I have a question, I'm about 9 weeks out and I'm wondering if I can have any carbs at all with a meal? I found some low carb soft tortilla that would be great to use as buns for a turkey sandwich. They only have 5 net carbs and with as little as I eat i would only have about a 1/3 of it anyways. I just feel guilty thinking about eating it though. Anyone have any thoughts?

I certainly did, and it didn't bother my weight loss. Some people are heavily into the low carb thing and have a firm belief that they are bad and should be avoided. This is basically a mirror image of the low fat diets of yesteryear. Unless you have a specific morbidity such as diabetes or insulin resistance and have been told to avoid carbohydrates by your medical team, go ahead and have a healthy diet (which includes some carbohydrates...) as long as your calories are still under control.

I occasionally used a thin corn tortilla, crisped in the oven, as a mini-pizza crust. After about four months, I needed to specifically add some complex carbohydrates tactically into my diet for energy management purposes.

A thin tortilla as a pizza crust what a fantastic idea. I can't wait to try it

it depends on your program. Mine was more of a balanced one, so they would have been fine with that. Some are ultra-low-carb. It also depends on how carb-sensitive you are. I'm not very - but some people are *really* sensitive to carbs.

I eat carbs, so my answer would be...If your plan allows it, have it. If you are eating low carb, then just account for it in the rest of your day. I try to stay under 100g of Carbs daily, and get most of that from veggies, fruit and ancient grains, but I use Flat-Out Light Wraps every once in a while as well. They contain about 6g Net Carbs each. I make pizzas, tacos, burritos and nachos out of them.

I eat carbs, usually try and keep it between 50-100 grams a day, so as long as it's part of your plan I don't see why not. I use tortillas for a lot of things including pizza crust, quesadillas, turkey tacos and just plain old wraps.

I eat carbs. I'm usually in the 50 - 70 range per day. I try to get most of them from fruits/veggies, but I do occasionally have a low-carb tortilla or one ounce of potatoes or rice. I can't really eat bread now (it sits like a rock in my tummy), but that's ok.

I think many plans advocate low-carb because a lot of carbs are slider foods, or they don't offer as much nutrition for the calories you are consuming. Some people are extremely carb sensitive, too, but I have always felt better with a balance of carbs, fats, and protein.

On 12/20/2017 at 10:56 AM, Patrick powers said:

I have a question, I'm about 9 weeks out and I'm wondering if I can have any carbs at all with a meal? I found some low carb soft tortilla that would be great to use as buns for a turkey sandwich. They only have 5 net carbs and with as little as I eat i would only have about a 1/3 of it anyways. I just feel guilty thinking about eating it though. Anyone have any thoughts?

Like said before check with your plan. My plan may be out of date..Surgery 3 years and 7 months ago.

I always was told carbs were evil.

My diet plan was no potato rice breads. All my carbs were vegetable based. (crazy to think of that now). I was allowed two tablespoons healthy carbs after I lost 75% of my weight. This was to slow down or stop my weight loss ( Healthy carbs sweet potato, brown rice, whole wheat pasta and bread)

If your dietician gives you a carbohydrate goal just make sure what you eat hits that range.

Trust me...My diet does not look like this after goal.

Depends on your plan and your own reaction to carbs.

I have them and I want more. Plus bread and rice don't sit well in my stomach.

Check your doc and nutritionists plan. You trusted your surgeon to cut you open, trust your surgeons advice.