No Wheat / Sugar

[944fan]

Last year in an attempt to lose weight I went on a traditional low calorie controlled diet, eat everything, just less of it. This worked in terms of weight loss, I lost 2.5 stone in 6 months. However, it really impacted on my training and 4 months swimming 5 days a week I dropped only 4 seconds on my 400m PB and I ached all the time. I got fed up and end up putting the weight back on.

I read something about how bad sugar is and things that behave like sugar (refined wheat). So I decided to give it ago. Normally I am dubious about faddy diets but I have to say the results on this have been amazing. Not just on the scales and in the mirror but sports performance wise as well. Times are dropping all over the place and I recover from workouts so much faster.

I still use MFP to track food but not really to count calories. Mostly to ensure I ma eating enough protein and minerals (iron etc). My weight is going down by about 2lbs per week.

I had a pizza and easter egg over Easter after a few weeks on this and woke up the next day feeling like I had been on a 10 pint bender.

[944fan]

In my version I'm not restricting carbs. Just not getting them from Wheat and Sugar. Still eat oats, rye bread, plenty of fruit and vegetables.

Tried the low card route but it just made training at a high intensity too hard.

[944fan]

minerva said:

As a matter of interest, what do you all have for breakfast? Eggs and / or porridge? Do you eat stevia sweetener?

On training days I usually have a protein shake with some instant oats in. I don't like to swim with food in my stomach. Otherwise its eggs or home made Granola, use a bit of honey in the granola which is not great but is a small amount and at least honey as some nutritional benefit.