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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
100 grams of carbs is considered fairly low carb, unless you're specifically on a low carb diet. I'm happy to say that my last blood tests showed that my triglycerides finally normalized after a few years of being high. Believe me when I say that I was eating a heck of a lot more carbs than 100 g just prior to that normalization. I do intend to concentrate primarily on whole grains in the future. They obviously have more fiber, and if fiber is subtracted, net carbs will be lower than 100 g. You say I shouldn't use the word "diet". I'm assuming "eating lifestyle" would be better? The fact is that very low carb eating is not a sustainable lifestyle for me. It just isn't. Everyone has their limits to how low they can go.
I mostly eat the Danon Light & Fit Greek yogurt, too. That's probably what I'll continue to eat most of, but I'll admit I sometimes like non-Greek yogurts.
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You said "diet" worked for you, I'm not going to argue with that. It's cool!
Low carb diets (around 50/day without distinguishing net and gross) seem to be particularly effective for me. My longest stint with it was 8 months. It's not something that I relish the thought of and it's not something that I'd want to do the rest of my life, but if I need to drop weight quickly it's useful and after half a week to a week and a half I have no cravings. It's not a strategy that I pulled out of mid air, I was monitored the whole time and given pointers by my doc.
I honestly had no idea 100 was also low carb. I have not researched this very much at all. Now I know, and I wish you good fortune with it.
I'm pretty pedestrian when it comes to yogurt. I like Dannon and the Oikos off-shoot brands, but I havent tried any fancy yogurt. Have you tried different types or brands? Any recommendations?