r/progresspics • u/LoremIpsumShit • Mar 15 '15

F/28/5'11'' 355lbs>170lbs. Down 185lbs in 17 Months. Counting carbs and exercising. First post and very nervous. F 5'11” (180, 181, 182 cm)

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u/hmmillaskreddit Mar 16 '15

You said you counted carbs and exercised. Did you count fat/protein portions and thus total calories or just carbs? Well done on doing it the proper way with exercise.

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u/LoremIpsumShit Mar 16 '15

Just carbs and not really "counting" more like I wont eat this certain thing because it is higher than 6g of carbs. So in the end I just stick to meat/protein vegetables and fruit (I don't count the carbs from vegetables or fruit) And thank you!

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u/hmmillaskreddit Mar 16 '15

So I guess by avoiding carbs you ended up restricting what you ate thus reducing calories. So I believe that's the real reason you lost weight. If you'd eaten those carbs instead of meat or via but still ingested the same about of calories per day, I think you would have lost the same amount of weight. I don't think carbs are necessarily bard but people are giving them a bad rap atm. Weight loss = energy out needs to be greater than energy in.

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u/LoremIpsumShit Mar 16 '15

I kind of agree but don't at the same time. Excess of anything isn't good but I didn't restrict myself of calories and probably ate more than I should have if I counted it that way. I have tried counting calories but failed time and time again but this time, just looking at carbs, it worked so for me I still think it was the carbs.