Fri, Aug-12-05, 15:28
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Senior Member
Posts: 538
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Plan: Vegetarian Low GI
Stats: 188/179.8/125
BF:
Progress: 13%
Location: Israel (temporarily)
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Thank you all for the responses. What you're saying makes a lot of sense to me. I have a few books that talk about the GI index in depth and I'm thinking it might be good to get familiar with lower GI foods so that I can make good choices.
As far as carbs go, I'm roughly around 20-22 carbs a day right now - doing about 1200-1250 calories a day with 60% fat/35% protein/5% carbs. I know it's a little high on the fat but I find I stay fuller longer with these ratios.
This may sound absurd, but I'm not even sure how to add carbs anymore! Seriously, I was doing around 13-15 carbs a day before I switched to PP and I made an effort to up the carbs mainly because for PP, the weight loss phase suggests 30-40/day. And I did up them (mainly with some berries in a fruit smoothie in the morning and some almond meal and PB) but not even close to 30. I'm not even sure I want to start adding grainy foods again (like rice, couscous, bread, etc.) and I'm not a huge fruit fan at all. I've weaned myself off of all dariy products (except coconut milk, which isn't really a dairy) as well as low carb products (other than artificial sweeteners and SF syrups) and processed foods (such as ham, bacon, and the like). So I'm pretty much at a loss of what I could add. And truthfully, also I'm a little scared that adding even a little rice, say (like 1/2 cup whole grain cooked to dinner) or beans (like 1/3 cup in my salad, although I love kidney beans) will throw my weight completely off.
But I like the suggestion of starting to add 5-10 carbs worth of good carbs per day (in maintenance, I'm assuming - not now) and weighing myself every day (although I prefer every week, but I can see how it makes sense every day) and seeing how my body reacts. Maybe I'll hit the GI books and make a list of the good (low GI too) carbs and foods and just take it from there...
Tam
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