Hi! I am interested in success stories and strategies with carb cycling. I found a helpful YouTube video but I still have questions.

On high carb days, how many carbs? I have read 2-2-5 g per lb of body weight but that seems like so much!

Low carb days- how many carbs?

I wish there was a plan I could follow for WLS pts, until I get the hang of it.

Thanks!!

Is this after a surgery? Or just to lose weight without a surgical solution?

After weight loss surgery you should still develop a healthy eating lifestyle. Carb cycling is a good one and I’ll probably adopt it after I’m cleared for regular foods.

Russ D- I am one year postop. That sounds crazy to say. I can’t believe it has been a year! I need to get back on a better regime of poor choices and prep.

KCgirl- Cycling sounds very doable and allows for something to look forward to! As I said I found a YouTube video of a sleeve pt who carb cycles. It was very helpful but I still am left scratching my head a bit.

Ha! I need to get better at poor choices. That should read *food choices and meal prep!

2 hours ago, bright_horizons said:

Russ D- I am one year postop. That sounds crazy to say. I can’t believe it has been a year! I need to get back on a better regime of poor choices and prep.

Don't we all!

Not sure what to tell you post-op. I tried carb cycling a few years ago with a normal system. Used Chris Powell's book as my formula, can't really remember the daily carb doses:

https://www.amazon.com/Choose-More-Lose-Life/dp/140133024X

I stuck with it for about a month, plateaued, and gave up and went back to bad choices.

Three years later, here I am!

Thanks for your input Russ. I have heard of that book. The video and other resources I found online for WLS pts use the guidelines in Powell’s book but modify it for us. So instead of, for example, 2 cups of non starchy veggies and 1 cup of complex carb on high carb days I have seen some convert it 2 oz veggies and 1 oz carb for WLS (this with the 3 oz protein to equal 6 oz volume per meal, 5 times a day).

Maybe I should reach out to my Nut, who I haven’t met with in some time and run this by her.

Would you happen to links to the video or other resources you learned about this from? I'd like to learn more about it. Thanks.