Comments on: Even On Low-Carb, You Count Calories, Right?

By: chanel attary

chanel attary — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:57:46 +0000

on a regular carb diet with like 50% carbs i eat 1200 calories but on a low carb/ keto type diet i wind up pushing around 2500 calories. it’s crazy!!

By: Regina Wilshire

Regina Wilshire — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:30:00 +0000

I think counting calories is a highly individualized thing with low-carb – some may need to at some point as they lose weight, others will never ever have to even consider how many calories they’re eating a day, the calories just take care of themselves.

In my experience, I lost well following low-carb, but as I added more carbohydrate back while slightly reducing fat intake to accomodate the additions from carbohydrate, calories did begin to factor into my continued weight loss. Since I continued with the add-back approach, I have no idea if I’d lowered carbs back down if I could have ceased watching calorie intake. I will say though, the calorie intake didn’t need to be restricted to “hunger” levels and was actually a generous calorie intake each day, but I did reach a point where to continue effective, sustained, predictable weight loss, I did start counting my calories too.

By: Newbirth

Newbirth — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:33:00 +0000

I have to count calories, even on low carb. Otherwise I would WAY overeat things and gain weight. And I'm not talking sugar free candies, either; I'm talking overeating the healthy stuff - avocados, salad dressing, yogurt, cottage cheese, cheese, and even MEAT.

I religiously log my food, counting calories and carbs, six days a week. On Saturdays I loosen up a bit and just count carbs, and then only so they don't get up to 150g or something.

http://fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=Newbirth

By: Lowcarb_dave

Lowcarb_dave — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:52:00 +0000

Some of us got large like myself because of the drugs given to me by doctors when I was a child. Athsma steroids are powerful things.

I've found lately that the Atkins bars, and all the processed low carb crap, all it does is stall my weight loss and make me feel unwell.

Calorie Counting was promoted by Food Manufacturers of a way of dissolving their social irresponsibility.

By: Mark F

Mark F — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:38:00 +0000

I'll hand to folks who can count calories. I could never do it. With low-carb I avoid "white stuff" (ie. sugar, flour, taters, and rice), high sugar fruit and starchy veggies (beans and corn) and that eliminates the vast bulk of the pitfalls.

Most of us got large because we aren't great food planners. Calorie counting dieting required me to plan meals very carefully (or at least seemed to). Eating out was stressful trying to figure out calorie counts.

Low-carb? If I'm too tired to cook, a Subway club turned into a salad is a quick out or a BBQ salad from a local restaurant. Chinese take-out or take-out fajitas sans the noodles, rice, beans, etc work wonderfully.

I don't have to obsess and I can find sucess.

By: Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:39:00 +0000

This is of course because the idea of calories has being the only problem has been bandied about for so long it has become accepted fact.

The “low carb” labels also annoy me, but it at least makes me read all labels in detail. They are really reduced carb and not low carb.