[Ree-Shay]

Hi,

I did some research and found out about the low-carb diet that involved eating less than 60g of carbs (but that proved to hard to achieve so I gave up).

My main aim is to lose lower belly fat (which isn't very much). I'm already quite skinny/average (weight 8 stone 8 & i'm 5"4) so I don't want to lose too much weight (if any).

My diet before I attempted a low carb diet had carbs in every meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner & snacks). I.e. i would have 2 packs of noodles, chicken & veg for breakfast, white rice and chicken/white spag bol for lunch & potatoes and chicken for dinner with snacks in between.

I was wondering whether i could lose belly fat by changing my above diet to:
fruit & yoghurt for breakfast, chicken salad for lunch and noodles/white pasta/white rice/potatoes for dinner.

So although i wouldn't be having a low carb diet (i'd probably be consuming 150g carbs in dinner alone), I would still be cutting the amount of carbs I used to have. Would this be sufficient enough for me to lose belly fat?

TIA

[stanmoor]

A low carb diet can be done, it's just pretty hard to get through it! Breakfast you could have egg whites or a protein shke, lunch would be tuna + salad + veg, snack would be an apple or cottage cheese, dinner chicken + veg.

But at the end of the day if you're looking to lose weight, it's all about how many calories you're taking in. Eat at a deficit and you'll lose weight no matter what.

[tooosh]

Low carb or not, get rid of the white pasta and white rice. If you eat bread, no white bread. Everything should be complex carbs when you're trying to lose weight, if there are to be any carbs.

[Scoobiedoobiedo]

(Original post by Ree-Shay)
Hi,

I did some research and found out about the low-carb diet that involved eating less than 60g of carbs (but that proved to hard to achieve so I gave up).

My main aim is to lose lower belly fat (which isn't very much). I'm already quite skinny/average (weight 8 stone 8 & i'm 5"4) so I don't want to lose too much weight (if any).

My diet before I attempted a low carb diet had carbs in every meal (breakfast, lunch, dinner & snacks). I.e. i would have 2 packs of noodles, chicken & veg for breakfast, white rice and chicken/white spag bol for lunch & potatoes and chicken for dinner with snacks in between.

I was wondering whether i could lose belly fat by changing my above diet to:
fruit & yoghurt for breakfast, chicken salad for lunch and noodles/white pasta/white rice/potatoes for dinner.

So although i wouldn't be having a low carb diet (i'd probably be consuming 150g carbs in dinner alone), I would still be cutting the amount of carbs I used to have. Would this be sufficient enough for me to lose belly fat?

TIA

Fat loss is not determined by the amount of carbs you eat, but the amount of calories you eat. Use more calories than you take in, and your body is forced to make up the energy difference by using stored energy(body fat)
Find your BMR (google it) then add on exercise and you have your total daily expenditure(roughly, take it with a pinch of salt), eat below that amount and you will lose weight, if you eat healthy/balanced and exercise that weight will predominately be fat.
High protein
Don't avoid complex carbs they power you through the day/workouts
Don't avoid healthy fat, nuts and oils fish
Make sure you resistance train, unless you are purposely going for the skinny fat look
Do cardio, it's generally good for your healthy, as well as burning calories making fat loss slightly easier

Also, read the stickies.

[galadriel100]

How about some eggs for breakfast? I have a fry up with tomatoes, spinach and eggs. Sometimes, some bacon if I have any.

Lunch - cook a stew or something? A soup?