How it's going

[Jean]

Since I embarked on a low-carb diet, two consquences have followed:

1. Continuing weight loss: the pounds are dropping away - to the extent that I can't afford to lose any more. (I wasn't over-weight to start with!)
Is it really true that replacing carbs with vegetables enables weight loss to be halted?

I'd love to hear from any low-carbers who found that they were losing more weight than they could afford - and what steps they took to halt the slide. Were those steps successful?

2. At the end of meal - and in the succeeding hours - I have the regular sensation that I have not had enough to eat: I do not feel 'full'. Is it really your experience that a low-carb diet can leave you with the feeling that you have eaten enough? For you, does extra brocolli and cauliflower have the effect of making you feel that you are no longer hungry?

Currently all is not well!

 

[katie]

Unfortunately I can't help you with the first point hehe

Vegetables wont make you feel very full, it is the protein you eat that makes you feel full, are you having much protein with each meal? Maybe you need more.

 

[insulinaddict09]

I am a Low Carber , personally I am never hungry , I forget to eat if anything , you need to fill up on more protein I would think. mainly my meals are protein and then vegetables. if you eat more protien you will weight maintain rather than keep losing weight , if the loss is a problem at the moment . let us know how you get on with this , you can always pop in to the Low Carbers thread with any questions you have or just a chat/ moan.

good luck A.M 🙂

 

[Caroline]

Maybe it's just me out of step with everyone else, I find fruit and vege fills me up quite quickly, although at the moment my appetitie is not brilliant anyway.

 

[VBH]

I don't see myself as a low carber, but....

Protein is an appetite suppressant. More veggies can make you feel fuller. More fats should help to prevent the weight loss.

But if you can add more carbs in without going too high on the BGs that will do more to prevent the weight loss.

A bit of rebalancing of all those should help, but its a case of experimentation I'm afraid.

 

[C*5_Dodger]

Since I embarked on a low-carb diet, two consquences have followed:

1. Continuing weight loss: the pounds are dropping away - to the extent that I can't afford to lose any more. (I wasn't over-weight to start with!)
Is it really true that replacing carbs with vegetables enables weight loss to be halted?

I'd love to hear from any low-carbers who found that they were losing more weight than they could afford - and what steps they took to halt the slide. Were those steps successful?

2. At the end of meal - and in the succeeding hours - I have the regular sensation that I have not had enough to eat: I do not feel 'full'. Is it really your experience that a low-carb diet can leave you with the feeling that you have eaten enough? For you, does extra brocolli and cauliflower have the effect of making you feel that you are no longer hungry?

Currently all is not well!

Dear Jean,

Both protein and fat cause one to feel satiated. If you are feeling hungry then something needs tweeking. You do not count calories on a low carb diet - just eat until you feel full. As others have said increase your protein and fat. BTW how many gms of carbs are eating a day? If its over about 70 then its questionable if thats low carb (even though you are losing weight - what are your blood sugar readings, post prandial and fasting?). In the first few weks of a LC diet you lose weight due to loss of water but that is only a temorary effect.

Regards Dodger