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Off Low carbs for 3 years, Any new info on counting carbs?
Hi All,
Been off L.C. for about three years. Ready to go back on. Is there any new info on the way you count carbs or do you just add them up plain and simple to figure your intake? Any new info would be greatly appreciated....! Happy Holidays! Tony |
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Off Low carbs for 3 years, Any new info on counting carbs?
On 24 Dec 2003 07:11:33 -0800, in a clarity of expression resembling
Cicero, (TonyD) wrote: Hi All, Been off L.C. for about three years. Ready to go back on. Is there any new info on the way you count carbs or do you just add them up plain and simple to figure your intake? Any new info would be greatly appreciated....! Happy Holidays! Tony If you're in the US, where fiber is listed under the carbs, subtract fiber grams out. Also, any carb grams associated with sugar alcohols, which do not increase most people's blood sugar Frank Lynch The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page is at: http://www.samueljohnson.com/ |
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Off Low carbs for 3 years, Any new info on counting carbs?
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:16:08 -0800, in a clarity of expression
resembling Cicero, Karen Rodgers wrote: if they give you the runs, you probably don't need to count the [sugar alcohol] carbs. If sugar alcohol doesn't make you gassy, and give you diarea, count them. What kind of runs did you mean. if not diahrrea? Frank Lynch The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page is at: http://www.samueljohnson.com/ |
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Off Low carbs for 3 years, Any new info on counting carbs?
Frank Lynch wrote:
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:16:08 -0800, in a clarity of expression resembling Cicero, Karen Rodgers wrote: if they give you the runs, you probably don't need to count the [sugar alcohol] carbs. If sugar alcohol doesn't make you gassy, and give you diarea, count them. What kind of runs did you mean. if not diahrrea? Wait! what about E-tol? That rarely gives gas or the runs! How can you tell if it counts? preesi |
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Off Low carbs for 3 years, Any new info on counting carbs?
If you eat something with sugar alcohols in it and find you are eating a lot
more at your next meal, it's possible you got a bigger insulin spike than you realized from the sugar alcohol. Those of us with blood sugar meters can observe the rise. Sugar alcohols do raise my blood sugar contrary to label claims. I don't get the runs from them, though they do give me gas. Finally, don't forget that the sugar alcohol laden foods are almost all HIGH CALORIE. Low carbing used to work by helping you eliminate a lot of calories from your diet because you couldn't eat junk food because it didn't exists. Now that low carb junk food is in every convenience store, you can easily eat an additional 1,000 calories a day of "low carb" bars, ice cream, and candy. The calories alone may be enough to eliminate any caloric deficit and stop weight loss. The safest plan with the sugar alcohols is to count ALL the carbs listed on the labels and all the calories until you establish whether you, personally, can lose weight at a rate you are happy with while including them in your diet. Some can, many cannot. -- Jenny Cut the carbs to respond to my new email address! New photo: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/jennypics.htm Weight: 168.5/137 Diabetes Type II diagnosed 8/1998 - HBa1c 5.2 10/03 Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings * Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats * Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise Starting from Zero * Do Starch Blockers Work? * NEW! Why the Low Carb Diet is Great for Diabetes * NEW! Low Carb Strategies for People with Diabetes "Preesi" wrote in message ... Frank Lynch wrote: On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:16:08 -0800, in a clarity of expression resembling Cicero, Karen Rodgers wrote: if they give you the runs, you probably don't need to count the [sugar alcohol] carbs. If sugar alcohol doesn't make you gassy, and give you diarea, count them. What kind of runs did you mean. if not diahrrea? Wait! what about E-tol? That rarely gives gas or the runs! How can you tell if it counts? preesi |
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Off Low carbs for 3 years, Any new info on counting carbs?
Howard wrote:
:: Diets fail. *ALL* diets fail. When you go back to eating the way :: you did before, lo and behold, you gain all you excess weight back & :: then some, surprise, surprise, surprise. LC diets typically don't :: work quite as well the 2nd & 3rd time. If you can't stay on it, it's :: probably best to stay off it. What'll happen is that you'll be :: disappointed & give up, and then you'll bad-mouth low-carb. IME, most diets work...it is the dieter that quits the diet, and hence the dieter fails. :: :: Before you go back on low-carb, try low-fat for several months; :: better yet, go for one of the *radical* low-fat fad diets like Quack :: Ornish's... then at least you'll have more appreciation for low-carb. hehe. I agree about Quack Ornish! :: :: I've been eating low-carb for over 4 years now, and don't ever plan :: to eat sugar, bread, or potatoes again for the rest of my life. :: Losing 100 lbs was just one of many pleasant side-effects. It is very nice to be free of those extra 100 lbs. |
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Off Low carbs for 3 years, Any new info on counting carbs?
