How Do You Keep Low Carbs?!

[KikiCC 83]

So i've read that many keep carbs under 30gr. How do you do that? You are just eating non-diary Protein? !! I don't eat any breads (well hardly), and get a great deal of protein from yogurt, cottage cheese, Protein shakes, low fat cheese, milk. The doctor is approcing that, but in doingso I am hitting 60-80 gr of carbs a day. For example, i ate today a small non fat Chiobani Yogurt that has 20 gr of carbs, 14 gr protein. That means than in order to keep carbs low, I'll have to eat ham, tuna, fish, beef, chicken, with nothing added to hit my carb limit today...

Need some guidance here...

[joyful noise 101]

No matter how hard I try, I cannot get below 40 carbs. Gosh, even vegetables have them. I take Fiber capsules for Constipation, they have carbs too

[iggychic 1,405]

You should do a little "carb" research. Do a google search for carb counter and you can see what the foods you eat contain. For instance, ham has carbs (they vary depending on prep) so its a good meat to be a treat. You can also find low carb yogurts and salad dressings which can cut out quite a few carbs.

I'm currently on fourth carbs a day and find it pretty easy to stick to. No bread or flour items. No potatoes, rice etc. steak and a salad for dinner, Protein drink for lunch, etc. I have eggs with cheese for Breakfast and milk in my coffee and still have room for a glass of wine carb wise. . But I have really studied carbs so I just know what I need to avoid.

[Aaron in Tulsa 147]

The yogurt you ate must have been a fruit flavor. The plain Chobani yogurt has much less than 20 carbs. If you add a little bit of Crystal Light powder to it it's really good!

[sassypants 674]

Out of interest what were you told?

For me I was told low carb and fat high Protein but I was never told how much of anything I was meant to have.

Like I wasn’t told less than 40g carbs or how many calories I was meant to have per day just the protein I was told to try and get between 60-100g of protein a day and of course I was told protein first.

But that’s it I wasn’t told anything else as far as guidelines and how much of this or that I have to have.

[aliandrews 98]

I was told to have no more than 15 g carbs daily, but I actually go higher than that. I try to stick with eggs, cheese, yogurt, chicken, fish, etc. It's actually pretty easy. Just do a little research and see what you come up with.

[Mickie Vest 29]

New member here just thinking about the sleeve and doing research. When I did Atkin's you always subtracted the Fiber from the total carb count since it isn't digested.

[mylifeinpink 350]

I was told to have no more than 15 g carbs daily' date=' but I actually go higher than that. I try to stick with eggs, cheese, yogurt, chicken, fish, etc. It's actually pretty easy. Just do a little research and see what you come up with.[/quote']

15! Holy crap!

I do between 20-30 but 15! Wow!

[Liberated Sleeve 148]

I eat the Stoneyfield Plain Greek Yogurt and add splenda and vanilla extract for flavor. You can subtract the fiber and the sugar alcohols from the carb count. I manage to keep mine between 20-40 a day most days. I eat alot of spicy Pork rinds for the crunch factor! They are my chips and they are awesome with just about everything (except yogurt - lol)

I manage to get about 80-100 grams of Protein a day. I do add some unflavored Protein Powder to my coffee and sometimes to my Propel Zero Water to bump up my intake.

If you aren't on My Fitness Pal think about joining it and getting friends because you can view their food diaries each day and get ideas of the different kinds of foods they eat that are low in carb and get an idea of how others are doing it.