Good morning all - I wanted to ask about how many carbs everyone is eatting per day? I've been really losing since my last fill Feb. 23rd I have now hit my greatest sweet spot ever and have the correct restriction since being banded (I'm so happy). I'm losing about 5 lbs a week at this point. I eat about 800-900 calories, 60-65 protein and 40-60 carbs. I was wondering what is the carb count for most bandsters on the program doing low carbs.....? I don't snack, don't have a single craving for anything but my reg. meals.... It's wonderful, this feeling. Sometimes I just don't have the distraction of wanting to eat - let alone all day (grazing). Just when I feel hungry at the time a meal is about due (3-4 hours between). I feel awesome........ Any thoughts.....:cursing:

Hey LLL! That's an awesome job! I'm the same - once I get into low carb, I have no cravings at all. I had my first fill last Thursday and am still feeling my way through things. I feel restriction, but not sure if it's because of agitation from the fill or not. In any case, food is the last thing on my mind (YAY!). I use CalorieKing religiously to track my food, and according to that I am averaging about 41g of carbs and 79g of protein. I have done Atkins very successfully in the past and always stayed under 40g of carbs. Your ratio sounds good - certainly whatever you're doing is working great for you - congrats!

I know it's an old thread, but since people still read them...the answer to the OP is 'depends on who you talk to'. Some doctors believe the traditional diabetic diet is 'low carb' because it's *only* 160 carbs. I suppose if you compare it to the typical diet of over 300, that would be low. However, I'd still be on insulin if I ate that many carbs and laughed when one doctor told me "that's ok...it's why they make medicine" even though I was able to discontinue my insulin by dropping my carbs under 45 and eliminating grains, starches and fruit. Idiots.

When you start talking to the actual low carb experts...anything under 60 is considered low carb.

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