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A boat full of carbs
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I found it a pain in the neck to choose meals at first. It was a real hassle, I'd use myFitnessPal to check the nutrient content of various options before deciding on a meal. Because the myFitnessPal database can be very inaccurate for some foods listed, I'd double-check every food that I referenced, which added hugely to the amount of time it took to make a decision on what to eat. My wife's significant patience was sorely tested at times as she mostly is the one who cooks dinner and she'd be waiting on me to say what I'd be willing to have.
Once I settled on a regular breakfast, and a consistent lunch recipe too, things got a lot easier. I was using the same set of foods in myFitnessPal by then too so I was confident that the nutrient figures for them were right as I'd corrected ones that weren't. So I could now sort out those meals at will and only checked later on myFitnessPal to confirm that the figures were in line with what I expected.
Dinners have gotten a lot easier too as I've settled on consistent figures for amount of pasta, spud, protein, etc., so I don't need to check before the meal every time any longer, I already know roughly what I'll have of each ingredient. It helps that I'm happy to eat the same foods day in day out, of course, I always have been but it's something that still baffles my wife a bit
One thing I'd suggest with myFitnessPal is to not bother with defining Recipes. I did at first, but it turns out to be a lot of hassle 'cos if you change the content of the actual meal a little by adding different ingredients or different weights then adding a portion of the original recipe to your diary is no longer accurate. Instead I now define Meals because when you define a Meal and later add it to your diary it adds each ingredient individually and you can then tweak the amount of each of those quickly and easily.
My diet would certainly benefit from further tweaking, and perhaps a lot of it. It was never a terrible diet even when I ate a lot more carbs as I've never been a big fan of processed foods and the like. However even now I eat a lot of commercial mayonnaise, as one example, and it's something I plan to address - I've had a couple of failed attempts to make my own mayonnaise (it's amazing how an extra pinch of mustard can turn something palatable into something utterly inedible!) but I must try again. I'm also trying to wean myself onto avocado but I still struggle with both the taste and texture. For Greek style yoghurt I use the stuff that Lidl sell in big tubs but there are probably better options there too. Etc.
I'm still trying to figure out the relationship between my digestive system and various nutrients, to an extent. A consistent pattern seems to be that when I increase my carb intake (like on racing days) my weight increases too. Some/most of that is certainly increased water retention, if I lower my carb intake the next day I pee a lot more frequently. It still surprises me that this pattern happens quickly and consistently each time.
In general my current diet makes me feel better in a variety of ways. I don't crave food as badly, although I still find myself snacking at times - interestingly, my tendency to snack increases if I snack on foods with more carbs, such as my easter egg (70% cocoa solids plus some less appealing ingredients than my usual 85% chocolate). My energy levels are far better regulated throughout the day too, and that's a big benefit for me. One significant benefit to me though is that I spend less time on the toilet. Probably more info than anyone needs to know, that, but this aspect of my diet is arguably the single biggest benefit for me. The more carbs I eat the more I need the loo, to the extent that I had symptoms of IBS on my previous diet. Those symptoms have largely gone away since I settled into my current diet. Whether the reason for that is less carbs, less of some particular ingredient (wrongly or rightly wheat gets blamed a lot for all sorts of things, including IBS), better mental health from a healthier diet generally, etc., I can't honestly say but whatever the cause the benefit is very real.
I'm curious to know how I'd fare on even less carbs. I'm not sure that I could manage to get by on as little as 20g carbs per day, that seems infeasible to me right now especially when I take training/racing days into account, but I'm definitely curious.0 -
I found it a pain in the neck to choose meals at first. It was a real hassle, I'd use myFitnessPal to check the nutrient content of various options before deciding on a meal. Because the myFitnessPal database can be very inaccurate for some foods listed, I'd double-check every food that I referenced, which added hugely to the amount of time it took to make a decision on what to eat. My wife's significant patience was sorely tested at times as she mostly is the one who cooks dinner and she'd be waiting on me to say what I'd be willing to have.
Once I settled on a regular breakfast, and a consistent lunch recipe too, things got a lot easier. I was using the same set of foods in myFitnessPal by then too so I was confident that the nutrient figures for them were right as I'd corrected ones that weren't. So I could now sort out those meals at will and only checked later on myFitnessPal to confirm that the figures were in line with what I expected.
Dinners have gotten a lot easier too as I've settled on consistent figures for amount of pasta, spud, protein, etc., so I don't need to check before the meal every time any longer, I already know roughly what I'll have of each ingredient. It helps that I'm happy to eat the same foods day in day out, of course, I always have been but it's something that still baffles my wife a bit
One thing I'd suggest with myFitnessPal is to not bother with defining Recipes. I did at first, but it turns out to be a lot of hassle 'cos if you change the content of the actual meal a little by adding different ingredients or different weights then adding a portion of the original recipe to your diary is no longer accurate. Instead I now define Meals because when you define a Meal and later add it to your diary it adds each ingredient individually and you can then tweak the amount of each of those quickly and easily.
My diet would certainly benefit from further tweaking, and perhaps a lot of it. It was never a terrible diet even when I ate a lot more carbs as I've never been a big fan of processed foods and the like. However even now I eat a lot of commercial mayonnaise, as one example, and it's something I plan to address - I've had a couple of failed attempts to make my own mayonnaise (it's amazing how an extra pinch of mustard can turn something palatable into something utterly inedible!) but I must try again. I'm also trying to wean myself onto avocado but I still struggle with both the taste and texture. For Greek style yoghurt I use the stuff that Lidl sell in big tubs but there are probably better options there too. Etc.
