3 years post op diet

When I first started my journey, I remember hearing that your body would go into ketosis (fat burning) if your carb consumption was less than 20g.  I've been reading on the grad board, that you need 100 g carb to be healthy.........They seem to have a ton of conflicting information. I've put on 30 lbs, but dropped 13 of them in the gym the past few weeks.  I've been eating mainly just protien and crystal light.  How many carbs should I get in a day? I'd like to get these last 17 gone, which I can do in the gym, but I'd like a diet that promotes weight loss too, and also a diet to continue even when the weights gone to maintain being heathy. Right now, I average 120 ounces of water, 90 to 110 grams protein a day, zero sugar, and only carbs come from meat and veggies. I'll have a salad at lunch, and that's pretty much the only vegetables I get.

I don't count carbs.  When I am going well, I eat protein first and some carbs second.  Other than that, I count calories.  Burn more than you eat - lose weight.  Eat more than you burn - gain weight.  That is pretty much what I go by. Your protein #'s are good and the water intake is great.  That 20G or less of carbs sounds right to put you in ketosis if you want to.

Lee, You can still drop into Ketosis by restricting Carb intake, But it isn't recommended for long-term health.

Consider the Percentage of your dietary intake- More than just “How Many Carbs?” The Overall amounts will depend on your Daily Calorie intake. To get a quick, rough Calorie versus Exercise number For someone your size? Check out- http://www.caloriecontrol.org/calcalsm.html It is a blunt tool, but does give you Some guidelines to check how you’re doing. It’s not as involved as Fitday, But it is a quick guide that’s fairly accurate.

Once you’ve got what your calorie intake “should be,” Then it is more of a matter of percentages of those calories Rather than a simple “How much/many?” Yes?

The American Heart Association’s recommendation (from ’96) - "Dietary Guidelines for the Healthy Adult" Says your diet should be 30% fats (with no more than 10% being saturated fat)

Then, depending on which nutritionist And what particular plan they have for the individual patient, The remaining 70% of the diet is divided into 30 to 40% Carbs And (depending on the former number) 30 to 40% Proteins. (I shoot for 40% Protein and 30% Carbs to adjust for mal-absorption of Proteins,But that’s “MY Nutritionists Recommendation for ME, not yours) Regardless of %’s- The focus should be on “Quality” nutrition. Quality Protein – should include The 8 essential amino acids and 14 non-essential. Quality Carbohydrates – would refer to Low Glycemic Carbs, such as found in Vegetables with lower concentrations of Carbs and higher Fiber content. My Nutritionist recommends (for me) 80% of my carbs be Low Glycemic Foods And 20% of them Higher. (but still avoiding sugar) LowGF discourages the storage of fat. Quality Fats – Act much the same as Low Glycemic/Higher Fiber foods In that they slow sugars from moving quickly into your blood stream. The “good” fats are omega 3, omega 6, and medium chain fatty acids, MCFA. Here is the breakdown on the quantity of each type of fat That My Nutritionist recommends for me. These percentages could be different for others and probably are- Saturated fats 10% of overall fat intake. Polyunsaturated fats 20% of overall fat intake. Monounsaturated fats 70% of overall fat intake. But, like all info you run across out here- Check out what YOUR Doc and Nutritionist Recommend for YOU! (There are just as many folks on the Grads-Board still relying on fasting and fad-Plateau-Buster-Type diets as there are any place else.  Yes?) Hope this helps! Best Wishes- Dx