Kaye McIntosh wrote:
Hi, Couple of years back when talking to my dietitian about carbs she told me that whatever the body doesn't use for fuel will be converted into fat. So when trying to drop your kgs you must watch your portion* size in carbs.
Q1 - My first question is apart from watching your sugar (fructose) intake there is more to it than just sugar?
Q2 - My second question or rather more a comment: When cutting out sugar (fructose) mainly via the processed foods you are also cutting down on the other very nasty trans fats which are found in most processed foods. So my point is that it is not just taking out the sugar which will contritute to your weight loss.
* Dietitian showed me with a plastic model the normal portion sizes (rice pasta etc). I was shocked & confessed that I would eat 3 times that size in a meal.
PS I have been doing the sugar free for 1.5 week & have dropped 1kg. I have found it no problem as I have never been into soft drinks, sugar in coffee/tea but processed foods & biscuits savoury treats is probably more my problem & portion size in the carb department! Feeling good so far.
The problem is everyone is different and what works for me may not necessiarly work for someone else. I find that I just cannot eat too many carbs myself, they don't really fill me up nor keep me full long enough. I don't eat bread, although I do have small amounts of carbs every day but I do limit them and I fill up on protein and fats first (if we are having pasta for dinner I will have a salad with it or more meat like bolognaise or meatballs and serve myself less pasta). My husband on the other hand, he can eat all the carbs he likes and does have a sandwich every day for lunch however they don't react the same way with me as it does to him. It really is all about portion and the amount we eat. We really don't need much to function, and the trick is to fill up on protein and fats, they will keep you fuller for longer. Before I started my sugar free journey I used to do low fat calorie counting. It did work, I did loose weight, I always made sure I served my small portion, however I felt like I was starving all the time because the sugar destroyed my appetite control and I found that I kept snacking in between and eventually kept putting weight back on. Now I'm eating the same amount as before, and I even tried for fun counting my calories the other day, I'm getting less calories, my portions are the same however all the protein is keeping me fuller so I'm not snacking.
