http://www.carbfreecafe.com/carbohydrate/low-carbohydrate-diet-plan.html A low carbohydrate diet plan is a popular way to lose weight. Learn how a low carbohydrate diet plan works here. en-us Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:48:11 EST Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:48:11 EST Weblog Editor 2.0 Low cab diets work fast when followed correctly, but you can make them work even faster. Check it out... How a Low Carb Diet Works When you go on a low carbohydrate diet plan, the first two weeks are the hardest because you only get 20 grams of carbs a day. If you don't know how many carbs you eat each day before you start your low carbohydrate diet plan, you might not realize how hard that will be to adjust to. But it can be fun trying to find new things to eat. It's especially fun if you like breakfast foods like bacon, sausage and eggs. But you'll lose weight faster if you stick with lean cuts of meat instead of fatty ones. Anyway, the reason your carb intake is so limited during this first two weeks is to get your body into a fat-burning mode known as ketosis. (In the absence of carbs, your body starts to burn fat for fuel.) After the first two weeks, you get more carbs, but not a lot more (40-60 depending on which low carbohydrate diet plan you're on). You stay at this level until you've reached your desired weight loss. At that point, you get even more carbs. If you really want to kick-start your low carbohydrate diet plan, work out. This is the hard part, particularly if you're not used to it. Generally, all diets work better if you incorporate exercise. But low carb diets don't leave you with much energy for that. However, if you can muster up enough energy to do it, you'll really speed up your results. How? Well, during the first 20 minutes of any kind of exercise, your body burns carbs. Then and only then does it start burning fat. But if you're on a low carbohydrate diet plan, your body is using those carbs just to keep you awake and semi-functioning. As a result, when you exercise, you burn fat much sooner, and therefore, you'll see results much sooner. Pretty neat, huh? Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:48:11 EST