You don t want to cut out all carbs. Veggies are carbs and no matter how low-carb you eat, you should eat plenty of veggies. Cutting back carbs helps to keep your appetite at bay so you are not as hungry so you eat less and lose weight. :)Protein shakes only help if you are doing weight training. Otherwise just eat real food to get your protein such as meat and dairy.
If you managed to cut carbs out of your diet entirely I would be absolutely amazed - its near impossible to do. The good news is you ll lose weight rapidly, the bad news is that within 3-5 days your body will move into a state of ketoacidosis. This is the process by which is converts fat in to energy molecules called ketones. Ketones are okay to use for fuel in the very short term (3-5 days, maybe up to 13 if you are using a proper cyclical ketogenic diet), but with no carbs? After around 7 days the levels of toxicity from the ketones will increase to a point where you will eventually end up comatosed and possibly die.Basically? Cutting carbs out are a terrible idea.You can however limit your carbs. Around 40-50% of your daily calorie intake should come from Low GI carb sources (brown bread, brown rice, wholewheat pasta, vegetables, etc). Avoid high GI carbs like sugars, fruits, etc, and you ll find the weight will start dropping off quickly. I weigh in at 205lbs, have a body fat percentage of around 14% and eat anywhere between 300-400g of carbs a day without gaining fat.
protein shakes do help, but if your eating the right foods you really don t need them. Protein shakes just give you fat, calories, and all the vitamins that you need in your body.If your eating all your food groups and everything you should be eating, I wouldn t worry about it.But don t cut out carbs! Thats nonsense! Your body runs off of carbs, calories, fat, vitamins, and all that great stuff you get from foods.If you just stick to serving sizes, no over eating, and eat smaller meals throughout the day you ll do great and lose weight faster!(: Do good workouts too, and keep really hydrated. Good luck!
First of all, cutting out carbs completely isn t very good for you. The protein drinks that your partner uses are for building muscle so as long as you have a balanced diet, you really don t need to use them. The faster you loose weight, the quicker and easier it will be for you to put it back on. Slow and steady is the best way. You need to eat a balanced diet, not faddy diets. Your calorie intake should depend on your lifestyle. Your body needs a minimum of 1200cal just for daily functioning of heart, cell repair and all normal bodily functions. Anything less than this is very unhealthy. The recommended daily amount for a woman who wants to maintain her weight is 2000 so you need a little less than this if you want to loose weight. I would recommend around 1600 to 1800 to maintain a steady and realistic weight loss. Exercise is the absolute best and most reliable way to loose weight. On a 1600cal per day diet you will only need to do a half hour of exercise that gets your heart pumping to be able to loose weight.
Well, I wouldn t recommend cutting them out completely as that can lead to serious health problems. But yes, lowering your carb intake can help you shed weight.There is strict, low carb which allows you to eat only 20 - 25 net grams a day (net means you subtract the fiber from your total and that gives you your number). It s hard, takes getting used to and is pretty hard core (but it works).Or, you can limit them to a healthy number, like something under 100 a day. I am very active but trying to lose weight so I have limited mine recently to 75 grams a day, plus I get around 20 grams of fiber so once that s subtracted I m left with 55 for the day. I have no energy issues and I certainly don t feel deprived as I m still able to eat fruit, beans and even crackers. Good luck!
Hi Of course you don t need carbohydrates in your diet. Answer to your question is YES, you will lose body fat much faster if you cut out carbohydrates completely from your diet.Carbohydrates are not our natural source of energy. In nature, even in tropical countries they are available in season only. Natural sources of carbohydrates are fruits and vegetables and if you want to lose weight fast you should eat only vegetables (they are much healthier and rich in minerals and vitamins than fruits anyway).Our basic source of energy always was and always will be FAT and I mean ANIMAL FAT. All of the healthiest wild tribes living around the world eat meat and animal fats, they know what is good for them. Generally tribes like Aborigine, Masai, Native North American Indian or Eskimo eat lots of meat and fat and not too much of fruits and veggies.Eskimo never eat fruits and vegetables. They eat only fish, red meat and lots of fat. You don t have to eat so much fat (eskimo portions) just eat it to make your self satisfied.Meat and fat diet will make you lean, strong and healthy. There are many more benefits of course e.g. nice healthy skin and hair, strong nails, lots of energy, vital power etc.You have to know that when you eat high carbohydrate diet or even low carbohydrate diet and you have metabolic disorder then you will gain weight and very easily but loosing of weight will be like horror for you. Metabolic disorders (carbohydrates metabolisms) are know very well these days but our academic medicine and GP s seams to not to worry about people with these problems. You can try your self on ZERO CARB DIET but it can be not for you so my advice is:eat only meat, vegetables and fats in first two weeks and wait for effects. You can eat all of meats and fish (fatty and skinny etc.), you can eat only real butter, beef suet, lard but not to much, beef dripping, fat cream, olive oil, coconut oil and omega-3 oils. Eat vegetables but not to much of it and preferably green ones (always eat vegetables with fat).You will lose weight very fast and the best is that you will lose excess of fat and not your muscles.P.S DON T buy any kind of SLIM FAST products e.g. protein powders, liquid meals, protein bars etc. They are NOT NATURAL FOODS and there is no need to eat this kind of fake foods. P.S 2 If someone is telling you that these kinds of products are good for you that means he want to make some money and only thing which will be smaller after you buy it will be your wallet, not your belly. Have a nice dayAndrew
