Sep 05 2008
Following A Low Carb Diet Plan Is Harder Than You Think
With the popularity of such diets as The Atkins Diet and The South Beach Diet, following a low carb diet plan is how most people think losing weight is achieved. However, following a low carb diet plan is not as easy as you think. Carbs are not the enemy. Carbs do not make you fat. Consuming more calories than you burn is what makes fat accumulate all over your body. However, following a low carb diet plan may work for you, it might not, but it’s more like a temporary solution to a permanent problem.
Carbohydrates
Your body uses carbs for energy. When you follow a low carb diet plan, and eat low carb meal plans, you are depriving your body of this much needed fuel. This can cause you to feel tired, sluggish, ornery, jittery, and it will definitely make you crave carbs like you’ve never imagined. Some people may succeed on a low carb diet plan, they may get over the symptoms of following such a low carb meal plan, but the moment they begin eating carbs again all that weight is going to come right back. Some people even gain more weight than they originally had in the first place.
Good Carbs
You should understand that there are good carbs and then there are bad carbs. Good carbs are carbs such as whole wheat bread, brown rice, and others with a low glycemic index. That means it takes longer to digest them and thus your body uses them more efficiently for energy. Foods such as white bread and white rice turn to sugar very quickly and are passed through your body quickly, thus they only cause your blood sugar to spike and may give you a boost of energy but will soon have you feeling like you’re crashing. So you don’t need to follow a low carb diet plan to lose weight, you just need to choose the right types of carbs.
To effectively lose weight, you have to burn more calories than you take in day to day. The best thing to do is to eat a breakfast loaded with good carbs, like a good wheat cereal, so that you can have plenty of energy to get through your day. Eat good carbs for lunch, and maybe even a snack. Then, be sure not to eat too many, or any, carbs after six PM. That’s when your metabolism is slowing down and those carbs are more likely to be stored as fat. Also, make sure you get some kind of exercise so that you can burn away the fat that’s troubling you so.
Some people succeed on low carb diet plans but they end up hating life in the process and it’s rarely permanent. Just make good food choices, exercise, and enjoy life and you’ll see that fat melt away in no time.
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I was really glad, while I was reading this, that you actually explain good carbs/bad carbs. There are so many places/blogs on the web that talk about carbs this, carbs that – but none of them talk about the fact that our bodies NEED carbs!!! I’ve been trying to learn more about this, and your explanation about how long it takes to digest good carbs was helpful.
this is such a load of hoo haa.
Have you ever researched a low carb diet?
contrary to popular belief, if you go on a low carb plan, you do NOT crave even more carbs than before. Once your body has detoxed and is rid of the massive amount of sugar that most north americans consume, you have no cravings whatsoever. NONE.
Again, contrary to popular belief, a low carb diet does not equal NO carb. If you are eating according to a proper plan, such as South Beach or Atkins, you are cutting out flours, starchy veggies, and sugars. However, you are eating at least 3 cups of veggies a day, no processed foods, and meat, poultry and seafood. This diet is not about bacon and steak, although those are allowed.
How many North Americans can say that they cut out processed food and eat 3 cups of veggies a day?
Prior to eating Low Carb, and trying every low fat diet out there, I felt horrible all the time. My entire body ached every morning. I had irritable bowel syndrome, I didn’t sleep, and my mind was fuzzy.
Within 2 weeks of cutting out the crap, my IBS is gone (this is after 20 years of hell), all of my bodily aches and pains are gone, I wake up with energy and feel fabulous.
Oh, did I also forget to mention that all of my blood tests are fine, sugars are perfect, etc.
And if someone tries to tell you about kidneys asploding, that’s a myth. This is not a HIGH protein diet.
Not quite sure what is unhealthy about this plan. Also, if you go off a low fat plan, or high bagel plan, or pure pizza plan….you’ll also gain your weight back. It’s not limited to low carb.
the low fat craze has been instrumental in increasing sugar consumption, and therefore increasing obesity rates everywhere.