I recently started tracking my low carb diet macros and realized im only getting 20ish grams of fat a day for my low carb diet which is anywhere between 30-55grams of carbs a day. Is this good or bad? Its also high protien and 300 calorie a day deficit from my maintenance calories. Not brand new but still have a lot to learn/figure out.

Can anyone recommend an app for calculating or identifying how many carbs in a whole food or processed food? Thanks in advance

I just found out I am right at being a diabetic, not bad enough for meds yet.

My PCP wants me to only eat 100 carbs a day, but this is all new to me.

Any suggestions on foods and how much etc?

Eating low-carb is one thing, but what happens when the rest of your household doesn't?

I've been eating low-carb (Atkins) for about 18 years now, but the rest of my family hasn't always eaten the same way.

When my kids were growing up, I would just add extra sides and make sure they were getting the variety and nutrition they needed. Now that it's just my husband and me, he pretty much eats whatever I make, even though he doesn't follow low-carb himself. Sometimes I'll make potatoes, rice, pasta, or something extra for him, but that's about it.

I've always found it easier to make one meal and just adjust what's on each plate rather than cook two completely different dinners.

I'm curious how everyone else handles this.

Do you make one meal and switch up the sides? Cook separate meals? Meal prep your own food?

And what about having bread, pasta, snacks, and other higher-carb foods in the house? Does it bother you having them around, or is it just not an issue?

Final question...what about when you plan to eat out? Do you select a restaurant based on low-carb offerings or just go with the flow and do the best you can?

Can you all share your favorite and most flavorful vegetarian low carb diet recipes with me? I am gonna struggle with eating like this, but it’s really important to do for my health. I am vegetarian (I eat dairy but I don’t eat fish) I do have vegan meats I can eat. I pretty much live on carbs currently. Food is my happy place so i need good recipes to help me get going. Looking more specifically for dinner recipes I can follow. Thanks!

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Would being on keto protect against neurotoxicity of alcohol? Educated guesses are fine too.

When I plug in my stats into a common carb calculator, it says I should consume at least 240 grams, but if I did that, I would literally die of food coma and live in a fog. I feel fantastic consuming just around 100 or less! Could it be that some people just require less carbs, and going over is obviously detrimental, especially on the long term?

I would like to pick your brains and see if you could come up with a formula that shows how a specific physical exercise burns off the specific amount of carbs that one just ate. Example: I’m going to eat a meal that has 150g of carbs in it. I’m going to burn it back off. What physical exercises would be the most effective to burn those carbs off, THE FASTEST? How many sets and reps would I need to do? In what amount of time etc. ?

Educated guesses are fine.

Hello!

I did keto a while back and had great success. Most of it was enjoying the lack of food noise. After that I generally remained lower carb and was able to keep a decent portion of the weight off.

I’m now a year post partum and breast feeding still so keto is not ideal at the moment. I’d like to do low carb to hopefully lose the baby weight but I’m wondering if any of you can share maybe the amount of carbs that give you food noise peace? If you do low carb, do you still load up on fat? Is it okay to eat that much fat when getting into ketosis to burn it all is not the goal? Is that when we run into potential cholesterol issues?

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hello,

Has anyone found any keto chip companies that make chips from ALMOND FLOUR like Hilo did? They were good because they were made from FOOD and not supplements (like protein powders).

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Am I supposed to be irritable around day 6?

I am at work…have almost 3 hours to go and I could k i l l someone. (Not really)

I am drinking electrolytes. Eating enough, etc etc

I don’t know what else to do ?

I'm very curious if anyone has advice on how to transition to maintenance on a low carb diet.

I am rapidly approaching my target weight having lost around 130lb over about 18 months. I've been eating low carb and doing a lot of walking and cycling, plus working out. I've got to be honest I'm very worried about 'maintenance' because I've lost significant amounts of weight before (never this much and not on low carb), and put it back on.

I would like to improve my aerobic fitness and strength. And I work better with absolute rules where there is little wiggle room (which is is why I think low carb suited me so well). I feel like there are a lot of 'slippery slopes' in 'maintenance thinking'.

Anyone been through this and stuck to it?

I am a 65 year old woman who has type 2 diabetes.

Most of the time I try to stay low carb keto but generally after 2-3 weeks I struggle to keep on LC Keto!

After a small binge on bad, high sugar and high carb foods, I took my bs reading two nights ago and it was 600!

I am not seeing an endocrinologist regularly • my weight is 230, and I’m 5 foot 4. I take insulin humilin r and n.

Any helpful hints or advice on how to stay on track would be appreciated.

Today, I had 1 Adkins shake with coffee for breakfast and 3 scrambled eggs for lunch. Tonight I am having mashed cauliflower and rotisserie chicken for dinner with a small salad (carb friendly of course)

I think I kinda know what to do, I just really struggle staying on track!

Prayers also would be appreciated greatly 🙏🫶🙏

What’s your favorite low-carb snack or meal for high-volume face stuffing?

Late30s Male, 5'10".

