How to Lose Weight With a No Carb Diet

There is some confusion about what constitutes a no-carb diet. Although there is really no such thing as a no-carb diet, most people recognize the low-carb diet and use its precepts to define a low-carb option to their dietary needs. Low-carb diets are relatively new and unique in the way of concept. This article will help you define what a low-carb diet consists of and ways to maintain the nutritional balance while adapting to it.

Things You'll Need

• Treadmill
• Elliptical machine

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Instructions

How To Lose Weight with the No/Low-Carb Diet

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  Educate yourself. When starting a new diet, you might want to be familiar with the rules regarding what you should and should not eat. The definition of a no-carb or very low-carb diet mainly centers on eating lean cuts of meat and poultry. The reason lean cuts of meat are acceptable is because of their high-protein content, and they contain little to no carbohydrates. You want to avoid byproducts like milk and certain dairy products. Milk contains carbohydrates in the form of sugar. Cheese is okay to eat because those sugars are extracted in the cheese-making process. Avoid processed and packaged foods, potatoes, beans and vegetables that are high in sugar/starch. Whole grain rice is acceptable as a low-carb alternative to a side dish.

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  Concentrate on low/high-impact aerobic exercise. Start a regimen of aerobic exercise that keeps you in motion for 60 minutes: 30 minutes of low-impact aerobic exercise burns between 150 to 200 calories in one session, and 30 minutes of high-impact exercise has the potential of burning 300 to 350 calories in one session. Try a brisk walk on a treadmill for about 30 minutes, then attempt to complete a medium-resistance, 30-minute workout on the elliptical machine. You will want to work out for about an hour for at least three to five times a week.

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  Be patient. With any diet, you should take the time to get your body adjusted to the dietary change. When educating yourself on what you can and cannot eat in a low-carb diet, you will run into challenges when you need to replace high-carb foods with low-carb alternatives. This will take time, but you can do it if you're patient.