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Eat feweer carbs so you can increase energy, lose weight and get healthy. Processed foods, too much sugar and high-carb snacks can be damaging to your health.

By kef4 on November 18, 2009 at 08:56 PM

413 today, but there was some carb loading on my bike ride. I'm not disappointed. Feel good.

By kef4 on November 15, 2009 at 09:13 PM

Good day today...124 feels good. This proves that i can do it...on a daily basis?

By jlushhh on November 14, 2009 at 06:22 PM

I love bread, alot. I probably eat around 5 slices a day. Aiming to get that down to two. (I need my sammich at lunch :p )

By zephersun on November 10, 2009 at 04:52 PM

Still struggling with carbs. I'm doing well with exercise and calories but when I look at my chart and great percentage is carbs. I don't like a lot of meat and I will eat seafood. Any recommendations on how I can take in more protein to cut back on the carbs? Would love to hear some advice.

By itsallerson on November 11, 2009 at 06:36 AM

cheesesticks.
I snack on them all the time!
Also, veggieburgers. Boca's original vegan burger only has 2 net carbs with a ton of protein.

Hope this helps!

By Anonymous on October 31, 2009 at 05:05 PM

Today I ate sugar cereal as a snack, a croissant, and a milkshake.

By poppysmom on October 6, 2009 at 11:43 PM

would have been stellar with my carbs and overall calories if I had stopped after the apple at 8:30. But I worried that I'd get hungry overnight, so ate 2! bowls of cereal, throwing my carbs through the roof.

Anyone else eat at night because they are afraid to wake up hungry and not be able to get a good night's sleep?

By Anonymous on October 24, 2009 at 10:50 AM

I always end up eating bad right before bed (which is the worst!) because if I don't then I can't fall asleep. Kind of the same thing

By Eskarina on October 15, 2009 at 02:16 PM

56 yesterday! I have no idea how I did that. Probably just that I was sick yesterday and didn't eat much.

By poppysmom on October 5, 2009 at 05:24 AM

I saw in the Dr. Oz [or the other doc] u tube that you should eat 25-35g fiber each day to help scrub out your vascular and digestive systems. I rarely reach this, paricularly because I am shooting for having more of my calories come from protein until I can really ramp up my exercise. Just by virtue of having a limited calorie intake goal, I have to shoot for very high fiber carbs [plus take psyllium].

By kef4 on October 1, 2009 at 09:49 PM

I was pretty good today, but still turned in a high number of 368. I think it was from munching the snack mix at work. OK, so I wasn't so good ALL day.

By poppysmom on September 28, 2009 at 04:34 PM

is there a rule of thumb to calculate what a reasonable # of carbs you should take in a day? I try to shoot for a third of my calories for carbs, protein and fat, but also look for high fiber/low or no sugar foods. When you guys post a number, are you subtracting out the grams of fiber? For instance, i ate 176 g today, but 14g were fiber.

By kef4 on October 1, 2009 at 09:47 PM

I've been going with the number that TDP gives me, but you're right...fiber should be taken into account. I've been explaining high carbs in my posts on days when I ride 20+ miles and need to replace burned stores of carbs for the next day's ride. There are clearly times when high carbs are called for. What I'm saying is, there's time for carbs and there are good carbs and bad carbs that are not distinguished in this dare. Just keep in touch with your carb intake through this dare and I think you will benefit. The number is just one tool.

By Eskarina on September 29, 2009 at 12:47 PM

Yesterday: 145g (~56%)

By kef4 on September 24, 2009 at 10:11 PM

Weird Day diet wise. Not bad, just out of the routine. A little heavy on the carbs. Next week will be better.

By kef4 on September 23, 2009 at 08:02 PM

I know 225 isn't anything to write home about. That's why I'm writing to you. 225 is a good day for me. Getting better all the time.

By jules01930 on September 23, 2009 at 04:59 PM

ooh, didn't count them. but I know I had them. mini saltine crackers have them, and I think theres some in chicken which was in my salad, also, i had a wholegrain cereal bar this morning.

By kef4 on September 22, 2009 at 08:20 PM

310 is still a big number, but I've been eating most of my carbs early in the day and tapering off to complex carbs later if at all. I just read that this is a good strategy, and it has translated to weight loss and a relatively satisfied hunger feeling after the dinner hour.

By kef4 on September 21, 2009 at 07:48 PM

I rode almost 40 miles today, so I needed to replace a bunch of carbs. These big ride days wreck my carb plan, but it's important to refuel the carb tank after 3 hours of physical exertion. It's the non-ride days that I need to focus on and so far it's been positive.

By kef4 on September 20, 2009 at 08:59 PM

Holy Canoli. 122 is a very good carb day for me. I'm going on a big bike ride tomorrow, so I hope I put enough in the tank, but I've been focussed on fat loss this week. Most of my carbs came from a splurge on a egg/bagel sandwich this morning. Otherwise, not much carbs today. I'm happy.

By kef4 on September 19, 2009 at 06:36 PM

174 for me today. That's a very good day.

By jasmine0427 on September 14, 2009 at 11:34 AM

Hey Everyone,

I'm starting the induction phase of Atkins today. I joined the Atkins dare but it does not seem like any one is active in it. I'm going to do induction for at least two weeks, to give my body a kick. I've been working out for 5 weeks now and tracking (calories) for almost two weeks. My body needs to catch up! Atkins will get it on board....

Keep up the good work!

By kef4 on September 14, 2009 at 08:38 PM

I did Atkins several years ago with great results. I didn't even do any exercising with it and still lost lots of weight. You're off to a good start by getting fit beforehand. The induction phase will go by quickly and you will lose weight. Be strict with yourself. Any deviations from the plan will mess it up, but if you stick with it, it will work.

In my case, I found it hard to stick with after awhile, which was the case with so many of my diets. With kids in the house I found it very difficult to make the lifelong commitment to skip the carbs. Too much junk food around with my boys having influence over the shopping list. However, if you take the weight off, which you will, and keep tracking your diet on here, and keep working out, you will keep the weight off.

By Eskarina on September 13, 2009 at 10:45 PM

154g today