Hi, today I am 2 weeks post op. I go for my first fill on Wednesday the 17th. I have noticed that I can not eat carbs or sugar because it immediately makes me gain or stop losing wieght. I am trying to stick to eating chicken and protein shakes with soy milk. Has anyone noticed that regardless of how little you are eating if it includes carbs or sugars you don't loose wieght.

Yep, Atkins talks about carbohydrate intolerance. Many obese people have it. Sugar, by the way, is carb. Everyone has their own tolerance limit. If I want to have any weight loss at all, I have to stay under 30 carbs. If I want to just *not gain*, I have to stay under 45gm. For serious weight loss I have to drop it under 20. Everybody is different.

I am an insulin resistant diabetic and found that carbs aren't the only thing that stall my weight loss. So does *excess* Protein which can cause the same effect as carbs.

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You are ablolutely right for sure. Refined carbs (white sugar, white flour) inhibit weight loss. They increase your blood sugar, which causes your body to produce insulin. The result is the sugar turning to fat. I stayed away from pretty much all carbs while loosing. Now that I am maintaining, I eat whole grains. They include things like brown rice, corn, sweet potatoes. I can't tolerate bread or pasta. If I did, I would eat 100% whole grain pasta and bread. Good luck on your journey!

I really watch my sugar intake, not necessarily my carb intake. I eat good carbs like veggies and fruit. Nothing with corn syrup, honey, sugar, etc... My general rule of thumb is nothing I eat has over 3 grams of sugar in it (per item, not per plate). You even have to watch whole grains, because most of them have corn syrup or some type of sugar. Nothing you put on your plate should have over 3 grams. Do that and I guarantee weight loss.

I don't seem to have problems with carbs or sugars. I have Triscuit Thin Crisps almost every day (ingredients - whole grain wheat, soybean oil, salt - thassit) which have 21g of carbs per serving (15 crackers - 130 calories). My biggest weaknesses are sweets. I try to plan for it so I don't fall back and binge. I usually freeze light yogurt and have that for dessert, though I've heard mixing sugar-free pudding and cool whip free is another good frozen treat. Once every week or two, I allow myself a S'more - 1 graham cracker, 1 marshmallow and a 1" square piece of chocolate (thin piece). As long as I do everything in moderation, my body seems to respond like clockwork.

Yes. I can't lose effectively unless I really limit my carb intake. Fortunately, once you get restriction, it's way easier to do that!

I know not everyone is carb sensitive, but I am.

Another thing to keep in mind is that carbohydrate is hydrophilic. This means that it draws Water to its molecules. If your body does not customarily get "fed" much in the way of carb, you can definitely see an immediate water-weight response if you have a bolus of carb. It's temporary :rolleyes2:

Hi, today I am 2 weeks post op. I go for my first fill on Wednesday the 17th. I have noticed that I can not eat carbs or sugar because it immediately makes me gain or stop losing wieght. I am trying to stick to eating chicken and Protein shakes with soy milk. Has anyone noticed that regardless of how little you are eating if it includes carbs or sugars you don't loose wieght.

yes that is very true! I am over 18 months out and it haunts me

has anyone had trouble with swelling in the upper stomach area??

Nope, for me its entirely about the calories in/out ratio.

I lose weight equally well either way and I hate to admit that I know this but I also eat weight eating nothing but carby sugary junk. As long as calories are less than what I burn (and that isnt low for me, I lose on 1500 a day) then I will lose weight.