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Does anyone know a lot about low carb dieting? I've been keeping my carbs down to 25-30 a day and I'm not seeing results. If anyone has pointers, I would definitely welcome it!
How long have you been maintaining this for? Everybody's different, and I know Atkins pushes for really low carb intake, but my personal sweet spot for weight loss is around 80-100g/day (mostly from vegetables). There is such a thing as too low carb for some people.
Low-carb is just a fad that keeps changing names (Atkin's, Paleo, etc). The reason they work is because you're eating a lot of lean protein (like chicken) which is filling and low calorie so people don't feel like they are starving yet they're still eating under their caloric allotment.
But the whole 'carbs and gluten are horrible' thing is ridiculous. It's all about calories in vs. calories out. Also being mindful of getting your macro-nutrients and limiting things like sodium and sugar certainly helps.
Well...I do think people go nuts with fads, but I'm also a perfect example of how calories in calories out can be total BS if you have an underlying condition. I tried paleo out of desperation after blowing up to 260lbs. I was carefully measuring and recording my food and had slowly limited my calories over time to about 800cals/day and was still gaining steadily. I was miserable and sick. I was also working out, hard. As soon as I upped my fat intake, tripled my caloric intake and cut grains and carbs, I lost 60lbs in a year. Turns out, I had undiagnosed celiac my entire life. Allegedly 1 in 130 Americans has celiac and 80% are undiagnosed (estimated). So its not *common* that someone would end up like me, but its not out of the question either.
I personally would recommend reading Mark Sisson's blog for a more common sense approach to lower carb, whole food eating. Eat real food, don't fear dietary fats, eat mostly vegetables with some proteins, skip grains and sugars, sleep, play, move, and have treats that fall outside of the above, just don't make it the center of your diet.
That said, everyone is different. I know people who don't have my physiology who do just fine on low fat/low cal. The human body is not a perfectly efficient engine that responds to the same fuel the same way in every case.
Well yes of course, if you have celiac then by all means avoid gluten! I was just saying that for the average person it isn't as horrible as people make it out to be.
Well...I do think people go nuts with fads, but I'm also a perfect example of how calories in calories out can be total BS if you have an underlying condition. I tried paleo out of desperation after blowing up to 260lbs. I was carefully measuring and recording my food and had slowly limited my calories over time to about 800cals/day and was still gaining steadily. I was miserable and sick. I was also working out, hard. As soon as I upped my fat intake, tripled my caloric intake and cut grains and carbs, I lost 60lbs in a year. Turns out, I had undiagnosed celiac my entire life. Allegedly 1 in 130 Americans has celiac and 80% are undiagnosed (estimated). So its not *common* that someone would end up like me, but its not out of the question either.
I personally would recommend reading Mark Sisson's blog for a more common sense approach to lower carb, whole food eating. Eat real food, don't fear dietary fats, eat mostly vegetables with some proteins, skip grains and sugars, sleep, play, move, and have treats that fall outside of the above, just don't make it the center of your diet.
That said, everyone is different. I know people who don't have my physiology who do just fine on low fat/low cal. The human body is not a perfectly efficient engine that responds to the same fuel the same way in every case.
Well yes of course, if you have celiac then by all means avoid gluten! I was just saying that for the average person it isn't as horrible as people make it out to be.
Right, totally... my point was just that so many people don't actually KNOW they have celiac, and they hear the calories in/calories out thing and just feel like broken losers who can't do it right (I went thru 10+ years of that!). So I personally like the gluten free craze, because I think you'll get more diagnoses that you wouldn't have otherwise.
Post by burberry142 on Feb 18, 2014 8:52:59 GMT -5
i had some snow days, was trapped at home with a sickie gf and went off the damn rails.
yesterday i hit the gym and handled my food business.
this morning i can't stop thinking about gummi worms and i so want to walk to the bookstore next door and spend the rest of the morning eat them beotches. someone talk me down.
i had some snow days, was trapped at home with a sickie gf and went off the damn rails.
yesterday i hit the gym and handled my food business.
this morning i can't stop thinking about gummi worms and i so want to walk to the bookstore next door and spend the rest of the morning eat them beotches. someone talk me down.
Remember: Gummi worms are just earth worms that have died and their innards have been jellified.
Post by mizvalentine on Feb 19, 2014 18:04:47 GMT -5
Hit with unexpected celiac reaction Sunday and have been off exercise and solid food til today. Feel like a slug but man, that liquid diet will really strip the pounds! I'm about 14 down now I think. Back on the horse as soon as I don't feel like I'll faint or puke... at least its Lineup Day!!!
