Question:
How many carbs a day?

How many carb grams should we be limited to for maximum loss? I saw where someone said no more than 20-30 grams a day. I sometimes eat a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast, which has 27 grams of carbs. Its not a daily thing, maybe 1 bowl every 1-2 weeks, but is it too many carbs? There are 16 grams in just one piece of my pumpernickel bread which I use to make half of a sandwich. I'm just stressing because I am almost 7 months post, been on a 6 week plateau with no inches or weight lost. I'm nit-picking to figure out what I can do.    — Cheri M. (posted on June 4, 2002)

June 4, 2002
I don't count the good carbs the same way as sugar carbs. Sugars are just stuck directly onto us in the form of fattty tissue. Good carbs, like grains, nuts, seeds, well, we NEED those. We need the fats in 'em and the little bit we can absorb. If you had nothing BUT those, then we'd have to talk. Keep your sugar g per meal under 10g and you should be able to keep your "good" carb load balanced, too.
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