Atkins and Low Carb Weight Loss
Low Carb???/
I am incredibly sensitive to carbs, so in my regular breathing in and out life, I am a low carb eating human.
I eat full fat things. I actually have a higher fat, moderate protein, low carb diet. Higher fat is more satisfying to me, lower fat things typically have more sugars. I try and stay away from frankenfoods too, as a general rule (foods created in a lab).
I do not do the low carb candies. I have a plan for foods that are possible danger foods for me (candies, chips, breads, et cetera) and I have a one INCIDENT a month policy, where its an anything goes MEAL (not day, meal). And then I deal with the next 3 days of the decarb jonesing. Some stuff you may find is worth the trouble, some stuff you may find is not.
For my sweet tooth, I make a peanutbutter/cocoa/cheese thing. I mix Naturally More Peanut Butter 32 g (which has flax and wheat germ and egg whites, so it has higher protein and more fiber than typical peanut butter - they also have almond butter now. Its sweetened with cane sugar, but that does not seem to make me bingey) with 1 T of Hershey dark special unsweetened cocoa and roll it up in a slice of havarti. It tastes like a reeces Peanut butter cup to me, and the nutritional stats are so much better. NOW, that said, I am at goal and consume fairly high calories typically to maintain, and for the person in the losing phase, the calories for one may essentially be a meal, so you have to weigh whether its worth it.
I have at least one a day, more if I have little time in my day and need to make up calories.
Some folks fuss they get fuzzy headed, cannot think, cannot function on low carb, and that may well be true for them, but for me, I am much more clear headed, more energized, wake up more alert, less time to get my ****e in a pile than when I am carb comatose.
The first little bit of decarbing some folks feel puny, I never did - my body really prefers to run this way, and I can tell the difference between regular days and the day after an anything goes meal.
Good luck! this is a great place for ideas and information.
I eat full fat things. I actually have a higher fat, moderate protein, low carb diet. Higher fat is more satisfying to me, lower fat things typically have more sugars. I try and stay away from frankenfoods too, as a general rule (foods created in a lab).
I do not do the low carb candies. I have a plan for foods that are possible danger foods for me (candies, chips, breads, et cetera) and I have a one INCIDENT a month policy, where its an anything goes MEAL (not day, meal). And then I deal with the next 3 days of the decarb jonesing. Some stuff you may find is worth the trouble, some stuff you may find is not.
For my sweet tooth, I make a peanutbutter/cocoa/cheese thing. I mix Naturally More Peanut Butter 32 g (which has flax and wheat germ and egg whites, so it has higher protein and more fiber than typical peanut butter - they also have almond butter now. Its sweetened with cane sugar, but that does not seem to make me bingey) with 1 T of Hershey dark special unsweetened cocoa and roll it up in a slice of havarti. It tastes like a reeces Peanut butter cup to me, and the nutritional stats are so much better. NOW, that said, I am at goal and consume fairly high calories typically to maintain, and for the person in the losing phase, the calories for one may essentially be a meal, so you have to weigh whether its worth it.
I have at least one a day, more if I have little time in my day and need to make up calories.
Some folks fuss they get fuzzy headed, cannot think, cannot function on low carb, and that may well be true for them, but for me, I am much more clear headed, more energized, wake up more alert, less time to get my ****e in a pile than when I am carb comatose.
The first little bit of decarbing some folks feel puny, I never did - my body really prefers to run this way, and I can tell the difference between regular days and the day after an anything goes meal.
Good luck! this is a great place for ideas and information.