So I'm concerned that I'm hurting/have hurt my shoulder joint. My upper right arm started hurting a few weeks ago, I thought I had just pulled a muscle. I took it easy on the weights to give it some time to heal. Yesterday, I hit the weights pretty hard after taking a few days off, and I'm pretty sure it's not so much a muscle but my shoulder joint (or a ligament in the joint). It hurts when I extend my arm or lift it above my head. Not sure what I should do because I don't want to give up weights. What do you guys think? Should I just stop weights for a week or two and see how it feels then? (And yes, if it gets worse, I will go to the doctor, but I don't feel like it's at the point that it requires medical attention yet)
So I'm concerned that I'm hurting/have hurt my shoulder joint. My upper right arm started hurting a few weeks ago, I thought I had just pulled a muscle. I took it easy on the weights to give it some time to heal. Yesterday, I hit the weights pretty hard after taking a few days off, and I'm pretty sure it's not so much a muscle but my shoulder joint (or a ligament in the joint). It hurts when I extend my arm or lift it above my head. Not sure what I should do because I don't want to give up weights. What do you guys think? Should I just stop weights for a week or two and see how it feels then? (And yes, if it gets worse, I will go to the doctor, but I don't feel like it's at the point that it requires medical attention yet)
if you think its a joint issue i would definitely take some time off. continuing to lift could just worsen the problem. make sure you ice it for a little bit daily, maybe use icy/hot or something, and overall just try to take it easy on your shoulder for a while. as you said, if pain persists, see a doctor.
So I'm concerned that I'm hurting/have hurt my shoulder joint. My upper right arm started hurting a few weeks ago, I thought I had just pulled a muscle. I took it easy on the weights to give it some time to heal. Yesterday, I hit the weights pretty hard after taking a few days off, and I'm pretty sure it's not so much a muscle but my shoulder joint (or a ligament in the joint). It hurts when I extend my arm or lift it above my head. Not sure what I should do because I don't want to give up weights. What do you guys think? Should I just stop weights for a week or two and see how it feels then? (And yes, if it gets worse, I will go to the doctor, but I don't feel like it's at the point that it requires medical attention yet)
If it were me, I wouldn't stop lifting completely. I would try more isolated exercises that keep the strain off that one part to try and give it a rest. What's the level of pain? Aches and pains and pinched nerves will happen but I hate to tell you to keep going if you think it's more serious. I just know that if I stopped lifting completely I would go insane.
I don't want to stop weights completely. Arm curls with lower weight don't seem to bother it. But anything that requires me to raise my arm above shoulder level hurt. It's more of an ache that intensifies when my arm is raised or extended, so not exactly a sharp pain. The pain is helped (but doesn't go away) with ibuprofen so I'm guessing it's just inflamed?
Low-carb is just a fad that keeps changing names (Atkin's, Paleo, etc). The reason they work is because you're eating a lot of lean protein (like chicken) which is filling and low calorie so people don't feel like they are starving yet they're still eating under their caloric allotment.
But the whole 'carbs and gluten are horrible' thing is ridiculous. It's all about calories in vs. calories out. Also being mindful of getting your macro-nutrients and limiting things like sodium and sugar certainly helps.
Well...I do think people go nuts with fads, but I'm also a perfect example of how calories in calories out can be total BS if you have an underlying condition. I tried paleo out of desperation after blowing up to 260lbs. I was carefully measuring and recording my food and had slowly limited my calories over time to about 800cals/day and was still gaining steadily. I was miserable and sick. I was also working out, hard. As soon as I upped my fat intake, tripled my caloric intake and cut grains and carbs, I lost 60lbs in a year. Turns out, I had undiagnosed celiac my entire life. Allegedly 1 in 130 Americans has celiac and 80% are undiagnosed (estimated). So its not *common* that someone would end up like me, but its not out of the question either.
I personally would recommend reading Mark Sisson's blog for a more common sense approach to lower carb, whole food eating. Eat real food, don't fear dietary fats, eat mostly vegetables with some proteins, skip grains and sugars, sleep, play, move, and have treats that fall outside of the above, just don't make it the center of your diet.
That said, everyone is different. I know people who don't have my physiology who do just fine on low fat/low cal. The human body is not a perfectly efficient engine that responds to the same fuel the same way in every case.
oh my god please don't do this. anything under 1200 is seriously bad for you. Like really bad. Its whats known as "starvation mode".
I don't want to stop weights completely. Arm curls with lower weight don't seem to bother it. But anything that requires me to raise my arm above shoulder level hurt. It's more of an ache that intensifies when my arm is raised or extended, so not exactly a sharp pain. The pain is helped (but doesn't go away) with ibuprofen so I'm guessing it's just inflamed?
I have some lifts that tend to bother my right shoulder. What I've done is taken some time to rest and let it heal. I then look for alternative lifts or watch more videos to get the correct form. When I come back I lift lighter with higher reps. But focus on form and taking your time. If it's causing pain the lift probably isnt being done right. It doesnt do any good to push it and take yourself out.
