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Anybody else find LC just does not work for them?

fumanchu

fumanchu

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I've tried, I really have. Months and months this time - on my fitnesspal, logging everything I eat every day. I dont eat much at all, very low appetite, consistently around 600/700 calories and under 60 carbs at most. I haven't lost an ounce. What do I do next? So bloody fed up with this. Background - poor mobility due to arthritis and ME/CFS, picky eater at the best of times, food is def not my friend these days.
 
Would you mind giving examples of what you have logged on MFP, so we can come up with suggestions for anything that could be altered, @fumanchu?
I also struggle to lose weight, but the amount of calories you are consuming is around half of what I consume. I find I cannot eat large quantities of fat as some people do. It is a constant balancing act.
 
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I've tried, I really have. Months and months this time - on my fitnesspal, logging everything I eat every day. I dont eat much at all, very low appetite, consistently around 600/700 calories and under 60 carbs at most. I haven't lost an ounce. What do I do next? So bloody fed up with this. Background - poor mobility due to arthritis and ME/CFS, picky eater at the best of times, food is def not my friend these days.
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@fumanchu I was on a very LC regime for 9 months < 35 gms carbs per day, it made little or no difference to my blood sugars, but I lost so much weight, I looked very ill. I had to increase my carbs to gain some weight back.
 
I can't eat alot of fat either pipp - grumbling gallstones :) When I get overtired I tend to have a plate of cereal or instant porridge. Or crisps or a sandwich. These are easy and quick to eat when you have ME and are too tired to even try to cook. When I'm sticking to the LC - which is most of the time - then it's home made veg soup, sometimes bacon egg and mushroom. Slow cooker casseroles, sausage or chicken, sometimes lamb, & always with loads of veg chucked in. We don't eat fast food, not ever.
 
Melgar my BG is good but I'm still a stone overweight!!! I can't lose it at all.
 
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Your body might be undernourished on the low calorie diet - I find that when eating low carb I can keep my weight steady or drifting downwards eating more calories than when my weight was constantly inching (ouncing?) upwards.
Calories can be counted as negative, it seems.
 
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