when following a calorie and fat controlled diet such as weightwatchers,?

Question

does the amount of carbs you eat (in my case 'good' carbs like brown rice and wholemeal bread) make any difference to weightloss, as long as you stay within your calories and fat allowance?

Answer 1

carbs mean little or nothing on weight watchers. its a low fat low calorie thing so you dont have to worry about carbs and such.

Answer 2

Yes.

You're supposed to eat a reasonably "balanced" diet, which generally means carbs are over 50% but under 65%. Good fats and protiens make up the rest.

There is no such thing as "good carbs" there is only "light" or "fast" carbs and "heavy" or "slow" carbs.

Heavy and slow carbs created body fat. At least 50% of these are stored and these are your starches. You're rice, potatoes, carrots. Light colored veggies.

Fast or light carbs are almost completely turned into blood sugar for energy and feeding cells. These are green vegies and fruits.

Hence, you want to limit rice (which is always a filler) and even bread to a degree (although a lot of it is fibre).

A plate full of broccoili and some poached chicken is a good balanced carb and protein meal that will keep you going, replace body cells and not contribute to too much body fat.

Remember you need some good fats. I'm speaking like olive oil, peanut butter. Oatmeal with some milk and a slice of whole oat or wheat bread with a little peanut butter is a great breakfast and very healthy.

Grains are ok to a degree, just watch them

Some rice is not bad, but we do see some fat Chinese and people from India who are also plump.

The idea is not to keep creating body fat, provide enough fast carbs to keep you going, but because the calories are reduced the body then has to draw on fat cells and turn these into fast sugars to make up for what you are not eating.

Thus, the body eats itself thin.

You need about 1400 calories a day of fast sugars to keep goiong.

Most low calorie diets only provide 700 - 900 calories of fast sugars, so the body has to get the remaining 700 - 500 from converted fat cells.

Which is why you lose weight.;

That's a pound a week in fat used to augement the diet.

Answer 3

Eat less and exercise more. Forget all the crap that Weight Watchers or Slimming World tell you.
Do you want to weigh less or fit in to your clothes? Do you want to be healthier and look better?
Muscle weighs heavier than fat. What you weigh is rather beside the point - It's more important to be the size that you want to be rather than selecting your weight!
Brown rice and wholemeal bread are always going to be better for you - but they won't help you lose weight unless you eat less and exercise more!
Eat five fruit/veg a day. Drink lots of water - and most important of all, if you haven't time to work out an exercise regime, park your car about fifty yards further from work each day!
You can eat fatty or red meat - but make sure that you park the car that little bit further away! It is all to do with the ratio of intake to output.
These slimming clubs should be illegal!

Answer 4

Weight watchers in on the points system.

Carbs turn into sugar which isnt good when your dieting. Brown rice is the healthiest rice you can get and you should get whole wheat bread (Make sure you read the labels and it says WHOLE WHEAT not enriched wheat flour). Weight watchers also takes in consideration of the amount of fiber in food. More fiber=less points.

I was actually thinking about getting started on weight watchers myself. My roommate was using WW and lost a great amount of weight and she taught me how it works.

Good luck in your weight loss. The important thing you have to remember is yes you have to eat well but also work out.

Answer 5

Lalacam: that is good question: yes some whole grain has
carborn protine rice, oatmeal. Well there is fibers in both
fatty acids 4% calories 1.40 not all same amount any way
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Answer 6

I'm on weight watchers at the moment, to be honest i don't like brown rice but i do eat brown bread, only coz white makes me feel bloated. Brown rice and brown bread have the same points value as white bread and white rice.I think just as long as you stay within your points value it makes no difference.

Answer 7

Just stay within your calorie, or 'point' limit, make sure you excerise and eat a variety of fruit, veg, protein, carbs, fat and dairy in a balanced way, weight loss will be no problem....

Answer 8

If you belong to Weight watchers then you should know that the system of weight control is based on points. You can eat just about anything as long as you keep within the points allocated for your regime, Weight watchers is not based on calories but on points. I suggest that is you are not a member of weight watchers you join them. It is pleasant way to control your weight I wish you well You can do it

Answer 9

the calorie count makes the difference, eat healthy but dont starve yourself, eat brown and wholemeal wherever possible and most importantly drink lots of water it works, ive just lost 7 stone

Answer 10

i lost over a stone with weightwatchers and all i did was stick to my daily points allowance and exercised. i never even thought about carbs and such.