No, if all carbs were bad, all of asia would be fat. Cut out refined carbs but leave complex, natural ones. Cut out the protein drinks. Balance and moderation are the keys. Get your nutrients naturally as we evolved doing. We did not evolve with concentrated protein.A lot of the answers you will see here will tell you to buy some sort of supplement. Don t take diet pills. They are unnatural and dangerous. It is not the lack of pills that get us heavy; that is not the fix we need. It was (most likely) improper diet and lifestyle that got you the extra weight. That is the fix we need.The best way to be healthy is through the principles of balance and moderation. You need to eat good food and eat enough of it.When trying to lose weight, shoot to lose 1-3 pounds per week. No more. Don t go hungry, just keep yourself filled with good, natural foods.Don t worry about calories. Caloric science is flawed for several reasons. 1) it assumes 100% absorption, but we all absorb and excrete different amounts; 2) It assumes all calories are processed the same, but calories from natural sources are burned more slowly and evenly than from refined sources; 3) It assumes that the amount of energy released by combustion (burning) in a lab is the same amount of energy released when the food is broken down enzymatically in the gut; 4) It assumes that the same exercise done by different people will burn the same amount of exercise, but different exercises will be harder or easier for different people; 5) Correlation does not prove causation. People who are heavier eat more calories: did the calories make them heavy, or did being heavy make them need more calories? Maybe they are both symptoms of a deeper problem. 6) people in China consume 25-40% more calories; even the sedentary office workers have more calories and less obesity than we.Asian cultures have long ago figured out how we should be eating, Ever since we have looked to science to tell us how to eat we have seen more obesity and diet-related disease. If we eat like the Asians, we will look like the Asians. This doesn t mean you have to eat Asian food, just adhere to the principles that are common to the different cultures and cuisines.You should eat mostly vegetables, mostly cooked (cold and raw foods slow your metabolism because they need to be cooked in your stomach) and a wide variety, mostly fresh and in-season and local, simple grains (more rice, less bread), some fruit, a little meat, no dairy (it s for infants and grows tissue), and no artificial foods.Avoid artificial foods, including sugar substitutes. Don t worry about calories, fat, protein, carbs, nor any one component of food.There are several books that explain this strategy of eating. The Asian Diet: simple secrets for eating right, losing weight, and being well by Bussell explains the diet and its rationale. The Asian Diet: get slim and stay slim the Asian way by Tran has recipes that adhere to the principles. The China Study by Campbell has the science behind the recommendation.Get some exercise every day, but not too much and not always the same exercise. Start slow and work your way up. Calisthenics are great, as is Tai Chi. Walking and swimming are also great. All other exercises should be in a wide rotation.Follow the principles of balance and moderation and you ll be fine. Most diets in America are not balanced nor moderate.Source(s):http://www.theasiandiet.comhttp://www.thechinastudy.com
Don t do that. Your body need (healthy) carbs and low carb diets are notorious for not working long term. It s not healthy to cut all of anything out of your diet (carbs, protein, fats, etc).You need a healthy balance, and plenty of exercise. Make changes that will work long term and you can stick with...no gimmicks, no fad diets, no tricks. Your body needs carbs for quick energy...eat whole grain breads and brown rice and healthy carbs. Stay away from white food. That s the key...eating the good stuff, not stopping eating all carbs.
Cutting out carbs completely will prob help you to lose weight, however it s not at all healthy and can make you feel very ill, especially if you re exercising. I do a lot of exercise and find that sticking to good carbs (wholemeal bread pasta, brown rice) and protein shakes really helps - they have a lower GI. I recommend Maximuscle Promax Diet - it s lower in carbs. Good luck. :)
no, you need carbohydrates in your diet as they give you a ready sorce of energy. Carbohydrates give you 20 minuites worth of exercise, so once you burn off those carbs you burn fat. So your better off just eating a healthy BALENCED diet and exercising.Otherwise the weight will pile back on and you would be doing no good for yourself.Protien drinks will help build and repair muscle, so unless you want a 6 pack no. See GCSE PE is good for somthing ;Dhope it helped (Y)
i reduced my carbs rather than cutting them out completely and i increased my protein and i lost 14lbs in about 3-4 months and i ve kept it off by keeping my carbs low and protein higher and exercising. if you don t have the right level of carbs and protein you ll find you don t have a lot of energy to exercise.
yes ul lose weight, however u still need carbs as they make up the basic of the food groups needed. they are a third of our daily intake. stop eating pasta, potatoes and rice. still eat break though, stay away from pancakses douhnuts cakes etc. the weight will fall off
You should NOT cut carbs out of your diet because they supply you with the energy that your body needs to function and live basically. You shouldn t consume A HUGE amount of carbs but make sure that you are getting enough of them because your body needs to function. Protein drinks are fine...they are good for dinners. best of luck! Hope I helped!
I would not cut out carbs altogether, perhaps cutting down on them a bit would help. Keep a food diary with what you eat and then figure out how much carbs you are eating. It is better to eat them earlier in the day and if you have them at night, make sure it is a small serve
You do need carbs in your diet. Just change to low Gi types.Basmati rice instead of whiteWholegrain breads Wholewheat pasta Sweet or new potatoes instead of oldUnderripe bananas, not overripe
