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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004New to the low carb thing
Hi Everyone I've just started the low carb thing :) I'm 25 M and I think about 110Kg (I don't own scales) I'm working in a really hot and humid environment which isn't making the tiredness and fatige any easier. But I'm getting by. I havn't got any diet plan or idea of what i should be eating on this. All I really know most meats are ok, cheese, and nuts. I've been eating bacon eggs Roast Chicken Roast beef Nuts (armonds, mixed) less than 10g's per day Not exactly the most varied diet, but I didnt' have much to work with before i found this group :) Now I find out that i can eat fruit's, some veggies (How are apples, oranges, grapes? and what quanties?) as for exercise... I start playing Squash again about 3 months ago and was playing twice a week untill about 3 weeks ago when i got a really really bad flu that just won't go away :( I need to get back into that and I've started some morning stretches and walking (10min to start, I'ts normally about 30 degrees here at 6am + high humidity) I also take Swisse Men's Ultivite MutliVitamin (any comments on this? good, bad? soso?) Any Suggestions or comments would be greatly appriciated, I need all the help i can get :) Watcher Fruit is not low carb.  SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > Hi Everyone > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Watcher > Hi Everyone > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Now I find out that i can eat fruit's, some veggies (How are apples, > oranges, grapes? and what quanties?) I'd be wary about fruit, most of it has a lot of carbs. Some people add berries on the later stages of their weight loss, but in limited amounts. As for veggies, most anything you'd have in a salad is ok, with some caveats: olives and carrots are a little carby. The amount of carrot slivers in premixed bagged salads doesn't worry me, and 4 or 5 olives in a salad are ok, but I wouldn't make a whole meal out of either of them, ya dig? I've been doing my own low-carb plan. The things I don't eat are: potatoes, rice, pasta, bread, junk food The things I eat freely: all kinds of meat (chicken, beef, pork, fish, etc) eggs, brocolli, spinach, lettuce The things I eat in moderation: onions, bellpeppers, olives, mushrooms, cheese, nuts, oils Things I eat as rare treats: cantaloupe, fried foods (like a few fried chicken wings or fried shrimp when we go out for Chinese food) I only added cheese, nuts, and oils to the moderation list recently because I am relatively close to goal and calories are starting to matter more than they did in the beginning, so I'm adjusting things. SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. > olives and carrots are a little carby. Note, however, that olives are one of the Atkins salad veggies. > > olives and carrots are a little carby. > > Note, however, that olives are one of the Atkins salad veggies. I'm pretty sure Atkins intended us to use a few olives in a salad, not do what I used to do and eat an entire can of black olives as a snack. SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. > > > olives and carrots are a little carby. > > > > Note, however, that olives are one of the Atkins salad veggies. > > I'm pretty sure Atkins intended us to use a few olives in a salad, not do > what I used to do and eat an entire can of black olives as a snack. That's just disgusting. > > > > olives and carrots are a little carby. > > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > That's just disgusting. Yup. I was disgusted with myself when I used to do it. The old me. I really don't respect or like her very much. SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. > > > > > olives and carrots are a little carby. > > > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Yup. I was disgusted with myself when I used to do it. The old me. I > really don't respect or like her very much. I know what you mean about not respecting the "old you" - I've said similar things here recently. But a whole mess of olives is not the grossest thing one could down for a snack. :-) I've never gone for the canned type, but give me a pint of green correggiola olives, and they are gone in a flash. Hooboy. You want disgusting snacks? When I was in school I used to buy a package of Vienna Fingers cookies and polish off the whole thing in a day's studying. carla > > > > > > olives and carrots are a little carby. > > > > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > carla I could eat a whole box of macaroni and cheese. An entire large bag of potato chips (my favorite were the Ruffles cheddar and sour cream flavor). When I was a kid I was even more of a pig. I ate a whole bag of Fig Newtons when I was 5 or 6, seven slices of pizza once when I was around 10, and it was also common for me as a child to eat 5 or 6 pieces of fried chicken, plus the crispy from my sister's chicken. And, strangely, I wasn't overweight until I was 12 or 13. SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. > I'm pretty sure Atkins intended us to use a few olives in a salad, > not do what I used to do and eat an entire can of black olives as a > snack. THe USDA database doesn't give "cup" as a measure of olives, but extrapolating from "tbsp" (equally useless), it's a net of 4g carbs per cup, which is the "salad veggie" serving size. It doesn't seem that bad to me. At the max of three cups per day, that's still only 12g carbs. Heck, there's only 14 net carbs per *pound* in olives. Olives, whole, black, 1 cup 9 g carb, less 4 fiber. Olives, whole, green, 1 cup 2 g carb, less 1 fiber. Moral: Eat 'em green. In news:lunachick-54FD08.13242421032004@news03.east.earthlink.net, Luna <lunachick@NOSPAMmindspring.com> stated ||| olives and carrots are a little carby. || [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] | I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 | flaws. Watcher, I wish you the best of luck in your weight loss endeavor. You are starting an exercise program, that is great! However, what you are stating about food is somewhat confusing. You state, "I havn't got any diet plan or idea of what i should be eating on this", yet you state later, "Now I find out that i can eat fruit's, some veggies". If you are going to do low-carb right, you should read some info about it to know general recommendations at least. You don't have to choose Atkins, South Beach, or any of the others, but it is a good idea to read the info about them so you can decide how to do your own low-carb plan best. You'll likely be surprised how many things you can eat, and how many things you thought were fine but can actually be problematic, and how many things are fine but only in small quantities. Read the info at http://atkins.com/howto/index.html if you don't want to buy books; I'm sure there are similar websites for other low-carb plans. Mark. > Hi Everyone > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Watcher Thanks for the everyones replies Mark: I was reading through this newsgroup and someone said they had started eating fruit, I don't mind apples and oranges and was hoping that they were ok, but i wanted to check first :) Thanks Guys :) Watcher > Watcher, > I wish you the best of luck in your weight loss endeavor. [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > > > > Watcher > Thanks for the everyones replies > > Mark: I was reading through this newsgroup and someone said they had started > eating fruit, I don't mind apples and oranges and was hoping that they were > ok, but i wanted to check first :) Hi Watcher, welcome to the group! I'm on Atkins, so I'll address fruits from an Atkins point of view. The first two weeks you do not have fruit. After that, low-glycemic fruits may be introduced slowly while you pay attention to what, if any , effect it might have on you. Usually berries are recommended as the first fruit to add back. Berries include blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, etc. Apples are on the list of low-glycemic fruits (see http://atkins.com/Archive/2003/2/10- 469820.html for a section entitled "Moving Beyond Berries"), but they are still fairly carby. 1 oz of an apple has 3.3 carbs, and HALF an apple is usually about 3.5 to 4 ozs, putting the carb count at about 13 carbs for only HALF an apple. You have to decide how many carbs you intend to ingest in a day, then COUNT them and see if they'll fit into your plan. SignatureSaffire 205/165/125 - 5'2.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 |
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