Post by mizvalentine on Feb 21, 2014 16:47:41 GMT -5
Down another pound. I'm the thinnest I've been in a year. Celiac reaction kept me sick and out of the gym all week, but this spring weather we're having makes me want to RUN RUN RUN EVERYWHERE!!!!! YEEE HAAAA!!
Seriously, if the first peek of spring hasn't hit your town yet, just wait: after this winter, the spring fever is INTENSE.
My favorite thing to do is walk an hour every day and reward myself with something small that has some sugar in it.
My body is used to short spurts of cardio for at least an hour a day. I used to weigh 215. Played Basketball and enjoyed eating whatever I wanted.
10 years later...Im Diabetic, have sleep apnea, and take medicine for Depression.... Went to college and slowly stopped exercising so much and kept eating the same. I weigh 325.
At least there is still time to change. Once I get back to 215. I will make sure to never put my body through obesity again.
Down another pound. I'm the thinnest I've been in a year. Celiac reaction kept me sick and out of the gym all week, but this spring weather we're having makes me want to RUN RUN RUN EVERYWHERE!!!!! YEEE HAAAA!!
Seriously, if the first peek of spring hasn't hit your town yet, just wait: after this winter, the spring fever is INTENSE.
I know what you mean! It was 40 and sunny here this weekend and all I wanted to do was run!
My favorite thing to do is walk an hour every day and reward myself with something small that has some sugar in it.
My body is used to short spurts of cardio for at least an hour a day. I used to weigh 215. Played Basketball and enjoyed eating whatever I wanted.
10 years later...Im Diabetic, have sleep apnea, and take medicine for Depression.... Went to college and slowly stopped exercising so much and kept eating the same. I weigh 325.
At least there is still time to change. Once I get back to 215. I will make sure to never put my body through obesity again.
I think the biggest hurdle is making the decision to lose weight. We're all here to support you in this! Let us know what we can do!
I need to get back on track. I've been eating whatever I want and my workouts are not keeping up. I can give up alcohol no problem but at the end of the night I like to snack or make something sweet. I think I easily go through 3-4 jars of salsa a week. Peach salsa is my weakness.
I hit the weights again yesterday. I was very conscious of my form and took it slowly with low weight/high reps. My arm twinged a bit but it didn't hurt nearly as bad! So that's a good sign. I guess I was going a little too hard with weights I couldn't quite handle yet? I'm hoping if I take it easy, my arm will start to repair itself.
I hit the weights again yesterday. I was very conscious of my form and took it slowly with low weight/high reps. My arm twinged a bit but it didn't hurt nearly as bad! So that's a good sign. I guess I was going a little too hard with weights I couldn't quite handle yet? I'm hoping if I take it easy, my arm will start to repair itself.
This is definitely an "ounce of prevention/pound of cure" type situations. I didn't wait for the tendonitis in my elbow to heal completely, and when I went to the gym on Sunday I tried lifting my usual weight, which ended up being too much. I felt my elbow tendons ripple as I tried to lift the weight up, and now I'm out of commission for even longer than I would have been if I just rested it properly. I always tell people to push themselves when at the gym...but not with injuries. Injuries suck.
Post by mizvalentine on Feb 25, 2014 16:17:28 GMT -5
My job is trying to kill me. I'm back in the gym and eating good (actually probably eating less than I should due to stress) but I was here 7:30am yesterday, left at 8p, and spent 9p-11p on IM troubleshooting an outage with a coworker. Then back here at 7a (with a workout before that at 6) and I'll be here til 8 and then working on freelance til midnight I'm sure. I'm just effing fried. And it makes me nuts because I know my cortisol levels are going nuts and its gonna stall my weight loss...blargh!
i'm in the same boat with work being a PITA. i have been working 12 hour shifts all week and have school full time plus my homework and taking care of the dog... i haven't been to the gym all week. i haven't been eating as well either because i haven't had time to make meals. hopefully after thursday things will die down, i'll be on my weekend and spring break starts so i can get back on track...
Is it a bad thing to go over the daily recommended alowance of protein? I think its like 15%
The daily recommendations for protein are kind of a joke! Go much much higher protein - you should be eating protein all the live long day and drinking a ton of water. I'd just play around with your macros more than anything...carbs seem quite high for you looking at your meals so just mess around with it and see what happens. try less carbs, higher protein and just watch what the results are.
Lift weights...a bit of cardio don't need much unless you just enjoy it.
Muscle burns fat and raises your metabolism. you will see huge changes without needing to be hungry and run all the time.
I also am a big beer lover and I definitely have to have a lot of discipline with that - I pick one awesome new beer to try or one I love each week and enjoy every sip. I also drink red wine sometimes and it's less calories, still very pleasurable, and has the antioxidants
I think all this just depends on what diet works for you...like me for example, I'm a vegetarian who mainly does cardio....so I don't lift alot of weights, and I most likely get much less protein than the average person, but its working for me....whatever works for you!
