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Hi everyone I had surgery on the Sept 27th and lost a total of 30 lbs so far , I know I need to increase my Protein and Water intake trying really hard I do exercise now 4x a week and love it, I just wanted to know how many crabs should I get in or should I try to stay away from them completely?

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You're going to get different views on this. I just asked the same question a few hours ago. LOL. My NUT told me not to worry about how many carbs I was taking in. However, many people here really stuck to high Protein, low carb during their losing phase, which caused them to loose more. I stay away from them as much as possible, but when I have them, I make sure it's whole wheat breads and pastas.

I was sleeved on the 27th, too, and I think at the 2 month mark, I might reevaluate how I'm doing. My weight loss has been okay thus far but to speed it up, I might take out carbs for a while.

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The more carbs you eat the less room for protean in your little stomach.

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I lose well when I don't have anymore than 30 grams per day. Now that I am in maintenance, it's different, but during the losing phase,

I limited them to 30.

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With some people, all that matters is how many calories they're taking in. With others, like me, it doesn't matter how low we go with the calories, if we're eating too many carbs. I do OK under 40, great under 20-30, but even if I stay between 600-800 calories, if I go much higher on the carbs, I don't lose. It may just be a matter of trial and error for you (like most of this will be!).

As far as "need" ... you don't necessarily need to ingest carbs at all.... the body can convert other nutrients to carbs as needed. :)

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I try to stick to 30 carbs a day -- sometimes I have more, sometimes less. But my rule is to eat all my Protein first, so sometimes I never get to the carbs. But for a snack or something I might have fruit, which is a good source of Fiber and carbs :)

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