Hi MsRedNeck,
When I decided to lose weight, I’d recently been diagnosed with Hepatitis A and most foods made me nauseous. But I soon realized that wheat was one of the few things that my stomach didn’t object to. So I ate mostly carbs for almost 2 months while losing weight. Because of the HepA I couldn’t really exercise, but I counted calories and I lost about 10 pounds in 2 months. So it can be done!
Honestly, I was just starting to lose weight and didn’t really think about anything other than sticking to my calorie limit, so anything that didn’t upset my stomach was fine with me. That being said, I did try to eat more whole wheat/whole grain stuff. But for my stomach’s sake, a lot of what I ate was simple – like toast, oatmeal, cereal, granola bars, wraps, soup + crackers and occasionally pasta.
It is really easy to overeat rice and pasta, but it’s easier if you make sure to measure it out properly so you know exactly how much you’re eating. And I find that when I only put 1 serving on my plate, it normally fills me up.
So don’t be scared of carbs! If it’s for your health that you need to eat more carbs, then you can do that and still lose weight.
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