South Asian Descent (insulin resistance is present).

Starting weight: 225 lbs

Goal weight: 185 lbs

Diet plan: Goal is less than 100g "net carbs" a day.

Breakfast: Green tea, no milk, no sugar.

Lunch: Steamed vegetables + meat, or riced cauliflower + meat.

Snack: Pecans, peanuts, stovetop popcorn (depends on day). 30-60g serving weighed depending on the day.

Dinner: Steamed vegetables + meat, or riced cauliflower + meat. Or, lentil based flatbread + meat. Dairy such as cheese or unsweetened yogurt (one string cheese, or one yogurt cup).

Diet also includes:

1. one 6 oz cup of tea made with whole milk and one teaspoon of honey.

2. Psylliuk husk drink (water only).

Meats will rotate between beef, fish, and poultry. Most will be sauted, no heavy sauces. Approximately 6 oz to 8 oz, lunch and dinner.

Weekends are less stringent, may also include fruits.

I started keto to kick off my weight loss, then plan to switch to low carb after a couple weeks. Is this a good idea or just a dumb plan i have?

There’s no one set of rules for low-carb, and since everyone is different, that's probably a good thing! I think most of us develop our own set of “rules” that we think we need to follow.

After 18 years of eating low-carb, I’ve had a few of those come and go—and even a few I’ve brought back. One I stopped following a long time ago was limiting sweeteners. I found that it really didn’t make any difference for me as far as progress, maintaining or craving control.

Maybe yours was completely avoiding alcohol, eating only whole foods, avoiding all processed low-carb products, never eating late at night, or weighing and measuring absolutely everything.

What rule did you stop following only to realize it really didn’t matter for you?

Hey all, first time posting here. I first tried keto around December because I was struggling with blood sugar crashes and have polycystic overuse and was on the boarder of becoming prediabetic (even though I was 5’4 and 118 at the time). I did keto from December to the beginning of March and felt great. Was able to get into ketosis and everything. I took a break for a few months and then started again in June. At this time I was training for a half marathon and was increasing my running miles to 20 a week. I ended up having a complete metabolic crash, gained 10 lbs that I had worked really hard to loose and zero energy. I quit keto mid August and have been slowly getting my energy back once I introduced complex carbs again. Still not eating processed food or sugar tho (90% of the time). I still think keto is a great tool but was not great for me long term. I’ve tried to find articles about other people experiencing the same thing but right now, all I can find are articles and media demonizing carbs and saying keto is the best way to live. Remember when we demonized fat in the 90s/00s? We’ve done the same to carbs. I don’t think they’re all bad, especially for recreational and professional athletes. And I still eat relatively low carb, but I need some. I’m of the mindset that it is great for some but not for all. Wanted to see if anyone is having a similar experience. If you are you’re not alone!

As the title above.

Coming from a background on a high carb, high junk food diet. How long does it take before a meal without starches starts to feel satisfying?

Just for the record, I do like vegetables and other healthy foods but I always feel like something is "missing" if I leave the starch portion out.

I began the low carb diet almost two weeks ago because of my skin. I have seb derm and I notice it gets better on a low carb diet. I've done cycles in the past where I go low carb before going back to a basic diet again. The longest I lasted was 2 months and 3-4 months after that, my skin remained relatively clear. But it came back, on my scalp and all over my face. I managed to keep the worst of it away with small bursts of lowered carbs, shampoos, and ointments. But only just and it's annoying. Missing one day of application makes it come back with a vengeance and it's so hard to get rid of again.

This time around, I want to see if I can go for longer and maybe make it a lifestyle thing. But I always notice that around this time (a couple weeks in), I start to feel really weak and tired. I actually don't know how I kept going for 2 months in 2024. Maybe my carbs weren't as low as I thought? I wasn't tracking. I am now and trying to keep total carbs below 50g daily.

But I'm so tired now I can't stand it. I'm sleeping a lot and getting out of bed is hard. How do you do it? The exhaustion bothers me so much. It feels unhealthy. I'm also drinking lots of water to prevent constipation, but pouring salt in my water worries me. How much is too much?

What am I doing wrong? Is it like this for everyone?

Daily Carb Log (all rough estimates)

13/09: 63g

14/09: 70g

15/09: 52.4g

16/09: 46g

17/09: 45.4g

18/09: 46.7g

19/09: 48.5g

20/09: 51.2g

21/09: 51.6g

22/09: 58g

23/09: 73.5g - 41.9 net

24/09: 44g

On the days I went overboard, apart from the first two (when I was easing into it), it came from trying new foods. I wasn't sure about measurements and I didn't want to let the foods go to waste.

What am I doing wrong?

I am doing low carb baking with almond flour, lots of eggs and sweeteners. no wheat and no sugar. I bought Albumina in powder cause I intented to do meringues for my baking. But now I realised that albumina comes with a fat additive which ruins meringues(MCT-Fat or something) and I have no idea how else to use it.

Any suggestions?

Can I just use it as a flour?