I have arrived.
OK, here's the deal; low carb is the be all end all of the universe and if you don't do it, you are dumb.
Now, if you are an athlete, I imagine you need more carbs and will burn them and fat and everything else you consume and it's not as big a deal. Not ready to weigh in on that one just yet.
My old diet; high carb cereal for breakfast and/or bagel (more carbs) plus blueberries, plus banana (more carbs) black coffee.
Lunch; typically a meat (special of the day at the local place) plus potatoes/mac n cheese, a green veggie, a roll, no butter (
) and some dessert thing, typically a pack of peanut M & M's. Diet drink. Or a cold sub and too many potato chips and M & M's.
Dinner; Whatever. Go out, meat, carbs, maybe dessert, maybe a few brews. Pasta, pasta, pasta.
For me, Regular Joe, late 40's pretty active life style, food loving whore, beer drinker, carb junkie, it's been a huge net plus to my life BUT it's not even a week yet. So, we'll see.
Now here's what I like, the net improvement in my life; No after meal crash. No stuffed feeling. This has been replaced with, well, nothingness. I get right back to whatever I was doing at the same pace and intensity and concentration level as before I stopped to eat. And here is where it gets more better; no more shaky, pranging, distracting hunger that the heavy carb diet gave me.
Vrai told me that it wouldn't be long and my craving for carbs would be gone. It took a day. She has me doing low carb. We tried no carb years ago and it was misery, constant craving for chips and pasta and bread. Now, we walked through the grocery store and I hadn't eaten in probably five hours or so and, normally, she'd be yelling at me opening bags of chips before we'd paid for them. At minimum, I would "Homer" them walking past "mmmm...potato chips..." Nothing. Couldn't have cared less. That is still going strong.
Went shopping today and I am now all about the carb count. Worst thing I have is a cereal with 20 carbs and tortilla chips for salsa that are 14 (or 17?).
I am just satisfied now, not gorging and good to go for hours and hours. I just ate lunch with nothing but coffee this morning and, pre low carb, I'd have killed someone by now and used their wallet to buy chips. As it is, I was hungry but, not insane about it. Yesterday, I went from 9 am until 6pm between meals. I just feel better, calmer. More focused and no crashing and bursting up and down.
If I don't lose a pound this is more better. Way more.
Anything you wanna know just ask Vrai; she's been spot on about the when, why's and how's of this.
Now i am thinking about healthier versions of my favorite foods.
Bad Larry! You MUST eat (small meals) during the day or your metabolism gets jacked up.
