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I agree. And its hard, really hard to follow a low carb diet. Practically all diet products are rich in carbs. Many products for the breakfast are rich in carbs

by jorgec 9y ago

I agree. And its hard, really hard to follow a low carb diet. Practically all diet products are rich in carbs. Many products for the breakfast are rich in carbs. Practically all products in small stores (such as newsstand) are rich in carbs.

chrisseaton 9y ago
> And its hard, really hard to follow a low carb diet. Really? I do very low-carb precisely because it's so very easy. I have heaps of vegetables and lean-meat and that fills me up and gives me all the energy I need. I almost can't see where I'd fit carbs in now. (I do eat more carbs when I'm doing something particularly arduous though). > Many products for the breakfast are rich in carbs. Well you can eat whatever you want for breakfast. You don't need 'breakfast food' in particular. I often have steamed fish for breakfast. > Practically all products in small stores (such as newsstand) Well yes, things are going to wrong if you are planning a diet around shopping at a newsstand. I'd say obviously you shouldn't do that no matter what your diet, but I suppose people have different lives to fit diets around - I work from home so it's probably easier for me.
- komali2 9y ago
  >lean-meats Well, it's not easy to do it "cheap," in most people's mind of what "cheap" food is - the little muffins at star bucks, or mcdonalds, the free cereal at work (when there are no high-protein, low-carb options). So it's not "easy" because you're no longer even capable of eating what 80% of the people you know are. If you had even half of one of the muffins at work, you'd be thrown out of ketosis and you'd need half the week getting your diet back on track. That being said, if you already have a strong habit of cooking and eating the majority of your meals instead of eating out or eating the free food at work, a low carb diet is a remarkably "easy" way to lose weight, because it doesn't come with that shitty feeling of grumpy hunger that (I at least) one gets from low-calorie dieting.
  - AstralStorm 9y ago
    It is also easy to prepare ahead of time, as fatty foods do not spoil as easily when done due to lack of water. Easier than dried fat free foods though.
keebEz 9y ago
Or easy. When you reduce your options to the beef jerky, or maybe the nuts, you often realize you aren't that hungry and actually are just bored.
microbatch 9y ago
It can definitely be difficult at times, but there are some incredible resources out there like dietdoctor.com. Recipes, meal plans, articles, tons of how-to videos and interviews. Its also pretty liberating to get off the carbs to the point that you don't need those carb-rich products. The stabilization of blood sugar on low carb makes it easy to just skip a meal or two when needed - its really not a big deal.

by jorgec 9y ago

chrisseaton 9y ago

> And its hard, really hard to follow a low carb diet. Really? I do very low-carb precisely because it's so very easy. I have heaps of vegetables and lean-meat and that fills me up and gives me all the energy I need. I almost can't see where I'd fit carbs in now. (I do eat more carbs when I'm doing something particularly arduous though). > Many products for the breakfast are rich in carbs. Well you can eat whatever you want for breakfast. You don't need 'breakfast food' in particular. I often have steamed fish for breakfast. > Practically all products in small stores (such as newsstand) Well yes, things are going to wrong if you are planning a diet around shopping at a newsstand. I'd say obviously you shouldn't do that no matter what your diet, but I suppose people have different lives to fit diets around - I work from home so it's probably easier for me.

komali2 9y ago
>lean-meats Well, it's not easy to do it "cheap," in most people's mind of what "cheap" food is - the little muffins at star bucks, or mcdonalds, the free cereal at work (when there are no high-protein, low-carb options). So it's not "easy" because you're no longer even capable of eating what 80% of the people you know are. If you had even half of one of the muffins at work, you'd be thrown out of ketosis and you'd need half the week getting your diet back on track. That being said, if you already have a strong habit of cooking and eating the majority of your meals instead of eating out or eating the free food at work, a low carb diet is a remarkably "easy" way to lose weight, because it doesn't come with that shitty feeling of grumpy hunger that (I at least) one gets from low-calorie dieting.
- AstralStorm 9y ago
  It is also easy to prepare ahead of time, as fatty foods do not spoil as easily when done due to lack of water. Easier than dried fat free foods though.

keebEz 9y ago

Or easy. When you reduce your options to the beef jerky, or maybe the nuts, you often realize you aren't that hungry and actually are just bored.

microbatch 9y ago

It can definitely be difficult at times, but there are some incredible resources out there like dietdoctor.com. Recipes, meal plans, articles, tons of how-to videos and interviews. Its also pretty liberating to get off the carbs to the point that you don't need those carb-rich products. The stabilization of blood sugar on low carb makes it easy to just skip a meal or two when needed - its really not a big deal.