How much is considered low carb? What are some common foods that are high in carbs?

I told myself I wasn't going to pay attention much to month one, because I've heard there's still a lot going on with healing, etc., that may affect things. But now I've got to admit, I'm concerned. I lost 10 pounds during the first week of the liquid diet -- no surprise -- but haven't lost anything since. I was sleeved on 12/29/11. I've been tracking food by the bite, and have averaged roughly 1,100 calories a day. I have been doing my best to keep Protein up and carbs low, but haven't always hit the mark there.

My question: Shouldn't calories per day, amount spent exercising, etc., work the same way after surgery? I understand WHY the high protein/low carb diet works, just as it would PRE-surgery. But if I've been averaging 1,100 calories a day for more than two weeks I would have thought I'd have least lost 4-5 pounds!!

Has anyone's doc given them the idea that weight loss WON'T happen if you don't go low carb???

If so, why??

Why wouldn't reduced calories and increased exercise work the same way after the sleeve as it would before (well, when I was able to stick to a reduced calorie diet that is!! ; )

PDXman -- very informative. Thanks for the great info. There IS so much being bandied about with respect to the quality of calories and how that ultimately affects your body's response to them. I love data, research, and new info, so have to be careful otherwise I can drive myself (and others!) crazy. So for now, I'm just trying my best to get my 70g of Protein each day -- some days I make it, others I miss. And keeping carbs as low as I can.

I use 411fit.com. Right now for the last 7 days it shows these averages:

Calories: 961

Carbs: 81

Fat: 40

Protein: 70

Hydration: 63 oz.

And I can also go back and run a report on my net calorie intake since I started tracking (1/10) all food and exercise. I just learned by doing so that it's a pretty good indicator. From 1/10-1/30 I have had:

Nutrition in: 24707

Nutrition out: 47037 (it shows a DMR that varies slightly day by day but is around 2100 then add to this any exercise I do)

For a net change of: -22330

The prediction area says that with all of this I should have lost 6.38 pounds. Just weighed in today and lost 8 pounds, so that's pretty darn close.

Anyhow, obviously right now at this stage I'm a data junkie, but it is proving to be a helpful way to keep a bird's eye view on things, as they say. And more than that, it's keeping me vigilant about protein, carbs & exercise.

toodles!

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