Confused about carbs
Hi - haven't blogged for a few days. Weekend was manic and then my daughter was sick (everywhere!!!) for the last two days - well I did need to spring clean but wasn't intending to do in the middle of the night! - thankfully she's better now. I've finished my antibiotics too so feel like I'm back in the land of the living again.
Foodwise up and down - if its been less than 2-3 hrs since I had something to eat I'm having a drink first - really making me realise that I'm often thirsty not hungry. Haven't eaten very healthily tho - one meal out, parents over for mothers day plus a 50th birthday party. Did manage to stop when I was hungry tho so didn't blow it completely.
I'm getting really confused about whether you should or shouldn't eat carbs. All the leaflets on healthy eating that my Mum has from the British Heart Foundation say that you should base your main meals on healthy carbohydrates - brown rice, pasta, bread etc. But I keep reading that to lose weight you need to cut out carbohydrates because the body treats them in the same way as sugar - so now I'm really confused! If anyone can throw any light on this would be really grateful. Love Bizzib xx
As for carbs .... 50-60% of your diet should be good quality carbs, (15% from fats max and the rest should be protein!) the body's preferred food stuff. Carbs can be converted to energy easier than any other food stuff
low carb diets are unhealthy and can result in the body "eating" muscle for fuel which is not what you want
so think natural foods like the BHF say
oh and if you eat too much over the course the day than what your body uses the excess is stored as fat regardless as to what food you ate to take in the calories in the 1st place.
so take care, be kind to yourself and listen to Pete ... natural foods, the brown foods and ones that need more chewing (no not toffee!!)
keep it up!
Good luck with it all and hope both you and your daughter improve in health very quickly.
Love Ali x