Please tell me I don't have to "no carb" to lose weight!

[classifiedinformation]

I could not bear the thought of having no cereal and basically eating eggs and meat most of the time to end up being thinner but having clogged up arteries instead!

Please share your "normal" low fat diets with me, want to lose at least a stone. Thanks. :-)

[teaandthorazine]

I eat bars of chocolate, and fruit. Chocolate pretty much daily, in fact. I had a takeaway last night. I eat out regularly. I just make different choices.

I accept that low-carb lifestyles may not be for everyone but it's ridiculous to suggest that they aren't sustainable. I've been sustaining mine for well over a year now and have never felt better, or been slimmer.

[specialsubject]

correct. You don't. You just eat fewer calories than you burn off.

top 'diet' cons: 'health' bars (Ifull of sugar), low-fat food (full of sugar), diet ready meals (Disgusting and full of salt and sugar),

remember the difference between complex carbs (slow-release energy, 40% of your diet, pasta, bread, rice, veg) and simple carbs (sugar, treat only).

nhs eatwell plate and move around.

[toomuchtoask]

No need to be rude teaandthorazine. For me low carbing isn't sustainable. It might be for you. The OP specifically doesn't want to low carb. That is her choice and I was simply giving my thoughts on it. No one diet is right. No one diet is wrong. Different things work for different lifestyles that's all.

[teaandthorazine]

You say low-carbing means never having a takeaway or eating chocolate. That's not correct, and it isn't rude to make that point. I am well aware that the OP doesn't want to eat low carb. I simply wanted to counter some of the misconceptions on this thread.

[toomuchtoask]

It wasn't the points you were making teaandthorazine. It was your tone. If you are truly low carbing then actually you shouldn't be having takeaways and chocolate (except the foul 70+% stuff). You certainly shouldn't be having it almost daily like you say you are doing.

Anyway as I said. Low carb isn't sustainable for me and it doesn't sound like it would be sustainable for the OP. I hate how so many people who low carb think it's the only way to eat. People get so defensive about this WOE. It isn't the only way.

[teaandthorazine]

Actually, I eat 85% chocolate. It's delicious.

But thanks for the wrist slap anyway

[toomuchtoask]

It wasn't a wrist slap, sorry if it came across that way.

I hate 85% chocolate. It's too bitter for my taste buds!

[Fairygen]

No matter what plan you follow, there's always some sacrifice. If we were eating the right amount/ type of foods we wouldn't need to diet!!

I'm on a low carb diet, it's working for me but, don't think I could stick to it forever. I'll be going back to I can make you thin to maintain.

I don't think any diet works better than another, it's all down to personal preferences, (and sticking to it!!)