weight loss

cheapie

like a previous poster said, don't stick with plain water during long rides. i don't know if this would give you headaches but it sure can't help!

tfstrum

So now you have my interest. What are good carbs? I looked on-line and noticed nuts and legumes, and some fruit and vegetables. Anything else??

Thanks

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Biking-Momma

This is going to seem like a novel but here I go.

First things first, I was once told people fail on diet's they make it on "live its" because you have to be willing to live with your eating habit changes for the rest of your life whereas, diet are usually fad's people get tired of.

Back last October I was trying to lose weight. i couldn't so I went in to my doctor to have blood work done. So months later after my OBGYN canceling some of the appointments (how dare some woman give birth during my appointment ) i finally was able to attend my apointment(end of January). I found out I was insulin resistant. I was given literature and a book to read to get a grasp of it and what I needed to do diet wise. I tell you this only for background I am not saying this is any of you guys reading this. Just more of a FYI.

So I was told to eat only "good" carbs and to cut back the "bad". I was also told to link and balance my protein. Here is how it works.

I am only allowed 30 carbs in a meal. I also suppose to eat 1/2 of the amount of my carbs in protien. I usually eat 3 main meals and 2 snacks. So let's say for Breakfast i have a piece of dry toast(15 carbs), an egg(8 grams of protien). I had 15 carbs and paired it with 8 grams of protein. i only needed 7.5 (half of 15). I linked and balanced my meal. i could have had 2 pieces of toast, but I won't be able to have any other carbs for 2 hours. But if I had eaten 2 pieces of dry toast (30 carbs) now i have to eat at least 15 (half of 30) grams of protein. Every meal goes like this.

What I quickly found out I was doing when I was eating my 1200 calorie diet plans was even thoght something was only 150 calories it was sometime 20 carbs and then I'd have another 250 calorie item and it would have 15 carbs and so forth. So even though I kept my calories low I was getting high carb counts. Hence when I said check and be sure you are chosing wisely what carbs your calories are made of.

Your initial question was what are good vs bad carbs. A generalized list of good would be salad, fruit, vegetables, grains, nuts so forth. Whereas, bad is chips, cookies, fruit juice, high carb ice creams, pre-packaged foods, cakes and so forth. So what I have had to do is say to myself "I can have 5 of these chips or a small salad with my favorite dressing for the same amount of carbs. I can have a cup of this carb smart ice cream or 1/4 cup for that typical ice cream. I can have this Taco Bell Taco Salad without the shell and refried beans for 14 carbs or 77carbs with shell and beans."

Also as a side note, my husband was somewhat forced into this "live it". He has lost 60 pounds as well. I asked my doctor when I was told to do this if it was healthy for my husband to do the same as me. She assured me it would be fine. So at my last appointment I mentioned again that he had lost all this weight and she said "Yeah, everyone should essentially be living this way. Our bodies were not designed to have all the preservitives, processed nutrients and processed/packaged foods." It kind of took me back for a minute. I kept thinking I was doing some amazing equation to get results. in reality I was being a smart eater.

I have found I don't feel deprived. I can still have indulgences. But I have to make conscious indulgences.

If you have any other questions just ask.

Shelia

Oh I lost another pound today. I have officially lost 61 pounds now!

tfstrum

Thanks! And congrats on the 61 lbs. That's major...

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beowulf

a really good website to track your calories is a website called fitday.com


and its free http://www.fitday.com/