Getting to and maintaining your ideal weight is not an easy thing to do. Been there done that. I’ve struggled with my weight for most of my adult years, and I can say I’ve had a fair share of doing most weight loss techniques.

Low carb (short form of carbohydrate) diet is one weight loss method that is gaining popularity nowadays. I’ve used it and had great results while using it.

Interested to know more about low carb diet plan? Read on.

 

Hi guys! My name is Isaac and in this article I’m going to share with you on low carb diet plan for weight loss.

As a guy that have been skinny-fat for most of my adult life while trying helplessly to get out of it, I can definitely understand the frustration with those trying to lose their weights.

Weight loss is not an easy feat – I’ve learnt it the hard way. I’ve tried lots of popular diets in the past, but mostly from free resources (websites, etc.). I soon found that these free resources don’t really work great as there was little depth provided as I always found myself guessing on many things.

It’s only by chance that I encountered a great diet program from my friends who achieved great weight loss and in the best shape of his life. It was The 2 Week Diet Plan and a quick look at its website reveals a logical take on weight loss.

I decided that it was time for me to get a “real” diet plan and not just some bits and pieces of the internet. At $37 – though I was on luck as it was on sale for $27 that day (Check this link to see if the discount is still there) – it’s definitely a very easy diet plan to follow with step by step guide.

I quickly lost 8 pounds over 2 weeks and haven’t looked back since. Low carb diet plan is one of the integral principles on this diet plan and here I’m going to share how to do it correctly.

But first, let me go through on why carbohydrate is bad for those that wants to lose weight.

 

Why Is Carbohydrate Bad For Those Wanting To Lose Weight?

Low carb diet is a very good weight loss method as it’s cut off our body from excess sugar from our foods.

Carb or carbohydrate comes from starchy foods such as potato, rice, bread, pasta, etc. These foods are staple in many regions due to the fact that it’s a good energy source for our body.

When we eat carbs, our digestive system will break it down into sugar or glucose as the end product. Glucose will seep into our bloodstream and can be used as fuel for our body.

The popularity of carb comes from it being the most efficient fuel source compared to the others (protein and fat). Not to mention it’s cheaper than the other food sources making it the staple food in our diet.

I think I need to emphasize this: carb is a great food source but for those wanting to lose weight, it’s one of the worst food you can eat.

 

Carb And Insulin

Eating carbs will cause a spike of insulin in our blood. For those that didn’t know, insulin is a very important hormone that’s purpose is to regulate glucose in our blood.

It will store excess glucose as glycogen in our liver and as fats around our body.

And this is not something that we want!

Having insulin in our blood will signal to our body that we have enough food in our body.

As a result, our body will only be using the glucose that’s ready in our blood as energy.

 

How To Do Low Carb Diet Plan For Weight Loss?

Having a low carb diet will keep our insulin level to be low. This will signal to our body that we’re in starvation mode and in return, it will utilize the glycogen store and fats around our body as energy.

And that’s exactly the thing that we want to happen! Our body using our fats as energy which will help with our weight loss goal =)

By the way, another benefit of a low carb diet is in increasing our metabolic rate from higher consumption of protein food sources.

Protein takes more energy to be digested which means our body will automatically burn more energy when eating a diet high in protein compared to a diet high in carb just from trying to break it down.

Another thing that makes low carb diet very effective is it automatically reduces the number of calories that we will consume. The number one rule of weight loss is to eat lesser calorie than what our body use.

While a gram of protein and a gram of carb have the same amount of calorie (4 kcal), it’s far more easier to overeat carbs than protein. Just think about the last time you had a cereal bowl. Do you feel that you can just eat it on and on without stopping?

That’s a problem with carb – it’s very delicious and addictive. Because of this, most people can easily overeat their calories and all your weight losing efforts will go to the drain.

 

Foods That You Absolutely Must Not Eat

Let’s start with the foods that you absolutely cannot eat. The example listed below are the kind of foods made from simple sugars and contain massive amount of calorie even at small quantity (especially those cakes and soda!).

In addition, eating these foods will cause insulin to spike almost instantly and stopping any fat usage as fuel.

 

It’s worth mentioning that fruits are a bit on a gray area as it’s a natural food and contains fiber in it.

This actually helps to soften the insulin spike even though it also contain sugar. But to be on the safe side, I’d recommend to skip fruits altogether.

 

Foods That You Must Minimize Or Eliminate Completely

Here is the list of foods that you must eliminate completely – if possible.

One thing that I’ve learnt is that it’s very easy to put our ideal diet (no carb, high protein) on paper but it can be hard to maintain it consistently every day.

Especially for those that have day jobs, it’s hard to maintain such strict no-carb diet.

Office parties and lunch/dinner events with co-workers might not have a perfect low-carb meals. Not to mention it can be difficult to prepare your meals daily.

That’s why my recommendation is to minimize it as much as possible – though it’s definitely much better to eliminate all carb.

A list of carbs that you can minimize or eliminate completely is below:

 

Low Carb Diet Foods And Meal Plan

I’m pretty sure you can already have a guess on what foods to eat right? The sources of foods are limited, but not entirely impossible as it’s still quite easy to get. Below is the list of low carb foods that you can eat:

Anyone new to low carb diet might screamed when looking at the food list above. How can you feel full eating these things?

Well, the fact is, you can feel full eating low carb foods. The meats will be the primary part of your meal as it contains protein and this will be your new primary energy source (in lieu of carbs). The key here is to eat enough meat to feel full and give you the necessary energy to live your day.

Then eating lots of vegetables and lots of plain water can help to fill up your stomach real fast. Again, this is very easy to do if you’re cooking at home but can be a bit tough if you’re eating out.

So what I like to do when I eat out is to order a meat meal (steak, salmon, chicken, etc.) and then have the restaurant change out the carbs in the meal (fries, mashed potato, etc.) to extra servings of vegetables.

As for meal example, there are many sites that centered around foods and have their own low carb sections such as allrecipes.co.uk and bbcgoodfood.com. You can also look out for keto diet meals as it’s basically the same thing as low carb.

 

Side Effects That I’ve Experience From Low Carb Diet

Below are the list of side effects that I’ve experienced from low carb diet apart from the weight loss. I need to emphasize here that this will vary from person to person depending on your activity throughout the day, occupation and diet.

 

Conclusion

If you’ve been trying to lose weight but didn’t get the result that you want, perhaps a low carb diet plan is something that you need. It’s not an easy diet for sure but it will really help with your weight loss goal.

Reduced insulin level from low carb diet will help with utilizing more and more fats around the body for energy. Even then, just like any diet plans, this will still take some time for you to notice a significant weight loss.

It is possible to drop weight in the shortest time with the The 2 Week Diet Plan which I’ve used to great success. I’ve managed to get rid of 8 pounds in just 2 weeks!

I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to lose weight fast. You can get it for $37 but I bought my copy for just $27 (with a $10 discount). Do check this link to see if the discount is still available or not.

 

I hope this article has explained on how low carb diet plan can help with weight loss. Do let me know if you have any questions regarding it.

I’d love to hear what you think about this article =)

Till next time.
Cheers!