High-fiber, low-starch vegetables -- yea or nay?
Thanx for the info guys. I'll live without them... what about butternut squash???
"...This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away, to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. What he was doing..."
Rachel, PMHNP-BC
HW-271 SW-260 LW(2009)-144 ~ Retread: HW-241 CW-190 GW-150
on 11/23/16 7:13 am
Nutritional comparison at these sites:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable -products/2667/2
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable -products/2647/2
I eat butternut squash, but like sweet potatoes, in small quantities because of its high carb content and its "slider" qualities. Lots of sleevers use butternut squash in roasted vegetable combinations and in place of nutritionally-deficient pasta in lasagne recipes. As with sweet potatoes, your nutrition won't suffer if you eliminate winter squash from your diet. But it does taste good and adds variety to your diet. Your decision, of course.
psychoticparrot
I thought about eating a veggie once. The feeling passed pretty quickly.
By the way, that's one more time than I ever thought about voting Republican.
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Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
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I do eat vegetables frequently, myself, all low carb ones. I always get protein done first, though, because I do poorly with under 65g a day (and always have). Everyone is different.
I do also think that very high carb diets should also be contraindicated for WLS patients, but a few cups of cabbage and kale a day is nowhere near high carb.
I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
Haha. Well, I don't eat that much nearly. I meant, even if you did eat something ridiculous like 8-10 cups, that's still well under 50g of carbs.
I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
