Low Carbohydrate Diet
It is essential to drink over 64 fluid ozs. of water a day. All diet plans ask you to drink plenty of water.
I watch the amount of artificial sweeteners too.
The Diet becomes a Way of Eating for Life. If you become hungry eat a protein item, like cheese or a beef stick. I will not lie and say this is a miracle, YOU MUST change your eating habits to follow this plan. It has been one of the easiest though for me to follow. I used parts of the following plans: New Diet Revolution, Protein Power, and The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet Book.
The following is a list of the foods I eat and their carbohydrate content. Please remember I only go to 30 carbohydrates per day to lose and stay at a count of 60 to 75 carbs for maintaining. Count your carbs carefully. If you wish to count food carbs yourself, remember to subtract the fiber count from the carb count. Some of the diet plans say fiber is not a ""usable carb"" so do not count it.
The Food List
All Meat has zero carbs except Liver, no breadings please.
Eggs have 0.6 carbs per egg
Cheese,..natural cheeses usally have 1 carb gram per ounce. Check labels.
Ranch Salad Dressings, (not low fat), usually 1 carb gram per 2 Tablespoons, check labels.
Heavy Cream, has 6 carbs per cup.
Sour Cream, has 2 carbs per 2 Tablespoons, check labels.
Butter has no carbs.
Snacks
Pork Rinds have 0 carbs per serving. Lean Meat Slices usually have 1 carb gram per serving, check labels.
String Cheese has 1 carb gram per serving.
One Large Boiled Egg has 0.6 carb grams.
Cottage Cheese per 1/4 cup has 2 carb grams.
Jerky usually has 1 carb gram per piece, check labels.
Vegetables and Fruit List (from the Book Protein Power by Dr. Eades.
One Gram and Under
1 Celery Rib.....0.9
1 Cup of Shredded Lettuce..... 0.4
5 Radishes.....0.8
1 Cup of Fresh Spinach.....0.6
Three Grams and Under
¼ Cup of Blackberries.....2.9
6 Fresh Asparagus Spears.....2.4
½ Cup of Canned Asparagus.....2.8
1 Cup of Chopped Raw Broccoli.....2.2
½ Cup of Frozen Broccoli or Cauliflower.....2.7
¼ Cup of Cooked Carrots.....3.0
1 c. Cauliflower Florets.....2.6
½ Medium Cucumber.....3.0
½ Cup Raw Mushroom pieces.....1.1
1 Cup Turnip Greens.....1.8
5 Grams and Under
½ Cup of Strawberries....3.3
4 Brussel Sprouts.....3.4
1 Cup of Red or Green Cabbage.....3.6
1 Medium Carrot.....5.0
½ Cup of Sliced Snap Beans.....3.8
1 Medium Tomato.....4.3
½ Cup of Sliced Wax Beans.....4.5
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Sweet n Low (1 Carb Gram per package)
Equal ( 1 Carb Gram per Package
Sugar Twin (0.36 Carb Gram per Package) 
