Zero Carb
 

Hi,

I'm starting this thread for any Zero Carbers. I have transitioned into this woe from an alternating low carb/zero carb style and want to give this a decent try. I'm taking the 30 day challenge.

Welcome to All.:D

July 27th 2015-----180
July 28th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,180:?:

On the menu for July 27, 2015

eggs cooked in bacon grease
shrimp cooked in bacon grease
fish cooked in bacon grease....

Yes I love stuff cooked in bacon grease.

Well I have to add cheese and beef to yesterdays menu.

Todays projected menu is:

Eggs cooked in butter,
Beef the rest of the day.

I am gonna try and skip the cheese today.

July 27th 2015-----180
July 28th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,180:?
July 29th drum roll please,,,,,,178


What can I say? The scale finally moved. Hey I'm liking this zero carb:carrot:

Yesterday was good. I think I'll just post my menu from the previous day rather than projecting my plan. Those plans change too much.

Tuesday:

Breakfast,,,,
2 eggs in butter

Lunch
2 cod baked with then 1 tableslpoon of walnut oil and
Himalayan salt added

Dinner,,,,
Yummy beef slow cooked until it became beef butter.

Nice to report, my sleep is so much better and my appetite is feeling under control.

menu for the 30th

2 cod

chicken wings and beef

July 27th 2015-----180
July 28th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,180:?
July 29th drum roll please,,,,,,178
August 3rd,,,,,,,,,,,,177

Yesterday I ate:

3 eggs cooked in bacon Grease
Lots of roast beef

ginger tea and coffee with walnut oil

July 27th 2015-----180
July 28th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,180:?
July 29th drum roll please,,,,,,178
August 3rd,,,,,,,,,,,,177
Aurgust 5th,,,,,,,,,,,,176:carrot:

Yesterday I ate,

3 eggs cooked in butter
2 cod fish with walnut oil

basic hunger is under control

got a little hungry yesterday. Menu:

pork skins
roast beef
8 eggs
cheese.....

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July 27th 2015-----180
July 28th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,180:?
July 29th drum roll please,,,,,,178
August 3rd,,,,,,,,,,,,177
Aurgust 5th,,,,,,,,,,,,176:carrot
august 6th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,176
august 7th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,175:)

July 27th 2015-----180
July 28th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,180:?
July 29th drum roll please,,,,,,178
August 3rd,,,,,,,,,,,,177
Aurgust 5th,,,,,,,,,,,,176:carrot
august 6th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,176
august 7th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,175:)
august 15th,,,,,,,,,,,,172:carrot:

You aren't 0 carbs - there is 1 gram of carb in each egg. This is totally lacking in important vitamins and minerals so I hope you are supplementing.

Hi Susan,
Well actually there is .5 grams in one egg. So your right about it's not true zero. Some days I don't eat eggs and I haven't been perfect with this plan.
I do supplement and do bone broth. I have been out of town for a while and that made it near impossible to stay with this. But I'm back on plan and ready to rock....

July 27th 2015-----180
July 28th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,180:?
July 29th drum roll please,,,,,,178
August 3rd,,,,,,,,,,,,177
Aurgust 5th,,,,,,,,,,,,176:carrot
august 6th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,176
august 7th,,,,,,,,,,,,,,175:)
august 15th,,,,,,,,,,,,172:carrot

back from trip and restarting at:
September 5,,,,,,,,,,171;)

Another thing about Zero Carb is that some folks just eat from the animal kingdom and don't worry about the few carbs in things such as eggs, liver, cheese etc. Technically it is not pure Zero Carb, but that is just what it is called.

I know some folks eat just meat and drink water. Some supplement and some don't. So there is little variables going on here with this plan. I use cod liver oil and flax and coconut and walnut oils, which is my preference. They are all zero carb, but aren't all in the animal kingdom. So tweaking for your own taste and body needs is ok. Eggs are totally worth the carbs in them. I try to stay with zero carb cheeses, but a cheese burger eating out is ok with me. I'm really feeling quite good on this woe, and I will be upping my carbs once I hit goal. Plus my occasional slip off the diet. I'm doing better about not cheating than I use to. Much better.

