switching from LOW Calorie to LOW CARB?

[hollytingle]

Has anyone ever switched from low calorie to low carb? What was your result?

[Chicklady]

Re: switching from LOW Calorie to LOW CARB?

Yes, sort of. Since I could never stick to low calorie for more than a couple of weeks, I'm not sure I count. Results? i can actually EAT!! Imagine going from plain brown rice, a plain chicken breast and a salad with low calorie (read: sugar-enhanced plastic-textured goop) dressing to a nice dinner of parmesan crusted chicken WITH the skin, salad with real bluecheese dressing and veggies enhanced with a blob of butter.
Suffer me!!!!

[*Emma*]

Re: switching from LOW Calorie to LOW CARB?

Has anyone ever switched from low calorie to low carb? What was your result?

I think most of us tried low calorie / low fat at some point.... the difficult part is getting used to the fact that fat is good for you!!

low carb is definitely better IMO, sure i lost weight on low calorie but i wasnt happy, and i couldnt of lived like that forever, i can live like this forever though!

[purplecat]

Re: switching from LOW Calorie to LOW CARB?

I agree with Emma. I did low fat/low cal off and on for years and lost weight (but would always eventually cave and binge). The last few tries at low fat/low cal, I kept gaining weight. I can honestly say that on the low carb I don't feel deprived (like I did with low fat/low cal). I will admit that I was terrified of eating stuff so high in fat (like macadamia nuts). After years of doing the low fat/low cal you kind of get in the mind-set that fat is bad ... especially with the media throwing out a new low cal/low fat diet every week and promoting light/lite or no fat versions of items.

[hollytingle]

Re: switching from LOW Calorie to LOW CARB?

Well did you lose more weight when you switched?

[kate58]

Re: switching from LOW Calorie to LOW CARB?

Yes, I lost more weight. A long way to go, but it's coming off easier and more quickly than with any low fat diet I ever tried. Over 30lb in 10 weeks? I've sure never done that on any low fat diet.

But that, in a way, is the least of it.

On low fat diets I felt deprived, tired and hungry. On low carb I feel satisfied with what I eat, I am full of energy, my skin is glowing and I feel great. There is no comparison.

It does take a while to cast aside the guilt about eating fat and believing that this way of eating actually works. I read and read and read everything I could get my hands on and now feel foolish that I bought the low-fat stuff as the 'only way' for so long and didn't discover this WOE until now. Foolish but happy.

[purplecat]

Re: switching from LOW Calorie to LOW CARB?

Well did you lose more weight when you switched?

Let's see...I gained 25 pounds in 2 months on low cal/low fat and have lost 19 pounds in 6 weeks on low carb. That would be a definite YES!! The horrific weight gain is why I tried something new. Just grateful I tried Atkins!!