In article ,
says... (TonyD) wrote: Been off L.C. for about three years. Why? Ready to go back on. Why? Diets fail. *ALL* diets fail. When you go back to eating the way you did before, lo and behold, you gain all you excess weight back & then some, surprise, surprise, surprise. LC diets typically don't work quite as well the 2nd & 3rd time. If you can't stay on it, it's probably best to stay off it. What'll happen is that you'll be disappointed & give up, and then you'll bad-mouth low-carb. My, how supportive -- NOT. If Tony went off LC, regained, and is ready to give LC another go, he's coming back to what works. Whether or not he chooses to continue eating LC is up to him, but it's pretty damn self-righteous and judgmental to tell him not to bother at ALL. -- Saffire 205/179/125 Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 |
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Off Low carbs for 3 years, Any new info on counting carbs?
Howard,
Low carb worked better for me the second time around because when I started up again I analyzed what had caused me to fail the first time (after three years of compliance.) By finding out what caused my problems I was able to structure a food plan that avoided those problems. I periodically review what is going on now to see if I can head off new problems that might be emerging. Diet is not static. The typical new low carber goes through a period of months when they are so thrilled to be eating fat again that they can't imagine not being thrilled at eating this way. It may only be years later that problems emerge, or where they get to the state where they are craving brown rice, polenta, or who knows what food-that-isn't-meat-or-cheese. For me the big problem was low blood sugar attacks that were caused by eating too much protein once my blood sugar had come down. My body still produces too much insulin and the excess protein caused a huge problem. After six months of low blood sugar after every meal I had zero energy all the time and my legs felt like lead. The bad breath caused by the excess protein was a big problem too, since it made my Sweetie do all he could to undermine my diet, hoping it would go away. (Cutting protein solved the low blood sugar and the bad breath problems this time.) Another big problem was feeling deprived at holidays and special events. A third huge problem was fear of regaining weight which made me feel trapped on the diet. When I went off low carb I was able to maintain a weight for six months with the help of a diabetes medicine, so this time when I went back on the diet, I didn't feel that I had made a devil's bargain and was trapped by this way of eating. It's something I choose to do, not something that I have to do or face punishment. Finally, burn out on the foods was a huge problem for me. This time now that I'm at goal I'm eating more carbs and a wider variety of carbs and watching my calories much more closely. I'm also burning those carbs off with near-daily exercise. I have to low carb for the rest of my life or until they come up with a real cure for my type of Type II diabetes. I'm not holding my breath for the latter. So it's very important to learn how to maintain the diet. I've written up some of my ideas about how to maintain when you have to maintain in this article: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/diab-diet.htm --Jenny Cut the carbs to respond to my new email address! New photo: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/jennypics.htm Weight: 168.5/137 Diabetes Type II diagnosed 8/1998 - HBa1c 5.2 10/03 Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings * Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats * Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise Starting from Zero * Do Starch Blockers Work? * NEW! Why the Low Carb Diet is Great for Diabetes * NEW! Low Carb Strategies for People with Diabetes "Howard" wrote in message ... (TonyD) wrote: Been off L.C. for about three years. Why? Ready to go back on. Why? Diets fail. *ALL* diets fail. When you go back to eating the way you did before, lo and behold, you gain all you excess weight back & then some, surprise, surprise, surprise. LC diets typically don't work quite as well the 2nd & 3rd time. If you can't stay on it, it's probably best to stay off it. What'll happen is that you'll be disappointed & give up, and then you'll bad-mouth low-carb. Before you go back on low-carb, try low-fat for several months; better yet, go for one of the *radical* low-fat fad diets like Quack Ornish's... then at least you'll have more appreciation for low-carb. I've been eating low-carb for over 4 years now, and don't ever plan to eat sugar, bread, or potatoes again for the rest of my life. Losing 100 lbs was just one of many pleasant side-effects. -- Howard -- doing low-carb 4 years, lost 100 lbs. http://www.SuzyQShop.com -- We still have the Eades book, carb counter, & wall poster; now $1! |
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Off Low carbs for 3 years, Any new info on counting carbs?
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 17:45:15 GMT, Frank Lynch
wrote: On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:16:08 -0800, in a clarity of expression resembling Cicero, Karen Rodgers wrote: if they give you the runs, you probably don't need to count the [sugar alcohol] carbs. If sugar alcohol doesn't make you gassy, and give you diarea, count them. What kind of runs did you mean. if not diahrrea? Hey, cut me some slack, I had a root canal last week! I plead pain pill induced mushy brain... :-) Karen Rodgers ********** Windbourne, folk singers of the future http://www.windbourne.com/ remove "_rice_" from my email address ********** |
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