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Scared of carbs?

I am 8 weeks out from surgery and doing great, but I have to admit I am struggling with how to eat in the new "normal". I did this surgery to lose the weight and keep it off, but I don't like the feeling that I am on basically going to be on a strict Atkins for the rest of my life. I am staying at less than 30g of carbs a day at this point but I feel like I am having to be incredibly strict about only eating protein and almost no carbs. My PA said some carbs were good to have, but all the threads on BP seem to really caution against it. I really want to be successful but I seem to worry that a small piece of bread or rice will totally throw me off. Carbs are scary! LOL. Wanting to feel a little more normal. ????

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  • VSGAnn2014
    VSGAnn2014

    I definitely did NOT cut out carbs to lose all my excess weight. (I'm now 6 pounds below goal.) Carbs aren't just sweets and breads. Carbs are in milk, yogurt, fruit, green and other colored veg

  • CrashNCamsMom
    CrashNCamsMom

    I'm almost a year out and have lost 100lbs. I don't cut out carbs, but it's almost habit to get protein in first and carbs if I have room. I've found that I can't tolerate certain foods, carbs include

  • As a rule, ESPECIALLY in the honeymoon phase of WLS ( up to 18 months post surgery) you will still probably lose weight eating a few carbs. But as early out as you are, you should be eating protien an

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Crackers are such evil critters. So few of them have ANY food value at all. They're extremely processed (requiring little digestive effort on the part of our stomachs or intestines), slide on right through our stomachs, and don't curb our hunger at all.

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