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Post by teatowel on Mar 23, 2004 14:18:00 GMT -5
Does anyone know how many carbs are allowed on a low carb diet? Kinda got carried away with this stuff on the general board and didn't want to continue there off topic. As a blood type O, communicator I have read several places where this is the best diet for moi and Fawn confirms. I have never been a big bread/pasta eater, but I get lots of sugar I think. For example, I'm sitting here with a lowfat yogurt and it has 16 gs of carbs from sugar. That seems like a lot. Thanks. tea
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Post by Wahaika on Mar 23, 2004 18:17:47 GMT -5
Tea,
The number of carbs you need to take in per day depends on your amount and type of activity AND your lean muscle mass. This is optimally measured using a device that not many people have in their home. There are probably other ways to do it. You might try beginning with something around 80 per day.
* Go to a book store and get a carb counter. After browsing though it you will get a feel for what has a lot of carbs and what does not. It is better to use principles of eating than to constantly bother with counting carbs. You still read labels, but it is to judge the food rather than to add the carbs to your running total and then eat it anyway.
* All carbs are not created equal. Some plaster your blood with a blast of sugar immediately and others take a while because of the amount of work the body has to do to get past the fiber. There is a big difference between a potatoe and a celery stalk, for example.
Generally, avoid high glycemic foods like breads, pastas, rice, corn, etc. Soda and candy are definitely out.
*Have a day, once or twice per week, when you eat whatever you want for one meal or so.
* Another thing to do is to eat more smaller meals per day rather than a few big ones. This will help flatten out your sugar/insulin spikes.
* Protein will help buffer sugars, so you want to get some protein in there also.
* Get plenty of water! This will be helpful in carrying all the waste out of your system efficiently.
Find an exercise that you will follow through with and do it. I prefer weight lifting because it is resistance exercise and because you can systematically work all of your muscles where a cyclist, for example, only exercises the legs. Both get cardiovascular exercise by doing the exercise faster. Do whatever you do for around 30 minutes three times per week. Do not go over 40 minutes.
This is probably overly general, and I did not get specific with diet and suppliments, but I hope it helps.
Wahaika
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Post by fawnmarie on Mar 25, 2004 9:28:11 GMT -5
Tea,
Between 20-50, depending on muscle mass, LBM (lean body mass), rate of activity, etc.
Check out the book "Protein Power" by Dan & Mary Eades, I think that will cover most of what you need to know to get started. It's about $8, but worth it.
They also have a calculating tool inside that will tell you how to figure your LBM and fat percentage.
Fawn
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Post by teatowel on Mar 25, 2004 13:20:39 GMT -5
Thanks to you both. If it wasn't for my recent slump and inactivity, this would be a cinch. I used to do all that stuff (avtivity) and as a rule never craved carbs all that much anyway. What I wouldn't give for the old (or is it young) me back again. Happy Thursday. tea
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Post by teatowel on Mar 27, 2004 9:34:50 GMT -5
LOL Got my old Schwinn out and peddled around the lake yesterday. Sweat off all the luteal water weight off my ribs and my thighs are all pumped up under their layer of middle age fat. Heavy sighs and resignation. tea
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