Is a low carb diet realistic to do long term?

[OnePotato2Potato]

Hi,

I'm after some advice and clarification please.

From my understanding the low carb diet involves eating lots of protein and fat to keep you feeling full and a small amount of carbs. I'm just trying to figure out if it's a way of eating that can be continued long term and that if you do start eating more carbs again do you end up putting on weight terribly?

Thank you

I have only been doing it 8 months (Blood sugar diet) but no intention of stopping as I feel x 100 healthier. Loads of vegetables and unprocessed food. Why would you not want to eat that? When I get to the weight I want I expect I'll start eating bread/wholegrains/wider range of fruit but not to excess hopefully. And not need to worry about the odd party or take away.

I did put on a couple of pounds after a stressful week or two of binging on toast and biscuits recently so maybe that's my answer.

Thanks for replying. Sounds great when you put it like that! Is the blood sugar diet a specific type of low carb diet by the way?

Yes there is a thread in fasting/5:2. A lot of people' have done it, I'm on a FB group of 18k members! It's famous as the diet that turns Type 2 diabetes around but worked for me just to lose weight.

A MN thread on "what do slim people eat" put me onto it last year.