I recently have been trying to only count the carbs, as I was becoming a slave to fitday, pie charts/ratios, calories, fat, numbers in general. I keep worrying about the cals in the back of my head. (out of curiosity, I plugged in my foods for yesterday, and I ate almost 2000 calories! My fat/cal/carb ratios were right on, YAY!, but I used to stay between 1500-1600 cals) I am looking for stories from people who have succeeded by only counting carbs and who are eating high fat with no worries.

TIA!

You know me! I don't count a thing. I use to and therefore now know how much I need to eat to stay at just bellow 20g's. I only worry about eating alot of FAT and it takes care of the rest.

Averaging 10 pounds a month without the headache of counting calories or carbs.

Lily

I have to count a bunch of things because I'm TKDing, so my protein counts have to be decent and I have to count workout-related carbs too. I let fat take care of itself, and try to keep my net calories (total cal-cal exercised) within a certain range. No trouble for me, though, and it helps me to find things that are helping and hindering my progress.

I only count carbs, and then only fairly loosely. Like Lily, I find that I can easily 'eyeball' the amount I'm eating.

The only time I had a problem was when I decided to use Fitday - I became such a slave to it, that in the end I totally blew my woe, and ended up putting a lot of weight back on.

Now I steer well clear - though I know that a lot of other people find it helpful.

Not that I am a big loser yet hehe...
but I don't really count anything either...I eyeball the carbs and make sure I am getting enough fat...I can tell if I haven't eaten enough fat and calories ( I always seem to be on the low end of calories and such)

since I know which foods have more and such if I know I am eating a lot of carbs at a meal...then I try and make the next meal less...

its just easier for me then I don't feel like I am on a diet persay..just watching what I eat

I don't eat any LC frankenfood or dairy so most of my carbs only come from veggies and the odd treat of some berries I know my carbs are around 20. I always cook with olive oil and add butter to cooked veggies I don't worry about my fat content. So for me this is a worry free diet.

Tho I have been in a bit of a stall (three weeks) I just joined our local health club so I am sure the scale will start moving again or the clothes will start sloshing around me I hope!!

Okay that was weird there were words there...honest!


Because I don't eat any LC frankenfood or dairy I don't count carbs cause the only carbs I get are veggies and the odd treat of some berries.....
My fat content is always high as I cook with olive oil and add butter to any cooked veggies (YUM)

I am in a three week stall but have joined the local gym so hope that will make the clothes start sloshing around me real soon!!

I thought you were whispering!

Honestly, I don't count anything at all. I read labels religiously and don't use the item if it's carb count is high for a serving, and I stick to meat, cheese, salad and the very low carb veggies, eggs & cream & fats for most of my food. I eat nuts sometimes and SF treats a couple of times a week (in moderation).

I have used Fitday before, so I know that the amounts I eat are staying in a pretty decent range of carbs for me (25-35) each day.

However, I'm in the top half of my weight loss journey and I find the weight comes off relatively easily so far (a 3 week plateau excepted), by the time I'm trying to lose the last 20 lbs, I may be measuring calories, carbs and everything else too.

Valerie

I don't count either -- more vague guess-timates. When I over analyzed everthing I ate, my loss was actually slower. Now that I'm more relaxed about it I'm moving down at a reasonable steady rate. But, of course, everyone's different.

MaggieB, I saw your words don't worry I just highlighted it.



You could always go back and edit it and change the color instead of redoing it. HINT!

Lily

I'm too lazy to count anything but carbs.

Hi Lily...That is just tooo weird !!! When I highlighted them I saw them too!!! What did I do......format them in white or what?????

carbs only here. keep it simple

I used to use FitDay, but what I ate and how much was starting to take over me (much like with pre-LCing and what landed me here in the first place). So, I stopped counting. I have a pretty good handle on how many carbs I'm taking in. I haven't had problem with keeping my fat % up, but now, if I "know" something is very caloric, I go easy on it because in maintenance, it's not just the carbs, I find too many calories makes me gain weight.