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Carb cycling for weight loss Anyone had success with this?
Vintage Joan Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9402	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 5/25/12 9:44 AM Yesterday I learned about carb cycling, where you eat low carb two days a week and then eat normally (healthy/balanced/higher carb) the rest of the week. Many people seem to find it works -- and unlike straight low-carb diets, it does sound like something you could do without messing up your body's nutritional balance. Any success stories to report with this? -- Edited on 5/25/12 10:09 AM -- ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
Vintage Joan Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9402	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/25/12 1:37 PM I think it might also be called carb shifting, if that helps. ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
tourist   Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 7/23/07 Posts: 5476	Login to reply to this post In reply to Vintage Joan << 1 member likes this. Date: 5/25/12 3:30 PM I haven't heard of it, but it sounds like it might work. I am doing lower-ish carbs, with no counting involved and I am pleased with the results. Avoiding sugar except in my coffee, not basing meals around a starch (helps that DH is wheat free) except my morning oatmeal. If I am hungry I eat protein, veggies and some fat, if I am just wanting to eat I eat veggies. Sunday is a big restaurant lunch (with fries!). Every night we have a square of good chocolate with our glass of wine. Never hungry, never feel deprived. If something that looks irresistible jumps in front of me I have a taste. If it is amazing, I may have 2 or even 3. I have discovered that, after the third bite, I don't really taste much anyway. When people ask, I just say I am eating more veggies, and they are asking, because I have lost 2" at least around hips, waist and bust. Thankfully no loss of height! I am looking forward to reading more on this post. ------ http://bgballroom.wordpress.com to follow the progress on my next ballgown.
Sherril Miller   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7474	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 5/25/12 3:34 PM I've been doing low carb (20-30) for 4 months and have lost 25 pounds. I have another 50 to go so I'm not going to be eating carbs more than I am any time soon. ------ Visit my blog at http://sewingsaga.blogspot.com If it's worth sewing, it's worth sewing well; and if it's worth sewing well, it's worth FITTING FIRST! - TSL
BJ1400 Intermediate WV USA Member since 10/29/03 Posts: 2382	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 5/25/12 3:47 PM I read that article recently in Prevention Mag. & thought it was interesting too. here's the article ------ Beverly. Sewing Makes Me Happy http://bjsewmuchmore.blogspot.com
Vintage Joan Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9402	Login to reply to this post In reply to BJ1400 << Like this post Date: 5/25/12 4:18 PM Thanks for posting that article! The one I read yesterday was in Woman's World magazine, so a bit more newstand-y, if you see what I mean (a different diet miracle every month, lol). But the article you've posted seems to confirm my instinct that this isn't just hype. Here's an encouraging excerpt from your article: Quote: Good news for dieters who feel that counting calories has become a full-time job. According to new research, you might do better to cut carbs just two days a week instead of going low cal every day. In a recent study, presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, British researchers found that women who eliminated carbohydrate-rich foods like bread, pasta, potatoes and rice two days a week and ate their normal diet the rest of the time lost an average of 9 lb. over four months. Meanwhile, women in a similar group who ate a 1,500-cal.-per-day Mediterranean-style diet for the same time period lost only 5 lb. Women on the intermittent diet not only lost more weight but also showed greater improvements on other markers of health, including levels of insulin and leptin. From what I read this morning to try to find out more, apparently what helps most is the switching from low carb to normal carb -- somehow it tricks your brain into NOT turning your metabolism down, which is what happens when you go on a "diet." (I crash dieted at 13 and spent the rest of my teenage/young adult years maintaining the weight loss by eating 1000-1200 calories a day... I'm sure this didn't do my metabolism any good.) ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
Vintage Joan Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9402	Login to reply to this post In reply to tourist << Like this post Date: 5/25/12 4:25 PM Quote: When people ask, I just say I am eating more veggies Yes, I had forgotten that most veggies are fine on a low-carb diet and most fruits are really not. I couldn't stay on a normal low-carb diet anymore -- I love fruit too much! Skipping the obvious starchy foods isn't as hard for me, but breakfast is a tricky one. About 80% of my standard breakfast foods are carb-based (cereal, toast, English muffins...). But woo hoo, maybe I'll have CHEESE instead. I've just started this today and will be trying to stick with Thurs.-Fri. as low-carb days. I'll let you know how it goes. -- Edited on 5/25/12 4:29 PM -- ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
MarthaA24   Advanced CA USA Member since 4/4/08 Posts: 682	Login to reply to this post In reply to Vintage Joan << Like this post Date: 5/25/12 5:46 PM Joan, I don't know if you have ever checked out a low glycemic diet. In many ways it is like a low carb diet, but different again. It is based on eating food that doesn't trigger a lot of insulin. With this diet many fruits are allowed, like berries, applies, pears, cherries, tangerines & others. It is more the tropical fruits like pineapple & the such that are higher glycemic. Also lentils & beans tend to be fine, but not generally the starchy foods like potatoes, corn & rice. With grains, it depends on the grain & how it is treated. For breads and that type of food, if you can find sprouted grain bread like Ezekiel bread, that is low glycemic. Multi-grain bread, that is whole grain, is lower glycemic than all whole wheat bread, as is sour dough bread. While I working on losing weight I'm only eating the Ezekiel bread products. I started this diet mid Jan & have lost 20 pounds, but need to lose a fair amount more. I like this diet better than low carb that I had done some years ago. A book I really like that explains the low glycemic diet in a nutshell is Michel Montignac's Glycemic Index Diet. It has a good glycemic index in the back. ------ Martha
blue mooney Intermediate TX USA Member since 12/21/02 Posts: 1741	Login to reply to this post In reply to BJ1400 << Like this post Date: 5/25/12 6:47 PM Thanks for posting that link! This seems like a way to have it all. Is it too good to be true? ------ --Robyn sewing blog: http://bluemooney.wordpress.com/ illustration blog: http://storybooky.wordpress.com/
Vintage Joan Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9402	Login to reply to this post In reply to MarthaA24 << Like this post Date: 5/25/12 7:48 PM My son was on a low glycemic diet, I think -- not that he needed to lose weight, but he was trying to get fitter and slimmer and have more energy. I'm not interested in the traditional low-carb diet -- if today is any example, it would drive me crazy. I love variety. Also, a true low-carb diet just doesn't seem to respect the way we're made -- complex carbohydrates are our main fuel. I'm going to try this tactic for a while and see what happens. I just started today, after all. You're apparently supposed to do it for two consecutive days, so I'll continue tomorrow and then switch to Thurs.-Fri. next week. I don't want to normally be doing this on weekends, in case people come over or something. -- Edited on 5/25/12 7:50 PM -- ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/

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