news segment on low carb diets

Pat,

Based on watching tons of people check in to this newsgroup complaining
about stalls, I'd have to agree that a major reason for low carb diet
failure IS failure to accurately count carbs.

Think of all the folks who are slugging down cups of cream (thinking it 0
carbs) or eating a couple 22 gram Atkins bars filled with those questionable
"net carbs" that stall so many people. And what about the folks who think
Walnuts have zero carbs (3 grams of carb minus 3 grams of fiber as per the
erroneous labels)?

Then there are the folks who eat cafeteria chicken salad unaware that it's
full of corn syrup, or who guess at portion sizes and get it all wrong, so
that the 3 gram portion they think they are eating is really 12 grams and
only a part of their dinner.

I've eaten lunch with quite a few friends who told me they had just started
low carbing who were eating things like a carrot and beet salad or a juice
spritzer with 30 grams of sugar in it, blissfully unaware that they were not
low carbing. The "low carb" plate at a nearby restaurant featuerd not only
carrots and green peppers but a hefty serving of beans.

Yup. Counting wrong is a major problem.
-- 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


"Pat" wrote in message
...
There was a woman on the radio today, promoting her news segment tonight
on
low carb diets (this is the Dallas broadcasting area). She said, "The
reason so many people fail with the low carb diets is that they don't know
how to count the carbohydrates." Gee, I guess we're all dumb, now!

Pat in TX

Then there are the folks who eat cafeteria chicken salad unaware that it's
full of corn syrup

I found out last weekend from the guy at our local supermarket's deli
counter that my favorite deli chicken salad has *brown sugar* in it! OMG.
Cross that one off the shopping list.

(No wonder it tasted so good!)

- Anne

Add to counting wrong...drinking wine because it's "dry."
And how many carbs are in "dry?"

Get The Carb Counts Of
Over 250 Wines.
There's No Such Thing As "Average."
Why Guess?
www.drinkbeergetthindiet.com

"Jenny" wrote in message
...
Pat,

Based on watching tons of people check in to this newsgroup complaining
about stalls, I'd have to agree that a major reason for low carb diet
failure IS failure to accurately count carbs.

Think of all the folks who are slugging down cups of cream (thinking it 0
carbs) or eating a couple 22 gram Atkins bars filled with those
questionable
"net carbs" that stall so many people. And what about the folks who think
Walnuts have zero carbs (3 grams of carb minus 3 grams of fiber as per the
erroneous labels)?

Then there are the folks who eat cafeteria chicken salad unaware that it's
full of corn syrup, or who guess at portion sizes and get it all wrong, so
that the 3 gram portion they think they are eating is really 12 grams and
only a part of their dinner.

I've eaten lunch with quite a few friends who told me they had just
started
low carbing who were eating things like a carrot and beet salad or a juice
spritzer with 30 grams of sugar in it, blissfully unaware that they were
not
low carbing. The "low carb" plate at a nearby restaurant featuerd not only
carrots and green peppers but a hefty serving of beans.

Yup. Counting wrong is a major problem.
-- 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


"Pat" wrote in message
...
There was a woman on the radio today, promoting her news segment
tonight
on
low carb diets (this is the Dallas broadcasting area). She said, "The
reason so many people fail with the low carb diets is that they don't
know
how to count the carbohydrates." Gee, I guess we're all dumb, now!

Pat in TX