low carb,low calorie diet anyone?

Is anyone on a succesful low carb, low calorie (1800 cal or less)
diet?

Can you share me your carbohydrate intake and calorie consumption
please?

I would like to know if it's possible to maintain this type of diet
without compromising too much of your daily routine.

thanks in advance

I average 2400 calories and 75-100 carbs a day and have consistently lost 1-2
lbs a week since I started back on this WOE last October. This is probably more
typical for a man, since we generally lose more weight at higher caloric
intakes than women.

shinino wrote:
| Is anyone on a succesful low carb, low calorie (1800 cal or less)
| diet?

I had not lost for about a year. Then on December 15th I modified my
low-carb plan to reduce calories also. I have lost 26 pounds in one month.

| Can you share me your carbohydrate intake and calorie consumption
| please?

I've kept my carbs between 20 - 40, and calories around 1500. I've also
tried to keep my Fat-Protein-Carb ratio to about 70-25-5. I would not
recommend this for everyone, and I will not continue it for long. (I also
take a fistful of vitamins and supplements daily). But it's been a
phenomenal stallbuster for me. Also my blood glucose has stayed between 75
and 115 (I was a newly diagnosed Diabetic in December before reducing my
calories along with the carbs).

I set other rules for myself during this time. I've eaten no pre-packaged
food at all, I prepare everything. (The only exception to this is the
occassional Subway low-carb Turkey Bacon Melt Wrap for lunch, which
dovetails perfectly with my fat to carb ratios and calorie goals). I also
have been carefully contolling my portions, which means that I'm not always
satisfied after finishing each meal that I eat. I haven't been drinking
anything except water and weak decaf iced tea, and plenty of these.

| I would like to know if it's possible to maintain this type of diet
| without compromising too much of your daily routine.

I've increased my calories in the past couple of days because I don't want
my metabolism to slow down too much, and common sense tells me that I've
been losing too much too fast to maintain good health. I wouldn't
recommend sustaining llow-carb/low-calorie for much longer than I just did.
This has nothing to do with daily routine; it's just as easy cook the foods
I've been eating as it is to cook foods with more calories. (Very simple
grilled meat and steamed vegetables or meat and eggs).

I'm tweaking it on a daily basis and have been carefully tracking what I eat
on Fitday.

| thanks in advance

Good luck

Peter
website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo

I've maintained an 1800 calorie while exercising quite a bit. The diet was
fairly balance. There is a formula based on age/weight/height/sex and level
of exercise. You plug in the numbers and it basically tells you how many
calories you can eat.
Now, you back out 3500 calories per pound per week and that's roughly what
you will lose. As long as there are no other medical conditions.
I'll try and find the formulas.
Remind in a week if I haven't dug it up
"shinino" wrote in message
m...
Is anyone on a succesful low carb, low calorie (1800 cal or less)
diet?

Can you share me your carbohydrate intake and calorie consumption
please?

I would like to know if it's possible to maintain this type of diet
without compromising too much of your daily routine.

thanks in advance

marengo wrote in
s.com:

I've kept my carbs between 20 - 40, and calories around 1500. I've
also
tried to keep my Fat-Protein-Carb ratio to about 70-25-5. I would not
recommend this for everyone, and I will not continue it for long. (I
also take a fistful of vitamins and supplements daily).

That's just about identical to what I do, except that the calories are
between 1500 and 1600. (I'm presently 195, times 8 for 1560, which is the
minimum amount of calories I should take in.)

Chakolate



--

Started low-carbing 8-26-03
242/195/150
As of Christmas Day, 2003, BMI under 30.

On 15 Jan 2004 20:03:02 -0800, (shinino) wrote:

Is anyone on a succesful low carb, low calorie (1800 cal or less)
diet?

1800 is low calorie? I love your world.

Can you share me your carbohydrate intake and calorie consumption
please?

I was eating around 50g carbs and 1600-1800 cals for most of my
weight loss (200 pounds down to about 152) After that I really had to
cut calories, eating about 8 cals a pound, which ended up being 1220
calories to 1100 calories. ALong with copious amount sof exercise
(lifting four days a week, interval training 4 days a week, long form
cardio 5 days a week - yes, I went to the gym twice on a lot of days)
I got down to 141.5 pounds and 17.5% bodyfat, as a female who's got a
serious estrogen. So it can be done. It also sucked donkey balls,
was hard ot maintain. I maintained relatively easier at 148 pounds,
but after this Christmas I found myself at 158 pounds just because
I've been lazy and eating like a stuffed pig and doing little exercise
for the past six months. In the last two weeks I've gotten myself
back down to a more manegable 152 with the 1600 calories a day and
50ish g of carb. I'll be cutting back even further once I hit 150
(after my period, TMI, I know)

I would like to know if it's possible to maintain this type of diet
without compromising too much of your daily routine.

Well, I don't know what your daily routine is, so I can't tell you if
that's possible. What I can tell you is that if you make it a
priority, then it'll become part of your routine. But it's easier to
make excuses than to make changes, n'est-ce pas?

Cheers,
Nina
delicious! evil! calorie free!
http://www.theslack.com

On 16 Jan 2004 04:21:38 GMT, (Garypa) wrote:

I average 2400 calories and 75-100 carbs a day and have consistently lost 1-2
lbs a week since I started back on this WOE last October. This is probably more
typical for a man, since we generally lose more weight at higher caloric
intakes than women.

You're probably heavier, too. Generally the heavier you are, the more
you can eat and still lose weight.

Cheers,
Nina
delicious! evil! calorie free!
http://www.theslack.com

Shinino,

I have been eating a low carb diet with a daily intake of between 1300 and
1650 calories a day for fifteen months now. I work out at the gym for an
hour four times a week doing cardio intensity workouts whenever possible.

However, I'm a middle aged lady and small. My current weight is under 140
lbs.

The advice I've seen from people whose intelligence I trust is that 10 times
your current body weight in calories is a good level for dieting. Going
lower is likely to slow your metabolism. So if you weighed 200 lbs, you'd
want to eat 2000 calories.

Alternatively, use the calculator at
http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/CalRequire.html to determine your BMR and
then set your calorie level at a level that is at least a little bit higher
than that BMR.

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.2.
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes,
strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm



"shinino" wrote in message
m...
Is anyone on a succesful low carb, low calorie (1800 cal or less)
diet?

Can you share me your carbohydrate intake and calorie consumption
please?

I would like to know if it's possible to maintain this type of diet
without compromising too much of your daily routine.

thanks in advance

I had not lost for about a year. Then on December 15th I modified
my
low-carb plan to reduce calories also. I have lost 26 pounds in
one month.



peter,
would you share a daily sample menu?

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 20:03:02 +0000, shinino wrote:

Is anyone on a succesful low carb, low calorie (1800 cal or less)
diet?

Can you share me your carbohydrate intake and calorie consumption
please?

I would like to know if it's possible to maintain this type of diet
without compromising too much of your daily routine.

thanks in advance

I do 20 carbs and 2000-2200 cals per day.

-Cheers