LCHF diets

[beautybooty]

I have just started a low carb/high fat diet regimen and my husband is worried about me. I chose to do this because I always feel worse when I eat carbs and sugar. He is concerned about eating more fat and what that might do to my body. Everything I have read says that there is nothing unhealthy about this unless of course you take advantage of the whole bacon and cheese thing and just go hog wild, which obviously is not what I am trying to do. Any help on how to explain to him that this is ok? Or if there are health concerns, what should I be careful of?

[rho1640]

I don't consider it high fat - I just don't eat the low fat crud out there that adds sugar and salt to make it taste better .... Yes I eat butter instead of margarine, regular mayo instead of low fat mayo, half and half in my coffee but look at the labels and an example is my half and half is cream and skim milk while the fat free half and half had 4 or 5 ingredients added to it.

Also at my last doctors visit (cardiologist - I go because of family history - I want to prevent any heart issues) he was amazed at my new numbers - said numerous times he wished I could teach a seminar to all patients because I had done exactly what he wanted all his patients to do. And yes he knows I eat like this now.

And I've lost 50 lbs since June 1st - so I average 1.5 lbs lost a week - a healthy amount to lose weekly not a drastic amount and my skin is softer and way less dry.

Basically I don't call it LCHF I just say I don't eat sugar or starches (breads, rice, pasta, potatoes etc). I eat meat of course (chicken, fish, beef, pork) and lots of veggies, salads and drink lots of water (gave up diet soda) I read labels and choose the ones with less ingredients on them and shoot for the ones I can pronounce and know what they are. Yes I eat bacon and I eat eggs and even cheese but it isn't like you are pigging out on them - it's pretty self- regulating because you get full quickly - I may have 3 possibly 4 slices of bacon and one or two eggs depending on how hungry I am but I'm full and full for hours after so no snacking or craving after.

Hope this helps

[sarahinparis]

I find that unless people are well-read on LCHF the "high fat" just scares them and the "low carb" sounds like a fad diet.

I too tell people I'm not eating sugar and starches and that I eat a lot of healthy vegetables and only whole foods (nothing processed) and usually let it go at that.

Even my husband he gets an abbreviated version of what I do and don't eat. He knows the veggies get butter again, and that if he wants pasta or potatoes with his meal he needs to plan for them himself (I rarely offer to make them). My mom got an abbreviated version too until she was told she was pre-diabetic and since she's gone low carb (she does low GI load) now I can talk to her about specifics if I choose to.