Weight Loss Plateau On a Low Carb Diet

Question I have lost wieght in the past on a low carb diet but I stopped losing. What am I doing wrong? Answer by Tanya Zilberter, PhD Dear Erica, This is a very common situation with most of low carb diets. If you are on the Atkins diet, please keep it in your mind that it's missing an important point of controlling protein intake and keeping the proper ratios of carbs:protein: fat. This results in higher carbohydrate amounts getting into the blood because almost half of the food protein will be transformed into glucose inside the body. To make this long thing short, you can't tell for sure that your diet is a truly low carb one. As to the proper ratio of carbs:protein: fat, Atkins-type diets also disregard it. Meanwhile, if it's below a certain number, you have a hard time controlling appetite and cravings. Read more about it -- click here! More information about weight loss plateaus: When You Stop Losing Weight. A checklist Weight loss plateau and body weight set point Weight Loss Plateau on South Beach Diet Plateau on Wave 2 of Sonoma Diet

Yogurt is a special food low carb-wise

Yogurt desserts

Yogurt is a special food low carb-wise. Though you might find that it contains as many carb grams as whole milk does, this is simply impossible. The matter is, the friendly bacteria eat up most of the carb in the process of making the yogurt - the biological fact somehow ignored by those responsible for the nutrition labels on the foods. Since we disregard carb content in the yogurt, we don't indicate these recipes Fat Burning Indexes (tm)

Read why we offer yogurt recipes below (The History and Benefits of Probiotics)

1. Rhubarb Frozen Yogurt

1 cup stewed rhubarb
2 cups plain full fat yogurt
6 tablespoons sugar substitute, optionally
2 tablespoons orange rind, shredded

In food processor puree stewed rhubarb. Blend in yogurt, sugar substitute and orange rind. Freeze in a shallow metal pan for 3 to 4 hrs or until almost firm. Keep frozen, remove from freezer 15 min. before eating.

2. Yogurt Popsicles

Pour sweetened (optionally) yogurt into paper cups or plastic popsicle molds. Fill them almost to the top. Stretch a small piece of plastic wrap across the top of each cup or mold. Using wooden popsicle sticks, poke a hole in the plastic wrap. Stand the stick straight up in the center of the cup. Freeze.

3. Berry Smoothie

1 cup full fat yogurt
1/2 cup mixed berries (fresh or frozen) (strawberries, blueberries, etc)
2 tablespoons orange rind, shredded
Sweetener, optionally

Combine in a blender and mix until smooth. Thin with more orange juice if desired.