How many carbs should you eat a day?
#3
As far as carbs, IMO there is no one size fits all. Some people do better on high carbs while others do great with lower carbs. I would focus on the quality of the carbs first. 20g of carbs from broccoli with have a different effect on your body than 20g of carbs from a coke... or even fruit.
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I googled this question a few weeks ago when starting since I tend to eat pasta a lot. I found this on About.com:How Many Carbohydrates Do You Need Each Day?
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
#5
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Thanks everyone for your responses but I calculated the total number of carbs and it was 231.25 grams of carbs a day! That's slot I didn't even come close to that today. Is that unhealthy? Is it good for loosing weight? I am also having trouble with the whole journaling process. I don't really know what to write down. And ideas?
#7
Thanks everyone for your responses but I calculated the total number of carbs and it was 231.25 grams of carbs a day! That's slot I didn't even come close to that today. Is that unhealthy? Is it good for loosing weight? I am also having trouble with the whole journaling process. I don't really know what to write down. And ideas?
If you have other questions, please ask.
Regards,
Michael
PS I don't really worry about carbs--I work more on keeping my protien up to at least 100 grams a day. I do make sure most of my carbs are complex, from fruit, veggies, whole grain bread and so forth.
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If you eat package food, check the nutrition fact and make a custom food.
If you eat out, try your best to estimate what you eat and log.
With trial and error, it becomes easier each day.
Best of luck,
mai
#10
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Connor, you should write down everything that you eat, even if you use a half of a teaspoon of this or that.
Yes, carbs have a bad name, but that is not reality.
Are the carbs you are eating sugar? White rice, White bread? Potatoes??
Those are bad carbs.
Good carbs are non processed or man made.
Examples fruits and veggies, whole wheat bread, multi grain cereals, etc.
Always eat the exact amount of what you are suposed to, and don't eat anything that does not have a label for you to extract the calories, protein, carbs and fat, which does not include fruits.
For example, yesterday, I walke to my friend's apt across town, on the way there was a street vendo selling fruits, I bought a cup of pineapple, and a pear to eat on the way along with the two bottles of water that I had.
When I got home, I jumped on FITDAY, and lookedup both items and put them in my food log.
I ate chicken at his house, I didnt weigh it, but I know that I didnt eat a whole chicken, I looked up chicken, and to make it easy, I just chose a large breast.
I did not eat the skin, although it would have been delicious.
Every thing that you purchase has a food label.
Measure what you ingest.
It appears to me that dieting starts with a notebook, a calculator, and a place to look up calories (the internet).
I have not been to a restaurant, because I am not going to estimate, I need to know
exactly what I am putting into my body.
Write everything down, and read the portion size so that you know exactly what you are getting.
Yes, carbs have a bad name, but that is not reality.
Are the carbs you are eating sugar? White rice, White bread? Potatoes??
Those are bad carbs.
Good carbs are non processed or man made.
Examples fruits and veggies, whole wheat bread, multi grain cereals, etc.
Always eat the exact amount of what you are suposed to, and don't eat anything that does not have a label for you to extract the calories, protein, carbs and fat, which does not include fruits.
For example, yesterday, I walke to my friend's apt across town, on the way there was a street vendo selling fruits, I bought a cup of pineapple, and a pear to eat on the way along with the two bottles of water that I had.
When I got home, I jumped on FITDAY, and lookedup both items and put them in my food log.
I ate chicken at his house, I didnt weigh it, but I know that I didnt eat a whole chicken, I looked up chicken, and to make it easy, I just chose a large breast.
I did not eat the skin, although it would have been delicious.
Every thing that you purchase has a food label.
Measure what you ingest.
It appears to me that dieting starts with a notebook, a calculator, and a place to look up calories (the internet).
I have not been to a restaurant, because I am not going to estimate, I need to know
exactly what I am putting into my body.
Write everything down, and read the portion size so that you know exactly what you are getting.