Carb Counting

[SkinnyOnMe 81]

If you follow my posts you will see that I have a very lax NUT who is not strict at all with my diet, just wants me to eat right and adhere to my restriction. So far, so good. Now... I see that many people are appalled at carbs in any form so I want to know what your carb counts for the day are. What should you be eating according to your NUT and how much are you actually eating? How about fats?

[Foxbins 625]

My NUT was pretty useless except for Vitamin and supplement advice. I low-carbed to goal and my carbs were rarely above 50, usually 20-30. I'd get to 50more than one serving of milk, yogurt, or cheese. Now that I'm at goal I don't count carbs anymore and eat what I want in moderation, Protein first.

[SkinnyOnMe 81]

Wow that's low. I just go by the guidelines of MFP that say 150carbs a day. No... I am usually no where near that but on my high days I just make sure I don't go over that. Hmmmm.... something to think about

[Elyse 18]

My nutritionist like yours was very lax on carbs as well. She actually encouraged me to eat a little bit of healthy carbs every day, especially if I am exercising. During the losing phase I try to stay around 40. I'll eat oatmeal in the morning and some Carbmaster yogurt as a snack in the evening. I think it really depends on how carbs affect your body and weight loss. I find that if I keep my carbs low, the weight seems to come off fairly steady. I am currently in a 4 week stall and will probably try uping my carbs a little bit to see if that makes the scale drop at all.

[Newfoundlove 95]

I have a great NUT. She doesn't want me counting carbs as much as grams of sugar in each serving. 6 grams or less unless it's non-fat yogurt, and 12 grams or under for all other dairy. Because the rule is Protein first, at least for now, I couldn't get a high carb count if I wanted to.