Low carb pizza is very do-able. You prebake the crust from 8 ounces of cream cheese, 2 eggs and 1 cup of
shredded parmesan. You top it with pizza sauce, mozarella cheese and pepperoni. It tastes terrific and has less
than 5 grams of carbohydrate per slice. The problem is that low carb pizza is not diet food, and you won’t lose
any weight eating it. There’s a reason Atkins Nutritionals went into bankruptcy, and almost all the low carb diet
stores are out of business. Calories count somewhat, and you just can’t eat 3000 or even 2000 calories a day,
and expect to lose weight. Exactly how much calories count is a secret. I can tell you that you will lose
weight twice as fast eating 1500 calories of protein and fat a day, compared to 1500 calories of carbohydrate. I
can also tell you that there’s not a statistically significant difference between the weight lost on 500 or on 800
calories a day. In clinical practice, the rule is to try to keep calories to 500-600 a day, for the fastest possible
weight loss. The low carb pizza crust alone has more than 200 calories per slice (flour-based pizzza crust
has 100 calories per slice), and that’s before you add toppings, usually another 200-400 calories per slice.
Bottom line is that you just can’t eat all the low carb food you want and lose weight. You’ve got to keep your
calories down. If your calories are much over 1500 a day, you won’t lose weight fast enough to stay on your
diet. If your calories are about 1000 a day, on average you’ll lose 2-3 pounds a week. Limit your calories to
500-600 a day, and you’ll lose 5 pounds a week. The real secret to successful weight loss, is figuring out how
you can eat 500-600 calories of protein and fat a day.