to carb or not to carb

 Thanks to everybody for the shared experience.  My running friends all leaned to the keep up the carbs side of the equation but none of them have had WLS.  It means a lot to me that you have walked (or, in this case, run) before me in this journey. 

I think I have some experimenting ahead of me.  Just like the 1st few months after WLS when I had to see what my stomach could and could not take.  

Thanks again for your insight.

I started my exercise/training program at around 290 and did low carb <30 a day and Like Andrew said I was dropping weight like a mad man.  I wasn't doing any great distances, and still don't.  I have increased my distance and speed. A few months ago I hit the point where I had to add carbs before a workout, because I had no energy about half way through my session.  As soon as I did this the weight loss slowed to a snails pace.  I am lucky to get about 1-2 pounds a week now but for the most part I am fine with this, although another 20 pound loss would be nice.

You will find that your sizes will still decrease even though the loss hasn't.  I have lost about 20 pounds since Nov. but have gone from a 42 waist to a 36, so I am pretty sure I am still dropping fat. 

Also for the weight loss make sure you are training in the right heart rate zone to optimize fat burn.

Also as Grandpa has said you will need to learn to tailor your diet especially the carbs to your workout.  My hard days have historically been MWF and breakfast would be something like a Whole Wheat English muffin with some Peanut Butter and my easy days would be Half of that.  Since weekends are typically my down days except maybe TKD class I will do High protein low carbs total carbs maybe 1/4 veggies and a bit of fruit.  Other than that nada. 

As for the fewest amount of carbs well everyone is different so you will need to play around and find what works for you.  During the week I log my food intake, I use Smartpeople.com maybe something like this will help you get an idea of where you are at.

Also no one has brought this up and it is one I battle with, but if you don't have enough calories while exercising you weightloss will slow as well.  I am still probably a couple hundred below target on avg. 

Talking with a NUT who is familiar with WLS and the impact it has on you metabolism might be a good place to start.  I did this and learned that I was taking in 50 to 60 percent of the calories I should have.  I like talking to an independent NUT that is not associated with my surgeon, this allows me to not be grouped into their avg patient population.

Good look and keep up the awesome work!

I low carbed it and, to some extent still do, but we all eat carbs even when low carbing so what I did was eat them before the workout. I'd have some veggies or some fruit or maybe a cheese stick about an hour prior to the workout and just have less carbs the rest of the day.