Question:
HOW MANY CARBS SHOULD I HAVE AT 1 YR POST OP?

I'VE BECOME A CARB ADDICT AND AM TRYING TO CONTROL IT. HOW MANY CARBS SHOULD I BE HAVING? I AM 1-YR POST OP.    — Peggy D. (posted on May 7, 2003)

May 7, 2003
I am 11 months out. I dont count carbs but I log all of my food on fitday.com. I make sure that my carb intake is less than 40% of my total calories which are usually about 1200. I also only eat good carbs such as fruit, veggies, and whole grain products. Hope this helps! Mary, lap rny 6/4/02 272/152/140.
   — maryburton

May 7, 2003
I'm also 11+ months out, and also track my food on fitday.com. While losing, I tried to keep my protein grams ahead of my carb grams. Now that I'm at goal, I try to keep them roughly equal (though I let carbs get a little ahead now and then). To do that, I've always used protein shakes (I do eat protein food, I'm just not THAT crazy about it to eat enough of it).
   — Suzy C.

May 7, 2003
Hey! I'm also a carb addict. I can't eat ANY refined white flour or white sugar products. Veggies are usually OK for me, and don't trigger a binge. If I have to have a carb (other than a veggie), it's a 100% whole grain one, or some fruit, and I try to eat it later in the day so as not to trigger a binge. I only eat protein for breakfast, lunch and early snack, then add some healthy carbs at dinner. If I'm totally off the wagon, I find it helpful to do three days of "no carb" detox, that is, I eat protein only. That gets my will power back on track. On those 3 days, I don't limit how much I eat, just what I eat... lots of meat, cheese, eggs, protein shakes, etc. Some people can go cold turkey on protein shakes for three days, but I'm not one of them!
   — mom2jtx3