Carbs are 5-15% of my calories, bad?

[wjgo 272]

3 months post op and my diet of 800 calories, is mostly composed of meat, lean meat, some Snacks like cheese, eggs or deli meat. I am getting the 80 gram Protein, and I am also getting 26-30gram fat. Its turning out that I am getting a low amount of carbs. If this is bad, how bad is it, and what high carb food can I sneak into my diet?

Edited June 20, 2018 by wjgo

[Creekimp13 5,841]

They're about 50% of mine:)

[wjgo 272]

Just now, Creekimp13 said:

They're about 50% of mine:)

What are you eating high in carbs?

[Creekimp13 5,841]

I follow mayo Clinic Diet. Lots of fruit and veggies and carbs. Get about 50% of my 60g+ of Protein from carbs.

This is what my diet looks like:

Lots of ways up the mountain:)

[Creekimp13 5,841]

Stuff I eat that's high in carbs:

fruit, fruit and more fruit.

Lentils, Chickpeas, Oats, Brown Rice, Beans, Split Peas, tofu, nut butters, whole grains, oatmeal, hummus, protien Pasta, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc...

I avoid refined carbs and high glycemic index carbs. Don't eat much sugar except fruit. Less than 75 naughty calories per day.

Edited June 20, 2018 by Creekimp13

[wjgo 272]

You are still doing 4 oz meals/snacks?

[Creekimp13 5,841]

I don't go by ounces, I go by calories.

I eat 1200 per day.

Either 6 little 200 calories "meals"...or three 400 calorie meals. Usually some combination.

I'll typically do a 200 calorie Breakfast, then another 100 calorie snack mid morning, then a couple 200 calories meals for the early afternoon and late afternoon and have 300 for dinner. Then another 200 calorie snack after dinner sometime. I spread it out and eat often.

If I know I'm going to a restaurant and want to eat a little richer...I'll bank more calories for that meal and go lighter on the rest. I just balance it however it works for the day....but try very hard to hit 1200.

Edited June 20, 2018 by Creekimp13

[RickM 1,753]

Carbs, and fats too, really, are pretty much irrelevant to us at this early stage. If your calories are low enough to promote the desired weight loss, courtesy of your WLS, and your Protein is high enough to maintain your lean body mass, you will by default be on a low carb and low calorie diet. This is one reason why WLS has been the most successful weight loss therapy for the past few decades, irrespective what diet fads are "in"with the weight loss industry.

At this point, you really shouldn't be looking at how to get in more fats or carbs, but how to get better overall nutrition within the limited diet. My basic plan was to get the best nutrition that I could in the non-protein segment of my diet within my tastes and caloric budget. On average, it worked out to be a rough split between fats and carbohydrates, but that wasn't a specific goal, but just how things worked out.

If you get into being more active as you progress, then a specific concentration on adding specific carbs may be appropriate is you find yourself running into energy limits - the body can only convert fat to the needed glycogen so quickly, so the balance may have to be shifted if that occurs. At around 4 months, I found myself running out of gas when I was swimming beyond an hour, so I shifted the meal balance some before the workout to favor complex carbohydrates and problem solved.

By feeding my body appropriately, my loss rate kept stable rather than continuing to decline as typically happens - so much for those silly diet myths that "carbs make your weight loss slow or stop" or "carbs make you gain weight".