Unlimited Carbs

[warlock]

CT at Tnation says that you can eat as much green leafy veggies and cucumbers taht they don't count as carbs or calories

Poliquin's list is :
Broccoli
Lettuce
Cabbage
Green beans
Asparagus
Cucumber
Spinach
Zucchini
Cauliflower
Colored peppers
Eggplants
Garlic
Onions
Mushrooms
Palm hearts
Spaghetti squash
Water Chestnuts


Please discuss

[JonnyO]

Have at it, wont catch me eating nearly enough of anything on that list to impact the calorie count anyways, lol.

[moh2010]

Eating too much fibrous vegetables can kick you out of ketosis. That's the only restriction I can see.

[warlock]

Eating too much fibrous vegetables can kick you out of ketosis. That's the only restriction I can see.

can you explain this to me please?

If Ct is right and the carbs are just not absorbed it wouldn't happen, or is he wrong?

[CallmeB]

I would love to know if that statement is true or not. I am running a very low carb diet, but was under the impression that I am needing to limit my intake on veggies If that was the case.. I could eat till i was actually full-ish. I know lots of veggies dont give you that same "full" feeling.. but the mental game of sitting down to a small chunk of chicken and 6 Asparagus spears really gets to you some days! I dont think i would ever really go overboard anyways on anything while dieting.. but it would be fantastic to fill my plate with greens and not feel guilty!

[fathead]

i would think it would depends on the approach you were taking to get lean. if youre trying to follow a no carb keto style approach this may interfere. if you are eating carbs in your diet then i dont think eating a lot of veg will hurt you. in fact i found in the past if i increase fibrous carb intake it actually helps lean me out more than if im eating less of it. i also feel like eating a lot of greens like this helps make you at least appear dryer but that could just be my misconception.

i would watch the veg like colored peppers or anything containing sugars though

[Praetorian]

On a keto diet you need to limit veggies and the type of veggies as well...too much and you will get kicked out of ketosis.
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[CallmeB]

P, would you see any Negetive effects of having large amounts of greens when running just a low carb diet.. Not a keto one? Bloating? Water retention? Fat loss slow down for some scientific reason? Would it slow down the progress of getting from point A to B?

[Delt King]

Those green vegies are a life saver when i diet. I still count whatever is not fiber but the volume of food is higher so they do fill me up somewhat.

[steve_d]

I eat more greens than anyone I know on a diet (except for my brother)...My wife, same thing. I do count the calories of them though, because there are calories and when I am lean enough, there actually is an amount of cucumbers I could eat where I would start gaining fat. But getting down to a few weeks out ripped can be done eating as much greens as one would ever want to eat in a day. The other thing though, is the dressings, etc would add up when you start eating "mega-salads"...even that 5 calorie italian dressing can easily add up to 200 calories of basically sugar calories in a hurry.

And don't be fooled by dressings that say 0 calories...fine when its a tbsp, but with unlimitted salad, you'd want the whole container everyday - and that's not 0 calories.

[Praetorian]

P, would you see any Negetive effects of having large amounts of greens when running just a low carb diet.. Not a keto one? Bloating? Water retention? Fat loss slow down for some scientific reason? Would it slow down the progress of getting from point A to B?

I dont see eating unlimited anything as intelligent...i think a moderate about is fine...a wheel barrow full not so fine...common sense rules here.
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[ange_d]

I dont see eating unlimited anything as intelligent...i think a moderate about is fine...a wheel barrow full not so fine...common sense rules here.
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Sounds right but 4 weeks out from a show I don't have much common sense/intelligence and a wheel barrow full of salad would seem like a dream come true! lol
In actual fact I am sure I have neared that amount in a day in the last few weeks of dieting. I agree it is silly (now) but it makes dieting so much easier for me.
It never hurt my contest prep. Just have to be sure to cut it out a few days in advance to empty out your stomach/intestines/bowels so you don't have a distended stomach.

[69challenger]

It never hurt my contest prep. Just have to be sure to cut it out a few days in advance to empty out your stomach/intestines/bowels so you don't have a distended stomach.

I do the same

[warlock]

Thanks for the input!