What Are Your Best Hacks For Eating Lower-Carb?

Because tbh, it's hard to do without becoming murderous.

Carbohydrates are DELICIOUS.

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No doubt about that, obviously.

So trying to limit them can be really rough when you're first starting out.

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That's why we want to know your tips and tricks for making lower-carb eating a WHOLE LOT easier.

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Maybe you experimented with some delicious lower-carb recipes, and started making most of your own meals and snacks.

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Master Chef in the house.

Maybe you met with a registered dietitian, to learn more about your metabolism and how eating carbs affects your body.

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Because spoiler alert: food affects everyone's body differently.

Or maybe you started strategically scheduling most of your carb-heavy meals before or after your workouts.

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*Eats a cookie on the way to the gym.

Perhaps you started by looking at everything you eat in a day, and determining which carb-heavy things you could live without.

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Or you committed to reading nutrition labels and understanding just how many carbs are in your favorite foods.

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Even though it hurt a little.

And you found that if you ate more protein and fat, you missed the carbs less.

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So we want to know: what things really made the difference in helping you maintain a lower-carb diet?

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We're looking for things that made eating fewer carbs a lot less painful, whether it's something you learned through trial and error, or something you tried because of advice from a registered dietitian, doctor, family member, etc.

Tell us in the form below and your answer could appear in an upcoming BuzzFeed Health post or video.