| Sure. | | | | Even if I had eaten my allotment of carbs for the |
| But, from my experience and from the experience of | | | | day, there were always no carb foods like some |
| every person I know who has gone on a low carb | | | | cheeses and some raw vegetables that I could have. |
| diet and successfully lost weight, that weight doesn't | | | | • I lost weight fairly quickly and steadily. |
| stay off unless all but a tiny amount of carbs are | | | | • I was able to break myself of my |
| always avoided. | | | | perpetual cravings for high carb junk foods like |
| A few years ago when low carb diets were incredibly | | | | potato chips. |
| popular, I went on one just like millions of other | | | | But, there were cons too: |
| people. I lost 40 pounds in a little over four months. | | | | • The biggest con is that I was unable to |
| But as soon as I started eating a normal amount of | | | | keep the weight off. |
| carbs again I gained the weight back very quickly. | | | | • Carbs, even healthy ones like fruit and |
| Every person I know that did a low carb diet had the | | | | whole grains, were very limited on my low carb diet |
| same experience – successful weight loss but | | | | so I didn't feel like I was eating a healthy balance of |
| weight gain as soon as they resumed normal | | | | foods every day. |
| consumption of carbohydrates. | | | | • My low carb diet didn't limit the types of |
| I'm sure there are people who have gone on a low | | | | protein I could have so I was able to eat way too |
| carb diet, lost the weight, and kept it off. I just don't | | | | much high saturated fat foods like bacon, especially |
| happen to know any of them so I can't personally | | | | during the first two weeks of the diet. I know that |
| recommend a low carb diet as a way to lose weight | | | | wasn't healthy. |
| and keep it off for good. | | | | If you want to try a low carb diet, do research to |
| But, low carb dieting did have its pluses for me: | | | | find one that doesn't limit your carbs too severely. A |
| • I didn't have to count calories, just carbs, | | | | lower carb diet that emphasizes healthy carbs and |
| which was much easier | | | | lean sources of protein is now recommended by |
| • I never had to be hungry. On my low carb | | | | many health professionals. And, when you have |
| diet, there was always something I could eat. It | | | | successfully lost the weight, be careful when you |
| might not have been something I was particularly | | | | start introducing more carbs into your diet so that |
| hungry for, but I never had to deal with it being 5 | | | | you don't gain the weight back that you worked so |
| pm and not having any more calories left for the day | | | | hard to lose. |
| and having to be hungry the rest of the evening. | | | | |