Percentage Of Fat , Protein And Carb To Be Thriving For?

[lalbert 6]

Can you tell me what your NUT told to you achieve for percentage of fat, Protein and carbs. I have no idea what this shoud be. Thanks.

[AliveAgain 283]

Check out this previous thread...

[RickM 1,752]

We typically don't see it expressed in percentages, as is often used with the "typical" 2000 calorie per day diet since our post-op diets are so far out of whack with anything approaching normal. Our basic diets are Protein first (usually 60-80gm per day, with men often advised to do more like 80-100gm per day) and everything else is secondary. Those that are into the low carb diets will try to limit their carbs to 40gm per day (something about Atkins implies that if one hits 41gm then they turn into fairy dust or something.)

As the Protein gram requirements don't really change whether one is on a 600 or a 1200 calorie diet, the precentages can change markedly depending on the overall calorie level. My basic goal was to balance things out as best I could beyond the basic protein requirements, so for my nominal 1000-1200 calories per day during my loss phase, my percentages varied from roughly 50-25-25 protein-carb-fat to 33-33-33, with the main driver for it being the protein level for the day which for me was anywhere from 90-120gm. For someone on a 600 calorie per day diet, those percentages would be more like 70-15-15. Now, in maintenance, the protein percentage is usually somewhat lower as the level is still in the 100-120gm per day range, but I'm consuming a lot more fat and carbs to keep things in the 1800-2000 calorie range that I need to be stable (typically 60+gm fats and 150-180gm carbs, though I'm more tracking and controlling micronutrients than the macronutrients of fat and carb.)

[lalbert 6]

Great reply. Thanks for this information. You almost need to become a "NUT" to do this. Ha

[RickM 1,752]

Great reply. Thanks for this information. You almost need to become a "NUT" to do this. Ha

LOL! We do tend to do that. I think that a good part of the improvement in our overall health after WLS comes from better awareness and education that stems from the whole process. My wife has a DS, and that is a procedure where one really does need to be one's own advocate since most NUTS and MDs don't understand the procedure and the changes that come from it - if they know anything about WLS it's usually the RNY gastric bypass which has a whole different set of requirements. Once getting into it, you find that things aren't all that different from "normal" people, but you do become more senstive to those areas where you personally are different, and make accommodations.