FinallyFree, kind of did your way of eating once and loss almost 11lbs in a month. I was walking 3+ miles a day and I did have veggies also. Keep up the good work. I wonder if I could actually only eat meats. That's a thought :)

Hi Love2b,
Well I did lose 10 pounds in one month with cheating. Speaking of cheating, I did it yesterday and woke up wishing I hadn't. It was one of those candy cheats and lots of fattening stuff and wondering why I did that. Oh well back to it.

I do eat cheese and I'm trying to alternate days with that just to change things up for me. But I'm not going to count that as a cheat on my diet. Lots of cheeses are zero carb, but those calories can add fast. I'm just now starting to exercise. I don't want to do to much and make myself hungrier. ;)

I use cheese as a zero carb food also. I don't eat enough of it to count the carbs in it and it is filling. I actually put mustard on cheddar cheese for the added umph :D I have an issue with eggs and burping this horrid burp. I would like to try just one day of meat to see how I'd do. I'll let you know if and when I do :) Keep up the good work :)

Thanks Love2b,,,,,stop in anytime,,,,I get lonely here:)

Thanks for posting. I'm pondering Zero Carb. I've done keto and I'm currently doing Ideal Protien (low carb but with purchased products). I will be doing a lot more reading before I dive in. What resources have you liked so far?

Thanks! Desirae

Hi Desirea,

I did quite a bit of looking before I leaped. I'm not sure if 3fatchicks allow posting of websites, but I suggest a search on Zero Carb and you will come up with a niche of info. I will say this seems a bit extreme to some folks, but I do bone broth and supplements and they say beef has so much of what a person needs for health. So I include it every other day or so.

Please join me if you decide to do it.

Best Wishes

Ok - I think I have read enough. I'm in! Today is my day 1! I already had some coffee with butter and eggs for breakfast. Plan on doing hamburger/bacon for lunch. I'm going with whatever is easy because that is what I need right now. Not in it for variety, etc.

I have been doing a low carb/low fat diet, so cutting the carbs shouldn't be too painful. I'm happy to welcome back the fat tho! I'm going to stick with no tracking, eat when hungry, drink when thirsty.
Today I weighted 157.2. Next week I will have a scale that does body fat % too. I'm interested to track that because on the Ideal Protein diet my body fat % was not going down, I was losing muscle as well as fat. I'm not a fan of that and hoping this will help!

And.... I need more meat! I had my double cheeseburger with bacon 3 hours ago and I'm hungry again. Not going to make it to dinner. Will try and pack some hard boiled eggs for tomorrow? I am having one of my low-carb drinks right now. So not a wasted day.... just not 'perfect'.

Wow! Welcome, Welcome and let me grab your coat tails. Did you happen to find the blog call MyzeroCarblife? That one was really motivating and mad me feel safe on this WoE.

I am going to try and develop the IF style of eating with this, but yesterday, I just got too hungry and ate some peanuts and PB. I know that's a no no. But I figure if I fall off the wagon at least try and stay in ketosis by falling into something low carb. So no weight gain today. No loss either.

Once again, Welcome my friend and looking forward to reaching our goals.:D

I did read that one! And read a few off of ZeroCarbZen. I'm on a few facebook groups now too.

I'm ready for zero carb day one (take 2). :) I had black coffee and some eggs for breakfast. I have a decent portion of ground beef /bacon/cheese ready for my lunch and snack probably.

I like the idea that we can fall back on other keto foods if needed, and probably still be in a good weight loss/health zone. I'm looking forward to not being so hungry.... I just lost 15 pounds with another (costly) program and all my clothes fit great. So right now I'll be happy if I just don't gain! Although still wanting to get some downward trend by the end of the year.

My weight is down some - from 157.2 to 156.6. I was down to 154 in the last few weeks though (had one highhhh carb day) and hope to get back to there soon.

BTW - we have the same final weight goal - 130. I'm 5'2" and 130 was my high school weight.

