wifes diet...need help explaining calories vs carbs

supr_fly_tnt
Profile picture for user supr_fly_tnt
Posts
374
Joined
4/1/2008
Location
Brent World, VT, USA
supr_fly_tnt
Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 5:03pm
am i wrong to try and explain to her that no matter how few carbs she takes in she still needs to count calories? she keeps going through these 6 month on-off cycles and im tired of them and trying to explain to her that no matter what she thinks she does with the carb food, she still has to account for the calories because that is how food is burned. and i try to tell her that i understand that her body type may not like carbs, but all that salad dressing she puts on her salads isnt helping. i try to tell her that if she wants to lose a pound a week, she has to burn 3000 calories plus the number of calories she eats that week. so if she eats 1000 calories a day, thats 5000 plus the 3000 per pound so thats 8000 calories a week she needs to burn in order to lose that pound.

but she keeps insisting that as long she keeps her carbs per day low and drinks lots of water she will lose the weight. uugghhh! im pounding my head against the wall!!!!

am i wrong though? if im wrong ill admit it...whats a better way to explain it?

brent
|
mxb2
Profile picture for user mxb2
Posts
22436
Joined
6/15/2010
Location
Bowie, MD, USA
mxb2 1/21/2012 3:04pm
1/21/2012 3:04pm
save the headache, google works wonders instead of all the vital doctors and experts lol.
supr_fly_tnt
Profile picture for user supr_fly_tnt
Posts
374
Joined
4/1/2008
Location
Brent World, VT, USA
supr_fly_tnt 1/21/2012 5:58pm
1/21/2012 5:58pm
yeah. i know you guys are right. i guess i was just sort of hoping and venting at the same time....
rucka356
Profile picture for user rucka356
Posts
1064
Joined
4/1/2008
Location
Knoxville, TN, USA
rucka356 1/21/2012 6:19pm
1/21/2012 6:19pm
It's all the shit they put in our food. I've gone all natural, no processed foods and have lost 10lbs in 2.5 weeks!! I'm 6ft tall and weighed in for the first time under 200lbs in over 10 years!! I have so much energy and feel so much better, and my appetite is literally half of what it used to be. If only we all knew how bad this processed food really is on our bodies...... Organic is the way to go, but dam expensive!

The Shop

See All »
lumpy790
Profile picture for user lumpy790
Posts
11857
Joined
9/18/2007
Location
York, SC, USA
lumpy790 1/21/2012 6:29pm
1/21/2012 6:29pm
comparing apples to oranges.......pick one and go with it......we have had good results with watching Carbs.
Mr. G
Profile picture for user Mr. G
Posts
4225
Joined
12/23/2009
Location
Riverside, CA, USA
Mr. G 1/21/2012 7:21pm
1/21/2012 7:21pm
When sorting through data, the data has to be sorted by order of importance or magnitude. Yes it is true that a low carb diet works as can be seen by any dieting bodybuilder ( who are of course the best dieters on the planet) but they also take into account other factors. To put it simply calories are more important than carb intake. You simply have to take in less than you use. That is the senior datum. You could argue Ketones all day long but you would still end up with a lessor factor. In an extreme example you could loose weight by eating cake.......if you ate a small enough amount. You would also be very unhealthy. Take two people, David Lee Roth and Steve Vai. Both are very lean. Dave eats mostly protein while Steve eats mostly vegetables. But the one thing they have in common is that they both eat clean.
musmanni
Profile picture for user musmanni
Posts
282
Joined
1/2/2012
Location
CR
musmanni 1/21/2012 7:37pm
1/21/2012 7:37pm Edited Date/Time 1/21/2012 7:40pm
Below is the only knowledge needed to understand weight loss/gain. The below formulas are 100% guaranteed to work 100% of the time.

1. Caloric intake less than Calories burned = weight loss

2. Caloric intake greater than Calories burned = weight gain
ocscottie
Profile picture for user ocscottie
Posts
69092
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
Redding, CA, USA
ocscottie 1/21/2012 7:45pm
1/21/2012 7:45pm
test
Spergen
Profile picture for user Spergen
Posts
767
Joined
5/16/2011
Location
GB
Spergen 1/21/2012 11:55pm
1/21/2012 11:55pm
rucka356 wrote:
It's all the shit they put in our food. I've gone all natural, no processed foods and have lost 10lbs in 2.5 weeks!! I'm 6ft tall...
It's all the shit they put in our food. I've gone all natural, no processed foods and have lost 10lbs in 2.5 weeks!! I'm 6ft tall and weighed in for the first time under 200lbs in over 10 years!! I have so much energy and feel so much better, and my appetite is literally half of what it used to be. If only we all knew how bad this processed food really is on our bodies...... Organic is the way to go, but dam expensive!
Not bashing as the UK is a laughing stock of Europe for the crap the government allows in our food but a British chef "Jamie Oliver" did a short series on school foods and fast food in the US, don't know if you watched it but highly recommended. Turns out your government allows seriously nasty chemicals in your food chain ! especially in processed foods and the pate used for burgers.

Watch this for a quick intro, especially if you have kids at school or love your fast food ! PS it might make you feel sick, it did me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wshlnRWnf30
Clapped
Profile picture for user Clapped
Posts
192
Joined
7/8/2010
Location
Peoria, AZ, USA
Clapped 1/23/2012 2:09pm
1/23/2012 2:09pm
Mechanically separated meat is a pasty sort of product that is produced by shoving (in this case, chicken bones) through a filter-like machine which separates the bone from the tissue meat. Gross.

Chicken McNugget's are made of mechanically separated meat. Uncooked, mechanically separated meat looks like this:


Photobucket
Clapped
Profile picture for user Clapped
Posts
192
Joined
7/8/2010
Location
Peoria, AZ, USA
Clapped 1/23/2012 2:34pm
1/23/2012 2:34pm
And to contribute, do some research on OxyElite Pro. I've been taking it for about a month now and see some results. I've been skipping some gym time as of late, but the pounds still slowly come off. I wish I would have been hitting the gym hard this whole time so the results would really show.
Mr. G
Profile picture for user Mr. G
Posts
4225
Joined
12/23/2009
Location
Riverside, CA, USA
Mr. G 1/23/2012 6:51pm
1/23/2012 6:51pm
What is it?
Spergen
Profile picture for user Spergen
Posts
767
Joined
5/16/2011
Location
GB
Spergen 1/23/2012 7:05pm
1/23/2012 7:05pm
Clapped wrote:
Mechanically separated meat is a pasty sort of product that is produced by shoving (in this case, chicken bones) through a filter-like machine which separates the...
Mechanically separated meat is a pasty sort of product that is produced by shoving (in this case, chicken bones) through a filter-like machine which separates the bone from the tissue meat. Gross.

Chicken McNugget's are made of mechanically separated meat. Uncooked, mechanically separated meat looks like this:


Photobucket
Ooh yummy yummy, can I have a large portion please Sick

Post a reply to: wifes diet...need help explaining calories vs carbs