After several weeks of trying to determine how many carbs I was able to eat that would continually have me lose weight, I found for myself that between 30 - 50 carbs was the way I had to go. That is not a lot of carbs! The average person consumes 370 carbs a day. Both my parents have adult onset diabetes and I do believe that is where I was heading if I did not get my weight and my health under control.
On Sept. 11, 2014, I visited the same doctor and pleasantly surprised her with my 41 lb. weight loss. She was thrilled for me. I thought...this deserves a bit of before and after right.....
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| Before I started the low carb diet May 2013 |
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| On the low carb diet - August 2014 |
My upper body is almost unrecognizable. From the waist down, I'm certainly slimmer but I am still wearing the same pants, they are just pretty big but my hips hold them up so I'm not really out looking for a new wardrobe.
I'm still not at my goal weight, I'm very close at 3 - 5 lbs away on any given day now for a week. I'm starting to get back into my walking regime and making every effort to make my own food which I think is so important to losing weight. It's almost impossible to lose weight while having 1 - 2 meals out a day.....even a week. My method of counting the carbs helped me to reduce the processed foods and sugars because....they are all high in carbs. When you count carbs you eat less naturally, so I did not count calories.
Today, I ventured away from tried and true salads and omelettes to soup! I have lined up several low carb soups I'll be trying.
Today was a spinach broccoli soup!
Ingredients and carb counts:
Green onions - scant
Butter - 0 carbs
Spinach - 2 carbs
Broccoli spears - 2 carbs
Chicken Broth - 1 carb
Cornstarch - 2 carbs
Half and Half - 2 carbs
Carbometer: 9 carbs
Hope you enjoy reading about my low carb journey....here's to happy carb counting.
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