High Protein/Lo Carbers...Recipes and info

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Originally Posted by Gemme

I wish I could eat this way. More accurately, I wish I had the willpower to eat more like this. The carbs.....they are my weakness. Anyone have tips for reducing carb cravings, other than distraction?

We have issues with carbs too-- But my suggestion is -- get rid of them. We cleaned out our pantry, freezer, cabinets, and refrigerator of all not good carbs. And we were literally left with nothing. And then go shopping for good things. Everything has carbs-- but its knowing what is better for you and what has less carbs vs. higher carbs.

Like a banana has 27g carb (medium) but 1 cup of watermelon (diced) only 11 g carb. You can easily find this information on google/bing : how many carbs in ________.

I started a daily log to caculate how many carbs I'm eating daily and how I can reduce it because I need to loose weight, get my sugars back on track, and just be healthy. I've never been a real big bread guy, but I LOVE my pizza and pretzels.

I'm on week 3 with this new change of eating-- and I still struggle with things. I hear it takes about 6 weeks to really be okay... My wife though, she struggles more than I do. She's just not convinced that this is what she needs -- so we talk about it pretty much daily. I do almost all the cooking (92 percent of the time) so she eats what I serve. But while at work, I have no control over what she eats.

There are a lot of great blogs out there to help with starting the paleo/primal way of eating -- and good recipes. I started out eating more 'real food' -- getting away from processed foods, more than 7 ingredients, whole grains, more fruits/veggies, better meats --- but found out that my sugar/carb increased, so here I am trying little/to none grains.

Gemme, if you want any other information-- ask Jesse or myself and I'm sure we can help ya out. PS. Most of your dinners sound awesome.

and I would have to agree with Jesse about the days about not being prepared ahead of time. It makes a huge difference. HUGE.