So since I put on the extra weight I have been toying with going back on to a low carb diet. It to date has been the only diet that worked for me where I ended up losing 50lbs and kept it off until I slipped back into my old ways. First its amazing how diets end up being fads, when I did it before it was all the rage and everything was "low carb" complete with a heinz low carb ketchup (1g instead of 4g of carbs). Doing it the second time you can no longer find the stuff. Never the less my 6 week plan is weeks 1-2 40g of carbs (net), week 3-4 30g of carbs, and week 5-6 20g of carbs where my goal is to try and stay until I lose the weight I need (along with working out). This is a modified low carb diet, i will be keeping mainly away from red meat if I can staying with fishes and poultry to try minimize unhealthy fat. This is not to say if I go to a steak house im not having a steak.... hell will freeze over before that happens, its a low carb diet I'm allowed *LOL* just will make sure i get steamed veggies with it. For day one I did well, my gross carbs was at 40g which probably means approx 30-35g of net carbs.
Weigh in at 6am today :- 304lbs
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7 years ago
You should check with Larry about the parameters of low-carb dieting. I know he does it off and on, so he would be a good authority.
ReplyDeletesparkpeople actually has a low carb option to keep track of net carbs. Yesterday ended up being 34. I now have it enabled
ReplyDeleteAnd you need a theme song. Something you hum, sing, listen to through out the day. I'm thinking "Eye of the Tiger".
ReplyDeleteRISIN' UP! BACK ON THE TOP! GOT THE GUTS! GOT THE GLORY! WENT THE DISTANCE, NOW I'M NOT GONNA STOP! JUST A MAN AND HIS WILL TO SURVIVE!