Consuming carbs at breafast/low carb diet? Help?!

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Your mom's answer is based in fad diets, not in actual science. Carbohydrates are what you should be consuming most in your diet, about 60-70% of a person's diet should be made of carbohydrates on average.

The "low-carb craze" is a fabulous diet GIMMICK because it tricks people into thinking it's okay to indulge in bacon, cheese and other really horrible foods. When a diet tells you that a pound of pepperoni is okay but that apples are the devil, there's a problem.

Your carbohydrate consumption isn't the reason you haven't lost weight. You haven't lost weight for many reasons:
1. You've only been vegan for 2 weeks.
2. Veganism in and of itself will NOT make you lose weight. Veganism is not for weight loss, it's a diet where you eat no animal products. It is a MYTH that veganism causes a person to lose weight.
3. Eating 1200-1500 calories a day is fine, but you aren't really working out. You're doing one kind of workout (ab workout) over and over and over again. You aren't PUSHING your body. If you don't PUSH your body, you won't lose weight. Doing the SAME exercise video EVERY NIGHT is not pushing your body. Even if you ate fewer carbs, you're still going to fail at losing weight.

There are vegan fitness professionals, vegan bodybuilders, etc. and they do just fine with weight loss/fat loss despite eating a lot of carbohydrates.

You SHOULD be avoiding PROCESSED carbs, like white flours and processed sugar. I am more than happy to evaluate your diet if you want to email it to me.

You're mom is pretty smart. I agree with her 100%, but it's hard to summarize why she's right in this little box.

Some people are sensitive to carbs and some people aren't. Your mom has probably learned this about herself and you may be the same way. Consuming them early is a great plan. Later in the day, eat green veggies, nuts, soy products, beans, but stay away from lots of grain products or other carbs.

An ab video isn't exactly going to burn a whole lot of calories. You need to do real cardio like running. Lifting weights also helps alot. Muscle burns fat.

You should also be measuring yourself, not relying on the scale, it is much accurate.

There are theories of weight loss that do say you should eat carbs in the morning and lunch and none for supper, but they are just another weight loss theory.
What do you eat on a typical day?

You are consuming too many calories...cut back to 900 or less (as little as 700) and watch the lbs come off...also exercise longer and with greater intensity...adjust your calorie intake after a week or two depending on how much weight you lose and how you feel.

a very fit guy

People are not all alike.

Some people do not process carbs well....the ONLY diet that has worked for me over the years is high-protein, low-carb (I lost 70 pounds without changing anything else). I always eat a high-protein breakfast, because that tends to even out blood sugar and prevent spikes (I used to be hypoglycemic, and would now be diabetic if I did not eat low carb).

There are a lot of vegetables and fruits that are low carb....most berries, canteloupe, and most green vegetables (not potatoes, corn or peas). They are also high in antioxidants and vitamins (particularly skin vitamins).

Maybe you are eating too many grains....those are all high-carb, and most are also incomplete protein. Plus processed grains have had most of the vitamins removed, and then a few added back in.

You're not gonna like my answer.
A healthy and balanced vegan diet should include 6-11 servings DAILY of wholegrains (carbohydrates). That includes food such as pasta, rice, and bread. These should be wholegrain - I'm assuming they are anyway, because you're a vegan - this means they shouldn't contain milk and should be suitable for vegans. Good carbohydrates are the brown ones - white carbohydrates are unnatural and are the 'bad' ones. Vegans don't consume white carbohydrates anyway. You should be consuming 1500 calories at LEAST. Carbohydrates won't make you fat, you need them for the energy. They don't contain fat, anyway! Vegetables and fruits won't make you fat. Fruits should be eaten as a snack throughout the day. Vegetables should be eaten at lunch and dinner in large quantities. Use them to 'bulk up' meals such as soup or casseroles. Try and include different colours so you are getting all the nutrients you need. I hope this helps.
Edit: This food pyramid will help you http://happyvegetable.com/wp-content/upl…

Carbs are the bodies main food source, most natural carbohydrate foods are the same bunch that will contain a thousand vitamins/antioxidants/minerals/anticarco… etc etc.
Cutting them out to lose weight is just ridiculous, all it will do is result in temporary weight loss from water being lost & then quickly being gained back over 2 weeks or so.

Your mom to put simply like many women don't know s*it about nutrition hence why its a billion pound industry, its all scams. Cmon do you really think there'd be THAT many ''how to lose weight'' books that are bestsellers if any specific diet guarenteed long term weight loss?.
You want to lose weight, eat healthy as you are doing, excercise daily more importantly cardiovascular (ie running) over weight resistance & avoid alcoholic drinks (though this isn't necessary if weight loss instead of intense sports training is the goal).
Find me an athlete that doesn't have carbs as a strong consituent in their diet & i'll apologise

PS not sure what 145 pounds is in weight but a healthy female will weigh 7.5 stone which if i recall is the equiv of around 63kg but i may be wrong on this.
PPS get yer fats into you, they are essential for health & weight loss. Just make sure its the right ones (ie polyunsaturated & omegas. Basically nuts)

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