how many carbs after surgery can we consume? i can't seem to find a definate answer...

Below 30 grams of carbs per day where my instructions.

how did you manage that? it seems impossible at the moment......

It's really not difficult at all.

Greek Yogurt with splenda was a staple in my diet.

Broths, herbal tea, Water got me through the clears.

Once you start mushies, and pureed food, you can't eat a lot, so eating 2 tespoons to 1 tablespoon of mashed potatoes is not even close to getting in more than 30 grams of carbs per day.

Avoiding white carbs, flour, rice, Pasta, decrease the your carb count.

What are you eating that is carb filled?

its not that im really eating anything very carb filled, its just i was doing some investigating in to protein drinks and such and the isporue ready to drink ive been buying at wal mart i just realized has 33 carbs :biggrin0: and my mom and i are looking in to getting baby food for the pureed stage(for days when were on the go lol) and realized that we will have to go searching for low carb. anyway it was just a moment of panic but once i create a menu plan for myself ill be good to go :thumbup:

Below 30 grams of carbs per day where my instructions.

My instructions were below 60 grams. I guess you could ask your surgeon's nurse. They may have their own ideas about this.

The frosted grape is the isopure with 33 g of Carbs...the Alpine Punch has Zero...

The frosted grape is the isopure with 33 g of Carbs...the Alpine Punch has Zero...

My frosted grape is the low carb version, 0 carbs and 60 calories..Walmart usually carries both versions.

hey thanks everyone for your quick replies

so i was having kind of a dumb day yesterday and what sparked my post is that i bought the bottled isopure at wal mart, however i didnt realize that they stock the carb, high cal version AND the low carb(60 gr a bottle) and low carb (0 a bottle) as well! so i got home and freaked out because i thought oh great thats my entire carbs for a day, but alas i got some sleep and today discovered the 2 different versions, so all is well again haha! I now can totally see staying under 30 carbs as being easy.

thanks for helping me in my time of stupidity lol

I'm glad you figured it out Lauren. My nutritionist/surgeon also said 30 grams or under and I pretty much did that until 3 months post-op and then decided to add fruit back in, which upped the carbs considerably. My weight loss started to slow quite a bit at that point, but I still lost. Good luck!