Changing a Low-Carb/Low-Fat plan into a High-Fat Plan?

[mrsbernstein]

Ok...so did the title confuse you? It think I even confused myself!

My husband wants to go Low-Carb. He has seen the "fast" weightloss our Atkins friends have experienced. Here's the catch--we are a very "pro-good-fat" family.

My mother has loaned my her P90X nutrition guide which is VERY low-carb and almost NO-fat! How would you take such a plan (the food/recipes DO look good) and add in all the good fats?

Thank you!

Mrs B

[Elecampane]

I'm not familiar with the plan you are referencing, but I think eating low-carb/high fat is pretty easy and that the two kind of go hand in hand, naturally. Eat lots of animal foods, slather your low-carb green veggies or salad with butter or oil dressings, fry things in coconut oil, etc. Atkins is not exactly low fat, AFAIK, either. Good luck to your DH! (And personally, I think a low carb low fat diet would be torture!)

[newcastlemama]

Put butter on everything, keep the yolks in the eggs, add some cheese or bacon ect...get a different cookbook!

[CaraboosMama]

Just add butter to all of it::

Seriously though...I think it would be much easier to make this TF than a high carb low fat diet. I am not familiar with the one you mentioned, but I would say --

1. In recipes/meals where they suggest to use a low fat/non fat dressing with veggies - use full fat (olive oil, butter,etc.)

2. Use full fat (organic, raw if you can get it) dairy where they suggest non-fat dairy.

3. NUTS! AVOCADO! EGG YOLKS! (3 of my favorite things

4. Supplement with Coconut oil if you aren't doing this already. There are a few great threads about this. Personally, I have put a spoonful in a cup of tea w/ stevia twice a day & love how it is affecting my metabolism, my skin, my hair, etc.

I eat a fairly low carb (or low-grain would be a better description) tf diet because I'd like to lose a little weight. My husband & kids eat more grains that I do. An easy way to make this work for everyone is have the grains/potatoes as a side dish and then have steamed veggies w/ butter in place of the starch for you & your husband (in addition to salad & meat).

[cristeen]

There is nothing in Atkins that preaches low fat. NOTHING. So I'd stick with that.

I know SB is LC/LF, and a couple others, but Atkins absolutely is not.

[mrsbernstein]

Thanks y'all!

I understand that Atkins itself doesn't advocate LF, but our friends are somewhat LF. The wife had a heart-attack several years ago and now is very careful of Sat. Fat and stuff.

They about croaked when we fried some sausages in VCO! :-)

This cookbook looks pretty good as far as recipes go. Omlettes and cottage cheese for breakfast. Shrimp for dinner. Just need to modify for MORE FAT!

Mrs B

[anudi01]

BUMP...and also curious about this (doing p90X as well)

I have no problem adding in all the fats to the diet described in p90x...I would have done that anyway. Where I'm curious is....do hardcore athletes really need the extra carbs? And if you do....how does that conflict with adding in all the extra fats...that would sabotage all things TF, no? Are a ton of healthy fats w/o carbs enough to fuel you for major physical exercise?

[JMJ]

Short and medium chain fatty acids are very easily converted to energy, so I wouldn't think that you would necessarily need more carbs, but I think that more carbs are more acceptable for someone who is an athlete. This would be for someone who is burning enough extra calories in exercise who can still eat the base high fat TF diet and get all the necessary nutrients and is using the extra carbs as energy food.

[crunchy_mama]

I did P90x last year and I certainly did not follow their diet plan but pretty good paleo diet/low carb - high fat. I wouldn't have energy to workout personally following high carb/low fat. However, I personally would suggest you get in the groove of the diet for a bit before starting the workout as it takes a while for the body to adjust especially if you are coming from a high carb eating style. If you are already eating low carb than I would just jump in and watch your body and modify as needed- if you feel the need for more carbs- sweet pots are great for that- some berries etc.

[Laniemama]

I love this blog and recipes too: http://our21daydiet.com/Recipes/recipes.htm

It would be easy to follow along. I've done several recipes and they have turned out great. We are low/no grain.

[jamie79]

low carb/low fat seems like an excellent recipe for adrenal burnout! Yikes!
I would start adding fat to everything in the form of butter, coconut oil, nuts, etc. I think the recommendation of about 150 grams of carbs a day is good. It is not so extreme, but also low enough that I think you could likely see success. Have you looked at the Schwarzbein Principle? It is similar to what you are describing.

[jamie79]

Originally Posted by anudi01

I have no problem adding in all the fats to the diet described in p90x...I would have done that anyway. Where I'm curious is....do hardcore athletes really need the extra carbs? And if you do....how does that conflict with adding in all the extra fats...that would sabotage all things TF, no? Are a ton of healthy fats w/o carbs enough to fuel you for major physical exercise?

I feel that hardcore athletes most definitely do need some carbs. Maybe not all the time, though. I am grain free, but not low carb. I train VERY hard. I would consider myself an amateur athlete. On the days that I train, I eat more carbs, lower fat. On rest days, I eat less carbs and higher fat. I think it is important to cycle it like that, so I don't have a meltdown with my adrenal glands, like I did a few years back!

[Thystle]

Atkins is low carb/moderate protein/high fat.

His original book from 1972 is the best. Later ones got into some processed lc items and after his death even more crap was added to his books (the company did it). There is even a new one out that he did not write. He very much pushed meats/seafoods/fish, good fats and lowcarb veggies. That was his "holy trinity".


If you could see the amounts of butter and liver and fish and _____, etc... in his recipe suggestions you would be impressed!

[lil_earthmomma]

I would start by checking out:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-101/

Low carb, real food, very TF friendly and definitely NOT low fat!

[sellendie]

Originally Posted by lil_earthmomma

I would start by checking out:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-101/

Low carb, real food, very TF friendly and definitely NOT low fat!