How to Lose Weight Faster on Your Low-Carb Diet

How to Lose Weight Faster on Your Low-Carb Diet

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How to Lose Weight Faster on Your Low-Carb Diet

Are you looking for the secret to losing weight faster on your low-carb diet?

Yes, there's a way.

But first:

In general, a low-carb diet doesn't cause you to lose weight any faster than a low-calorie diet does, unless you have a lot of body fat to get rid of.

People who fall into the obese category can lose a bucket-load of body fat during the first few months, on any diet, but there is a biological reason for that. For most folks, the body limits the amount of body fat it is willing to take out of storage because it doesn't know how long your dietary restriction is going to last.

If you have a 100 pounds, or more, to lose, the body will be more willing to give up a large portion of its fat stores than if you only need to shed 20 or 30 pounds. People lose weight at various rates, even on low carb.

Sound disappointing?

It doesn't have to be. 

Not if you're willing to do whatever it takes to speed things up.

While some people won't be willing to incorporate the following tips and tricks for faster weight loss into their diet plan, if you have only been losing a half a pound of body fat per week, you might be feeling frustrated and totally lost by now.

I know, I was.

After the first 4 weeks on the Atkins Diet in January of 2007, I had lost only 2 pounds. 

That's it! 

And, the same thing happened again the following month. In fact, by the end of the first 6 months, I was only down a mere 30 pounds total.

I knew that 30 pounds was a lot of body fat to shed, but when I looked at how far I still had to go, I also knew that losing only 2 pounds a month, on average, wasn't going to give me enough motivation to stick it out long-term.

That's when I decided to go on a research mission to see why there was so much variability within the low-carb community. 

What made the difference? 

Was the speed at which you drop the weight only about individual metabolism, or was there a secret to shedding the pounds that no one wanted to talk about?

Here's what I found out:

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Still Hungry on Low Carb? Top 10 Reasons Why Hunger Hangs Around

Still Hungry on Low Carb? Top 10 Reasons Why Hunger Hangs Around

Questions??

Low-Carb is Good Eating,
So Why Are You
Still Hungry?

One of the major benefits of choosing a low-carb lifestyle is the way that restricting carbohydrates dramatically curtails your hunger pangs.

Instead of:

• being obsessed with food
• plotting out your next meal
• fighting with your sweet tooth
• and white knuckling your way through the afternoon munchies

most people who lower their carbohydrate load find themselves with a dwindling desire to eat. Hunger on a low-carb diet is relatively rare.

If you've never experienced being too busy to stop for lunch or forgetting to eat, a low-carb diet can introduce you to that pleasurable phenomenon. Many, many people report that they lose all interest in food once they enter into the state of ketosis.

But what if that doesn't happen?

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What to Expect if You Cheat On Your Low-Carb Diet

What to Expect if You Cheat On Your Low-Carb Diet

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I've been digging into the archives here at Kickin' Carb Clutter and came across this old blog post about the various consequences you can expect to experience if you cheat on your low-carb diet.

I don't really like the word cheat.

If low carb is truly your way of life, if you have actually committed to a low-carb lifestyle, there really isn't any cheating going on. You might have days where you eat more carbohydrates than you planned, but plans are like that.

No matter how structured or detailed your low-carb intentions are, resistance of some kind is going to rise up to oppose what you really want to do. If you're like most folks, the pleasure of the moment often supersedes your long-term target.

Success on any low-carb plan is tightly connected to how well you follow the program. While that might sound obvious, it's much more difficult to pull off, so take a few minutes and think about that.

Success isn't about setting goals or having lots of willpower to push through temptation.

Nope.

Success is a mindset you develop over time.

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9 Creative Ways to Make Your Low-Carb Diet More Fun (and Less Boring!)

9 Creative Ways to Make Your Low-Carb Diet More Fun (and Less Boring!)

Low Carb Styles The Brutal Way

How to Make Your Low-Carb Diet
More Fun and exciting!

Bacon and eggs, meat, salad, and veggies – day after day.

Sounds boring, doesn't it?

Whether you're just cutting carbohydrates or keeping tract of those calories too, eating a low-carb diet can really feel restricting if you're the only one you know eating that way. Low-carb rules make your so-called healthy lifestyle feel like you're on a diet, no matter how many times you try to tell yourself it's not.

When you're starring down at another baked chicken leg or piece of fish, some mushy green beans or broccoli, and a pile of lettuce, thinking about eating this way for the rest of your life can feel depressing. If you allow yourself to get bored with the menu, your emotions will go in search of comfort and tasty treats.

Not good, especially if you're new to this way of eating or don't feel creative in the kitchen because an up-kick in emotions almost always means an increase in emotional hunger and cravings. Limited food choices gets boring fast, but it doesn't have to. There is no reason why you can't make your low-carb diet fun, day after day.

Boredom is rarely about the food. It's more about your attitude and perspective on life, so here are 9 creative ways to make your low-carb diet more fun and exciting.

But before we do that, let's first take a look at the excuses that keep us from being creative in the kitchen and examine why people really get bored with food:

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A Beginner's Guide to Low-Carb Diets

A Beginner's Guide to Low-Carb Diets

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Everything You Need to Know
Before Starting a Low-Carb Diet!

If you're thinking about entering into the low-carb lifestyle, you are going to need a reliable guide you can depend on to help you get started.

Whether you want to shed the fat that's clinging to your hips and belly, lower your risk for heart disease, or eliminate those nasty cravings that always strike as soon as you sit down to watch your favorite television show, this easy guide to low-carb diets will eliminate a lot of the confusion and misconceptions you might have.

There are many low-carb programs to choose from, and each plan has different restrictions. That can easily get confusing, especially if you try to start a low-carb diet by just winging it, using the bits and pieces you've collected from various places. You can really get yourself into a mess.

Before you begin, you need a strong understanding of why carbohydrate restriction works and what you can expect to achieve in the first month or two.

In addition, this basic guide will clear up any misconceptions you may have about dietary ketosis, insulin, protein, and calories. It will walk you step-by-step through the foods you can eat and offer advise on how to incorporate each food group into your life.

While no single diet program is right for everyone, the following beginner's guide will give you a great head start on the basics of low-carb eating, so you can go on to fine-tune the diet to fit your particular needs later on.

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