Carb intake

[junkseekerz 0]

How many carbs are too many? Any opinions?

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Try and eat good carbs and keep them under 100 a day to lose weight.if you want to lose weight faster, lower your carbs to the amount you are comfortable with. 20-50 carbs is a good range to force the body Into ketosis. That is, you want your body to burn stored fat before carbs. Eating low carb will train it to do just this. Once you are closer to goal, slowly introduce carbs back I to your diet. However, not too many, too quickly or the wrong kind. I had success eating 20-30 g a day for 6 months. After that I added about 100 carbs by eating more veggies, Fiber Cereal and steel oats. I try and limit carbs from sugar (slip every now and then). You do not need a whole lot of carbs after surgery because you will be focused on eating quality lean Protein and that will fill you up.

Edited February 2, 2014 by Fiddleman

[bearman99 228]

The thing is if you eat 2-4 oz Protein first and then some veggies the carb count is likely to take care of itself.

Are you asking to find out how many you can "get away with?"

Follow the rules, drink the liquids, it only hurts you if you scheme to push the bounds of the rules.

That said, under 70g carbs per day will put most people into ketosis which will help reduce hunger. As a diabetic I need to stay under 30g if at all possible to keep things tight and my hunger under control.

[Teachamy 1,042]

My NUT said under 45 a day, but I try to stay way under that. (Like bearman99, I am diabetic.)