Question:
How many carbs do you take in daily?
What should it be? I think I am eating too many... I am 3 1/2 months post-op and I am still losing weight weekly but I am concerned about my carb intake. I have always been a carb-o-holic and would like to break that pattern. — Splenderella (posted on February 18, 2005)
February 18, 2005
Get out the instructions your doctor or nutrionalist gave you, and follow
them. Protein first, then water. You know all of this. There are a
hundred people who would have been thrilled to have this surgery, and
followed the instructions.
— lindarodham6
February 18, 2005
I just saw my Dr 6 weeks post op, he said no more than 30 carbs per day.
You have to remember that carbs could have been the reason you had to have
surgery in the first place....please be careful...PROTEIN FIRST! :-)
Good Luck!
— Melanie W.
February 18, 2005
I don't really have the answer to this question. However, to the previous
poster, my surgeon only emphasizes 60+ grams of protein, but does not
specify how many carbs. Like myself, many people are not given specific
nutritional values after this surgery. And that's probably a good thing, as
we're all as different post-op as we are pre-op...some people can get away
with certain things that others cannot. I was simply told protein first,
then vegatables and fruits (which contain complx carbs), then simple carbs,
that was the gist of it. To the person asking this question, don't beat
yourself up because you're having trouble with the carb monster, many of us
do during our journey. Although I'm over a year out, and well below my
goal, I'm still experimenting with what works best for ME. It's a good
thing that you're asking questions and becoming aware of what may or may
not be working for YOU. Congrats and good luck on your continued success!
Katie
— Le P.
February 18, 2005
There's complex carbs that're good for you and then there's the crappy
carbs that taste fantastic (!) and make ya fat. Don't lump 'em all
together, that's like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Which kind
are ya eatin'? ;-) Which kind were ya addicted to before?<P>OK, if
these aren't totally crappy carbs but healthy ones, but yet you were
addicted to healthy ones too and are afraid of that problem now . . . well,
anything that reminded me of my pre-op eating . . . anything at all . . .
was something I changed up after WLS and tried not to touch again until I
hit goal. Sure enough, once I hit goal and touched it, it was still an
addictive pain-in-the-butt, so . . . better off pitching it outta yer diet.
There's lots of good stuff you can enjoy that won't set you off like that
so go find it. ;-D<P>As far as "carbs" in general go,
everybody's got a different weight-loss formula . . . I just tried to keep
my protein grams ahead of my carb grams until I hit goal, and that seemed
to work for me. It also forced me to make friends with lots of protein
foods that I had pretty much ignored in my pre-op days, so that was good
too.
— Suzy C.
February 18, 2005
Thank you all for your posts... Linda, you sounded snotty in yours and I am
not sure why. I didn't list I ate junk food or anything... I simply wanted
to know what everyone's intake was, period. I eat less 55g or less a day...
I have had no sugar, junk, potato chips or any of the bad stuff, I simply
wanted to know what everyone else was doing. My nutritionist and doc didn't
tell me how many carbs to have daily...they only stressed the protein which
is always first on my list to eat. I feel very blessed to have had this
surgery and am following what I am supposed to do but every now and then
question what I am doing and feel this is one of the best place to ask...
— Splenderella
February 18, 2005
My doctors program calls for 20 to 40 carbs a day. I've been wondering
about fat grams. No one seems to worry about fat intake. I know that
fried foods are an absolute no no on my pre op diet. Is there a set
amount that we shouldn't go over in a day. And do we count the fat that
comes with the protein that we have to eat, like chicken, tuna, cottage
cheese towards the fat intake. Sorry about my rambling but you had a good
question and it made me feel comfortable enough to ask about the fat. I
too was a carbo holic and a chocoholic and don't eat bread or anything
except sugar free peppermints to satisfy my sweet tooth from time to time.
I am totaly amazed that I don't miss chocolate at all, the bread yeah
giving it up was hard at first but losing the weight makes it worth it.
— Lisa E.
February 19, 2005
I am to get minimum 56 grams protien, < 40 grams fat and was never told
to count carbs. I always get at least that level of protein, sometimes a
little over on fats, and around 110 - 120 gram carbs. Did you know the
average american eats > 300 grams carbs a day, by the ADA recomendations
of 60% of calories from carbs, on a 1200 calorie diet that would be aprox
200 grams a day. Don't take it seriously when people are lecturing,
snotty, or holier than thou. They're not perfect either.
— **willow**
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