Posted by BeardedLady on August 13, 2002, at 14:13:32
In reply to Re: Carbs with fat, posted by terra miller on August 9, 2002, at 0:08:15
I think the general rule is "whatever works for you." But the only diet out there that I think (for what THAT'S worth!) is worth its salt is The Zone, which advocates eating 30 mgs. of carbs to 20 mgs of protein to 10 mgs. of fat (or something like that!). You need fat to make you feel satisfied, and you need protein to slow down the carbs.
But what the Zone advocates (and I adhere to) is to use bread and pasta sparingly. I've almost completely eliminated (except on special occasions) flour. No bread, cake, cookies (except Miss Meringues, yum!), cereal, pasta, crackers. I've had rice once or twice.
Anyway, I wrote more about this on Social, but I'm interested in the food discussion. It has taken me a long time to lose the weight that meds put on. It's been about 16 weeks at Weight Watchers (8 lbs.) and 5 additional weeks without bread (8 lbs.).
Bread came out a loser for me. Eliminating it has counteracted the Serzone-slowed metabolism!
beardy
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