Ate my whole portion of food I brought for lunch. Can I last until dinner today? I didn't measure, but easily double my lunch size yesterday. I will be super happy when the day comes that I don't want to finish my food!

Well, I did good all afternoon. I am starting to feel a little hungry now, but think I am good to wait until dinner. I'll be checking back in on Monday!

Hey Desirae,
great start for you!

Yesterday was a stressor for me, so I switched into a low carb day. If we can avoid jumping out of ketosis, it will be great. It's funny because, when stress days come, it's not about being hungry, it's about indulging in fun foods to make me feel better. So I definitely need some of the great keto friendly foods around that will feel like a splurge. Today I feel great and calm and ready to be on plan. Have a great week-end and try to be good!;)

I hit my first goal in my signature!

Congrats, FinallyFree!!!.. :cheer3: looks like Zero Carb might be just the right thing for you... I've been investigating ZC for the past couple of days & have just about come to the conclusion that I'm gonna try it... I think it's amazing to learn that we don't really need to eat veggies...

desirae_nicole, I did IP about 5 years ago & lost 70 lbs. in about 6 months... since then I've put back on about 40 lbs. & recently started thinking about doing IP again... but the thought of all those salads just turned me off... I like salad sometimes, but not 2 big ones every day!.. that's why I'm considering Zero Carb...

hugs, y'all.....:hug:

Hi Aunt Sheshie,

Thanks for the Congrats,,,,Jump in here with us. Don't worry, this is a no salad zone. Just us Meatchicks.....:hug:;)

Way to go Finally Free!!! I love hitting a new 'decade'. When I get to my next one I am rewarding myself by going through all the bins of too small clothes I have stored in a spare closet. :)

Sheshie - welcome! It was nice to have IP to really get some weight off. I had been low carbing before joining, but was allowing too many cheats. The IP program helped put me back in that 'no cheat' mentality. I just called my center this morning (before they opened) to leave a 'break up' voice mail on their machine. "It's not you it's me!" hahaha.

There are 2 things that caused me to want to give IP a break...

(1)The cost (about 100$ a week when you consider the vitamins). If I had been losing 2-3 pounds a week it might have been worth it, but my average was under 2 pounds.

(2) I wanted to cut all the sweeteners and extras that I know are in the IP foods.

I told my clinic that if I don't get anywhere on my own they might see me back in January.... We shall see.

I stayed ZC all weekend. Felt easy! I feel like generally my energy is better, but still enjoyed a nap yesterday. I'm not feeling any bad effects. I was pretty much in or close to ketosis mode when I started though.

My weight is lower - 153.8. It looks like I had a big drop this week, but it's really due to a huge gain I had after a carb overload I did during the Labor Day weekend. I am actually back to the lowest weight I got to while on Ideal Protein. So any loss after this will be true loss!

I'm getting a scale that does body fat percentage this week and I'm going to start a real basic bodyweight strength program in the next week or so. I'm excited!

Wow Congratulations,:carrot::carrot::carrot::dizzy:

you have done great over the weekend! and thanks for the congrats on my reaching my goal! I am settling in right now.:)

I am having trouble figuring out how much food to bring to work. Yesterday I didn't have enough, and supplemented with my Ideal Protein left overs (so low carb, but not zero). Today I think I brought too much! Probably better, but I tend to finish all my food, so I'll have to be careful to listen to my body on if I'm hungry enough to eat it all or not.

:thanks:, y'all, for the warm welcome... I was gonna start ZC yesterday, but my mom called & wanted to go to Shrimp Fest at Red Lobster, so I succumbed... their cheesy biscuits are just too good, not to mention the shrimps of all sorts... anyway, I have a bunless bacon burger planned for lunch... not sure what for supper... since I thought I was gonna do Ideal Protein again, I had bought some whey protein, so those will probably be my tweak sometimes for breakfast... a few carbs, but nothing overboard... I'll use them 'til they're gone, then switch to eggs, etc., for breakfast...

Congrats for your successes!.. I'm looking forward to some of those myself...

hugs.....:hug: