Low carb same as low cal?

I've been thinking about my diet and how I want to handle it. The low-cal
stuff hasn't been working out because I haven't been keeping track. (Maybe
deep inside I just like being fat.) Fortunately, I did break my
pigging-out-all-day habit and have only gained back a little.

I did learn a lot and I want to move forward. I've been considering a
low-carb approach. It seems to me that most of the calories in a lot of
foods comes from the starches. Hamburgers, sandwiches, breaded chicken,
pasta, cake, bread... all bad stuff. All of it.

Looking at a low-carb diet, what I see is that by counting carbs you're
really counting calories. (As long as you're not eating pork fat by the
pound.) Basically, it seems that if you go with reasonably low-fat meats on
a low-carb diet, you're automatically on a low-cal diet too.

For example, 3 eggs fried in butter with an oz of cheese, maybe 400
calories, and 4 carbs. That's breakfast.

Lunch is a huge tuna salad, with mostly leafy green veggies. Lets see,
calorie-wise tuna is about 150, figure 200 more for a big glob of dressing,
maybe some cheese and nuts, call it 500 calories and (hey) about 5 carbs.

Dinner.... a half pound of chicken breast, no bones, *with skin*, a cup of
raw broccoli, a medium carrot and salad dressing gives us a whopping total
of 800 calories and 8 carbs. (I do see a pattern!)

Wow, those are three pretty big meals, even for a big guy like me, for a
total of 1700 calories at induction level carbs. Actually, at 2200 cal/20
carbs a day, there's quite a bit of room for an evening snack.

Like I said, I'm not doing great, but I'm not doing too bad either. The
low-cal dieting did work pretty well, but I just can 't hang with it as a
WOL. I'm open to any discussion here on healthy low-carbing, in terms of
calories, food selections, or whatever.

dt

I think the trick with low carb diets is that eating foods with less
carbs make you less hungry. Carbs turns into sugar if you don't use it
up (I think that's the way it goes?) and sugar makes you want to eat
more things, thus eventually consuming more calories.

My diet consists of anything I want to eat, but I am just keeping it at
a 1300-1500/a day calorie level. I don't eat much fat because I'm not a
big fat of grease, but a sensible amount of fat within that 1300-1500
calorie regimen would not be too much, as limiting myself to that
amount of calories per day would also automatically limit my fat
intake.

HS.

Daven Thrice wrote:
I've been thinking about my diet and how I want to handle it. The
low-cal
stuff hasn't been working out because I haven't been keeping track.
(Maybe
deep inside I just like being fat.) Fortunately, I did break my
pigging-out-all-day habit and have only gained back a little.

I did learn a lot and I want to move forward. I've been considering a

low-carb approach. It seems to me that most of the calories in a lot
of
foods comes from the starches. Hamburgers, sandwiches, breaded
chicken,
pasta, cake, bread... all bad stuff. All of it.

Looking at a low-carb diet, what I see is that by counting carbs
you're
really counting calories. (As long as you're not eating pork fat by
the
pound.) Basically, it seems that if you go with reasonably low-fat
meats on
a low-carb diet, you're automatically on a low-cal diet too.

For example, 3 eggs fried in butter with an oz of cheese, maybe 400
calories, and 4 carbs. That's breakfast.

Lunch is a huge tuna salad, with mostly leafy green veggies. Lets
see,
calorie-wise tuna is about 150, figure 200 more for a big glob of
dressing,
maybe some cheese and nuts, call it 500 calories and (hey) about 5
carbs.

Dinner.... a half pound of chicken breast, no bones, *with skin*, a
cup of
raw broccoli, a medium carrot and salad dressing gives us a whopping
total
of 800 calories and 8 carbs. (I do see a pattern!)

Wow, those are three pretty big meals, even for a big guy like me,
for a
total of 1700 calories at induction level carbs. Actually, at 2200
cal/20
carbs a day, there's quite a bit of room for an evening snack.

Like I said, I'm not doing great, but I'm not doing too bad either.
The
low-cal dieting did work pretty well, but I just can 't hang with it
as a
WOL. I'm open to any discussion here on healthy low-carbing, in terms
of
calories, food selections, or whatever.

dt

I think the trick with low carb diets is that eating foods with less
carbs make you less hungry. Carbs turns into sugar if you don't use it
up (I think that's the way it goes?) and sugar makes you want to eat
more things, thus eventually consuming more calories.

My diet consists of anything I want to eat, but I am just keeping it at
a 1300-1500/a day calorie level. I don't eat much fat because I'm not a
big fat of grease, but a sensible amount of fat within that 1300-1500
calorie regimen would not be too much, as limiting myself to that
amount of calories per day would also automatically limit my fat
intake.

HS.

Daven Thrice wrote:
I've been thinking about my diet and how I want to handle it. The
low-cal
stuff hasn't been working out because I haven't been keeping track.
(Maybe
deep inside I just like being fat.) Fortunately, I did break my
pigging-out-all-day habit and have only gained back a little.

I did learn a lot and I want to move forward. I've been considering a

low-carb approach. It seems to me that most of the calories in a lot
of
foods comes from the starches. Hamburgers, sandwiches, breaded
chicken,
pasta, cake, bread... all bad stuff. All of it.

Looking at a low-carb diet, what I see is that by counting carbs
you're
really counting calories. (As long as you're not eating pork fat by
the
pound.) Basically, it seems that if you go with reasonably low-fat
meats on
a low-carb diet, you're automatically on a low-cal diet too.

For example, 3 eggs fried in butter with an oz of cheese, maybe 400
calories, and 4 carbs. That's breakfast.

Lunch is a huge tuna salad, with mostly leafy green veggies. Lets
see,
calorie-wise tuna is about 150, figure 200 more for a big glob of
dressing,
maybe some cheese and nuts, call it 500 calories and (hey) about 5
carbs.

Dinner.... a half pound of chicken breast, no bones, *with skin*, a
cup of
raw broccoli, a medium carrot and salad dressing gives us a whopping
total
of 800 calories and 8 carbs. (I do see a pattern!)

Wow, those are three pretty big meals, even for a big guy like me,
for a
total of 1700 calories at induction level carbs. Actually, at 2200
cal/20
carbs a day, there's quite a bit of room for an evening snack.

Like I said, I'm not doing great, but I'm not doing too bad either.
The
low-cal dieting did work pretty well, but I just can 't hang with it
as a
WOL. I'm open to any discussion here on healthy low-carbing, in terms
of
calories, food selections, or whatever.

dt

In article PvJvd.33529$ve.31172@fed1read06, Daven Thrice
wrote:

I've been thinking about my diet and how I want to handle it. The low-cal
stuff hasn't been working out because I haven't been keeping track. (Maybe
deep inside I just like being fat.) Fortunately, I did break my
pigging-out-all-day habit and have only gained back a little.

I did learn a lot and I want to move forward. I've been considering a
low-carb approach. It seems to me that most of the calories in a lot of
foods comes from the starches. Hamburgers, sandwiches, breaded chicken,
pasta, cake, bread... all bad stuff. All of it.

Looking at a low-carb diet, what I see is that by counting carbs you're
really counting calories. (As long as you're not eating pork fat by the
pound.) Basically, it seems that if you go with reasonably low-fat meats on
a low-carb diet, you're automatically on a low-cal diet too.

For example, 3 eggs fried in butter with an oz of cheese, maybe 400
calories, and 4 carbs. That's breakfast.

Lunch is a huge tuna salad, with mostly leafy green veggies. Lets see,
calorie-wise tuna is about 150, figure 200 more for a big glob of dressing,
maybe some cheese and nuts, call it 500 calories and (hey) about 5 carbs.

Less carbs, less cravings, more fat than on a low fat diet= more
staiety.

--
Diva
*****
The Best Man For The Job Is A Woman

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HS

I think the trick with low carb diets is that eating foods with less
carbs make you less hungry. Carbs turns into sugar if you don't use it
up (I think that's the way it goes?) and sugar makes you want to eat
more things, thus eventually consuming more calories.

My diet consists of anything I want to eat, but I am just keeping it at
a 1300-1500/a day calorie level. I don't eat much fat because I'm not a
big fat of grease, but a sensible amount of fat within that 1300-1500
calorie regimen would not be too much, as limiting myself to that
amount of calories per day would also automatically limit my fat
intake.

HS.

Daven Thrice wrote:
I've been thinking about my diet and how I want to handle it. The
low-cal
stuff hasn't been working out because I haven't been keeping track.
(Maybe
deep inside I just like being fat.) Fortunately, I did break my
pigging-out-all-day habit and have only gained back a little.

I did learn a lot and I want to move forward. I've been considering a

low-carb approach. It seems to me that most of the calories in a lot
of
foods comes from the starches. Hamburgers, sandwiches, breaded
chicken,
pasta, cake, bread... all bad stuff. All of it.

Looking at a low-carb diet, what I see is that by counting carbs
you're
really counting calories. (As long as you're not eating pork fat by
the
pound.) Basically, it seems that if you go with reasonably low-fat
meats on
a low-carb diet, you're automatically on a low-cal diet too.

For example, 3 eggs fried in butter with an oz of cheese, maybe 400
calories, and 4 carbs. That's breakfast.

Lunch is a huge tuna salad, with mostly leafy green veggies. Lets
see,
calorie-wise tuna is about 150, figure 200 more for a big glob of
dressing,
maybe some cheese and nuts, call it 500 calories and (hey) about 5
carbs.

Dinner.... a half pound of chicken breast, no bones, *with skin*, a
cup of
raw broccoli, a medium carrot and salad dressing gives us a whopping
total
of 800 calories and 8 carbs. (I do see a pattern!)

Wow, those are three pretty big meals, even for a big guy like me,
for a
total of 1700 calories at induction level carbs. Actually, at 2200
cal/20
carbs a day, there's quite a bit of room for an evening snack.

Like I said, I'm not doing great, but I'm not doing too bad either.
The
low-cal dieting did work pretty well, but I just can 't hang with it
as a
WOL. I'm open to any discussion here on healthy low-carbing, in terms
of
calories, food selections, or whatever.

dt

I think the trick with low carb diets is that eating foods with less
carbs make you less hungry. Carbs turns into sugar if you don't use it
up (I think that's the way it goes?) and sugar makes you want to eat
more things, thus eventually consuming more calories.

My diet consists of anything I want to eat, but I am just keeping it at
a 1300-1500/a day calorie level. I don't eat much fat because I'm not a
big fat of grease, but a sensible amount of fat within that 1300-1500
calorie regimen would not be too much, as limiting myself to that
amount of calories per day would also automatically limit my fat
intake.

HS.

Daven Thrice wrote:
I've been thinking about my diet and how I want to handle it. The
low-cal
stuff hasn't been working out because I haven't been keeping track.
(Maybe
deep inside I just like being fat.) Fortunately, I did break my
pigging-out-all-day habit and have only gained back a little.

I did learn a lot and I want to move forward. I've been considering a

low-carb approach. It seems to me that most of the calories in a lot
of
foods comes from the starches. Hamburgers, sandwiches, breaded
chicken,
pasta, cake, bread... all bad stuff. All of it.

Looking at a low-carb diet, what I see is that by counting carbs
you're
really counting calories. (As long as you're not eating pork fat by
the
pound.) Basically, it seems that if you go with reasonably low-fat
meats on
a low-carb diet, you're automatically on a low-cal diet too.

For example, 3 eggs fried in butter with an oz of cheese, maybe 400
calories, and 4 carbs. That's breakfast.

Lunch is a huge tuna salad, with mostly leafy green veggies. Lets
see,
calorie-wise tuna is about 150, figure 200 more for a big glob of
dressing,
maybe some cheese and nuts, call it 500 calories and (hey) about 5
carbs.

Dinner.... a half pound of chicken breast, no bones, *with skin*, a
cup of
raw broccoli, a medium carrot and salad dressing gives us a whopping
total
of 800 calories and 8 carbs. (I do see a pattern!)

Wow, those are three pretty big meals, even for a big guy like me,
for a
total of 1700 calories at induction level carbs. Actually, at 2200
cal/20
carbs a day, there's quite a bit of room for an evening snack.

Like I said, I'm not doing great, but I'm not doing too bad either.
The
low-cal dieting did work pretty well, but I just can 't hang with it
as a
WOL. I'm open to any discussion here on healthy low-carbing, in terms
of
calories, food selections, or whatever.

dt

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