First day of my Low Carb Lifestyle

 
Well folks....I am sick and tired {literally} of carrying all this weight around. My back, joints, and knees are just about shot. 

I just turned 50, and have 2 grandchildren under the age of 2, that I care for during the day , and most days it is unbearably painful. Are they not the cutest!!!

I just don't want to be that grandma that cannot be active and play with them. Summer's are brutal with our high humidity, and I never feel like leaving the air conditioning.

The next hurdle is my son will be getting married in August, and I have to look amazing! I will do this! 

You may ask me why I chose low carbing over other diets. The truth is sugar is my addiction. And as you know with any addict if you have a little bit you want more...and more ...and more. I would like to think I could eat fruit, but I cannot trust myself. Every time I have eaten it in the past I fall off the diet wagon. So maybe some day after I achieve my goal weight loss...but for now I will just rely on my multi vitamin.

 1.  Low Carb Diets Suppress Your Appetite
When you reduce their carbohydrate intake and eat more protein and healthy fats your appetite goes down.  Many times you end up eating less calories during the day.

2.  Low Carb Diets Generate More Weight Loss
In studies conducted that those who ate low carb diets consistently lose more weight than those on low fat diets.  

3.  Low Carb Diet Fat Loss Tends To Come From Visceral Fat
Visceral fat is fat that tends to accumulate around the abdomen and around your organs.  This is considered the dangerous fat.  A low carb diet appears to better at getting rid of this type of fat compared to other diets. 

4.  Low Carb Diets Reduce Blood Sugar Levels
High blood sugar levels leads to weight gain, insulin resistance and ultimately type 2 diabetes if not controlled.  When you consume too many sugars your body keeps producing insulin to try and store all that excess sugar.  Over time this system starts to break down and fall apart.  

5.  Low Carb Diets Are Very Effective Against Metabolic Syndrome
A low carb diet is one of the few diets if not only diet that can improve all 5 symptoms of metabolic syndrome.  
Metabolic syndrome consists of these symptoms: 

Abdominal obesity High blood pressure High triglycerides High blood sugar levels (fasting) Low HDL cholesterol levels (your good cholesterol)

Metabolic syndrome is one of the leading causes of Type 2 Diabetes.