I think I'm allergic to carbs because every time I eat them I break out in fat! ??

But seriously, can you help me figure something out?

I eat around 750 calories/day. I drink 80 oz of water a day. I get 75 g of protein in a day. I exercise 30 minutes a day.

But if I eat carbs, seriously like as few as six Wheat Thins crackers or something, the scale will go up the next day. Or if I eat a taco, the scale goes up, even though I'm still at 750 calories and mostly protein.

Is it water retention from the salt in the crackers? Is it the carbs themselves? Do I have to avoid carbs completely, which I sort of already feel like I do 95% of the time.

Thoughts? Similar situation with your body?

7 hours ago, gabybab said:

Thank you for always being so helpful! You are a gem!?

We're all learning together and are traveling down a similar road!! ((hugs))

7 hours ago, gabybab said:

Thank you for always being so helpful! You are a gem!?

BTW, I had support group yesterday with my RD and she said that she uses a slightly different calculation for bariatric patients to ensure we get proper protein nutrition.

She said the absolute minimum for us should be 0.8g/kg based on our ideal weight expressed in kilograms. But she said that we should probably target 1.1g/kg of ideal weight to be on the "safe" side. That protein source should come from complete proteins as well as a WIDE variety of plant proteins from a varied diet. So animal/fish/seafood/eggs/dairy/nuts/seeds/beans/pulses/plants=All.The.Food. LOL.

She said that the new research shows that even though plants don't have complete proteins, that our bodies are pretty resourceful about breaking down any amino acid and using other amino acids through the day to complete our protein needs. And she said we should fluctuate in our protein intake---not just eat at the bottom of the range. Some days, we need to really target eating at the top of our protein range in a varied, organic, natural progression dictated by hunger.

So doing your protein again it would look more like this range:

7 hours ago, gabybab said:

Now express your ideal weight in kg: 130lbs divided by 2.2kg/lb = 59kg

Now figure your Protein needs bases upon your health/activity/degree of athletic pursuit (most of us are average): 59kg X 0.8g/kg of Protein = 47.2g of protein per day

So on the bottom end you would need a minimum of 47.2g protein per day.

But target 59kg X 1.1g/kg = 65g protein

And you can go as high as 59kg X 1.4g/kg = 82.6g protein per day.

So yah. Your range is anything from 47g - 83g protein per day with an ideal target of 65g.