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Originally Posted by Kim_in_TN  BlueSky ...... you also can't just watch carbs ... calories do and always will count as well. .... |
I haven't had a weight problem, but my experience may interest you. I used to be a compulsive snacker and, as a T1, it really messed with my blood sugars. I used to feel a lot of guilt about this as it was an unnecessary habit and I just couldn't break it. That changed when I started eating very low carb, especially in the mornings. Breakfast consists mainly of eggs and cheese - the carb is minimal. I now find that I don't feel the need to snack between breakfast and lunch. I simply don't get hungry and I don't think about food. I certainly don't feel deprived.
My wife, who is not diabetic but has always struggled to keep her weight down, has had a similar experience. Cutting out carbs has stopped the snacking. And it has also enabled her to lose a lot of weight. She lost 9Kg over the course of a year, and she has kept off. She doesn't count calories. She just avoids carbohydrate.
The website maintains that eating a balanced macronutrient, reduced calorie diet will make you lose weight. While this may be true, most people have difficulty doing it because of the carbs. The reason for this is that we eat because we are hungry. And eating carbs stimulates hunger. It does this in two ways. Firstly, eating carbs raises insulin levels and the subsequent decline in blood glucose stimulates hunger. Eating carbs also raise seratonin levels. Seratonin is the feel-good neurotransmitter. You are probably not aware of it, but eating carbs makes you feel better. This why carbs are addictive.
The harsh reality is that losing weight, and sustaining that weight loss, is very difficult if you are hungry all the time. This is why most dieters regain the weight they lose. And the real villain of the piece is carbohydrate. The bottom line is that people eat more than they need to maintain body weight because they get so much of their calories from carbs. For the most part, if you cut out the carbs, the calories will look after themselves.
Having said all that, good luck with the weigh-in, Kim. It sounds like you have been making good progress. The trick, of course, is to keep it up. You will need to make it as easy as possible for yourself.
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