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[doughnutcraver]

This is all new to me. I need to loose 19lbs and usually do slimming world or low calorie. I have put on 19lbs in 2 months by eating takeaways, way too much chocolate and crisps and I need to stop.
I have been shopping and stocked up on fish, meat, butter, cream, eggs, cauliflower, eggs and spinach.

I have a couple of questions if anyone would mind answering. I usually drink tea would I have to change to coffee with milk?
How many grams of carbs should I eat?
Is there a certain amount of protein and fat that I need to look for or is it unlimited?

I have just ordered a book off eBay so hopefully that'll help but I really need to get started.

[BIWI]

It all depends on what kind of plan you're following!

But I'd say:

• you can still drink tea, no need to switch to coffee - the issue here is milk, which can quickly get very carby if you're drinking a lot of cups a day.
  
• there's no one set amount of carbs per day, because different people tolerate carbs differently
  
• fat is what you should be mainly eating, then protein and then carbs
  

Which book have you ordered?

[PacificDogwod]

I rate this site for information, inspiration and recipes.

HFLC worked really well for me, with a bit of 16:8 intermittent fasting thrown in (hours, not days ).

I really just ate like the rest of the family but minus the carbs/starch, so ate what they had minus the pasta/potatoes/rice/bread.
Found it really yummy, was never hungry, enjoy my food.
I lost 3+ st with ease and am now eating more carbs again but far less than I used to have.

Good luck.

[BIWI]

I agree with Pacific - that's a really great site. Lots of good information and inspiring stuff there.

[doughnutcraver]

Thanks for replies that's very helpful.
I gave up for two days have been back on track for 8 days and lost 6.5lbs.

I bought ketostix but they are still showing up pink not purple so don't know what's happening.

[BIWI]

If you're drinking plenty of water, which you should be doing if you're low carbing, then ketostix won't work!

But the fact that you've lost 6.5lbs in 8 days should surely reassure you that you're doing something right!