, but there’s a danger because sustained high ketone levels may deplete mineral stores in bones, leaving them fragile.
