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Why I Had To Change My Mind About Carbohydrates
And How I Did It

I came into learning about nutrition about eight years ago at the height of the carbohydrate argument. And, true to form, I was already talking about it before I fully understood it. The problem was that there were two types of carbohydrates – simple and complex – and I hadn’t quite sorted them out in my mind. To sort them out, I had to call one of them something other than carbohydrates.

As I worked through the “nothing white” concept it occurred to me that simple carbohydrates were starches complex carbohydrates had color. Easy. I began to recommend that my clients avoid starches. They could get their heads around that. It’s simple. You can eat carbohydrates but not starches.

Then I wrote my “Itty Bitty Weight Loss Book” and the information became even more clear. I had to type a comprehensive carbohydrate chart. Meat didn’t have carbs. Fish, eggs, poultry, most cheeses, oils – none of them had carbohydrates. Starches had huge numbers of grams of carbohydrates. Colored vegetables, of every sort, had small amounts. A baked potato (starch) had 63 grams of carbs. Half a cup of green beans 4 grams. Bread 23 grams a slice. Salad 3-4 grams a cup. Carbohydrates began to speak to me in colors. Nothing white except cauliflower and members of the onion family.

I read that if you ate between 45 and 60 grams of carbohydrate in a day – no more than 60 – you would lose weight. I began to puzzle out how to change my client’s eyes when it came to food. A tablespoon of healthy oil at each meal – and no more – a pack of playing cards size protein (and not the giant cards, just normal ones) at each meal – and all the green vegetables they could pile on their plate. Nothing white. The only artificial sweetener I recommend is Stevia. Protein snacks. Stay away from protein bars. Stay away from everything processed. Stay away from supermarket oils, shortenings, margarines and everything that contains them. It’s pretty simple. In the beginning it’s not easy and then it is.

When I was a fitness expert I learned something very important. I exercised 6-9 hours a day and I still had to watch what I ate. I didn’t mind because eating well agreed with me. But if I stopped eating well it showed on the scale immediately. Did you notice what I said? I said, “Eating well.” Why would you ever not want to eat well? It’s not about dieting. It’s never about dieting. It’s about eating well. Making your body feel good. Supporting your continued good health.

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	Why I Had To Change My Mind About Carbohydrates And How I Did It I came into learning about nutrition about eight years ago at the height of the carbohydrate argument. And, true to form, I was already talking about it before I fully understood it. The problem was that there were two types of carbohydrates – simple and complex – and I hadn’t quite sorted them out in my mind. To sort them out, I had to call one of them something other than carbohydrates. As I worked through the “nothing white” concept it occurred to me that simple carbohydrates were starches complex carbohydrates had color. Easy. I began to recommend that my clients avoid starches. They could get their heads around that. It’s simple. You can eat carbohydrates but not starches. Then I wrote my “Itty Bitty Weight Loss Book” and the information became even more clear. I had to type a comprehensive carbohydrate chart. Meat didn’t have carbs. Fish, eggs, poultry, most cheeses, oils – none of them had carbohydrates. Starches had huge numbers of grams of carbohydrates. Colored vegetables, of every sort, had small amounts. A baked potato (starch) had 63 grams of carbs. Half a cup of green beans 4 grams. Bread 23 grams a slice. Salad 3-4 grams a cup. Carbohydrates began to speak to me in colors. Nothing white except cauliflower and members of the onion family. I read that if you ate between 45 and 60 grams of carbohydrate in a day – no more than 60 – you would lose weight. I began to puzzle out how to change my client’s eyes when it came to food. A tablespoon of healthy oil at each meal – and no more – a pack of playing cards size protein (and not the giant cards, just normal ones) at each meal – and all the green vegetables they could pile on their plate. Nothing white. The only artificial sweetener I recommend is Stevia. Protein snacks. Stay away from protein bars. Stay away from everything processed. Stay away from supermarket oils, shortenings, margarines and everything that contains them. It’s pretty simple. In the beginning it’s not easy and then it is. When I was a fitness expert I learned something very important. I exercised 6-9 hours a day and I still had to watch what I ate. I didn’t mind because eating well agreed with me. But if I stopped eating well it showed on the scale immediately. Did you notice what I said? I said, “Eating well.” Why would you ever not want to eat well? It’s not about dieting. It’s never about dieting. It’s about eating well. Making your body feel good. Supporting your continued good health.

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