What do you mean by "eliminating carbs"? Aren't carbs a necessity?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks. But I'm still waiting for this answer... I KNOW carbs are necessity in one's diet. That's a fact. What are the good ones, the ones I don't necessarily have to avoid, but will be eating in moderation?

Fruits are carbs that are good for you in moderation. Lots of healthy vitamins that cancel out the sugar. Carbs are not necessity-- your body can make glucose from fat and protein.

This is that kind of magical gibberish thinking that gets you immediately tossed into the trendy bandwagon dupes

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Anonymous wrote:Ketogenic diets have less than 10g (or 20g or 50g) so that your body is in ketosis. Since the three macronutrients are protein, fats, and carbs, if you eliminate carbs, then you will eat high-protein and high-fat.

Some people do a ketogenic diet indefinitely, but a lot of women need 100g of carbs for proper thyroid function, so they would only be in ketosis for months until they've achieved the desired weight loss.

Yes, when my husband's trying to loose weight he aims to keep his carb intake under 50g. I kind of just go along with this whole thing to be supportive, so I don't track my carb intake and I do put honey in my morning coffee, so I assume I'm somewhere above 100g carbs a day, but I still manage to loose a bit of weight on it just because it's hard to eat a high calorie diet when it's just meat & veggies - can't really gorge myself on that like I could with pizza & brownies.

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Anonymous wrote:Ketogenic diets have less than 10g (or 20g or 50g) so that your body is in ketosis. Since the three macronutrients are protein, fats, and carbs, if you eliminate carbs, then you will eat high-protein and high-fat.

Some people do a ketogenic diet indefinitely, but a lot of women need 100g of carbs for proper thyroid function, so they would only be in ketosis for months until they've achieved the desired weight loss.

OP here. Okay, I am hypothyroid and take .88 mcg daily to maintain my TSH. Would low carb mess with this? Because it's taken me a while to stabilize my TSH, and I don't want to jeopardize that.

I want to do what's sustainable for me and not have unrealistic expectations about what I can resist. I do know from the depths of my soul that I WILL want to eat toast!!! There's no use fooling myself. Like I said, I CAN resist pasta and don't even keep it in my home.

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I make amazing sourdough bread, and about 2 months ago my husband and I started an Atkins style ketogenic diet. We are eating about 20 grams of "net" carbohydrates per day. I am not missing my (formerly) beloved bread at all. Read up on Atkins or other low carb high fat diets. You can't really predict what foods you will crave when you dramatically change your diet.

I've lost 10 lbs and feel great. The 20 grams of carbs eaten in a day have to be saved mostly for green veggies, so the diet is eggs, meats, fish, non starchy veggies, high fat dairy, and small amounts of low carb fruits, like raspberries.

The key to making a low carb diet work is to eat lots of fat.

As to the issue of being hypothyroid, that might be something to check in with your doctor about.

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No one ever got far on carrots or fruit. Cut back on pasta and white bread, sure. But fruit is not making you fat, I promise.

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Anonymous wrote:No one ever got far on carrots or fruit. Cut back on pasta and white bread, sure. But fruit is not making you fat, I promise.

far=fat. oops.

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There are different ways to go low carb and some are more extreme than others. For us, the only items we've entirely eliminated are refined white carbs and grains. Other starchy carby things, like sweet potatoes, might come on the family menu 1-2/week and they're not banned. When we're eating out we avoid bread and sugar but otherwise keep some flexibility, or I'd be kind of a hard person to meet up with for dinner. I find we get good results with this balance - the idea is that your diet should be primarily vegetables and those should replace the starchy bulk that would otherwise be on your plate. I feel much better energy wise and a hormonal imbalance I previously had has resolved itself after making the switch. So the benefits aren't just in your waistline.

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OP, Don't buy into a fad. Choose a sustainable, healthy diet, e.g.,

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/mediterranean-diet/art-20047801

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"Good" Carbs we do are quinoa, barley, millet, steel cut oats.

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I don't advocate eliminating carbs. I think you should eliminate grains, sweeteners, legums and dairy.

Go to town on meat and veg and fruit.

You'll feel better and lose weight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks. But I'm still waiting for this answer... I KNOW carbs are necessity in one's diet. That's a fact. What are the good ones, the ones I don't necessarily have to avoid, but will be eating in moderation?

Fruits are carbs that are good for you in moderation. Lots of healthy vitamins that cancel out the sugar. Carbs are not necessity-- your body can make glucose from fat and protein.

This is that kind of magical gibberish thinking that gets you immediately tossed into the trendy bandwagon dupes

Telling someone to eat fruit is magical gibberish?

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Jason never gets credit here. Thanks Jason! I always appreciate your posts.

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No/low carbs = I want to pretend like I care about my health and body, but really, I have no clue what the hell I'm talking about.

Fruit, vegetables, whole grains, beans, legumes, etc are all high in carbs, but they're all very good for you (and for staying trim).

All things in moderation, people. It's not difficult.

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OP, regarding low/no carb and thyroid, here is a blog article

http://anthonycolpo.com/is-a-low-carb-diet-bad-for-your-thyroid/

And this responsive blog article

http://perfecthealthdiet.com/2011/08/low-carb-high-fat-diets-and-the-thyroid/

Which discuss carbs and thyroid levels. It sounds possible but difficult, and maybe not worth the trouble, in your case.

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Anonymous wrote:Jason never gets credit here. Thanks Jason! I always appreciate your posts.

I agree! Yay for Jason!