You probably aren't eating enough then. This is not a carb counting program so you won't find any "grams of carbohydrates" guidelines. Use the meal models and food lists "stickied" in the P1 forum here to check what you are eating and drinking against those resources.
SB actually encourages lots of good carbs even in P1. These are the main sources and allowances:
Dairy: Basically includes the allowed types of milk and yogurt (see the P1 food lists here) and does NOT include cheese which is considered a protein for SB purposes. Allowance is 2 cups total in any combination in P1 and 2-3 cups in P2.
Beans/Legumes: While 1/3 - 1/2 cup is a serving, you can have multiple servings in a day, just not included together within the same meal or snack. Beans are pretty filling too, so good to include if you are hungry a lot.
Vegetables: The only category with a MINIMUM of 4.5 cups a day. 1/2 cup at breakfast and 2 cups at both lunch and dinner. Again, this is where we get most of the volume of what we eat each day, so don't skimp on quantities here.
I can easily construct a P1 menu that puts you at 80+ grams of carbs from those sources, so don't feel like you need to make this a low carb program at all just because fruits and starches are limited for only the very first two weeks to help reset your blood sugar swings and reduce food based hunger pangs. Remember the goal is "good carbs" and the "right carbs" not low carbs or no carbs and that's true for fats and protein sources as well and true in all phases of the program! You should be able to just follow the meal model guidelines with the P1 foods list for foods that fit into each category without counting anything as the P1 meal model tends to be naturally low calorie without having to count everything we eat, although some do as just a check out of curiosity. Most tend to try and "diet" too much and go too low calorie more than the other way around though, IMO. If you want a carb number to shoot for, I'd say try to get a bare bones MINIMUM of 50-60 gms of good carbs in every day to help avoid the energy "blahs" and ketosis. And you probably can't do that on veggies alone so you will need to include some of the allowed dairy and beans to do that.
Finally, don't forget the good fats at each meal. Avoid any FF or LF salad dressing and use the regular kinds made with healthy oils. Or include some amount of fat/oil equivalents at your main meals from those identified in the foods list here. (And the recommended amounts per meal are in the meal model sticky topic) The good fats really help with overall heart health as well as provide additional satiety with your meals.
Last edited by RedRox; 07-01-2009 at 02:27 PM.
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06-30-2009
Hungry most of the time and snaking more than I should 
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