No carbs can make you sluggish

I had been on a “no-rice” once in a while. It is my means of losing weight especially when I wold hear someone’s remark that I am getting bigger. But I have noticed that when I had no rice for the day, I would feel sluggish on the next day and particularly after lunch time, my eyes would be drooping as if I lacked sleep even if my sleep was enough. What can you say about rice or any other food that supply us with carbohydrate for energy, not having those food will make us weak?
 
The body somehow gets used and addicted to certain foods. Am not a fan of rice but corncake or hard porridge is my weakness. It is carbohydrates too. Our bodies are used to them. It is good that OMAD never restricts you on any food. It is a mstter of one meal daily.
 
You are right that without them we may feel weaken. But just find another food that can be a replacement for rice or other food that contain much carbs. Just take a little amount just to have you replenish your strength.
 
I think that may be true but it also might be that you didn't substitute the carbs with other healthier ingredients such as maybe vegetables. I am guessing that if this were true for everyone then most people wouldn't be able to give up carbohydrates but we know that a lot of people do so it's most likely just a case of needing to experiment more with your own formula and routine rather than the act of giving up carbohydrates being flawed.
 
I had been on a “no-rice” once in a while. It is my means of losing weight especially when I wold hear someone’s remark that I am getting bigger. But I have noticed that when I had no rice for the day, I would feel sluggish on the next day and particularly after lunch time, my eyes would be drooping as if I lacked sleep even if my sleep was enough. What can you say about rice or any other food that supply us with carbohydrate for energy, not having those food will make us weak?

This is part of the transition from burning carbs (sugar) as fuel to burning fat as fuel. If you think of sugar as small pieces of kindling wood that you can put on the fire, and fat as the large log that burns all night, this might help you understand better, @Corzhens .
When you are burning small pieces of wood, it can burn very hot, but you have to keep putting more pieces of kindling on the fire to keep it going, and that is similar to how our body burns sugars. We only store a small amount (compared to fat storage), and so every few hours, we need more fuel, or you are tired and hungry.
When you transition to burning fat ketones for fuel, it is like throwing that big chunk of wood on the fire, and it will burn all night long. We have enough fat on our body to last many days, even when we are not carrying excess fat; so once you get past that burnout of sugar, and start burning fat, then you will have plenty of energy.
Since you have a huge supply of steady fuel, you really do not get hunger pangs either, because your body is not running out of fuel.
 
@Happyflowerlady you are right in your analogy about the log and the slivers of wood. I now have a little confidence in skipping dinner because the hunger pangs don’t bother me anymore. My next step is the skipping of breakfast. However, I am thinking of the 4-hour window although I’m sure the 1-hour window is the best and more effective. The 4-hour window can afford me to have my little breakfast and after 3 hours I could have my real meal. Just a little more evaluation and I’m off to full OMAD.
 
I do struggle when I cut out carbs completely but these days I just try to make better carb choices. For instance, a baked sweet potato or a serving of quinoa instead of white rice tends to work better for me.
 
I do struggle when I cut out carbs completely but these days I just try to make better carb choices. For instance, a baked sweet potato or a serving of quinoa instead of white rice tends to work better for me.
I agree. Most people, including myself, do just tend to lump all types of carbohydrates in our minds when we hear that word, but we often forget that some types are not as bad as others especially if they are prepared in a healthier way. I myself have been struggling with giving up my carbohydrates and it never crossed my mind to try to substitute some better ones first to at least help lessen or improve my intake. I will have to give this method a try soon.
 
As I always say I'm not really a rice person but I still manages to get some anytime I feel I should but I always loads it with enough veggie and salad.I believe it more healthy that way, so that I will not only gain energy but will remain full for a long through consuming of the veggie and salad.I think rice isn't really bad but we should back it up with more healthy options.
 
Here in our country, we cannot say that our meal is complete if we haven't take rice as a meal. We eat rice 3 times a day and I believe we took it as a necessity. If the body used to eat that certain meal and you stopped eating that, you will really feel incomplete since you got used to it. Try replacing that rice meal into something that could still give you the same energy it does, just like cereals or bread. Also, if you're eating white rice, try eating brown rice it has lower carbs but it is still rice right?
 
When you suddenly cut out carbohydrates from your diet, you go from a transitory state between using carbs as your main energy source to using fat. For a body that is used to using carbs as energy, suddenly cutting them out will make you weak and sluggish.

But if you keep carbs out of your diet for a couple of days, your body starts to go into a state known as ketosis. In ketosis, your body starts to use fat is its main source of fuel as opposed to carbs. In this state, you might find that you actually have more clarity and energy than you’ve ever had before.

The problem is getting over the initial hurdle and getting over your “carb addiction," but it's smooth sailing from there.
 
When you suddenly cut out carbohydrates from your diet, you go from a transitory state between using carbs as your main energy source to using fat. For a body that is used to using carbs as energy, suddenly cutting them out will make you weak and sluggish.

But if you keep carbs out of your diet for a couple of days, your body starts to go into a state known as ketosis. In ketosis, your body starts to use fat is its main source of fuel as opposed to carbs. In this state, you might find that you actually have more clarity and energy than you’ve ever had before.

The problem is getting over the initial hurdle and getting over your “carb addiction," but it's smooth sailing from there.
I think this is what I'm experiencing whenever I cut down on carbohydrates too abruptly, as I start to shake during the night time if my earlier meal didn't have enough carbohydrates in them. I think for some people like me, it may be better to be a bit more gradual in lessening the intake of sugars and also at the same time a lot of better ingredients should be substituted for them like vegetables.
 
For weeks now, I have been taking potatoes as a substitute for not eating rice and I must commend the friend that I have on this forum that told me that this is a good complement. The thing is that potato is a good substitute that I have taken and really enjoyed it as well.
 
For weeks now, I have been taking potatoes as a substitute for not eating rice and I must commend the friend that I have on this forum that told me that this is a good complement. The thing is that potato is a good substitute that I have taken and really enjoyed it as well.
As long as you are not following a low carb/ketogenic eating plan, then there are no food restrictions on what you can have for your daily meal with OMAD.
So it really does not matter whether you have rice or potatoes, both are heavy carb foods, although potato is only 23 carbs per cup and rice is 44 carbs per cup, and a potato is about half as many calories, as well.
If you are restricting carbs in your diet, then either one would be over the normal carb limit (20-25 carbs) for the whole day, so you would have to only eat proteins and fats for all of your other food intake.
 
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