Hey guys, I went to my hospitals bariatric support group and the nutritionist from my surgeons office was there to talk to us tonight. The topic of carbs came up and she said we should be eating a minimum of 60 grams of carbs a day, more if we exercise a lot. This blew me away and frankly I am kind of scared to even try that! Now she isn't my regular nutritionist because I see someone outside of my surgeons office (who is approved by my Dr.), but she is the NUT that creates the doctors plans, so I am wondering if I shod follow her advice about carbs. I have been keeping them to about 35-40g per day and have been losing about 13lbs per month with that. What do you guys think? Should I up my carbs? That concept in and of itself scares me!

To put things in perspective, 60 grams of carbs is two or three apples or an English muffin and an apple or around three containers of Greek yogurt. Not a lot of stuff.

If you eat beans, or protein bars, or most vegetables you'll see your carbs go easily to 100.

I just heard from my doctor that my blood tests were all excellent. I was informed to keep my carbs down and if I have any carbs . It should be from natural things in fruits and beans but to still try to keep them low and just concentrate on proteins. Wants me around 800 to 1000 calories a day. Which should be fairly easy to do I have gone all day with about 5 to 10 carbs a day for a long time and I can still do that with more proteins

Any advise on certain things to eat would be appreciated

I just heard from my doctor that my blood tests were all excellent. I was informed to keep my carbs down and if I have any carbs . It should be from natural things in fruits and beans but to still try to keep them low and just concentrate on proteins. Wants me around 800 to 1000 calories a day. Which should be fairly easy to do I have gone all day with about 5 to 10 carbs a day for a long time and I can still do that with more proteins

Any advise on certain things to eat would be appreciated

Wow that's super low carb! I don't know how you manage that. What do you eat? I've added in things like yogurt (plain fage), cheese (other dairy), fruit, veggies and of course protein supplements, all of which have carbs in them. Now with all of that I am still relatively low, I usually eat about 40g carbs per day. I couldn't imagine how you manage 5-10 per day!!!!

Do you use my fitness pal to calculate your intake? Actually when I wrote that that was when I wasn't eating enough. So no I don't think I can do that because you are right you get carbs even in your proteins and your shakes . So at this time I really don't know where I am going to end up with eating more on my carbs. My calories and all I will do awsome with I believe . I am just excited about still losing weight . I just need to know what to eat more of

I use an app called MyNetDiary I love it! Same idea as my fitness pal. The only reason I don't use my fitness pal is because I have been using this app since before surgery so it has all my info in it. It's really great and easy to use. I am doing a small experiment and only counting net carbs instead of total carbs. If I still lose weight I am going to continue with that method. You should use an app though it makes tracking way easier.

I do I use my fitness pal

I am very depressed today. I gained 2 lbs in 4 days and I am eating very little. Walking more and working out . I was 295 and now I am 297 what's up with this ? Can anyone answer this one . I still can't eat more than a boiled egg in volume of food and I don't eat things I am not supposed to.

This is just about 3 months since surgery and i had lost 65 lbs but now i gained

I am very depressed today. I gained 2 lbs in 4 days and I am eating very little. Walking more and working out . I was 295 and now I am 297 what's up with this ? Can anyone answer this one . I still can't eat more than a boiled egg in volume of food and I don't eat things I am not supposed to.

It's not unusual for something like this to happen at times - our bodies have a lot of Water in them (what's the number we hear quoted - 50, 60, 70% or more is water?) and it doesn't take much to alter the balance of things through the retention or excretion of water. Hormonal changes (hormones that were trapped in our fat are released as we burn off that fat, also TOM issues for the ladies,) dietary changes, particularly sodium or carbs for those on low carb diets, medication changes, exercise or activity changes - increases in activity/exercise require more water intake and if we don't get it, the body will hoard what water it has, also muscle tissue damage via strength training requires more water for repair, so the body will hold on to water. These are a few of the factors that I can think of, and there will certainly be more.

Most of us tend to be stair-step losers where we will dwell or stall for a few days and then suddenly drop several pounds in a day or two, and sometimes the weight may go up a pound or two before the next drop. My pattern always had some net loss every week, so I didn't worry about what happened day to day (I only had one week of no net loss, and that I could chalk u to sodium intake via increased eating out and altered activity/exercise while travelling.)

Well I guess building muscle mass would increase it too right?

Thank you what you said makes alot of sense much appreciated. Amazing how those 2 lbs in the wrong direction can make a person feel at this point . I am relaxed now because i know i am doing everything right and there has been a few things that i ate that were high in sodium

Stop weighing yourself! Once a week and let it go!

Why? Thought we were supposed to

Some people say not to weigh yourself weekly because it can cause a lot of stress. Plus lots of people say that we should not be so focused on the number, I have a very hard time with that. The number matters to me! If you want to weigh yourself weekly, then go ahead, just remember not every week will be the same and sometimes you may be disappointed. I am going through that right now.