List your favorite 'carb-up' foods!...
 

I was just curious as to what kinds of food people like to eat on their 'carb-up'... I'll start the list-

-low fat Pop Tarts

-fat-free/low fat Ben & Jerry’s (I think they have low-fat cookie dough in ‘yogurt ice cream’ form).

-Entemann's FAT-FREE chocolate doughnuts

-Entemann's LOW-FAT danish

-Reese’s Puffs (Cereal)

yum
 

*licorice - black of course

*sour dough bread - fat free

*skim milk

*Pop's Cereal

I think hell just froze over- I forgot to add:

-CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH!!!.... WOO-HOO! :hyper:

oh yeah!
 

Didn't you say you Looooooved these! lol

Anything not on Atkins!!!!

low fat ice cream
low fat pancakes
pasta
lollies
protein bars

POTATOES
 

Anything with potato! I love them. Boiled, baked, mashed, baked chips...
cous cous
SUSHI
pancakes w/ lots of real maple syrup
mr noodles

hm... everything else I really like is full of fat and carbs so it doesn't count.

Meg

My 'carb-up' foods are the 'funnest' so far. :D

What foods should one not eat on the carb up?

Thanks

im no expert, but i think you should go for lots of high gi carbs, low fat and moderate protein. For the second 24 hours if you go that long, switch to low gi carbs...

-Avoid foods high in fat. Any food low in fat and high in carbohydrates is what you want to look for. Anyways, as for the G/I of the foods-it's not that important unless you plan on 'carbing-up' for more than 24 hours. If you do, after 12 hours of 'carbing-up' you'll want to gradually switch over to lower G/I carbohydrates.

What's sounding good to me this weekend:

Blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup
Sushi (mmmmm, wasabi!!)
Caramel corn
Cheetos Puffs
Oatmeal with brown sugar and raisins
Chips and Salsa (I can get good lowfat ones)
Grands Cinnamon buns (Will have to check the fat)
I'll have to check out the Entemanns. I haven't had that since my Susan Powter days. (There, the secret's out. Do with me what you will. :) )

Cheers,

Friday

Here's what I actually bought:

Mac n Cheese mix (I can cut the butter in half)
Orange gumdrop slices
Kettlecorn
Low Fat pop tarts (Zeus's fault)
Whole wheat bread for french toast
low fat muffin mix
fat free ice cream

Mmmmmmmm, you just got me hungry. I am not carbing up till I wake up for depletion workout in la manana, y despues de esto voy a comer mucho carbohydratos! I mean...um....after depletion go big on carbs.......enlish...english....english damn it

Yo tambien hablo Espanol. :D Y es por esto que me llamo 'Fridayeyes.' Mi esposo (que no habla bien el Espanol) queria me llamar de 'ojos verdes', pues lo que dijo fue 'ojos viernes.' Shhhh ! Es un secreto!

:) :)

Friday

LOL, your spouse should brush up on their spanish I think!! Hehe, cool then, kepp up the LC'ing

Christian

i usually carb up on;

red bean & rice
bake potato w/ everything
popeyes french fries & chicken
anything bbq(love bbq sauce)
patties/bread
miami sub footlong meatball sub
pizza


i stay away from sweets,and i am doing fine, no iam doing GREAT :) :)

Are you worried about too much fat intake, such as with the french fries and pizza. and also the 'everything' on your bake potatoe? Maybe I am just trying to be a stickler, but isn't fat mupposed to be at a minimum (I am not sure exactly why this is though).

-The baked potato (with everything), 'Popeyes' french fries and chicken, 'Miami' foot-long meatball sub, and pizza are all very poor choices for 'carb-up' foods. You're much better off eating SWEETS (certain 'sweets'). The reason fat intake should be limited is to prevent any fat-gain during the 'carb-up'. The 'carb-up' should not be mistaken for a 'eat anything and everything you want day'.

fat also slows the absorption of the carbs and may inhibit you from eating your full load of carbs as it may feel you up too much.

Hey Iyonna!
I agree with what everyone is saying here about the fat intake on the weekends. HOWEVER, if you find that your carb-up works for you and you are happy with the results, than keep on doing what you're doing. The first time I did a CKD I ate whatever I wanted on the weekends and I lost like 22 pounds in 6 wks. It could have been because i was new to lc'ing but hey, it worked for me.

Best of luck to you and keep up updated on your CKD progress!

Take care,
Linda

-I'm jealous.

I want to play too..
 

Hi all,
Sour cream potatoes chips and dorritoes--- baked potatoe w/ sour cream ---these are my biggest cheat.
And a beer or 2!!! :cool:

Re: I want to play too..
 

I can't see offhand how beer (or alcohol) would be bad, with the exception of a mixed drink that would contain fat (pina-coloda). But does alcohol convert to glycogen, and is alcohol bad for carb-ups?

thanks folks for letting me know that i am eating too much fat on carb up days, next weekend i will try to to eat some sweet and less fat :) :) anyhow i have been doing fine since i started the carb up, i lost a total of 23lbs and i need to lose a lot more so this weekend no or a tidbit of fat :) :)


thanks guys u are the greatest :wave: :wave:

new name at work"THE SHRINKING LADY" :wave: :wave:

IYONNA :wave:

-Yep, I've been called that... usually after a cold shower in the gym locker-room.

zeus,

thanks for the laugh :p :p :p u made my day,after a cold shower what shrunk?? my imagination is going crazy :p :p

iyonna :wave:

I've gotta say- I think I should get the 'going off-topic award'. I mean, who else can change the topic of 'carb-up foods' to 'shrinkage' ...!?

Zeus
 

That's too damn funny. LOL. "Shrinkage". Nice. I hate cold days.

As for my carb-up foods, I think those who saw my carb up list know that I have a thing for Twizzlers. :)

I also like breakfsat cereals w/ skim milk (or 1%), Skittles, Baked Lays (KC Masterpiece flavor), soda, Kozy Shak Rice Pudding, and any low-fat Tastykakes or Entenmans that I can get my hands on. That rounds out the High-Glycemic stuff.

For Lower-GI, I use oatmeal, sweet potatoes, protein enriched pastas (haven't done in a while, but Met-Rx makes some), whole grain bread w/ low-fat peanut butter ... man, I'm hungry now.

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Is it FRIDAY yet?!?!?!?!?! This is one of my all-time faves!

Hey, check out this link:

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&ci...d_weight_issues

He says' he ate too much fat, and that's what made him fat. And he is sueing!! This is an awesome artice.