I know some of you HAVE to be nutritionists, right???
Guys and dolls, I have a dilemma. I'll make this as brief as possible. I've been going to the gym for about a year now. While I'm getting quite muscular ( 8-)), I'm not really losing any weight (I know I'm replacing fat weight with muscle weight, I'm talking about tummy fat). Although a lot of people keep saying that I look like I've lost weight, it hasn't been much. I mean, I've been going for a while, you'd think I'd be looking good in my two-piece bikini by now.
The guy I go to the gym with keeps nagging me about carbs because apparently EVERYTHING besides meat has carbs in it (which seems to be true according to the nutritional info on everything I have). I finally got fed up with him bugging me about it and told him to tell me what I could eat because I'm not eating any animals. He got all apologetic sounding then and said he honestly wasn't sure. So, I'm going to ask all of my awesomely lovely vw friends. Can any of you recommend a good, low-carb veg diet? I'm trying to look nice on my wedding day, you know (4 months away). I know the obvious things like pasta, potatoes, and bread...anything else?
Also, fiber basically counts out carbs, right? Maybe I'm not describing that right. A friend told me that fiber reduces the total carb intake, or something like that at least.
Anyway, any help would seriously be greatly appreciated.
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i eat vegetables, and nuts, but i don't really like nuts, so not much.
AND i also just have to say that my diet isn't low in anything a normal vegan diet isn't low in D and b12 also "have to be supplemented" in a normal cooked vegan diet.
my diet is "low" in protein by choice, i do not feel that it is inadequate in any way. when i strength train i build plenty of muscle and i know that i am getting what i need.
i really am starting to feel bad arguing with all of you... lol... but why do you keep attacking this diet? holy hell it works better than anything i have found so far and it's vegan. that's all.
Don't feel bad. Argue away. This is how lurkers learn. :)
You have more than once said your diet is not deficient in anything an I believe you and support you in that. Your diet is something I'm not interested in personally, just like I'm not interesting in low carb, or low fat, or low protein, and I said so but no need for you to constantly defend yourself.
I tried to make it very clear that I was not arguing with you, nor attacking your diet. In fact I was quite complementary to you personally in your approach.
I was talking to lurkers, so let me rephrase that any diet needs consideration of what is deficient, if the idea is to maintain health for the long term.
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