Recent content by Big_Nims

what would be the healthiest choice for a cooking oil? I love stir fried veggies, but dont know what type of oil is okay to use...........

Meridia at about 15mg's per day is working wonders for me. I love sweets and junk food, it knocks those cravings out cold from day one.

LOL......I'm sweating like there is no tomorrow. Some people dont get any bloating, no matter what they take or how high the dosages go. Other people like me are real estrogen sensitive, and bloat on any and everything, and even in low dosages. It sucks but it's part of the game............

Bro, I'm doing eq at 1000mg's a week, and I had the same problem, come to find out I was holding a lot of water. I started taking letro at 2.5mg's/ed and nova at 40mg's/ed, and in about a week and a half, I was fine, back to doing my cardio 4x a week, and my strength didnt drop at all. Plus no...

Do you count your post workout shake w/Dextrose as part of your daily carb count? I thought that I read somewhere that since the dextrose was going directly twoards refilling depleted glycogen stores, used during the workout that it wouldn't count aginst your daily carb count. I could be wrong...

I read somewhere that the liver stores about 500 grams of Carbs, and that these carbs have to be fully depleted before one can enter ketosis? Also that if the liver does not have it's full amount of glucose stored, that any carbs eaten, be it low or high GI, will go twoards filling those liver...

I think that a cheat meal once a week is a well deserved break from the monotony of dieting. I just had mine today:-) but tomorrow it's right back on the low carb diet.

No, on my diet I'm not worried about getting into keto. I'm on about 100 carbs a day. I just dont want insulin spikes, so that everything I eat in a meal will be stored as fat, exactly what I'm trying to loose.

So it wont spike insulin levels, not even if you use it every day? I tend to use about 7 individual packets a day. On my oatmeal and in my tea. So I shouldn't have a problem with that amount? What about eating foods that contain large amounts of Splenda, or diet beverages that contain large...

How bad for you are art. sweetners when doing a low carb diet? I was reading the back of a Splenda box, and noticed that it contained Dextrose, which is high on the GI Index listing. How can they claim no carbs but contain what is basically sugar? The same with sweet and low, which contains...

If I'm trying to loose weight on a moderate carb diet (100 carbs per day). Do the hidden sugars in foods like Miracle Whip salad dressing, and reg. peanut butter, really matter as much? I understand for someone trying to get into ketosis, but for me, wouldn't the calorie count be more important...

Thanks Hodge I just got back from the Market, buying some of the low-carb tortillas. I had 6oz's of ground beef, 1/4 a cup of shreded cheddar cheese, a couple of peices of lettuce, and about a tbspn of Miracle whip. Wrapped it all up in a tortilla, and I was in heaven!!!! Thanks bro.

Just curious, how many carbs would be considered as low? and how many would be considered as moderate?

I've noticed that even the people who are very overweight, and go on a low/moderate carb diet, who exercise and weight train, dont have the problem with loose or hanging skin, as oppossed to those who go on a traditional calorie restricted, high carb diet, why is this? I've seen people loose...

Wouldn't you have to factor in weight training and cardio into that 100 gram per day equation? If one is doing cardio, say 4-5 times per week, plus lifting say 2-3 times per week, wouldn't it be feasable that one could enter a ketogenic state, while on 100 carbs per day(low gi carbs)? Wouldnt...