http://www.carbfreecafe.com/carbohydrate/ A low carbohydrate diet is not something you should jump into blindly. Do a little research and ease into a low carbohydrate to test it out and see if it's right for you. en-us Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:24:13 EDT Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:24:13 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0 Are you thinking about a going on a low carbohydrate diet? Find out how they work first. Is a Low Carbohydrate Diet For You? Most of the more well-known low carbohydrate diets have you start out limiting yourself to 20-40 grams of carbohydrates a day, then they gradually reintroduce carbs back into your diet. This first two weeks can be especially tough though, especially if you eat a lot of carbs to begin with. Before you start, try this: Keep track of the number of carbs you eat every day for a week. This will help you determine how hard a low carbohydrate diet will be for you. You might decide to turn to another type of diet. People on any kind of diet need 225-275 grams of carbs a day, and most of us eat far more than that. If you think cutting it down to 20-40 grams a day will be too much to handle, try cutting your carbohydrate intake down to 225-275. Maybe you'll even get to the point that you can cut it down further if you want, but easing your body into a low carbohydrate diet might make it easier in the long run. You won't lose weight as fast as some do by taking this approach, but anything worth having (like a significant weight loss) is worth waiting for. Besides, studies have shown that if your weight loss happens at a slow, steady pace, you tend to keep it off longer. That could be because you like the way you look after losing the weight, or it could be because you've developed good eating habits that come as natural to you as breathing. It could be a combination of both. But whatever you end up doing to lose weight, you'll need to do for the rest of your life to maintain that weight loss. Otherwise, you could gain your weight back--and oftentimes when that happens, you end up weighing even more than you did before you went on a diet in the first place! Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:24:13 EDT http://www.carbfreecafe.com/carbohydrate/carbohydrate-counter.html Carbohydrate counter madness is about to ensue. Just make sure it isn't you. en-us Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:53:27 EDT Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:53:27 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0 http://www.carbfreecafe.com/carbohydrate/low-carbohydrate.html Low carbohydrate dieting has become all the rage, and recently they've been getting a bad rap. But is the low carbohydrate that should take the hit, or can recent health problems associated with it be blamed on the user? en-us Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:24:13 EDT Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:24:13 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0 http://www.carbfreecafe.com/carbohydrate/complex-carbohydrates.html Complex carbohydrates are the key to understanding weight loss today. en-us Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:15:44 EST Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:15:44 EST Weblog Editor 2.0