Re: How many of you eat a low carb diet?/Elaine

[Guest guest]

Hi Elaine,

Yeah, I know what you mean. I can't recall the last time I ate a bowl

of pasta or sat down to a big calzone. I think my husband is

beginning to understand how empty these foods are, too (yay!).

I understand that you don't eat a high carb diet, but do include some

carbs. What are these comprised of? Breads? Sweet potatoes, etc?

Thanks,

a

> I don't count grams but i can see compared to the average person i

eat what

> might be called low carb. I cringe when i see someone eating a plate of

> pasta or a bowl of cereal. I just think most people eat a high-carb

diet and

> many of us who say we are low carb are just eating what is actually an

> adequate amount of carbs. I have benefited by not getting dizzy when

i stand

> up, being able to withstand some hunger without turning into the

bitch from

> hell, no energy crashes, stuff like that. I can tell when i'm eating too

> many carbs (usually too much fruit) when those symptoms return. I

have tried

> very low carb diets and i get adverse symptoms from that as well,

but others

> don't.

> Elaine

> > I see quite a bit of this even on NT-style groups these days. I am

> > sure people have their own unique reasons for why they do this, and I

> > am curious as to how people have benefitted from a low carb diet.

[Guest guest]

I eat fruit and stuff like winter squash, sweet potatoes and beets. I'm not

a purist though and eat rye crackers sometimes and occasional desserts. But

i am earnestly trying to lose weight (have lost 10 pounds so far) since the

birth of my second child over a year ago and am starting up on the coconut

oil diet, which is largely free of starchy produce and totally free of

grains.

elaine

> I understand that you don't eat a high carb diet, but do include some

> carbs. What are these comprised of? Breads? Sweet potatoes, etc?