Hey guys, I've been trying to do a very low carb high protein diet and wondered how many total carbs I should restrict myself to in a day. I had probably 30-35g of carb yesterday between all meals. Is this still too high?
Low carb/Keto Diets
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landonm5
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I'm not sure the specific number bro, but when i follwed it. . i did high protein w fats for energy to lean and to help more every third day i cut my fats out and added vegies in the place.
example
(can replace protein meals of course with fish,beef,eggs,lean beef "one meal")
worked well for me
meal 1 - 6 whole omega 3 eggs
meal 2 - prot shake low carb (ON gold standard 6 carbs per two scoop/ 50 g protein)with two tblsp nat pb
meal 3 - 8 oz baked chicken / 1 oz cashews
meal 4 - same as meal 2
meal 5 - same as meal 3
meal 6 - red meat ex 8 oz 93/7 beef/ salad w mac nut oil, vinger, olive oil
example
(can replace protein meals of course with fish,beef,eggs,lean beef "one meal")
worked well for me
meal 1 - 6 whole omega 3 eggs
meal 2 - prot shake low carb (ON gold standard 6 carbs per two scoop/ 50 g protein)with two tblsp nat pb
meal 3 - 8 oz baked chicken / 1 oz cashews
meal 4 - same as meal 2
meal 5 - same as meal 3
meal 6 - red meat ex 8 oz 93/7 beef/ salad w mac nut oil, vinger, olive oil
My problem is I'm not eating enough food(calories) it seems. A quick calculation of the past couple few days has been:
1. Coffee + Creamer (7-10 carbs & maybe 4g fat)
2. Protein shake (50g protein, 2-3 carbs, 1-2g fat)
3. 1oz nuts (almonds, or soy nuts) - (5-10g protein, 5-7g carbs, 7-15g fat)
4. Salad + dressing (onion, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta cheese)+ Chicken (50g protein, 10-15g carbs, 15g fat)
5. Protein shake 40-50g protein (50g protein, 2-3 carbs, 1-2g fat)
6. Chicken, pork, or steak 50g protein + green veggies(broccoli, asparagus, spinach) (50g protein, 10g carbs, 5-15g fat)
Calories:
Protein: about 840
Carbs: about 190
Fat: about 450
Adding in some miscellaneous calories/food intake say extra 100 calories. Which is still less than 1600 calories per day...I probably need to add at least another 4-500 calories per day so I don't lose muscle.
1. Coffee + Creamer (7-10 carbs & maybe 4g fat)
2. Protein shake (50g protein, 2-3 carbs, 1-2g fat)
3. 1oz nuts (almonds, or soy nuts) - (5-10g protein, 5-7g carbs, 7-15g fat)
4. Salad + dressing (onion, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta cheese)+ Chicken (50g protein, 10-15g carbs, 15g fat)
5. Protein shake 40-50g protein (50g protein, 2-3 carbs, 1-2g fat)
6. Chicken, pork, or steak 50g protein + green veggies(broccoli, asparagus, spinach) (50g protein, 10g carbs, 5-15g fat)
Calories:
Protein: about 840
Carbs: about 190
Fat: about 450
Adding in some miscellaneous calories/food intake say extra 100 calories. Which is still less than 1600 calories per day...I probably need to add at least another 4-500 calories per day so I don't lose muscle.
Yeah, I'll be cheating today. lol. The extra fat intake is good advise. Thanks.
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