I'm still trying to figure out the relationship between my digestive system and various nutrients, to an extent. A consistent pattern seems to be that when I increase my carb intake (like on racing days) my weight increases too. Some/most of that is certainly increased water retention, if I lower my carb intake the next day I pee a lot more frequently. It still surprises me that this pattern happens quickly and consistently each time.
In general my current diet makes me feel better in a variety of ways. I don't crave food as badly, although I still find myself snacking at times - interestingly, my tendency to snack increases if I snack on foods with more carbs, such as my easter egg (70% cocoa solids plus some less appealing ingredients than my usual 85% chocolate). My energy levels are far better regulated throughout the day too, and that's a big benefit for me. One significant benefit to me though is that I spend less time on the toilet. Probably more info than anyone needs to know, that, but this aspect of my diet is arguably the single biggest benefit for me. The more carbs I eat the more I need the loo, to the extent that I had symptoms of IBS on my previous diet. Those symptoms have largely gone away since I settled into my current diet. Whether the reason for that is less carbs, less of some particular ingredient (wrongly or rightly wheat gets blamed a lot for all sorts of things, including IBS), better mental health from a healthier diet generally, etc., I can't honestly say but whatever the cause the benefit is very real.
I'm curious to know how I'd fare on even less carbs. I'm not sure that I could manage to get by on as little as 20g carbs per day, that seems infeasible to me right now especially when I take training/racing days into account, but I'm definitely curious.
Probably have to agree on every point you've made there. Think my bowels work a bit differently though as the more carbs (especially if processed) the more blocked up I get.
I use the Aldi Greek yoghurt simply because it's so cheap but as you said I imagine there's better stuff like Glenisk but I don't see them selling natural Greek yoghurt, just plain yoghurt. I usually have to ad a spoon of something sweet into it though. The Glenisk Blueberry Greek yogurt is gorgeous but way too sweet.
Same here in terms of commercial sauces. I don't eat too many but usually when I have a salad I love to add some of the Pesto Rosso pest from Aldi or Hell and 1000 Islamd Dressing. Too much hassle making homemade ones.
One question. Do you think there is an upper limit to the amount of nuts one should eat in a day. I've often eaten 150g worth of them just to avoid carbs but I think this could be too much?
PS: how do you find Kinetica brand? I've been using Pulsin but it's very expensive and from reading Kinetica also comes from hormone free grass fed cattle.0 -
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@petethedrummer, Thanks, carb loading is something I must explore. I'm still at the stage of being wary with deliberately increasing my carb intake, even though my carb figures spike dramatically on training/race days. I've got to muck about more and see what happens. Not sure about a hot Indian curry though, the toilets at race venues struggle enough as it is
@pprendeville, Yes, my understanding is the Kinetica does come from grass fed cattle. I'm happy enough with it, the taste is fine (I'm using Chocolate flavour at the moment, Chocolate Mint I found to be too strong a flavour), the smell is fine, the price is reasonable (54euro for 2.2kg in a local store), and the ingredients list isn't bad - I wish they wouldn't add sweetener though, it leaves a bit of an aftertaste which I don't like. I recently finished a packet of Pulsin powder which had no flavourings, sweeteners, or colourings added and I liked the neutral taste of it, but the cost of it put me off buying more.
@ford2600, I have to agree re Drisheen. I was fed it as a kid, I'm not sure when I started to reject it but it might have been at an early enough age. The taste is ick, but the texture is even worse. Myself and my siblings would watch in horror as our father devoured the stuff, something else to add to the "Need therapy for this" list.0 -
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Sorry if these questions has been answered already but, on a LCHF diet how long does it take to get used to the diet in terms of feeling low in energy and also how long before the body starts using fat as fuel?
http://eatingacademy.com/
I'd start here and then go here
http://anthonycolpo.com/ for a different view of things...
Then try it yourself, everything else is just a guess. It doesn't suit some, so if after 2-3 weeks you are listless I'd be changing up. Some people adapt very quickly other not so.
If your eating mainly wholefoods make sure to add adequate salt to diet, some nice rock/sea salts out there in most supermarkets. You will feel like sh1te if you don't get a few grammes of salt everyday. Also if removing grains be sure to add stupid amounts of veg to diet(and some fruit, even plenty at start to transition gradually) as fibre is your friend
optimumnutrition4sport is another great resource along with sigmamurition.0 -
Thanks very much, appreciate the advicehttp://eatingacademy.com/
I'd start here and then go here
http://anthonycolpo.com/ for a different view of things...
Then try it yourself, everything else is just a guess. It doesn't suit some, so if after 2-3 weeks you are listless I'd be changing up. Some people adapt very quickly other not so.
If your eating mainly wholefoods make sure to add adequate salt to diet, some nice rock/sea salts out there in most supermarkets. You will feel like sh1te if you don't get a few grammes of salt everyday. Also if removing grains be sure to add stupid amounts of veg to diet(and some fruit, even plenty at start to transition gradually) as fibre is your friend
optimumnutrition4sport is another great resource along with sigmamurition.0 -
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